Top 88 Music Albums of 1990
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Romanelli 
- Chart updated: 12/03/2025 01:45
- (Created: 04/11/2012 18:20).
- Chart size: 88 albums.
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Produced By EPMD & DJ SCRATCH
1. I’m Mad
2. Hardcore
3. Rampage
4. Manslaughter
5. Jane 3
6. For My People
7. Mr. Bozack
8. Gold Digger
9. Give The People
10. Rap Is Outta Control
11. Brothers On My Jock
12. Underground
13. Hit Squad Heist
14. Funky Piano
EPMD (an acronym for the members names…Erick (Sermon) and Parrish Mic Doc (Smith) have been slowly and seriously making great hip hop music since 1988. This pair from New York are not like everyone else. Look no further than their albums. Think these guys aren’t all about business? All nine of their albums (including the one that’s upcoming) has the word business in the title. Also, it’s worth noting that every EPMD album has a song about someone named Jane. They’ve split up twice, and gotten back together twice. They have quietly put together one of rap’s most consistently very good careers. Their first six records were top ten on the US Hip Hop charts. Business As Usual, their third, was the third straight (and last) to reach number one.
Business As Usual yielded three great tracks. “Give The People”, “Gold Digger”, and “Rampage” are all winners. They roll along with slower steady beats while trading solid raps with very good lyrics. These guys can write. This album also features the first recordings by Redman (on “Hardcore” and “Brothers On My Jock”), as well as an appearance by L.L. Cool J (on “Rampage”). In all, Business As Usual is a fine effort. It’s not as immediate as the pair of albums that came before it (their debut Strictly Business and 1989’s Unfinished Business), but it is a more mature work, and shows a lot of growth for the pair as writers. EPMD has their first album in fifteen years coming out soon…they are still at it, which is always something to look forward to. Hard to go wrong with this duo. [First added to this chart: 02/20/2015]
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| Del Shannon | 1 | 1% | |
| Living Colour | 1 | 1% | |
| John Wesley Harding | 1 | 1% | |
| The Traveling Wilburys | 1 | 1% | |
| An Emotional Fish | 1 | 1% | |
| Megadeth | 1 | 1% | |
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| ! | 10/11/2022 05:34 | leniad | 673 | 85/100 |
| ! | 08/09/2020 01:40 |  zwiebel | 189 | 86/100 |
| ! | 03/10/2020 01:08 | DJENNY | 4,365 | 100/100 |
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great effort
Interesting chart! I can't rate as I've only heard maybe 3-5% of the albums on it - amazing how much music there is out there!
Nice chart.
Nice chart. Especially like the inclsion of Ludlow Garage. Great live album.
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