1996 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 1996.

Released albums

Release Date	Artist	Album
January 23	The D.O.C.	Helter Skelter
February 12	Kid Rock	Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp
February 13	2Pac	All Eyez on Me
February 26	B.G.	Chopper City
March 26	Busta Rhymes	The Coming
April 2	Beastie Boys	The In Sound From Way Out!
	Geto Boys	The Resurrection
	MC Eiht	Death Threatz
April 16	Master P	Ice Cream Man
May 21	Too Short	Gettin' It (Album Number Ten)
May 23	Dr. Dre	First Round Knock Out
June 4	Digital Underground	Future Rhythm
	Ice-T	Ice-T IV: Return of the Real
	Kool G Rap	Rated XXX
June 25	Jay-Z	Reasonable Doubt
July 2	De La Soul	Stakes Is High
	N.W.A	Greatest Hits
	Nas	It Was Written
July 29	UGK	Ridin' Dirty
July 30	A Tribe Called Quest	Beats, Rhymes and Life
August 13	Cypress Hill	Unreleased and Revamped
August 26	OutKast	ATLiens
August 27	MC Lyte	Bad As I Wanna B
September 17	Ras Kass	Soul on Ice
September 24	Dr. Dre	Back 'n the Day
September 24	The Roots	Illadelph Halflife
October 1	Xzibit	At the Speed of Life
October 22	Westside Connection	Bow Down
October 26	Master P	Only God Can Judge Me
November 4	Rakim	The 18th Letter
November 5	LL Cool J	All World: Greatest Hits
November 5	Makaveli	The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
November 12	Snoop Doggy Dogg	Tha Doggfather
November 19	Mobb Deep	Hell On Earth
November 26	Dr. Dre	Dr. Dre Presents the Aftermath
December 3	Three 6 Mafia	Chapter 1: The End
December 10	Redman	Muddy Waters

List of top ten albums with the highest first-week home market sales
Number	Album	Artist	1st-week sales	1st-week position	Genre
1	The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory	2Pac	664,000	1	West Coast Hip Hop
2	All Eyez On Me	2Pac	566,000	1	West Coast Hip Hop
3	Tha Doggfather	Snoop Dogg	478,971	1	West Coast Hip Hop
4	It Was Written	Nas	268,000	1	East Coast Hip Hop
5	The Score (Fugees album)	The Fugees	205,500	1	East Coast Hip Hop