2002 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 2002.

Events

June

October

April

Released albums

Release Date Artist Album Label
January 1 Lil Boosie For My Thugz Trill Entertainment
January 8 Deepspace5 The Night We Called It a Day UpRok
January 22 KRS-One Spiritual Minded Koch Records
January 29 The X-Ecutioners Built From Scratch Loud Records, Columbia Records
C-Bo Life as a Rider West Coast Mafia Records, Warlock Records
February 12 PSD All I Want Gateway Entertainment
February 24 Souljahz The Fault Is History
February 25 Deep Puddle Dynamics/Anticon We Ain't Fessin' (Double Quotes) Anticon
March 12 N.E.R.D. In Search Of... [Second Version]
New Breed Stop the Music Uprok Records, EMI Christian Music Group
March 19 Rasheeda A Ghetto Dream D-Lo Entertainment
March 26 Eazy-E Impact of a Legend Ruthless Records, Epic Records
k-os Exit Astralwerks
R. Kelly & Jay-Z The Best of Both Worlds Roc-A-Fella Records, Def Jam Recordings, Jive Records, Rockland Records
Ying Yang Twins Alley: The Return of the Ying Yang Twins Koch Records
April 2 J-Live All of the Above Coup D'État
April 5 Pezet/Noon Muzyka Klasyczna T1-Teraz
April 8 O.S.T.R. 30 minut z życia Asfalt Records
April 23 Cee-Lo Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections Arista Records
April 26 50 Cent Guess Who's Back? Full Clip Records
April 30 Blackalicious Blazing Arrow MCA Records
May 7 Kastro & E.D.I. Blood Brothers Outlaw Recordz
May 14 Cam'ron Come Home with Me Roc-A-Fella Records, Diplomat Records, Def Jam Recordings
May 18 Noah23 Quicksand Plague Language[1]
May 21 Big Syke Street Commando RideOnUm Records
May 28 Eminem The Eminem Show Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records
Lil' Keke Birds Fly South Averice
June 11 Atmosphere God Loves Ugly Rhymesayers Entertainment, Fat Beats Records
AZ Aziatic Motown
Spice 1 Spiceberg Slim Hard Tyme Records, Riviera Records
June 14 1200 Techniques Choose One Rubber Records, Sony Records
June 18 Wyclef Jean Masquerade Columbia Records
June 22 Baracuda72 Tetragammoth Plague Language[2]
June 24 O.S.T.R. Tabasko Asfalt Records[3]
June 25 Nelly Nellyville Universal Records
Will Smith Born to Reign Columbia Records
July 2 Juicy J Chronicles of the Juice Man Hypnotize Minds, North North Records
X-Raided City of Kings Out of Bounds Records
July 9 Onyx Bacdafucup Part II Koch Records
July 16 KJ-52 Collaborations BEC Recordings
July 23 Lil Wayne 500 Degreez Cash Money Records
Public Enemy Revolverlution Koch Records
July 29 Big Mello The Gift KMJ Records
July 30 Richie Rich Nixon Pryor Roundtree Ten-Six Records
August 6 Jean Grae Attack of the Attacking Things Third Earth Music
August 13 Do or Die Back 2 the Game Rap-A-Lot Records, Virgin Records
Luniz Silver & Black Rap-A-Lot Records, Virgin Records, Asylum Records
Slum Village Trinity (Past, Present and Future) Capitol Records
August 20 DJ Jazzy Jeff The Magnificent BBE Records
Angie Martinez Animal House Elektra Records
Tray Deee The General's List Empire Music Werks
August 27 Eve Eve-Olution Ruff Ryders Entertainment, Interscope Records
GRITS The Art of Translation Gotee Records
KRS-One The Mix Tape Koch Records
September 9 Outlandish Bread & Barrels of Water RCA Records, Sony BMG Music Entertainment
September 17 Mr. Lif I Phantom Definitive Jux
September 24 54th Platoon All or Nothin' FUBU Records
Nas The Lost Tapes Ill Will Records, Columbia Records
Tech N9ne Absolute Power Strange Music
September 25 Paktofonika Archiwum kinematografii Gigant Records
October 1 Xzibit Man Vs Machine Loud Records, Columbia Records, Open Bar Entertainment
October 7 K-Gee Bounce to This Instant Karma
October 8 Boot Camp Clik The Chosen Few Duck Down Records
Jurassic 5 Power in Numbers Interscope Records
Large Professor 1st Class Matador Records
UTP The Compilation Orpheus Records
October 10 Young Buck Born to Be a Thug UTP Records, Thug Entertainment
October 15 Coolio El Cool Magnifico Riviera Records
LL Cool J 10 Def Jam Recordings
Supastition 7 Years of Bad Luck Freshchest Records
October 21 Bushido & Fler Carlo, Cokxxx, Nutten Aggro Berlin
October 22 Big Syke Big Syke RideOnUm Records, Rap-A-Lot Records
Choppa Choppa Style Take Fo' Records
Jay Tee High Caliber 40 Ounce Records
Jel 10 Seconds Mush Records
The Streets Original Pirate Material Locked On Records, 679 Recordings
October 28 WWO We własnej osobie Prosto[4]
October 29 Jungle Brothers All That We Do Jungle Brothers Records
October 29 8 Mile (Eminem) OST Shady Records, Interscope Records
Penny The Clockforth Movement Plague Language[5]
November 5 Soul-Junk 1957
November 12 Indo G Contact Blackhouse Entertainment
Jay-Z The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse Roc-A-Fella Records, Def Jam Recordings
Missy Elliott Under Construction The Goldmind Inc., Elektra Records
WC Ghetto Heisman Def Jam Recordings
November 19 Ja Rule The Last Temptation
Talib Kweli Quality
November 22 Fettes Brot Amnesie
November 26 2Pac Better Dayz Amaru Entertainment, Tha Row Records
Baby Birdman Cash Money Records
Busta Rhymes It Ain't Safe No More
Snoop Dogg Paid Tha Cost to Be Da Boss
The Roots Phrenology Geffen Records, MCA Records
Will Smith Greatest Hits Columbia Records
December 10 504 Boyz Ballers The New No Limit, Universal Records
Common Electric Circus MCA Records
December 17 Indo G Christmas N Memphis Big Face
Lil' Romeo Game Time The New No Limit, Universal Records
Nas God's Son Ill Will Records, Columbia Records

