Release Date | Artist(s) | Album | Record label(s) | Notes | |
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January 2 | Baracuda & Modulok | Hydra | Fishgang, Takaba[56] | ||
Sarkodie | Sarkology | Duncwills Entertainment[57] |
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January 7 | Kid Ink | My Own Lane | Tha Alumni Music Group, 88 Classic, RCA Records[58] |
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January 9 | Burgundy Fats (Self Jupiter) | The Legend of 1900 | Voila Entertainment, AugustBouy Music, Sleepy Hollow Records[59] | ||
Úlfur Kolka | Borgaraleg Óhlýðni | Vesturbær[60] | |||
January 14 | Zion I | The Masters of Ceremony | Live Up Records[61] | ||
January 21 | The Nope (Moka Only & Psy) | Sinus EP | URBNET[62] | ||
Step Brothers (The Alchemist & Evidence) | Lord Steppington | Rhymesayers Entertainment[63] |
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Transit | Super Man Took Steroids | Transit[64] | |||
Trae tha Truth & The Worlds Freshest | The Tonite Show | Empire Distribution, Fresh in the Flesh[65] | |||
Ty Dolla Sign | Beach House EP | Taylor Gang Records, Atlantic Records[66] | |||
January 28 | Isaiah Rashad | Cilvia Demo | Top Dawg Entertainment[67] |
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Qwazaar & Batsauce | Stress Chasers | Galapagos4[68] | |||
Andy Mineo | Never Land | Reach Records[69] |
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January 31 | Noah23 & Horse Head | Delicate Genius | Plague Language[70] | ||
February 4 | Lil Wyte & Frayser Boy | B.A.R. (Bay Area Representatives) | Hypnotize Minds, Wyte Music, Select-O-Hits[71] | ||
Prince Po & Oh No | Animal Serum | Wandering Worx[72] | |||
Young Fathers | Dead | Anticon, Big Dada[73] | |||
February 11 | Bike for Three! | So Much Forever | Fake Four Inc.[74] | ||
Good Belt Gang | Resource Room | Militainment Business[75] | |||
Willie the Kid & Bronze Nazareth | The Living Daylights | Embassy Ent., Black Day In July Productions[76] | |||
February 18 | The Doppelgangaz | Peace Kehd | Groggy Pack Entertainment[77] |
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The Grouch & Eligh | The Tortoise and the Crow | The Grouch & Eligh Music[78] |
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Prodigy | The Most Infamous | Infamous Records[79] | |||
Juvenile | The Fundamentals | Rap-A-Lot Records[80] | |||
Verbal Kent | Sound of the Weapon | Mello Music Group[81] | |||
February 23 | Noah23 | Rare Gems | Plague Language[82] | ||
February 25 | Kid Cudi | Wicked Awesome Records, Republic Records[83] |
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Homeboy Sandman | White Sands | Stones Throw Records[84] | |||
Schoolboy Q | Oxymoron | Top Dawg Entertainment, Interscope Records[85] |
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Stat Quo | ATLA Music[86] | ||||
T. Mills | All I Wanna Do | Columbia Records[87] |
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March 1 | Calle 13 | Multi Viral | El Abismo[88] |
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March 3 | Chali 2na | Manphibian Music: Against the Current EP 2 | Chali 2na[89] | ||
Pharrell Williams | G I R L | Black Lot Music, Columbia Records[90] |
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Rick Ross | Mastermind | Maybach Music Group, Slip-n-Slide Records, Def Jam Recordings[91] |
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March 4 | Black Milk | Glitches in the Break | Computer Ugly Records[92] | ||
Clyde Carson | Playboy | Moe Doe Entertainment[93] | |||
O.S.T.R. & Marco Polo | Kartagina | Asfalt Records[94] |
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Wax & Batsauce | The Soledad Brothers | Galapagos4[96] | |||
March 11 | Illmaculate | Clay Pigeons | Illmaculate[97] | ||
Young Money | Rise of an Empire | Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, Republic Records[98] |
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March 14 | Farid Bang | Killa | Banger Musik[99] | ||
March 17 | Kevin Gates | By Any Means | Atlantic, Bread Winners' Association | ||
