At the time of its release in March 1990 -- just a mere two years after It Takes a Nation of Millions -- nearly all of the attention spent on Public Enemy's third album, Fear of a Black Planet, was concentrated on the controversy over Professor Griff.
Black on Both Sides was the debut album of Mos Def,. The album features an emphasis on live instrumentation and socially conscious lyrics and has features from Q-Tip, Busta Rhymes and Talib Kweli.
Brooklyn-based DAS EFX's second album (1993) which every bit as tight as their first, and third for that matter, but slowed down with more minimal production so the lyrics are out front.
The third album (1995) from the highly influential and frigging awesome Das EFX. Das and Skoob had a signature style of piling up their words and making some up that changed the game.