Highest first-week sales

List of top ten albums with the highest first-week
Number Album Artist 1st-week sales 1st-week position
1 The Eminem Show Eminem 1,322,000 1
2 Nellyville Nelly 714,000 1
3 8 Mile OST Various Artists 702,000 1
4 The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse Jay-Z 545,000 1
5 Better Dayz 2Pac 366,000 5
6 Under Construction Missy Elliott 259,000 3
7 The Last Temptation Ja Rule 237,000 4
8 God's Son Nas 176,000 12
9 Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss Snoop Dogg 174,000 12
10 Man vs. Machine Xzibit 156,000 3

Highest critically reviewed albums (Metacritic)

Number Artist Album Average score Number of reviews Reference
1 The Streets Original Pirate Material 90 25 reviews [6]
2 The Roots Phrenology 87 23 reviews [7]
3 Missy Elliott Under Construction 81 19 reviews [8]
4 Nas God's Son 81 18 reviews [9]
5 Common Electric Circus 80 22 reviews [10]
6 Talib Kweli Quality 79 19 reviews [11]
7 Jurassic 5 Power in Numbers 76 20 reviews [12]
8 Eminem The Eminem Show 75 20 reviews [13]
9 Nelly Nellyville 70 15 reviews [14]
10 Public Enemy Revolverlution 65 17 reviews [15]

See also

References