# 1991 in hip-hop

This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 1991.

## Released albums

| Release Date | Artist | Album |
| January 12 | Downtown Science | Downtown Science |
| January 15 | Digital Underground | This Is an EP Release |
| January 15 | DJ Quik | Quik Is the Name |
| January 15 | Gang Starr | Step in the Arena |
| February 4 | Insane Clown Posse | Dog Beats |
| February 5 | Stetsasonic | Blood, Sweat & No Tears |
| February 5 | Lifers Group | #66064 |
| February 11 | Another Bad Creation | Coolin' at the Playground Ya Know! |
| February 12 | Master P | Get Away Clean |
| February 19 | GZA | Words from the Genius |
| February 19 | Kid Capri | The Tape |
| February 19 | Young Black Teenagers | Young Black Teenagers |
| March | O.G. Style | I Know How to Play 'Em |
| March 5 | Ed O.G. & Da Bulldogs | Life of a Kid in the Ghetto |
| March 12 | Boogie Down Productions | Live Hardcore Worldwide |
| March 19 | Whodini | Bag-A-Trix |
| March 19 | Craig G | Now, That's More Like It |
| March 19 | Yo-Yo | Make Way for the Motherlode |
| April 2 | Redhead Kingpin | The Album With No Name |
| April 2 | Rappin' Is Fundamental | The Doo-Hop Legacy |
| April 23 | Dream Warriors | And Now the Legacy Begins |
| May 7 | Dynamic Twins | Word 2 The Wize |
| May 7 | Terminator X | Terminator X & The Valley of the Jeep Beets |
| May 14 | De La Soul | De La Soul Is Dead |
| May 14 | Ice-T | O.G. Original Gangster |
| May 14 | KMD | Mr. Hood |
| May 14 | Chubb Rock | The One |
| May 14 | Son of Bazerk | Bazerk Bazerk Bazerk |
| May 28 | N.W.A | Niggaz4Life |
| June 1 | Convicts | Convicts |
| June 4 | The Dogs | Beware of The Dogs |
| June 11 | Kool Moe Dee | Funke, Funke Wisdom |
| June 11 | Sway & King Tech | Concrete Jungle |
| June 11 | Diamond Shell | The Grand Imperial Diamond Shell |
| June 14 | 3rd Bass | Derelicts of Dialect |
| June 25 | Pete Rock & CL Smooth | All Souled Out |
| July 2 | Heavy D & The Boyz | Peaceful Journey |
| July 2 | Kokane | Addictive Hip Hop Muzick |
| July 2 | Leaders of the New School | A Future Without a Past... |
| July 2 | Slick Rick | The Ruler's Back |
| July 2 | 2 Black 2 Strong | Doin' Hard Time on Planet Earth |
| July 9 | Geto Boys | We Can't Be Stopped |
| July 9 | Overweight Pooch | Female Preacher |
| July 9 | Various Artists | Boyz n the Hood soundtrack |
| July 16 | Compton's Most Wanted | Straight Checkn 'Em |
| July 16 | PHD | Without Warning |
| July 16 | Larry Larr | Da Wizzard Of Odds |
| July 17 | Candyman | Playtime's Over |
| July 23 | DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince | Homebase |
| July 23 | Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch | Music for the People |
| July 23 | Main Source | Breaking Atoms |
| August 6 | P.M. Dawn | Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience |
| August 6 | Latin Alliance | Latin Alliance |
| August 13 | Cypress Hill | Cypress Hill |
| August 13 | MC Breed & DFC | MC Breed & DFC |
| August 13 | Funkytown Pros | Reachin' A Level Of Assassination |
| August 13 | Two Kings In A Cipher | From Pyramids To Projects |
| August 27 | Biz Markie | I Need a Haircut |
| September 3 | Naughty by Nature | Naughty by Nature |
| September 3 | Nice & Smooth | Ain't a Damn Thing Changed |
| September 3 | Poor Righteous Teachers | Pure Poverty |
