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Urban75 Album of the Year 1991

Dog Faced Hermans - Mental Blocks for All Ages - I'd not listened to this one before, but their other albums I know are great and this is solid too. Straight ahead mariachi-tinged anarcho-post punk for the most part

 
There's a lot to think about here for me, so just a few that I don't think have been mentioned yet:

Tribe - Low End Theory
Carter - 30 Something
Primal Scream - Screamadelica
Slowdive - Just for a Day

And possibly the best hip hop skit ever:

 
this is an amazing hiphop lp - never heard it till the other day - turns out on;y 1,000 copies printed so it went under the radar, but its got a second wind in the internet age
higher level word play
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The Freestyle Fellowship - To Whom It May Concern...

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ska invita said:
Biggest hiphop album of 91 IMO is Step in the Arena - Gang Starr. Wouldve voted for it in 1990 but the ruling was made based on this from wiki
"Step in the Arena is the second studio album by hip hop duo Gang Starr, printed as a 1990 release,[4] and commercially released on January 15, 1991"
...so 1991

Followed by the Tribe Called Quest LP and I loved the Black Sheep record too, not sure how that holds up though
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What are the other big hiphop records from that year we're missing? I see De La Soul had an album that year, turns out Boogie Down's last two albums were 1990 and 1992 though. And a Slick Rick album described as "his most entertaining and least offensive longplayer" - I initially read that the other way round though.
belboid said:
Maybe not….I always bracket them with Skinny Puppy tho, just noise (bloody glorious noise)
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I see there is a Cows record from that year, which I'd think of as being a bit more similar to Jesus Lizard? Although again I'm not really familar with that particular one.
 
So many amazing albums.

I was 21 so possibly in my peak of listening to music. I think I managed to write a whole top 20 list just from the wiki 1991 in music.

I don't want to give too much away, but I'm only going for albums I owned/listened to at the time. I need to do more research about lesser known records I had, but two that haven't been mentioned yet are...

Crowded House - Woodface
EMF - Schuberts Dip.

And we haven't even spoken about Use Your Illusion, 30something, No More Tears, Mama Says, Mr Bungle, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Infectious Grooves or Trompe Le Monde yet.
 
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What are the other big hiphop records from that year we're missing? I see De La Soul had an album that year, turns out Boogie Down's last two albums were 1990 and 1992 though. And a Slick Rick album described as "his most entertaining and least offensive longplayer" - I initially read that the other way round though.
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I think that MC900 FT Jesus album posted on the previous page is one of the most underrated hip hop albums released in 91. Just found this live footage recorded the following year, amazing what turns up on YT.

 
hitmouse said:
It's alright, I can't say I'm madly in love with it but it's probably one of those albums that's been a victim of its own success, since I can guarantee that by this point you'll probably have heard a lot of albums that sound a lot like Spiderland?
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It's different to what I was expecting tbh. I was expecting something more post-rocky.

I like it anyway, but doubt I'll come to love it.
 
hitmouse said:
What are the other big hiphop records from that year we're missing? I see De La Soul had an album that year, turns out Boogie Down's last two albums were 1990 and 1992 though. And a Slick Rick album described as "his most entertaining and least offensive longplayer" - I initially read that the other way round though.
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There's Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill
 
hitmouse said:
What are the other big hiphop records from that year we're missing? I see De La Soul had an album that year, turns out Boogie Down's last two albums were 1990 and 1992 though. And a Slick Rick album described as "his most entertaining and least offensive longplayer" - I initially read that the other way round though.

I see there is a Cows record from that year, which I'd think of as being a bit more similar to Jesus Lizard? Although again I'm not really familar with that particular one.
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The De La is great but it was a come down from 3ft high.... They got stung hard by a lot of criticism from , let's call it hard core hip hop, for being 'soft', and this album was them feeling a bit deflated, which takes the shine off their skills and the great production.

There's also a Poor Righteous Teachers album, I hadn't heard it before, I know the next two, I think it's strong though, they've always got good lyrics and bring some Jamaican twang to it.
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But Gangstarr and Tribe are the two big classics IMO. Cypress Hill too I guess.

I know a lot of heads really rate this Main Source LP but I never heard it and only flicked through it a few years ago, so worth revisiting.
Main Source – Breaking Atoms (1991, Vinyl)

If anyone wants to try something new check out the Freestyle Fellowship posted on this page, its really special
 
The only album from 1991 I actually listened to much in 1991 was Queen's Innuendo - as with all Queen albums it's packed with real stinkers, but it starts and finishes with two of their very best songs, Innuendo - a real epic banger with a flamenco metal breakdown in the middle that must number among the odder UK number 1 singles - and The Show Must Go On. I loved it all at the time obviously, but it's only those two I still care for...
 
Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra - Dream Keeper - leftfield big band jazz, arrangements by Carla Bley. Really nice.

 
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Slightly housier side project of KMFDM & Thrill Kill Kult. The 12" version of Conquer Your House is the best thing either of them did (but that version's not on the album). This does more of the same across an album with cheery titles like We Love War and Finger on the Trigger. Here's Ride the Bomb:

 
there's quite a lot of stuff released on CD in the late 80's / 90's that suffered from disc rot, with what appears to be many albums now unplayable. This ZF album appears to be one example according to comments on Discogs, an issue made worse by time means that even unplayed discs stored away can no longer produce music.

 
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Cabaret Voltaire's bleep techno album (which makes sense as Richard H Kirk was half of Sweet Exorcist). Much better than their previous delve into dance music, not quite as good as their next three ambient techno albums.

 
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