Say somethin’ positive? Well positive ain’t where I live.
I live right around the corner from West Hell,
Two blocks from South Shit, and once in a jail cell.

- Treach, “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright (Ghetto Bastard),” from Naughty By Nature’s Naughty By Nature, 1991

Although I hit a pound of herbs, I’m still nice with the verbs.
So fuck what ya heard.

- Sadat X, “Show Business,” from A Tribe Called Quest’s The Low End Theory, 1991

Rap is not pop. If you call it that, then stop.

- Q-Tip, “Check the Rhime,” from A Tribe Called Quest’s The Low End Theory, 1991

We fight every night, now that’s not kosher.
I reminisce with bliss of when we was closer,
And wake up to be greeted by an argument again…
…You act like you’re ten.
So immature. I try to concentrate on a cure,
And keep lookin’ at the front door.

- Large Professor, “Lookin at the Front Door,” from Main Source’s Breaking Atoms, 1991

This one’s for you, and I truly hope you hear me,
Through all your travels, I’m wishing you a peaceful journey.

- Heavy D, “Peaceful Journey,” from Heavy D. & the Boyz’ Peaceful Journey, 1991. Damn…RIP The Heavster, gone too soon and joining Trouble T-Roy in the afterlife. 1967-2011.

And while you was bangin on tables, I was bangin Snow White.

- Parrish Smith, “Rampage”, from EPMD’s Business as Usual, 1991

Busta Rhymes the mighty infamous,
Always misbehaving and mischeivous,
Causing aggravation, I’ll never pause,
Pushing out spit balls through plastic straws.

- Busta Rhymes, “Case of the P.T.A.,” from The Leaders of the New School’s Future Without A Past, 1991

Eat from the Tree of Life and throw away the verbal ham.

- Sadat X, “Show Business,” from A Tribe Called Quest’s The Low End Theory, 1991

Five days you work, one whole day to play
Come on everybody, wear your rollerskates today
It’s Saturday…

- De La Soul, “A Roller Skating Jam Named ‘Saturdays,’” De La Soul is Dead, 1991

These days you can’t see who’s in cahoots
Cause now the KKK wears three-piece suits.

- Chuck D., “Rebirth,” from Public Enemy’s Apocalypse ‘91…The Enemy Strikes Black, 1991

No static, got an automatic,
Too much of anything makes you an addict…

- Greg Nice, “Sometimes I Rhyme Slow,” from Nice & Smooth’s Ain’t a Damn Thing Changed, 1991

I got nothin’ to lose, much to gain–
In my brain, I got a capitalist migraine.

- Ice-T, “New Jack Hustler,” New Jack City soundtrack, 1991 (via ninetynow)

You the devil in drag.
You can burn your cross,
Well, I’ll burn your flag…

- Ice Cube, “I Wanna Kill Sam,” Death Certificate, 1991

The world is kinda cold and the rhythm is my blanket

- Q-Tip, “Verses from the Abstract,” from A Tribe Called Quest’s The Low End Theory, 1991