The Best Hip-Hop Albums of 1991

1. Ice Cube — "Death Certificate" ★★★★★

2. Main Source — "Breaking Atoms" ★★★★☆

3. Scarface — "Mr. Scarface Is Back" ★★★★☆

4. Gang Starr — "Step in the Arena" ★★★★☆

5. Organized Konfusion — "Organized Konfusion" ★★★★

6. Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth — "All Souled Out" EP ★★★★

7. WC and The Maad Circle — "Ain't a Damn Thang Changed" ★★★★

8. Del tha Funkeé Homosapien — "I Wish My Brother George Was Here" ★★★★

9. Geto Boys — "We Can't Be Stopped" ★★★★

10. Comptons Most Wanted — "Straight Check N'Em" ★★★★

11. Digital Underground — "Sons of the P" ★★★★

12. Public Enemy — "Apocalypse 91...The Enemy Strikes Black" ★★★★

13. Ice-T — "O.G. Original Gangster" ★★★★

14. 2Pac — "2Pacalypse Now" ★★★★

15. NWA — "Efil4zaggin" ★★★★

16. A Tribe Called Quest — "The Low End Theory" ★★★★

17. Ed O.G & Da Bulldogs — "Life of a Kid in the Ghetto" ★★★★

18. Godfather Don — "Hazardous" ★★★★

19. Techmaster P.E.B. — "Bass Computer" ★★★★

20. MC Solaar — "Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo" ★★★★

21. Suprême NTM — "Authentik" ★★

22. De La Soul — "De La Soul Is Dead" ★★★★

23. DJ Quik — "Quik Is the Name" ★★★★

24. The Freestyle Fellowship — "To Whom It May Concern..." ★★★★

25. Showbiz & A.G. — "Soul Clap" EP ★★★★

26. Cypress Hill — "Cypress Hill" ★★★★

27. IAM — "... de la planète Mars" ★★★☆

28. Naughty by Nature — "Naughty by Nature" ★★★☆

29. UMC's — "Fruits of Nature" ★★★☆

30. KMD — "Mr. Hood" ★★★☆

31. Who Am I? — "Addictive Hip Hop Muzick" ★★★☆

32. Black Sheep — "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" ★★★☆

33. 2nd II None — "2nd II None" ★★★☆

34. Maestro Fresh Wes — "Black Tie Affair" ★★★☆

35. Downtown Science — "Downtown Science" ★★★☆

36. J Rock — "Streetwize" ★★★☆

37. E-40 — "Mr. Flamboyant" EP ★★★☆

38. Mac Dre — "California Livin'" EP ★★★☆

39. Nice & Smooth — "Ain't a Damn Thing Changed" ★★★☆

40. Schoolly D — "How a Black Man Feels" ★★★☆

41. 2 Black 2 Strong MMG — "Doin' Hard Time on Planet Earth" ★★★☆

42. 3rd Bass — "Derelicts of Dialect" ★★★☆

43. Leaders of the New School — "A Future Without a Past" ★★★☆

44. Street Military — "Aggrivated Rasta" EP ★★★☆

45. The Jaz — "Ya Don't Stop" EP ★★★☆

46. ICP — "Dog Beats" EP ★★★☆

47. The Terrorists — "Terror Strikes: Always Bizness, Never Personal" ★★★☆

48. Yo-Yo — "Make Way for the Motherlode" ★★★

49. Professor X — "Years of the 9, On the Blackhand Side" ★★★

50. PHD — "Without Warning" ★★★

51. 415 — "Nu Niggaz on tha Blokkk" ★★★

52. Slick Rick — "The Ruler's Back" ★★★

53. Above the Law — "Vocally Pimpin'" EP ★★★

54. Digital Underground — "This Is an E.P. Release" EP ★★★

55. Queen Mother Rage — "Vanglorious Law" ★★★

56. Marley Marl — "In Control Volume II: For Your Steering Pleasure" ★★★

57. Terminator X — "Terminator X & the Valley of the Jeep Beets" ★★★

58. MC Lyte — "Act Like You Know" ★★★

59. The Genius — "Words from the Genius" ★★★

60. Tim Dog — "Penicillin on Wax" ★★★

61. Poor Righteous Teachers — "Pure Poverty" ★★★

62. Tony D — "Droppin' Funky Verses" ★★★

63. DJ Magic Mike & MC Madness — "Ain't No Doubt About It" ★★★

64. O.G. Style — "I Know How to Play 'Em!" ★★★

65. Dream Warriors — "And Now the Legacy Begins" ★★★

66. MC Breed & DFC — "MC Breed & DFC" ★★★

67. Tuff Crew — "Still Dangerous" ★★★

68. Chubb Rock — "The One" ★★★

69. Hi-C — "Skanless" ★★★

70. X-Raided — "Niggas in Blacc" EP ★★★

71. Lifer's Group — "Lifer's Group" EP ★★★

72. Alphabet Soup — "Sunny Day in Harlem" EP ★★★

73. D-Nice — "To the Rescue" ★★★

74. Convicts — "Convicts" ★★★

75. Chunk — "Menace to the Game" ★★★

76. Greyson & Jasun — "Sweatin Me Wet" ★★★

77. KMC — "Three Men With the Power of Ten" ★★★

78. Silver Bullet — "Bring Down the Walls No Limit Squad Returns" ★★☆

79. Sylk Smoov — "Sylk Smoov" ★★☆

80. YZ — "EP" EP ★★☆

81. Spice 1 — "Let It Be Known" EP ★★☆

82. Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam — "Straight Outta Hell's Kitchen" ★★☆

83. Prince Rakeem — "Ooh I Love You Rakeem" ★★☆

84. Two Kings in a Cipher — "From Pyramids to Projects" ★★☆

85. Fat Boys — "Mack Daddy" ★★☆

86. Nikki D — "Daddy's Little Girl" ★★

87. Yomo & Maulkie — "Are U Experienced?" ★★

88. P.M. Dawn — "Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience" ★★

89. Rappin' 4-Tay — "Rappin' 4-Tay Is Back!!!" ★★

90. Master 'P — "Get Away Clean" ★★

91. AMG — "Bitch Betta Have My Money" ★★

92. Kid Capri — "The Tape" ★★

93. Whodini — "Bag-a-Trix" ★★

94. Caveman — "Positive Reaction" ★★

95. Son of Bazerk — "Bazerk Bazerk Bazerk" ★★

96. Young MC — "Brainstorm" ★☆

97. Tone-Lōc — "Cool Hand Loc" ★☆

98. Sway & King Tech — "Concrete Jungle" ★

99. Marky Mark and The Funky Bunch — "Music for the People" ★

100. Hammer — "Too Legit to Quit" ★