90s Hip Hop

The social heart of The Fugees and its most talented performer, Lauryn Hill tailored The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill not as a crossover record but as a collection of overtly personal and political statements.

In Shades of Blue Madlib, hip-hop producer extraordinaire, tackles Blue Note's soul-jazz catalogue, enjoying free rein in the fabled label's vaults.

The Score is the second and final studio album by the hip hop trio Fugees.

While most of the players in the jazz-rap movement never quite escaped the pasted-on qualities of their vintage samples, with The Low End Theory, A Tribe Called Quest created one of the closest and most brilliant fusions of jazz atmosphere and hip-hop attitude ever recorded.

The Atlanta-based critically acclaimed duo of Big Boi and Andre with yet another innovative contribution to hip-hop.

The album blends R&B, hip hop, and jazz influences with Badu's introspective and socially conscious lyrics.

Double vinyl remastered from the original masters and pressed extra loud for DJs. There are very few albums across any genre that stand the test of time better than 93 ‘Til Infinity, the classic debut record from the Hieroglyphics crew’s very own Souls of Mischief.

The album has cemented its place in hip-hop history and has since gone on to achieve 6x platinum certification in the US, selling over 3.5 million copies, and has achieved platinum status in the UK as well.

By 1994 the Beasties had settled into their cultural role as the grand arbiters of cool, and 'Ill Communication' is pretty much a catalog of coolness

If you love Marvin Gaye, Al Green and Prince - this is up there.

No matter how controversial, it remains one of the greatest and most influential hip-hop albums of all time.

"People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm" is the debut studio album by American hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, released in 1990.

The album is consistently named in magazine polls as one of the greatest albums of all time.

It's time to celebrate the legacy of the best rapper that ever did it. Notorious BIG wasn't just a rapper, he was a storyteller, a prolific poet, and through his words, persona, life and music he opened doors and opportunities for Hip-Hop as a whole.

In time, Blige became a global symbol of female empowerment and perseverance, but on My Life, she lay her soul bare to brilliant ends.

Straight Outta Compton was the hugely successful and highly controversial second album from Eazy E, Ice Cube, and Dr Dre.

The was the first rap LP to top the Billboard album chart in 1986.

The Infamous is the second studio album by the American Hip Hop duo Mobb Deep, released in 1995. The album features guest apperances from Nas, Wu-Tang Clan members, Reakwon and Ghostface Killah. It marked Mobb Deep's transition from a relatively unknown Rap duo to an influential and commercially successful one.

Step in the Arena is the second studio album by hip hop duo Gang Starr, commercially released on January 15, 1991.

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...is the solo debut of American rapper and Wu-Tang Clan member Raekwon.

It is on OutKast's debut album that the fledgling production team Organized Noize began forging one of the most distinctive production sounds in popular music in the '90s: part hip-hop; part live, Southern-fried guitar licks and booty-thick bass runs; and part lazy, early-'70s soul. 

2LP set featuring 15 of the finest Beastie Boys tracks from throughout an incredible career. Almost 20 years of music condensed into a one best of compilation.

The ambitious album, intended as somewhat of a sequel to Ready to Die, picking up where its predecessor left off.

The De La Plugs created the D.A.I.S.Y. (Da Inna Sound, Y'all) philosophy on their brilliant and weird debut, Three Feet High and Rising (making them the first—and probably only—hip-hop act to appropriate a Johnny Cash song for their album title).

RZA, Method Man and co. display the styles that have made this group legends in the industry. 

One of the most influential rap albums of all time, Eric B and Rakim's Paid in Full only continues to grow in stature as the record that ushered in hip-hop's modern era. 

The 1996 sophomore follow-up was titled It Was Written, and in contrast to the urban bleakness of his debut, had Nas dipping his toes into the world of mafioso rap. 

Tha Doggfather’ marks a transitional moment in Snoop’s catalogue.

Gang Starr is undoubtedly one of the most revered, beloved and influential groups in Hip Hop.

Ol' Dirty Bastard rose to fame in the world renowned Hip Hop gang Wu-Tang Clan.

Check Your Head brought the Beastie Boys crashing back into the charts and into public consciousness.

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is the second studio album by American hip hop group Public Enemy, released on June 28, 1988, by Def Jam Recordings and Columbia Records.

Celebrate the 30th anniversary of Cypress Hill’s iconic third studio album now available again on standard black vinyl.

Remastered from the original tapes & pressed on loud double vinyl! Hot of the success of Jay-Z’s Reasonable Doubt, producer extraordinaire Ski was on fire when he flipped Dynasty’s “Adventures In The Land of Music” for Camp Lo’s breakout 1996 smash single “Luchini aka This Is It”.

Cypress Hill's eponymous debut album revolutionized hip-hop in several respects. 

All World: Greatest Hits is a compilation album by LL COOL J that spans his career from the release of his debut album.

Efil4Zaggin, is about as close as you can come to a death metal/hip-hop hybrid. People will get hurt here.

Vinyl repress of the sophomore album by Eric B. & Rakim, originally released in 1988.

Blunted On Reality is the 1994 debut album by Wyclef Jean, Lauryn Hill and Pras Michel, collectively known as The Fugees. The album contains less political lyrics than their second album The Score [MOVLP068], but there definitively were political intentions.

In the aftermath of their commercial resurgence in 1994 with ‘Ill Communication’, Beastie Boys decided to return to their punk rock roots with the following year’s ‘Aglio E Olio’ EP. Mike

It was produced by the group's production team The Bomb Squad, who sought to expand on the dense, sample-layered sound of Public Enemy's previous album, 'It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back' (1988).