1995 in hip hop music

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This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 1995.

Released albums

Release Date	Artist	Album
January 10	Smif-N-Wessun	Dah Shinin
January 17	The Roots	Do You Want More?!!!??!
January 24	Too Short	Cocktails
February 7	Master P	99 Ways to Die
February 21	DJ Quik	Safe + Sound
March 14	2Pac	Me Against the World
April 16	Schoolly D	Reservoir Dog
April 25	Mobb Deep	The Infamous
May 2	Naughty by Nature	Poverty's Paradise
May 23	Beastie Boys	Root Down EP
May 25	Three 6 Mafia	Mystic Stylez
June 20	Mack 10	Mack 10
June 20	Mystikal	Mystikal
July 4	Luniz	Operation Stackola
July 18	Jodeci	The Show, the After Party, the Hotel
July 25	Bone Thugs-N-Harmony	E. 1999 Eternal
July 28	The B.G.'z	True Story
August 1	Raekwon	Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
August 29	Junior M.A.F.I.A.	Conspiracy
September 26	Doug E. Fresh	Play
October 15	Mystikal	Mind of Mystikal
October 24	Fat Joe	Jealous One's Envy
October 31	Cypress Hill	Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom
October 31	Tha Dogg Pound	Dogg Food
November 1	8Ball & MJG	On Top of the World
November 7	GZA	Liquid Swords
November 13	Beastie Boys	Alio e Olio
November 14	The Pharcyde	Labcabincalifornia
November 21	Coolio	Gangsta's Paradise
	The Dangerous Crew	Don't Try This at Home
	Funkmaster Flex	The Mix Tape, Vol. 1
	LL Cool J	Mr. Smith
	artist	album
November 24	Eazy-E	Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton
November 28	Eazy-E	Eternal E
December 5	Three 6 Mafia	Live by Yo Rep

Hip hop singles which charted in the Top 40 of the *Billboard* Hot 100 in 1995.
Title	Artist	Peak position
"Gangsta's Paradise"	Coolio feat. L.V. (singer)	1
"One More Chance"	The Notorious B.I.G. feat. Faith Evans & Mary J. Blige	2
"Hey Lover"	LL Cool J feat. Boyz II Men	3
"I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By"	Method Man feat. Mary J. Blige	3
"Big Poppa"	The Notorious B.I.G.	6
"I Got 5 on It"	Luniz feat. Michael Marshall	8
"Dear Mama"	2Pac	9
"Keep Their Heads Ringin'"	Dr. Dre	10
"Player's Anthem"	Junior M.A.F.I.A.	13
"How High"	Method Man & Redman	13
"I Wish"	Skee-Lo	13
"1st of tha Month"	Bone Thugs-n-Harmony	14
"Feel Me Flow"	Naughty by Nature	17
"Too Hot"	Coolio	24
"Sugar Hill"	AZ	25
"Give It 2 You"	Da Brat	26

List of top ten albums with the highest first-week home market sales of 1995
Number	Album	Artist	1st-week sales	1st-week position	Refs
1	E. 1999 Eternal	Bone Thugs-N-Harmony	307,000	1	Midwest Hip Hop
2	Dogg Food	Tha Dogg Pound	277,500	1	West Coast Hip Hop
3	Me Against The World	2Pac	240,000	1	West Coast Hip Hop
4	Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom	Cypress Hill	142,000	3	West Coast Hip Hop
5	Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...	Raekwon	130,000	4	East Coast Hip Hop
6	Friday	Various Artist	123,000	1	West Coast Hip Hop
7	Cocktails	Too Short	101,000	6	West Coast Hip Hop
8	On Top of the World	8Ball & MJG	83,000	8	Southern Hip Hop
9	Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version	Ol' Dirty Bastard	81,000	2	East Coast Hip Hop
10	Mr. Smith	LL Cool J	80,000	20	East Coast Hip Hop