March 18 | Ana Tijoux | Vengo | Nacional Records[100] | ||
Cyne | All My Angles Are Right | Hometapes[101] | |||
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib | Piñata | Madlib Invazion[102] | |||
Nocando | Jimmy the Burnout | Hellfyre Club[103] | |||
Onyx | Wakedafucup | Mad Money[104] |
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Ra Scion | Sharper Tool; Bigger Weapon | SCIONtific Records[105] | |||
Sisyphus | Sisyphus | Flaming Pop, Ryan Lott Music, New Jerusalem[106] | |||
YG | My Krazy Life | Pu$haz Ink, CTE World, Def Jam Recordings[107] |
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March 20 | Phyno | No Guts No Glory | Sputnet Records, Penthauze Music[108] |
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March 25 | Axe Murder Boyz | The Garcia Brothers | Canonize Productions, Psychopathic Records[109] | ||
Christon Gray | School of Roses | Collision Records[110] |
| ||
Grieves | Winter & the Wolves | Rhymesayers Entertainment[111] | |||
Lil Debbie | California Sweetheart | Lil Debbie Records[112] | |||
Sage the Gemini | Remember Me | Republic Records[113] | |||
March 26 | Mestizo | Underlord | Machina Muerte[114] | ||
March 27 | The Cloaks (Awol One & Gel Roc) | The Cloaks | Abolano Records[115] | ||
March 28 | Jesse Jagz | Jagz Nation[116] |
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April 1 | Big Hutch | The Big Hit | West World Records, Big Shot Music Group[117] | ||
CunninLynguists | Strange Journey Volume Three | Bad Taste Records[118] | |||
Giovanni Marks | C.O.A.T. | Get Crev Laboratories[119] | |||
Mobb Deep | The Infamous Mobb Deep | Infamous Records, RED Distribution[120] |
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Nick Cannon | White People Party Music | N'Credible Entertainment[121] |
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Smoke DZA | Dream. Zone. Achieve | R.F.C. Music Group[122] |
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April 8 | Chuck Inglish | Convertibles | Sounds Like Fun Records, Federal Prism Records[123] |
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Ratking | So It Goes | HXC, XL | |||
April 11 | Sole & DJ Pain 1 | Warfare | Black Canyon Music[124] | ||
April 15 | Da' T.R.U.T.H. | Heartbeat | Mixed Bag Records[125] |
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Dizzy Wright | State of Mind | Funk Volume[126] |
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Messy Marv, The Jacka & Blanco | One Hunnid | Guerrilla Entertainment[127] | |||
Locksmith | A Thousand Cuts | Landmark Entertainment[128] | |||
Pharoahe Monch | PTSD | W.A.R. Media, Duck Down Music Inc.[129] |
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Nas | Illmatic XX (Illmatic reissue) | Columbia Records[130] | |||
Sleep & Maulskull | Oregon Failure | Sleep of Oldominion LLC[131] | |||
Timbuktu | How Huge: The Legend of Howard Huge | Droppin' Science Productions[132] | |||
April 17 | Ceschi | Forgotten Forever | Cooler Than Cucumbers Records[133] |
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April 18 | Ten Typ Mes | Trzeba było zostać dresiarzem | Alkopoligamia.com[134] |
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April 20 | Lil Wyte | No Sick Days | Wyte Music, Hypnotize Minds[136] | ||
N.O.R.E. | Noreaster | Militainment Business[137] | |||
April 22 | Asher Roth | RetroHash | Federal Prism Records, Pale Fire[138] |
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Army of the Pharaohs | In Death Reborn | Enemy Soil, Babygrande Records, Demigodz Records[139] |
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Blueprint | Respect the Architect | Weightless Recordings[140] | |||
Daz Dillinger | Weed Money | Felder Entertainment Inc., D.P.G. Recordz[141] |
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Future | Honest | A-1 Recordings, Freebandz, Epic Records[142] |
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Iggy Azalea | The New Classic | Island Records[143] |
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K Camp | In Due Time | Interscope Records[144] |
