#7 AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted by Ice Cube (1990)
Having departed N.W.A., the main lyricist of the group kickstarted his solo career with this explosive and visionary statement. With Public Enemy’s Bomb Squad production setting the unrelenting backdrop, Cube fires off raging rhymes about gangbangers, crackdealers and scandalous women–all with an unflinching focus.
