1990-Sick is the fourth full-length studio album by American rapper Spice 1. It was released on December 5, 1995, via Jive Records. Produced by Chase, Blackjack, Bosko, Ant Banks and Clint "Payback" Sands, it features contributions from E-40, MC Eiht, Young Kyoz, G-Nut, Joya and Kokane. In the United States, the album peaked at number 30 on the Billboard 200 and number 3 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. Its lead single, "1990-Sick (Get 'Em All)", made it to number 91 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and number 18 on the Hot Rap Songs.

Along with singles, music videos were released for two songs: "1990-Sick (Get 'Em All)"Spice 1 - "1990-Sick (Get 'Em All)" (official video). YouTube. Retrieved on November 27, 2019. featuring MC Eiht, and an alternate version of "Ain't No Love"Spice 1 - "Ain't No Love" (official video). YouTube. Retrieved on November 27, 2019. featuring Levitti on the chorus instead of Joya. G-Nut makes a cameo appearance in "1990-Sick (Get 'em All)".

Background After wrapping up recording 1990-Sick, Spice turned himself in to Oakland police. The rapper was forced to lie low during the summer of 1995 while making the album, since police were armed with a warrant for his arrest on illegal weapons charges. In between hiding and recording, he made a video for his first single, "1990-Sick (Get 'em All)". After serving two weeks in prison, he was released due to overcrowding.

Critical reception AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine stated: "much of the record suffers from unimaginative production and standard musical ideas, but Spice 1 is an engaging rapper -- he is talented enough to disguise the weaknesses in the music with his verbal skills". Raymond Cunningham of The Source concluded: "the way he switches flows from semi-automatic fire to fully automatic is enough to make you overlook the weak points of the CD. Spice may be 1990-SICK, but he's still 187-Pure".

Track listing

Sample credits Track 2 contains an interpolation of "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" written by Otis Redding. Track 3 contains a sample of "Friends" written by Jalil Hutchins and Lawrence Smith and performed by Whodini. Track 8 contains an interpolation and a sample of "Sucker M.C.'s" written by Darryl McDaniels, Joseph Simmons and Lawrence Smith. Track 13 contains an interpolation of "Pusherman" written by Curtis Mayfield.

Personnel

Robert Lee "Spice 1" Greene Jr. – vocals Aaron "MC Eiht" Tyler – vocals (track 1) Jerry "Kokane" Long Jr. – background vocals (track 4) Gregory "G-Nut" Brown – vocals (track 8) Joya Owens – background vocals (track 10) Quintin "Gruve" Washington – background vocals (track 13) Anthony "Ant" Banks – background vocals (track 13), keyboards, drum programming, producer & mixing (tracks: 8, 13) Earl "E-40" Stevens – vocals (track 14) Kevin "Young Kyoz" Crockett – vocals (track 14) Rick Cousins – background vocals (track 14) Audra Cunningham – background vocals (track 14) Stan "The Guitar Man" Jones – guitar (tracks: 1, 5, 7, 14, 15), bass (tracks: 1, 15) Gentry "Black Jack" Reed – keyboards & producer (tracks: 1, 5, 7, 15), drum programming (tracks: 1, 15), mixing (tracks: 5, 7) J.C. – guitar (track 2) Tim Fox – guitar (tracks: 2, 6, 10, 11) David Brown – bass (tracks: 2, 6, 10, 11) Grant William Nicholas – keyboards (tracks: 2, 6, 10) Etienne "Chase" Clark – keyboards (tracks: 2, 6, 10), producer (tracks: 2, 6, 10, 11) Bosko Kante – keyboards, drum programming, producer, engineering & mixing (tracks: 3, 9, 12) Clinton "Mr. Payback" Sands – keyboards & drums (track 4), producer & mixing (tracks: 4, 14) Lionel Cole – keyboards (track 11) Mark Cross – keyboards (track 14) Carlos Warlick – recording (tracks: 1, 14, 15), mixing (tracks: 5, 7, 14) Ryan Arnold – recording (tracks: 1, 14, 15) Bob Wartinbee – recording & mixing (tracks: 2, 6, 10, 11) Alex Reed – recording (track 4) James Mansfield – recording (track 4) Michael Hersh – recording (tracks: 5, 7) Patrick Coughlin – recording (tracks: 5, 7) Stan Keith – recording (tracks: 5, 7) Gabriel Sutter – mixing (tracks: 1, 15) Keston Wright – mixing (track 4) Trevor Ward – mixing (tracks: 8, 13) Tom Coyne – mastering Chaz Hayes – executive producer, management

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1995) Peakposition US Billboard 200 30 US Top R&B Albums (Billboard) 3

Year-end charts Chart (1996) Position US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 71

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