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Shabaam Sahdeeq | Keepers of the Lost Art | Below System[145] | |||
Termanology | Mas Goya | ST. Records[146] | |||
Yukmouth | GAS (Grow and Sale) | Smoke-a-Lot Records[147] | |||
Zion I | Libations | Live Up Records[148] | |||
April 28 | Aim | Drum Machines & VHS Dreams | ATIC Records[149] | ||
Radioinactive | Hip-Hop Helmet | Flying Carpet Studios, Laitdbac[150] | |||
April 29 | Bas | Last Winter | Dreamville Records, Interscope Records[151] |
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Chuuwee | Cool World | Amalgam Digital[152] | |||
Intuition & Equalibrum | Intuition & Equalibrum | Kinda Neat[153] | |||
J-Live | Around the Sun | Mortier Music[154] | |||
Propaganda | Crimson Cord | Humble Beast Records[155] |
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Rapper Big Pooh & Roc C | Trouble In the Neighborhood | New World Color[156] | |||
Social Club | Misfits 2 | Social Club[157] |
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Styles P | Phantom and the Ghost | Phantom Entertainment, New Music Cartel, Empire Distribution[158] |
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May 6 | Atmosphere | Southsiders | Rhymesayers Entertainment[159] |
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Beckah Shae | Champion | Shae Shoc Records[160] | |||
People Under the Stairs | 12 Step Program | PL70 Records, PUTS Records[161] | |||
Tech N9ne | Strangeulation | Strange Music[162] |
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May 9 | Kollegah | King | Selfmade Records[163] | ||
The Worlds Freshest & Freddie Gibbs | The Tonite Show | Empire Recordings, Fresh in the Flesh[170] | |||
May 13 | Boondox | Abaddon | Psychopathic Records[171] | ||
Iamsu! | Sincerely Yours | HBK Gang Records, Alternative Distribution Alliance[172] |
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Moka Only | Sex Money Moka | Urbnet[173] | |||
May 17 | Tede |
| Wielkie Joł[174] |
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May 19 | The Roots | ...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin | Def Jam Recordings[176] |
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Blu | Good To Be Home | New World Color, Nature Sounds[177] | |||
May 20 | Deniro Farrar | Rebirth EP | Vice Records[178] | ||
eMC | The Turning Point | Penalty Recordings[179] | |||
May 27 | Gangsta Boo & La Chat | Witch | Phixieous Entertainment[180] | ||
Hit-Boy & HS87 | We the Plug | Hits Since '87, Interscope Records[181] | |||
Kool Keith | Demolition Crash | Junkadelic Music[182] | |||
Meyhem Lauren & Buckwild | Silk Pyramids | Thrice Great[183] | |||
MJG | Too Pimpin' 2.0 | MJG Muzik[184] | |||
Skyzoo & Torae | Barrel Brothers | First Generation Rich Inc, Internal Affairs Ent, Loyalty Digital Corp, Empire Recordings[185] | |||
Tedashii | Below Paradise | Reach Records[186] |
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June 3 | 50 Cent | Animal Ambition | G-Unit Records, Caroline Records[187] | ||
Apathy | Connecticut Casual | Demigodz Records, Dirty Version Records[188] | |||
Big Smo | Kuntry Livin' | Elektra Nashville, Warner Music Nashville[189] |
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Die Antwoord | Donker Mag | Zef Records[190] | |||
Mcenroe | Burnt Orange | Peanuts & Corn Records[191] | |||
Sage Francis | Copper Gone | Strange Famous Records[192] | |||
June 8 | Bones | Garbage | TeamSESH | ||
June 10 | Body Count | Manslaughter | Sumerian Records[193] |
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Canibus | Fait Accompli | RBC Records[194] |
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Cisco Adler | Coastin | Bananabeat Records[195] | |||
clipping. | CLPPNG | Sub Pop | |||
HRSMN | Historic EP | RBC Records[196] | |||
¡Mayday! & Murs | ¡MursDay! | Strange Music[197] |
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Open Mike Eagle | Dark Comedy | Mello Music Group[198] | |||
The Polish Ambassador | Pushing Through the Pavement | Jumpsuit Records[199] | |||
Sole & DJ Pain 1 | Death Drive | Black Canyon[200] | |||
