1998 in hip hop music explained
This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 1998.
Released albums
| Release Date[1] | Artist | Album |
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| January 13 | The Lox | Money, Power & Respect |
| January 20 | Saafir | Trigonometry |
| Young Bleed | My Balls and My Word |
| January 27 | GP Wu | Don't Go Against the Grain |
| February 3 | Myzery | Para la Isla |
| February 10 | Funkdoobiest | The Troubleshooters[2] |
| February 17 | Silkk the Shocker | Charge It 2 da Game |
| February 24 | Above the Law | Legends |
| C-Bo | Til My Casket Drops |
| E.S.G. | Return of the Living Dead |
| Prophet Posse | Body Parts |
| March 3 | Scarface | My Homies |
| March 10 | Killah Priest | Heavy Mental |
| March 17 | C-Murder | Life or Death |
| Fat Pat | Ghetto Dreams |
| March 24 | Cappadonna | The Pillage |
| Das EFX | Generation EFX |
| Hieroglyphics | 3rd Eye Vision |
| Lil' Keke | Commission |
| People Under the Stairs | The Next Step |
| March 31 | Daz Dillinger | Retaliation, Revenge and Get Back[3] |
| Gang Starr | Moment of Truth |
| Smif-n-Wessun | The Rude Awakening |
| April 7 | Do or Die | Headz or Tailz[4] |
| Fat Pat | Throwed in da Game |
| Goodie Mob | Still Standing |
| Various Artists | I Got the Hook Up |
| April 13 | Mark B | Hitmen for Hire |
| April 14 | Aceyalone | A Book of Human Language |
| April 20 | Souls of Mischief | Focus |
| April 21 | Allfrumtha I | Allfrumtha I |
| Marvaless | Fearless |
| April 22 | Massive Attack | Mezzanine |
| April 28 | Big Pun | Capital Punishment[5] |
| Mac Dre | Stupid Doo Doo Dumb |
| Public Enemy | He Got Game |
| WC | The Shadiest One |
| May 1 | Shades of Culture | Mindstate |
| May 5 | Fiend | There's One in Every Family |
| Rawkus Records | Lyricist Lounge, Volume One |
| May 12 | DMX | It's Dark and Hell Is Hot |
| Various Artists | Streets Is Watching soundtrack |
| May 19 | AZ | Pieces of a Man[6] |
| DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince | Greatest Hits |
| Snoop Dogg | Smokefest Underground |
| Soulja Slim | Give It 2 'Em Raw |
| Too Short | |
| 8Ball | Lost |
| May 24 | Show and A.G. | Full Scale (EP) |
| May 26 | Mo Thugs | |
| June 1 | Jurassic 5 | Jurassic 5 |
| All Natural | No Additives, No Preservatives |
| June 2 | Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz | Make It Reign[7] |
| Master P | MP Da Last Don |
| Onyx | Shut 'Em Down |
| June 16 | Devin the Dude | The Dude |
| Queen Latifah | Order in the Court |
| Z-Ro | Look What You Did to Me |
| June 23 | Andre Nickatina | Raven in My Eyes |
| John Forte | Poly Sci |
| Ka'Nut | Look At 'Em Now |
| Lil' Troy | Sittin' Fat Down South |
| June 30 | Black Eyed Peas | Behind the Front |
| Def Squad | El Niño |
| Ganksta N-I-P | Interview with a Killa |
| MC Ren | Ruthless for Life |
| July 7 | Kane & Abel | Am I My Brother's Keeper |
| N.O.R.E. | N.O.R.E. |
| July 14 | Beastie Boys | Hello Nasty |
| July 21 | 69 Boyz | The Wait Is Over |
| Cam'ron | Confessions of Fire |
| Nate Dogg | G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1 & 2 |
| Mac | Shell Shocked |
| Mix Master Mike | Anti-Theft Device |
| Rasco | Time Waits for No Man |
| Sunz of Man | The Last Shall Be First |
| Wu-Tang Clan | The Swarm |
| July 28 | Celly Cel | The G Filez |
| Delinquent Habits | Here Come the Horns |
| August 4 | Snoop Dogg | Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told |
| August 11 | Crime Boss | Still at Large |
| E-40 | The Element of Surprise |
| Funkmaster Flex | The Mix Tape, Vol. III |
| Killarmy | Dirty Weaponry |
| M.O.P. | First Family 4 Life |
| August 18 | Kid Rock | Devil Without a Cause |
| MC Lyte | Seven & Seven |
| Styles of Beyond | 2000 Fold |
| Sporty Thievz | Street Cinema |
| August 25 | A.D.O.R. | Shock Frequency |
| Biz Markie | On the Turntable |
| Lauryn Hill | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill |
| Xzibit | 40 Dayz & 40 Nightz |
| September 1 | Big Ed the Assassin | The Assassin |
| Fat Joe | Don Cartagena |
| Herschelwood Hardheadz | A Million Dollar$ Later |
| September 8 | Canibus | Can-I-Bus |
| Digital Underground | Who Got the Gravy? |
| Skull Duggery | These Wicked Streets |
| September 15 | Magic | Sky's the Limit |
| The Kaze | Kamakazie Timez Up |
| September 22 | Big Tymers | How You Luv That Vol. 2 |
| Flipmode Squad | The Imperial |
| Ghetto Twiinz | No Pain No Gain |
| Ras Kass | Rasassination |
| September 29 | Bad Azz | Word on tha Streets |
| Black Star | Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star |
| Brand Nubian | Foundation |
| Jay-Z | Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life |
