1997 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 1997.

Released albums

Release Date Artist Album Notes
January 14 Various Artists Rhyme & Reason: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
January 28 Various Artists West Coast Bad Boyz II
February 4 Kool Keith Sex Style
February 11 Funkmaster Flex The Mix Tape, Vol. II
February 18 Luniz Bootlegs & B-Sides
TRU Tru 2 da Game
March 25 The Notorious B.I.G. Life After Death
Warren G Take a Look Over Your Shoulder
April 15 Artifacts That's Them
May 20 Boot Camp Clik For the People
KRS-One I Got Next
Various Artists I'm Bout It
June 3 Wu-Tang Clan Wu-Tang Forever
Jungle Brothers Raw Deluxe
June 17 Capone-N-Noreaga The War Report
June 24 Twista Adrenaline Rush
Mia X Unlady Like
The Lady of Rage Necessary Roughness
July 1 B.G. It's All on U, Vol. 1
Puff Daddy & the Family No Way Out
July 15 DJ Pooh Bad Newz Travels Fast
Missy Elliott Supa Dupa Fly
July 22 Company Flow Funcrusher Plus
July 29 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony The Art of War
Rampage Scout's Honor… by Way of Blood
Suave House Records The Album of the Year
August 5 Atmosphere Overcast!
Killarmy Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars
Mr. Serv-On Life Insurance
Various Artists How to Be a Player
August 12 Insane Clown Posse The Great Milenko
August 19 O.C. Jewelz
August 26 Coolio My Soul
Diamond D Hatred, Passions and Infidelity
Tha Alkaholiks Likwidation
September 2 Master P Ghetto D
September 16 Busta Rhymes When Disaster Strikes...
Mack 10 Based on a True Story
September 23 EPMD Back in Business
Organized Konfusion The Equinox
The X-Ecutioners X-Pressions
September 30 Common One Day It'll All Make Sense
October 14 Gravediggaz The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel
LL Cool J Phenomenon
Rawkus Records Soundbombing
October 21 The Firm The Album
Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz Get Crunk, Who U Wit: Da Album
Salt-n-Pepa Brand New
October 28 Hot Boys Get It How U Live!
November 4 Jay-Z In My Lifetime, Vol. 1
Jedi Mind Tricks The Psycho-Social, Chemical, Biological & Electro-Magnetic Manipulation of Human Consciousness
Rakim The 18th Letter
Three 6 Mafia Chapter 2: World Domination
November 10 MC Lyte Badder Than B-Fore
November 11 Luniz Lunitik Muzik
MC Eiht Last Man Standing
Mystikal Unpredictable
B.G. It's All on U, Vol. 2
November 18 Del the Funky Homosapien Future Development
MJG No More Glory
November 25 Twiztid Mostasteless
Will Smith Big Willie Style
2Pac R U Still Down? (Remember Me)
December 16 Eminem The Slim Shady EP
Ice Cube Featuring...Ice Cube
December 23 8Ball & MJG Lyrics of a Pimp

Highest-charting singles

Hip hop singles which charted in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100
Title Artist Peak position
"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" P. Diddy feat. Mase 1
"I'll Be Missing You" P. Diddy feat. Faith Evans & 112 1
"Hypnotize" The Notorious B.I.G. 1
"Mo Money Mo Problems" The Notorious B.I.G. 1
"It's All About the Benjamins" P. Diddy feat. Lil' Kim, The Lox & The Notorious B.I.G. 2
"Look into My Eyes" Bone Thugs-n-Harmony 4
"Feel So Good" Mase 5
"Dangerous" Busta Rhymes 9
"C U When U Get There" Coolio feat. 40 Thevz 12
"Smile" Scarface feat. 2Pac & Johnny P. 12
"Ghetto Love" Da Brat ft. T-Boz 12
"I Shot The Sheriff" Warren G 20
"I Miss My Homies" Master P ft. Silkk the Shocker, Pimp C & Sons of Funk 25
"Sky's the Limit" The Notorious B.I.G ft. 112 26
"Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" Busta Rhymes 27
"If I Could Teach the World" Bone Thugs-n-Harmony 27
"Smokin' Me Out" Warren G ft. Ronald Isley 35
"Backyard Boogie" Mack 10 38

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 Life After Death The Notorious B.I.G. 690,000 1 East Coast Hip Hop
2 Wu-Tang Forever Wu-Tang Clan 612,000 1 East Coast Hip Hop
3 No Way Out P.Diddy 561,000 1 East Coast Hip Hop
4 R U Still Down? (Remember Me) 2Pac 549,000 2 West Coast Hip Hop
5 The Art Of War Bone Thugs-N-Harmony 394,000 1 Midwest Hip Hop
6 Harlem World Mase 270,000 1 East Coast Hip Hop
7 Ghetto D Master P 260,000 1 Southern Hip Hop

See also

References

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