June 11 | Ka | 1200 B.C. | Iron Works[201] | ||
June 13 | DJ Vadim | Dubcatcher | BBE Music[202] | ||
June 15 | Shady Blaze & BLVCKHXVRT | Shady HXVRT | Green Ova Records[203] | ||
June 17 | Canibus | The Masterpiece Collection | Babygrande Records[204] | ||
Cappadonna | Hook Off | Protect-Ya-Neck Records[205] | |||
Dessa | Parts of Speech, Re-Edited | Doomtree Records[206] | |||
Jeru the Damaja | The Hammer | Hedspinn Records[207] | |||
Swollen Members | Brand New Day | Battle Axe Records[208] | |||
June 23 | G-Eazy | These Things Happen | BPG, RVG, RED Distribution[209] |
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June 24 | Ab-Soul | These Days... | Top Dawg Entertainment[210] |
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Alias | Pitch Black Prism | Anticon[211] | |||
Buckshot & P-Money | Backpack Travels | Dirty, Dawn Raid, Duck Down[212] | |||
Bubba Sparxxx | Made On McCosh Mill Road | New South, E1 Entertainment[213] | |||
Cashis | Euthanasia | Bogish Brand Entertainment[214] | |||
Def3 & Factor Chandelier | Wildlife | Ship Records, URBNET[215] | |||
K.Flay | Life as a Dog | Bummer Picnic Records[216] | |||
Riff Raff | Neon Icon | Mad Decent[217] |
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Z-Ro | The Crown | XMG[218] | |||
June 30 | Muneshine | In Transit | Scissor Records[219] | ||
July 1 | Cam'ron | 1st of the Month Vol. 1 | Killa Entertainment[220] | ||
Sadistik | Ultraviolet | Fake Four Inc. | |||
July 3 | Main Flow | The Cincinnati Kid | Dopeshit Records, Wannabattle Records[221] | ||
July 4 | Gucci Mane | Trap House 4 | 1017 Brick Squad Records, 101 Distribution[222] |
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July 7 | Mike Stud | Closer | Electric Feel Music[223] |
| |
July 15 | Cashis | Bogish Boy Vol. 1 | Bogish Brand Entertainment[224] | ||
Madlib | Rock Konducta Pt. 1 | Madlib Invazion[225] | |||
Rock Konducta Pt. 2 | |||||
Reks | Eyes Watching God | Brick Records[226] | |||
July 17 | Felix Brothers (Gucci Mane, Young Dolph & Peewee Longway) | Felix Brothers | 1017 Brick Squad Records, 101 Distribution[227] | ||
July 18 | Cassper Nyovest | Tsholofelo | Family Tree, Kalawa Jazmee Records, Universal Music[228] |
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July 22 | Common | Nobody's Smiling | ARTium Recordings, Def Jam Recordings[229] |
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Cormega | Mega Philosophy | Slimstyle Records[230] | |||
July 23 | Noah23 & David Klopek | Light Years | [231] | ||
July 29 | Dark Lotus | The Mud, Water, Air & Blood | Psychopathic Records[232] |
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Gucci Mane | The Oddfather | 1017 Brick Squad Records, 101 Distribution[233] | |||
MarQ Spekt & Blockhead | JustPlayWithIt | HiPNOTT Records[234] | |||
PartyNextDoor | PartyNextDoor Two | OVO Sound, Warner Bros. Records[235] |
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Planet Asia & TzariZM | Via Satellite | Doxside Music Group[236] | |||
Shabazz Palaces | Lese Majesty | Sub Pop Records[237] | |||
Sir Michael Rocks | Banco | 6 Cell Phones[238] |
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August 1 | Cam'ron | 1st of the Month Vol. 2 | Killa Entertainment[239] |
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Chuck D | The Black In Man | Spitdigital[240] | |||
August 5 | AmpLive | Headphone Concerto | Plug Research Music[241] | ||
Armand Hammer (Billy Woods & Elucid) | Furtive Movements | Backwoodz Studioz[242] | |||
Ces Cru | Strange Music[243] |
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Lil Debbie | California Sweetheart Pt. 2 | Lil Debbie Records[244] | |||
Swoope | Sinema | Collision Records[245] |
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August 8 | Hilltop Hoods | Walking Under Stars | Golden Era Records |
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August 12 | Chuuwee | The Chuuwee Channel | NCR[246] | ||
Dilated Peoples | Directors of Photography | Rhymesayers Entertainment[247] |
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The Underachievers | Brainfeeder[248] |
