Release Date[1] | Artist | Album |
January 13 | The Lox | Money, Power & Respect |
January 20 | Saafir | Trigonometry |
Young Bleed | My Balls and My Word |
January 27 | GP Wu | Don't Go Against the Grain |
February 3 | Myzery | Para la Isla |
February 10 | Funkdoobiest | The Troubleshooters[2] |
February 17 | Silkk the Shocker | Charge It 2 da Game |
February 24 | Above the Law | Legends |
C-Bo | Til My Casket Drops |
E.S.G. | Return of the Living Dead |
Prophet Posse | Body Parts |
March 3 | Scarface | My Homies |
March 10 | Killah Priest | Heavy Mental |
March 17 | C-Murder | Life or Death |
Fat Pat | Ghetto Dreams |
March 24 | Cappadonna | The Pillage |
Das EFX | Generation EFX |
Hieroglyphics | 3rd Eye Vision |
Lil' Keke | Commission |
People Under the Stairs | The Next Step |
March 31 | Daz Dillinger | Retaliation, Revenge and Get Back[3] |
Gang Starr | Moment of Truth |
Smif-n-Wessun | The Rude Awakening |
April 7 | Do or Die | Headz or Tailz[4] |
Fat Pat | Throwed in da Game |
Goodie Mob | Still Standing |
Various Artists | I Got the Hook Up |
April 13 | Mark B | Hitmen for Hire |
April 14 | Aceyalone | A Book of Human Language |
April 20 | Souls of Mischief | Focus |
April 21 | Allfrumtha I | Allfrumtha I |
Marvaless | Fearless |
April 22 | Massive Attack | Mezzanine |
April 28 | Big Pun | Capital Punishment[5] |
Mac Dre | Stupid Doo Doo Dumb |
Public Enemy | He Got Game |
WC | The Shadiest One |
May 1 | Shades of Culture | Mindstate |
May 5 | Fiend | There's One in Every Family |
Rawkus Records | Lyricist Lounge, Volume One |
May 12 | DMX | It's Dark and Hell Is Hot |
Various Artists | Streets Is Watching soundtrack |
May 19 | AZ | Pieces of a Man[6] |
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince | Greatest Hits |
Snoop Dogg | Smokefest Underground |
Soulja Slim | Give It 2 'Em Raw |
Too Short | Nationwide: Independence Day |
8Ball | Lost |
May 24 | Show and A.G. | Full Scale (EP) |
May 26 | Mo Thugs | Chapter II: Family Reunion |
June 1 | Jurassic 5 | Jurassic 5 |
All Natural | No Additives, No Preservatives |
June 2 | Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz | Make It Reign[7] |
Master P | MP Da Last Don |
Onyx | Shut 'Em Down |
June 16 | Devin the Dude | The Dude |
Queen Latifah | Order in the Court |
Z-Ro | Look What You Did to Me |
June 23 | Andre Nickatina | Raven in My Eyes |
John Forte | Poly Sci |
Ka'Nut | Look At 'Em Now |
Lil' Troy | Sittin' Fat Down South |
June 30 | Black Eyed Peas | Behind the Front |
Def Squad | El Niño |
Ganksta N-I-P | Interview with a Killa |
MC Ren | Ruthless for Life |
July 7 | Kane & Abel | Am I My Brother's Keeper |
N.O.R.E. | N.O.R.E. |
July 14 | Beastie Boys | Hello Nasty |
July 21 | 69 Boyz | The Wait Is Over |
Cam'ron | Confessions of Fire |
Nate Dogg | G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1 & 2 |
Mac | Shell Shocked |
Mix Master Mike | Anti-Theft Device |
Rasco | Time Waits for No Man |
Sunz of Man | The Last Shall Be First |
Wu-Tang Clan | The Swarm |
July 28 | Celly Cel | The G Filez |
Delinquent Habits | Here Come the Horns |
August 4 | Snoop Dogg | Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told |
August 11 | Crime Boss | Still at Large |
E-40 | The Element of Surprise |
Funkmaster Flex | The Mix Tape, Vol. III |
Killarmy | Dirty Weaponry |
M.O.P. | First Family 4 Life |
August 18 | Kid Rock | Devil Without a Cause |
MC Lyte | Seven & Seven |
Styles of Beyond | 2000 Fold |
Sporty Thievz | Street Cinema |
August 25 | A.D.O.R. | Shock Frequency |
Biz Markie | On the Turntable |
Lauryn Hill | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill |
Xzibit | 40 Dayz & 40 Nightz |
September 1 | Big Ed the Assassin | The Assassin |
Fat Joe | Don Cartagena |
Herschelwood Hardheadz | A Million Dollar$ Later |
September 8 | Canibus | Can-I-Bus |
Digital Underground | Who Got the Gravy? |
Skull Duggery | These Wicked Streets |
September 15 | Magic | Sky's the Limit |
The Kaze | Kamakazie Timez Up |
September 22 | Big Tymers | How You Luv That Vol. 2 |
Flipmode Squad | The Imperial |
Ghetto Twiinz | No Pain No Gain |
Ras Kass | Rasassination |
September 29 | Bad Azz | Word on tha Streets |
Black Star | Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star |
Brand Nubian | Foundation |
Jay-Z | Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life |
No Limit Records | Mean Green |
OutKast | Aquemini |
A Tribe Called Quest | The Love Movement |
October 6 | Bizzy Bone | Heaven'z Movie |
Cypress Hill | Cypress Hill IV |
Kurupt | Kuruption! |
Mack 10 | The Recipe |
P.M. Dawn | Dearest Christian, I'm So Very Sorry for Bringing You Here. Love, Dad |
Prime Suspects | Guilty 'til Proven Innocent |
Twista & the Speedknot Mobstaz | Mobstability |
October 13 | Heltah Skeltah | Magnum Force |
Various Artists | Slam: The Soundtrack |
The Dynospectrum | The Dynospectrum |
Tela | Now or Never |
October 17 | Beat Junkies | World Famous Beat Junkies Vol. 2[8] |
October 20 | All City | Metropolis Gold[9] |
Deadly Venoms | The Antidote[10] |
Ghetto Mafia | On da Grind |
Vanilla Ice | Hard to Swallow |
Gambino Family | Ghetto Organized |
October 27 | Big Daddy Kane | Veteranz' Day |
Bushwick Bill | No Surrender No Retreat |
Pras | Ghetto Supastar |
November 3 | Crucial Conflict | Good Side, Bad Side |
Juvenile | 400 Degreez |
Mia X | Mama Drama |
GRITS | Factors of the Seven |
November 10 | The Coup | Steal This Album |
Ghetto Commission | Wise Guys |
Kool G Rap | Roots of Evil |
Pete Rock | Soul Survivor |
November 17 | Geto Boys | Da Good da Bad & da Ugly |
Ice Cube | War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc) |
Method Man | Tical 2000: Judgement Day |
LA the Darkman | Heist of the Century |
November 24 | Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | The Collection, Vol. 1 |
DJ Quik | Rhythm-al-ism |
RZA | Bobby Digital in Stereo |
Steady Mobb'n | Black Mafia |
2Pac | Greatest Hits |
Timbaland | Tim's Bio: Life From Da Bassment |
December 1 | Full Blooded | Memorial Day |
December 8 | Redman | Doc's da Name 2000 |
December 15 | Busta Rhymes | E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front[11] |
Mystikal | Ghetto Fabulous |
DJ Clue | The Professional |
December 22 | DMX | Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood |
Southside Playaz | You Got Us Fuxxed Up |