Release Date |
Artist |
Album |
Label |
January 1 |
Boosie Badazz |
For My Thugz |
Trill Entertainment |
January 8 |
Deepspace5 |
The Night We Called It a Day |
UpRok |
January 22 |
KRS-One |
Spiritual Minded |
Koch Records |
X-Raided |
Deadly Game |
JLM Entertainment |
January 29 |
C-Bo |
Life as a Rider |
West Coast Mafia Records, Warlock Records |
The X-Ecutioners |
Built From Scratch |
Loud Records, Columbia Records |
February 12 |
PSD |
All I Want |
Gateway Entertainment |
February 24 |
Souljahz |
The Fault Is History |
World Entertainment, LLC. |
February 25 |
Deep Puddle Dynamics/Anticon |
We Ain't Fessin' (Double Quotes) |
Anticon |
March 12 |
N.E.R.D. |
In Search Of... [Second Version] |
Virgin Records, EMI |
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 |
Non Phixion |
The Future Is Now |
Uncle Howie Records |
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 9 |
Twiztid |
Mirror Mirror |
Psychopathic 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 |
Count Bass D |
Dwight Spitz |
High Times |
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 |
El-P |
Fantastic Damage |
Definitive Jux |
May 18 |
Noah23 |
Quicksand |
Plague Language[1] |
May 21 |
Big Syke |
Street Commando |
Eminem |
The Eminem Show |
Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records |
May 28 |
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 |
Eyedea |
The Many Faces of Oliver Hart or How Eye One the Write Too Think |
Rhymesayers Entertainment |
Juicy J |
Chronicles of the Juice Man |
Hypnotize Minds, North North Records |
X-Raided |
City of Kings |
Out of Bounds Records |
July 8 |
Roots Manuva |
Dub Come Save Me |
Big Dada |
July 9 |
Onyx |
Bacdafucup Part II |
Koch Records |
July 16 |
KJ-52 |
Collaborations |
BEC Recordings |
July 23 |
Jean Grae |
Attack of the Attacking Things |
Third Earth Music |
Jumpsteady |
The Chaos Theory |
Psychopathic Records |
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 |
Knoc-Turn'al |
L.A. Confidential presents: Knoc-Turn'al |
Elektra Records |
August 6 |
Cage |
Movies for the Blind |
Eastern Conference Records |
Project Pat |
Layin' da Smack Down |
Loud Records |
Scarface |
The Fix |
Def Jam South |
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 |
Angie Martinez |
Animal House |
Elektra Records |
Clipse |
Lord Willin' |
Star Trak Entertainment |
DJ Jazzy Jeff |
The Magnificent |
BBE Records |
Tray Deee |
The General's List |
Empire Music Werks |
August 27 |
Devin the Dude |
Just Tryin' ta Live |
Rap-a-Lot Records |
Eve |
Eve-Olution |
Ruff Ryders Entertainment, Interscope Records |
GRITS |
The Art of Translation |
Gotee Records |
KRS-One |
The Mix Tape |
Koch Records |
Lil Flip |
Undaground Legend |
Sucka Free, Loud Records, Columbia Records |
Promatic |
Promatic |
Koch Records |
Trina |
Diamond Princess |
Slip-n-Slide Records, Atlantic 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 |
7L & Esoteric |
Warning: Dangerous Exclusives |
Brick Records |
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 |
Krumb Snatcha |
Respect All Fear None |
D&D Records |
Large Professor |
1st Class |
Matador Records |
Tela |
Double Dose |
Rap-a-Lot Records |
UTP |
The Compilation |
Orpheus Records |
7L & Esoteric |
Dangerous Connection |
Brick Records |
October 10 |
Young Buck |
Born to Be a Thug |
UTP Records, Thug Entertainment |
October 15 |
Coolio |
El Cool Magnifico |
Riviera Records |
Da Heabussaz (Three 6 Mafia & Fiend) |
Dat's How It Happen to'M |
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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 |
WC |
Ghetto Heisman |
Def Jam Recordings |
October 28 |
WWO |
We własnej osobie |
Prosto[4] |
October 29 |
Penny |
The Clockforth Movement |
Plague Language[5] |
Jungle Brothers |
All That We Do |
Jungle Brothers Records |
Various Artists |
Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture 8 Mile |
Shady Records, Interscope Records |
November 5 |
Insane Clown Posse |
The Wraith: Shangri-La |
Psychopathic Records |
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 |
November 19 |
C-Bo |
Desert Eagle |
Warlock Records |
Canibus |
Mic Club: The Curriculum |
Mic Club Music |
Ja Rule |
The Last Temptation |
Murder Inc Records, Def Jam Recordings |
Talib Kweli |
Quality |
Rawkus Records, MCA Records |
November 22 |
Fettes Brot |
Amnesie |
'Yo Mama's Recording |
November 26 |
2Pac |
Better Dayz |
Amaru Entertainment, Death Row Records |
Birdman |
Birdman |
Cash Money Records |
Busta Rhymes |
It Ain't Safe No More |
Flipmode Records, J Records |
Royce da 5'9" |
Rock City |
Columbia Records, E1 Music, Game Recordings |
Snoop Dogg |
Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$ |
Doggystyle Records, Priority Records, Capitol Records |
The Roots |
Phrenology |
Geffen Records, MCA Records |
Will Smith |
Greatest Hits |
Columbia Records |
December 10 |
Common |
Electric Circus |
MCA Records |
Felt |
Felt: A Tribute to Christina Ricci |
Rhymesayers Entertainment |
Nas |
God's Son |
Ill Will Records, Columbia Records |
504 Boyz |
Ballers |
The New No Limit, Universal Records |
December 17 |
Indo G |
Christmas N Memphis |
Big Face |
Lil' Romeo |
Game Time |
The New No Limit, Universal Records |