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Twista | Dark Horse | Get Money Gang Entertainment, Caroline Records[249] |
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Watsky | All You Can Do | Steel Wool Media, Welk Music Group[250] |
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August 15 | Gucci Mane | Gucci Vs Guwop | 1017 Brick Squad Records, 101 Distribution[251] | ||
August 18 | Travis Scott | Days Before Rodeo | Grand Hustle Records |
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August 19 | Wiz Khalifa | Blacc Hollywood | Atlantic Records, Rostrum Records[252] |
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Slaine | The King of Everything Else | Suburban Noize Records[253] | |||
Statik Selektah | What Goes Around | Showoff Records, Duck Down Music Inc.[254] | |||
CALiENS | CALiENS | Caliens[255] |
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August 23 | Noah23 | Street Astrology | [256] | ||
August 25 | G-Unit | The Beauty of Independence | G-Unit Records[257] |
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August 26 | Cash Out | Let's Get It | Bases Loaded, E1 Music[258] |
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DJ Mustard | 10 Summers | Pu$haz Ink, Roc Nation, Republic Records[259] |
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Paranoid Castle | Welcome to Success | Side Road Records[260] | |||
Souls of Mischief | There Is Only Now | Linear Labs[261] | |||
September 1 | Cam'ron | 1st of the Month Vol. 3 | Killa Entertainment[262] | ||
Father | Young Hot Ebony | Awful Records | |||
September 2 | Homeboy Sandman | Hallways | Stones Throw Records[263] | ||
Jeezy | Def Jam Recordings, CTE World[264] |
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The Killjoy Club | Reindeer Games | Psychopathic Records[265] | |||
September 9 | Busdriver | Perfect Hair | Big Dada[266] | ||
Ed O.G. | After All These Years | 5th & Union[267] | |||
Jhené Aiko | Souled Out | ARTium Recordings, Def Jam Recordings[268] |
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Jim Jones | We Own the Night Pt. 2: Memoirs of a Hustler | Vampire Life, Empire Distribution[269] |
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Lecrae | Anomaly | Reach Records[270] |
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P. Reign | Dear America EP | RCA Records[271] | |||
Rittz | Next to Nothing | Strange Music[272] |
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Slimkid3 & DJ Nu-Mark | Slimkid3 & DJ Nu-Mark | Delicious Vinyl[273] | |||
September 16 | Chris Brown | X | RCA Records[274] |
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Diabolic | Fightin' Words | War Horse Records[275] | |||
Freeway & The Jacka | Highway Robbery | Team Early Entertainment, The Artist Records[276] | |||
Joell Ortiz | House Slippers | Penalty Entertainment[277] |
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Josh Baze | Colour Blind | Cartel Records[278] | |||
September 22 | Professor Green | Growing Up in Public | Virgin Records |
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September 23 | Snootie Wild | Go Mode | Epic Records, CMG[279] | ||
September 30 | The Alchemist | Rapper's Best Friend 3: An Instrumental Series | ALC[280] | ||
Buck 65 | Neverlove | Buck 65[281] | |||
Diamond D | The Diam Piece | Dymond Mine Records[282] | |||
Madchild | Switched On | Battle Axe Records[283] | |||
Saigon | Squid Ink Squad[284] | ||||
October 1 | Cam'ron | 1st of the Month Vol. 4 | Killa Entertainment[285] |
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October 3 | Childish Gambino | Kauai | Glassnote Records[286] |
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October 7 | Bishop Nehru & MF Doom | NehruvianDoom | Lex Records[287] | ||
Flying Lotus | You're Dead! | Warp Records[288] |
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Pastor Troy | Welcome to the Rap Game | Madd Society Records[289] | |||
Rapsody | Beauty and the Beast | Jamla Records, Culture Over Everything[290] | |||
Vince Staples | Hell Can Wait | Def Jam Recordings, ARTium Records[291] | |||