| September 3 | Queen Latifah | Nature of a Sista' |
| September 3 | Nikki D | Daddy's Little Girl |
| September 3 | Greyson & Jason | Sweatin' Me Wet |
| September 6 | 2nd II None | 2nd II None |
| September 17 | MC Lyte | Act Like You Know |
| September 17 | WC and the Maad Circle | Ain't a Damn Thang Changed |
| September 17 | Yomo & Maulkie | Are U Xperienced? |
| September 17 | Powerule | Volume 1 |
| September 22 | Def Jef | Soul Food |
| September 24 | A Tribe Called Quest | The Low End Theory |
| October 1 | Public Enemy | Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Back |
| October 3 | 415 | Nu N***** on tha Blokkk |
| October 8 | Freestyle Fellowship | To Whom It May Concern... |
| October 8 | Scarface | Mr. Scarface Is Back |
| October 8 | 2 Live Crew | Sports Weekend (As Nasty as They Wanna Be Part II) |
| October 15 | Digital Underground | Sons of the P |
| October 15 | U.M.C.'s | Fruits of Nature |
| October 15 | Schoolly D | How a Black Man Feels |
| October 22 | Black Sheep | A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing |
| October 22 | Del the Funky Homosapien | I Wish My Brother George Was Here |
| October 28 | The Fat Boys | Mack Daddy |
| October 29 | Big Daddy Kane | Prince of Darkness |
| October 29 | Ice Cube | Death Certificate |
| October 29 | Organized Konfusion | Organized Konfusion |
| October 29 | Hammer | Too Legit to Quit |
| November 6 | Run-D.M.C. | Together Forever: Greatest Hits 1983-1991 |
| November 7 | Maestro Fresh Wes | The Black Tie Affair |
| November 12 | Tim Dog | Penicillin on Wax |
| November 12 | 2Pac | 2Pacalypse Now |
| November 19 | Tone Lōc | Cool Hand Lōc |
| November 26 | D-Nice | To tha Rescue |
| December 3 | AMG | Bitch Betta Have My Money |
| December 10 | Hi-C | Skanless |
| December 31 | Various Artists | Juice soundtrack |
| Unknown | Mantronix | The Incredible Sound Machine |
| Unknown | Mhisani | Call It Like I See It |
| Unknown | J-Rock | Streetwise |
| Unknown | Queen Mother Rage | Vanglorious Law |
| Unknown | Rappin' 4-Tay | Rappin' 4-Tay is Back |
| Unknown | Michael Peace | Threat to Society |
| Unknown | Tuff Crew | Still Dangerous |
| Unknown | UTFO | Bag It & Bone It |
| Unknown | A.P.G. Crew | Oaktown's Finest |
| Unknown | Royal Flush | 976-Dope |
| Unknown | Marley Marl | In Control, Volume 2: For Your Steering Pleasure |
| Unknown | KMC | Three Men with the Power of Ten |
| Unknown | Donald D | Let The Horns Blow |
| Unknown | Makeba & Skratch | Mental Fitness |
| Unknown | The Posse NFX | Black Or Ya White |
| Unknown | Lance Romance | Fortune & Fame |
| Unknown | Godfather Don | Hazardous |
| Unknown | Oaktown's 357 | Fully Loaded |
| Unknown | Success-n-Effect | Back-n-Effect |
| Unknown | Kish | Order From Chaos |

## Highest-charting singles

Hip hop singles from any year which charted in the 1991 Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 :
| Song | Artist | Project | Peak position |
| "Play That Funky Music" | Vanilla Ice | To the Extreme | 4 |
| "O.P.P." | Naughty By Nature | Naughty By Nature | 6 |
| "Around The Way Girl" | LL Cool J | Mama Said Knock You Out | 9 |
| "Mama Said Knock You Out" | LL Cool J | Mama Said Knock You Out | 17 |
| "You Can't Play With My Yo-Yo" | Yo-Yo featuring Ice Cube | Make Way for the Motherlode | 36 |