| No Limit Records | Mean Green |
| OutKast | Aquemini |
| A Tribe Called Quest | The Love Movement |
| October 6 | Bizzy Bone | Heaven'z Movie |
| Cypress Hill | Cypress Hill IV |
| Kurupt | Kuruption! |
| Mack 10 | The Recipe |
| P.M. Dawn | Dearest Christian, I'm So Very Sorry for Bringing You Here. Love, Dad |
| Prime Suspects | Guilty 'til Proven Innocent |
| Twista & the Speedknot Mobstaz | Mobstability |
| October 13 | Heltah Skeltah | Magnum Force |
| Various Artists | Slam: The Soundtrack |
| The Dynospectrum | The Dynospectrum |
| Tela | Now or Never |
| October 17 | Beat Junkies | World Famous Beat Junkies Vol. 2[8] |
| October 20 | All City | Metropolis Gold[9] |
| Deadly Venoms | The Antidote[10] |
| Ghetto Mafia | On da Grind |
| Vanilla Ice | Hard to Swallow |
| Gambino Family | Ghetto Organized |
| October 27 | Big Daddy Kane | Veteranz' Day |
| Bushwick Bill | No Surrender No Retreat |
| Pras | Ghetto Supastar |
| November 3 | Crucial Conflict | Good Side, Bad Side |
| Juvenile | 400 Degreez |
| Mia X | Mama Drama |
| GRITS | Factors of the Seven |
| November 10 | The Coup | Steal This Album |
| Ghetto Commission | Wise Guys |
| Kool G Rap | Roots of Evil |
| Pete Rock | Soul Survivor |
| November 17 | Geto Boys | Da Good da Bad & da Ugly |
| Ice Cube | War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc) |
| Method Man | |
| LA the Darkman | Heist of the Century |
| November 24 | Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | The Collection, Vol. 1 |
| DJ Quik | Rhythm-al-ism |
| RZA | Bobby Digital in Stereo |
| Steady Mobb'n | Black Mafia |
| 2Pac | Greatest Hits |
| Timbaland | Tim's Bio: Life From Da Bassment |
| December 1 | Full Blooded | Memorial Day |
| December 8 | Redman | Doc's da Name 2000 |
| December 15 | Busta Rhymes | [11] |
| Mystikal | Ghetto Fabulous |
| DJ Clue | The Professional |
| December 22 | DMX | Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood |
| Southside Playaz | You Got Us Fuxxed Up |
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Highest-charting singles
Highest first-week album sales
Number! scope="col"| Album | Artist | 1st-week sales | 1st-week position | Refs |
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| 1 | Hello Nasty | Beastie Boys | 681,000 | 1 | |
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| 2 | Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood | DMX | 670,000 | 1 | |
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| 3 | Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told | Snoop Dogg | 520,000 | 1 | |
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| 4 | MP Da Last Don | Master P | 495,000 | 1 | |
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| 5 | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill | Lauryn Hill | 422,624 | 1 | |
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| 6 | | Method Man | 411,000 | 2 | |
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| 7 | Ghetto Fabulous | Mystikal | 386,000 | 5 | |
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| 8 | Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life | Jay-Z | 350,000 | 1 | |
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| 9 | Charge It 2 Da Game | Silkk The Shocker | 288,000 | 3 | |
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| 10 | It's Dark and Hell Is Hot | DMX | 251,000 | 1 | |
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See also
Notes and References
- Web site: The Top 100 Hip-Hop Albums of 1998.
- Web site: Troubleshooters Enhanced, Explicit Lyrics Edition by Funkdoobiest (1998) Audio CD. Amazon.
- Web site: Retaliation, Revenge and Get Back - Daz Dillinger Songs, Reviews, Credits AllMusic. AllMusic. 2018-05-06.
- Web site: Headz or Tailz - Do or Die Songs, Reviews, Credits AllMusic. AllMusic. 2018-05-06.
- Web site: Capital Punishment - Big Pun Songs, Reviews, Credits AllMusic. AllMusic. 2018-05-06.
- Web site: Pieces of a Man - AZ Songs, Reviews, Credits AllMusic. AllMusic. 2018-05-06.
- Web site: Make It Reign - Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz Songs, Reviews, Credits AllMusic. AllMusic. 2018-05-06.
- Web site: The World Famous Beat Junkies, Vol. 2 - The Beat Junkies Songs, Reviews, Credits AllMusic. AllMusic. 2018-05-06.
- Web site: Metropolis Gold - All City Songs, Reviews, Credits AllMusic. AllMusic. 2018-05-06.
- Web site: Antidote - The Deadly Venoms Songs, Reviews, Credits AllMusic. AllMusic. 2018-05-06.
- Web site: Extinction Level Event: The Final World Front - Busta Rhymes Songs, Reviews, Credits AllMusic. AllMusic. 2018-05-06.