October 10 | Shindy | FVCKB!TCHE$GETMONE¥ | Sony Music, ersguterjunge, AMF Management[292] |
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October 14 | DJ Quik | The Midnight Life | Mad Science Recordings, INgrooves Music Group[293] |
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The Game | Blood Money Entertainment, eOne Music[294] |
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Hoodie Allen | People Keep Talking | Hoodie Allen LLC.[295] |
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October 21 | Army of the Pharaohs | Heavy Lies the Crown | Pazmanian Devil Music[296] | ||
T.I. | Paperwork | Columbia Records, Grand Hustle Records[297] |
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Logic | Under Pressure | Def Jam Recordings, Visionary Music Group[298] |
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October 24 | Run the Jewels | Run the Jewels 2 | Mass Appeal, Sony RED[299] |
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October 27 | Apollo Brown & Ras Kass | Blasphemy | Mello Music Group[300] | ||
Chris Webby | Chemically Imbalanced | Homegrown Music, E1 Music[301] |
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Stalley | Ohio | Maybach Music Group, Atlantic Records[302] |
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Trip Lee | Rise | Reach Records[303] | |||
October 28 | Black Milk | If There's a Hell Below | Computer Ugly Records[304] | ||
Jared Evan & Statik Selektah | Still Blue | Showoff Records, Jared Evan Inc.[305] | |||
Young Chop | Still | ChopSquad[306] | |||
Future | Monster | Epic Records, Freebandz |
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October 30 | M.I | The Chairman | Chocolate City[307] | ||
November 1 | Cam'ron | 1st of the Month Vol. 5 | Killa Entertainment[308] |
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November 4 | Joe Budden | Some Love Lost | Mood Muzik Entertainment, E1 Music[309] |
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Jackie Hill Perry | The Art of Joy | Humble Beast[310] | |||
Teyana Taylor | VII | Def Jam Recordings, GOOD Music[311] |
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Theophilus London | Vibes | Warner Bros. Records[312] | |||
Too Short | 19,999: The EP | Dangerous Music, Empire Distribution[313] | |||
November 5 | The Lox | The Trinity 2nd Sermon | D-Block Records[314] | ||
November 6 | Azealia Banks | Broke with Expensive Taste | Azealia Banks, Prospect Park[315] |
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November 10 | Big K.R.I.T. | Cadillactica | Def Jam Recordings, Cinematic Music Group[316] |
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Bobby Shmurda | Shmurda She Wrote | Epic Records[317] |
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Hail Mary Mallon | Bestiary | Rhymesayers Entertainment[318] |
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L.U.C | Reflekcje o miłości apdejtowanej selfie | Warner Music Poland |
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November 13 | Kerser | King | Kerser N Nebs Records |
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November 14 | Kool Savas | Märtyrer | Essah Entertainment[320] |
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November 18 | Havoc | 13 Reloaded | Hclass Entertainment[321] | ||
M.O.P. | Street Certified | Nature Sounds[322] | |||
SD | Truly Blessed | Truly Blessed, iHipHop Distribution[323] | |||
November 24 | Maino | K.O.B. 2 | Hustle Hard, Stage One[324] | ||
Pitbull | Globalization | Mr. 305 Inc., RCA Records, Polo Grounds Music[325] |
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Prodigy & Boogz Boogetz | Young Rollin Stonerz | Infamous Records[326] | |||
Rick Ross | Hood Billionaire | Maybach Music Group, Def Jam Recordings[327] |
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Shady Records | Shady XV | Shady Records, Interscope Records[328] |
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November 25 | Insane Clown Posse | House of Wax | Psychopathic Records[329] | ||
Your Old Droog | Your Old Droog | Droog Recordings[330] | |||
