Release Date[1] | Artist | Album |
January 9 | Kid Rock | Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp |
The Brotherhood | Elementalz |
January 23 | The D.O.C. | Helter Skelter |
Speech | Speech |
January 30 | Suga-T | Paper Chasin' |
Eazy-E | Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton |
February 13 | 2Pac | All Eyez on Me |
Fugees | The Score |
Mad Skillz | From Where??? |
February 20 | Ganksta N-I-P | Psychotic Genius |
Lord Finesse | Awakening |
February 27 | Dark Sun Riders | Seeds of Evolution |
March 5 | The Conscious Daughters | Gamers |
March 12 | Plains of Fascination | Join the Ranks |
Wise Intelligent | Killin' U... For Fun |
March 19 | Rappin' 4-Tay | Off Parole |
Smoothe da Hustler | Once Upon a Time in America |
March 26 | Busta Rhymes | The Coming |
Cella Dwellas | Realms 'n Reality |
DJ Yella | One Mo Nigga ta Go |
Ill Biskits | Chronicle of Two Losers: The First Edition |
Nonchalant | Until the Day |
April 2 | Beastie Boys | The In Sound From Way Out! |
Geto Boys | The Resurrection |
Bahamadia | Kollage |
April 9 | MC Eiht | Death Threatz |
MC Ren | The Villain in Black |
Chino XL | Here to Save You All |
April 16 | Master P | Ice Cream Man |
Kwest Tha Madd Lad | This Is My First Album |
April 23 | Mac Mall | Untouchable |
Erick Sermon | Insomnia |
DJ Kool | Let Me Clear My Throat |
April 24 | Esham | Dead Flowerz |
April 30 | Celly Cel | Killa Kali |
May 7 | Kool Keith | Dr. Octagonecologyst |
May 14 | Luke | Uncle Luke |
MC Breed | To Da Beat Ch'all |
Real Live | The Turnaround: A Long Awaited Drama |
May 15 | Messy Marv | Messy Situationz |
May 21 | Dr. Dre | First Round Knock Out |
Too $hort | Gettin' It (Album Number Ten) |
May 28 | Shyheim | The Lost Generation |
Pete Miser | What It Be... |
June 1 | People Without Shoes | Thoughts of an Optimist |
Hyenas In The Desert | Die Laughing |
June 4 | Delinquent Habits | Delinquent Habits |
Digital Underground | Future Rhythm |
Lost Boyz | Legal Drug Money |
Ice-T | Ice-T VI: Return of the Real |
Kool G Rap | Rated XXX |
June 10 | Company Flow | Funcrusher |
June 11 | Heather B | Takin' Mine |
Insane Clown Posse | Tunnel of Love |
June 18 | Heltah Skeltah | Nocturnal |
Jewel-T | Gangsta Chronicles |
June 25 | Jay-Z | Reasonable Doubt |
Punk Barbarians | Sex, Props, Cream... And The Drama In Between |
Quad City DJ's | Get On Up and Dance |
Various Artists | America Is Dying Slowly |
Prince Paul | Psychoanalysis: What Is It? |
July 2 | Crucial Conflict | The Final Tic |
De La Soul | Stakes Is High |
N.W.A | Greatest Hits |
Nas | It Was Written |
July 9 | New Kingdom | Paradise Don't Come Cheap |
July 15 | Funk Mobb | It Ain't 4 Play |
Al' Tariq | God Connections | Sadat X | Wild Cowboys |
July 23 | 11/5 | A-1 Yola |
July 30 | A Tribe Called Quest | Beats, Rhymes and Life |
Mr. Mike | Wicked Wayz |
UGK | Ridin' Dirty |
August 6 | Marvaless | Wiccked |
Nine | Cloud 9 |
August 13 | Akinyele | Put It In Your Mouth |
Blahzay Blahzay | Blah Blah Blah |
Cypress Hill | Unreleased and Revamped |
Facemob | The Other Side of the Law |
Tha Mexakinz | Tha Mexakinz |
August 20 | Insane Poetry | Blacc Plague |
Paperboy | City to City |
Silkk | The Shocker |
August 27 | A+ | Latch Key Child |
Passion | Baller's Lady |
MC Lyte | Bad As I Wanna B |
OutKast | ATLiens |
September 3 | Do or Die | Picture This |
Dru Down | Can You Feel Me |
September 10 | Young Ed | Time To Stack |
September 17 | Mr. 3-2 | The Wicked Buddah Baby |
Whodini | Six |
September 21 | Juggaknots | Clear Blue Skies |
September 24 | Dr. Dre | Back 'n the Day |
The Dayton Family | F.B.I. (Fuck Being Indicted) |
The Roots | Illadelph Halflife |
Raw Breed | Killa Instinct |
October 1 | Ras Kass | Soul on Ice |
Guce | Clear and present danger[2] |
October 10 | Ultra | Big Time |
October 11 | Grav | Down to Earth |
October 15 | Da Bush Babees | Gravity |
Jeru the Damaja | Wrath of the Math |
Poor Righteous Teachers | The New World Order |
Xzibit | At the Speed of Life |
October 22 | Westside Connection | Bow Down |
PMD | Business is Business |
M.O.P. | Firing Squad |
House of Pain | Truth Crushed to Earth Shall Rise Again |
Chuck D | Autobiography of Mistachuck |
Above the Law | Time Will Reveal |
October 29 | Black Moon | Diggin' In Dah Vaults |
Da Brat | Anuthatantrum |
E-40 | Tha Hall of Game |
II D Extreme | From I Extreme II Another |
Ghostface Killah | Ironman |
O.G.C. | Da Storm |
Yo-Yo | Total Control |
November 5 | LL Cool J | All World: Greatest Hits |
Makaveli (formerly 2Pac) | The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory |
Mo Thugs | Family Scriptures |
Richie Rich | Seasoned Veteran |
Tela | Piece of Mind |
November 12 | Eminem | Infinite |
Lil' Kim | Hard Core |
Snoop Doggy Dogg | Tha Doggfather |
November 19 | The Almighty RSO | Doomsday: Forever RSO |
DJ Shadow | Endtroducing..... |
Flesh-N-Bone | T.H.U.G.S. (Trues Humbly United Gathering Souls) |
Foxy Brown | Ill Na Na |
Mobb Deep | Hell on Earth |
Shaquille O'Neal | You Can't Stop the Reign |
November 26 | Aftermath Entertainment | Dr. Dre Presents the Aftermath |
B-Legit | The Hemp Museum |
Keith Murray | Enigma |
B.G. | Chopper City |
December 3 | Three 6 Mafia | Chapter 1: The End |
December 10 | Redman | Muddy Waters |
Big Noyd | Episodes of a Hustla |
Unknown | San Quinn | The Hustle Continues |
Unknown | Deadringaz | New Ringa Order |
Unknown | Freak Nasty | Controversee...That's Life...And That's the Way It Is |
Unknown | Smoothe Da Hustler | Once Upon A Time In America |
Unknown | Insane Clown Posse | Tunnel of Love (EP) |
Unknown | Young Lay | Black 'N Dangerous |
Unknown | Ill Biskits | Chronicles of Two Losers: First Edition |