1996 in hip hop music

List of years in hip hop music

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 9 Kid Rock Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp
January 23 The D.O.C. Helter Skelter
February 13 2Pac All Eyez on Me
Fugees The Score
Skillz From Where???
February 26 B.G. Chopper City
March 26 Busta Rhymes The Coming
April 2 Bahamadia Kollage
Beastie Boys The In Sound From Way Out!
Geto Boys The Resurrection
MC Eiht Death Threatz
April 9 MC Ren The Villain in Black
April 16 Master P Ice Cream Man
May 7 Kool Keith Dr. Octagonecologyst
May 21 Dr. Dre First Round Knock Out
Too Short Gettin' It (Album Number Ten)
June 4 Digital Underground Future Rhythm
Ice-T Ice-T VI: Return of the Real
Kool G Rap Rated XXX
June 18 Heltah Skeltah Nocturnal
June 25 JAY Z Reasonable Doubt
July 2 De La Soul Stakes Is High
N.W.A Greatest Hits
Nas It Was Written
July 30 A Tribe Called Quest Beats, Rhymes and Life
UGK Ridin' Dirty
August 13 Cypress Hill Unreleased and Revamped
August 20 Silkk the Shocker The Shocker
August 27 MC Lyte Bad As I Wanna B
OutKast ATLiens
September 24 Dr. Dre Back 'n the Day
The Roots Illadelph Halflife
October 1 The Dayton Family F.B.I. (Fuck Being Indicted)
Ras Kass Soul on Ice
October 15 Jeru the Damaja Wrath of the Math
Xzibit At the Speed of Life
October 22 Westside Connection Bow Down
October 29 Ghostface Killah Ironman
November 5 LL Cool J All World: Greatest Hits
2Pac The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
November 12 Eminem Infinite
Lil' Kim Hard Core
Snoop Dogg Tha Doggfather
November 19 DJ Shadow Endtroducing.....
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
December 3 Three 6 Mafia Chapter 1: The End
December 10 Redman Muddy Waters

Highest first-week sales

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

See also

References

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