I truly loved the year of 1991 in rap and hip hop. We saw debut albums from DJ Quik, 2Pac and Cypress Hill and also heard Nasty Nas for the first time on Main Source’s “Live at the BBQ”. Gangster rap was starting to build on the West Coast and jazzy experimental rap was bubbling up with artists like A Tribe Called Quest and Del the Funky Homosapien out in Cali. 1991 rap music has to go down as one of the best years in hip hop history and it shaped a big part of my childhood. Below is a playlist pulling together all of my favorite songs from the year of 1991.