Best Albums of 1990
Best Albums of 1990
| album | percentage | points | listed |
average when listed |
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| 1 | Public Enemy: "Fear Of A Black Planet" | 10.85% | 204 | 17 | 12.00 |
| 2 | Gang Starr - "Step in the Arena" | 10.21% | 192 | 17 | 11.29 |
| 3 | Ice Cube: "AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted" | 9.84% | 185 | 16 | 11.56 |
| 4 | A Tribe Called Quest "People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm" | 8.56% | 161 | 13 | 12.38 |
| 5 | Brand Nubian "One For All" | 7.55% | 142 | 12 | 11.83 |
| 6 | Kool G Rap & DJ Polo "Wanted: Dead Or Alive" | 7.23% | 136 | 13 | 10.46 |
| 7 | LL Cool J "Mama Said Knock You Out" | 6.22% | 117 | 12 | 9.75 |
| 8 | EPMD "Business As Usual" | 6.12% | 115 | 12 | 9.58 |
| 9 | Eric B & Rakim - "Let the rhythm hit 'em" | 5.11% | 96 | 11 | 8.73 |
| 10 | Digital Underground "Sex Packets" | 4.63% | 87 | 10 | 8.70 |
| 11 | X-Clan - "To the East, Blackwards" | 3.30% | 62 | 7 | 8.86 |
| 12 | Lord Finesse - "Funky Technician" | 2.77% | 52 | 4 | 13.00 |
| 13 | Boogie Down Productions "Edutainment" | 2.71% | 51 | 4 | 12.75 |
| 14 | Masta Ace - "Take a look around" | 2.66% | 50 | 7 | 7.14 |
| 15 | Above The Law "Livin' Like Hustlers" | 1.81% | 34 | 5 | 6.80 |
| 16 | Too Short "Short Dog's In The House" | 1.49% | 28 | 3 | 9.33 |
| 17 | Compton's Most Wanted "It's A Compton Thang" | 1.33% | 25 | 3 | 8.33 |
| 18 | Paris: "The Devil Made Me Do It" | 1.33% | 25 | 3 | 8.33 |
| 19 | Grand Daddy IU "Smooth Assassin" | 1.28% | 24 | 2 | 12.00 |
| 20 | K-Solo "Tell the World My Name" | 0.96% | 18 | 3 | 6.00 |
| 21 | Poor Righteous Teachers "Holy Intellect" | 0.59% | 11 | 1 | 11.00 |
| 22 | Big Daddy Kane "Taste Of Chocolate" | 0.53% | 10 | 2 | 5.00 |
| 23 | Intelligent Hoodlum (self-titled) | 0.53% | 10 | 2 | 5.00 |
| 24 | 45 King presents The Flavor Unit | 0.53% | 10 | 1 | 10.00 |
| 25 | D-Nice "Call Me D-Nice" | 0.48% | 9 | 2 | 4.50 |
| 26 | The Afros "Kickin' Afrolistics" | 0.32% | 6 | 1 | 6.00 |
| 27 | Massive Attack - "Blue Lines" | 0.32% | 6 | 1 | 6.00 |
| 28 | Run-DMC "Back From Hell" | 0.27% | 5 | 1 | 5.00 |
| 29 | Candyman "Ain't No Shame In My Game" | 0.27% | 5 | 1 | 5.00 |
| 30 | Professor Griff & L.A.D. "Pawns In The Game" | 0.16% | 3 | 1 | 3.00 |
| 31 | Disco Rick - "The Negro's back" | 0.05% | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 415 "41Fivin'" | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | #DIV/0! | |
| Boo-Yaa TRIBE "New Funky Nation" | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | #DIV/0! | |
| Salt-N-Pepa "Black's Magic" | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | #DIV/0! | |
| Special Ed "Legal" | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | #DIV/0! | |
| Kid Frost "Hispanic Causing Panic" | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | #DIV/0! | |
| Monie Love - "Down to Earth" | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | #DIV/0! | |
| Three Times Dope - "Live from Acknickulous Land" | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | #DIV/0! |