December 1 | Cam'ron | 1st of the Month Vol. 6 | Killa Entertainment[331] | ||
Red Café | In Us We Trust: The Compilation | Shakedown Entertainment[332] | |||
December 2 | Astro | Computer Era | Grade A Tribe Records[333] |
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Paul Wall | The Po-Up Poet | Paul Wall Music[334] | |||
Trademark Da Skydiver | Return of the Super Villain | iHipHop Distribution[335] | |||
Wu-Tang Clan | A Better Tomorrow | Warner Bros. Records[336] |
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December 5 | OJ da Juiceman | The Otis Williams Jr. Story | 32 Entertainment[337] | ||
December 9 | E-40 | Heavy on the Grind Entertainment[338] |
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Ghostface Killah | 36 Seasons | Tommy Boy Records[339] |
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J. Cole | 2014 Forest Hills Drive | Dreamville Records, Roc Nation, Columbia Records[340] |
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Royce da 5'9" & DJ Premier | PRhyme | PRhyme Records[341] |
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Termanology | Shut Up and Rap | Brick Records[342] | |||
December 10 | Yukmouth, Chino Chino and P. Hustle | The Cream Team | Da Hustle Ent., Rapbay, Urbanlife Distribution[343] | ||
December 15 | Nicki Minaj | The Pinkprint | Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, Republic Records[344] |
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YG | Blame It on the Streets | Pu$haz Ink, CTE World, Def Jam Recordings[345] |
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December 16 | Crooked I | Sex, Money & Hip-Hop | Treacherous C.O.B., SMH Records[346] | ||
Chief Keef | Nobody | 12hunna[347] | |||
JR & PH7 x Chuuwee | Meanwhile off Mack | Below System Records[348] | |||
Ludacris | Burning Bridges | Def Jam Recordings[349] | |||
December 25 | Fabolous | The Young OG Project | Desert Storm Records, Def Jam Recordings[350] |
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Militainment | N.O.R.E. Presents: DRINKS | Militainment Business[351] | |||
December 31 | Skillz & Bink | Made in Virginia | Big Kidz Entertainment[352] |
Title | Artist(s) | Peak position | |
---|---|---|---|
NZ/US/CA | "Fancy" | Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX | 1 |
GER | "Traum" | Cro | |
UK | "Feelin' Myself" | will.i.am featuring Miley Cyrus, French Montana, Wiz Khalifa and DJ Mustard | 2 |
US | "Anaconda" | Nicki Minaj | |
US | "Black Widow" | Iggy Azalea featuring Rita Ora | 3 |
US | "Turn Down for What" | DJ Snake and Lil Jon | 4 |
UK | "Wild Wild Love" | Pitbull featuring G.R.L. | 6 |
US | "Hot Nigga" | Bobby Shmurda | |
US | "Don't Tell 'Em" | Jeremih featuring YG | |
UK | "How I Feel" | Flo Rida | 8 |
US | "Loyal" | Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne and French Montana, Too Short or Tyga | 9 |
GER | "King" | Kollegah | 10 |
US | "I Don't Fuck with You" | Big Sean featuring E-40 | 11 |
US | "Only" | Nicki Minaj featuring Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown | 12 |
US | "Tuesday" | ILOVEMAKKONEN featuring Drake | |
UK | "Thank You" | Busta Rhymes featuring Q-Tip, Lil Wayne, and Ye | 13 |
US | "Show Me" | Kid Ink featuring Chris Brown | |
GER | "Alpha" | Kollegah | 15 |
US | "Lifestyle" | Rich Gang featuring Young Thug & Rich Homie Quan | 16 |
US | "No Type" | Rae Sremmurd | |
US | "My Nigga" | YG featuring Rich Homie Quan and Jeezy | 19 |
AUS | "Tightrope" | Illy | |
UK | "Na Na" | Trey Songz | 20 |
UK | "The Drop" | Lethal Bizzle and Cherri Voncelle | |
AUS | "Headlights" | Eminem featuring Nate Ruess | 21 |
GER | "AKs Im Wandschrank" | Kollegah | |
US | "Guts Over Fear" | Eminem featuring Sia | 22 |
US | "Pills N Potions" | Nicki Minaj | 24 |
US | "Believe Me" | 26 | |
US | "Hangover" | PSY featuring Snoop Dogg | |
US | "Paranoid" | Ty Dolla Sign featuring B.o.B | 29 |
US | "No Mediocre" | T.I. featuring Iggy Azalea | 33 |
US | "0 to 100 / The Catch Up" | Drake | 35 |
US | "No Flex Zone" | Rae Sremmurd | 36 |
US | "Studio" | Schoolboy Q featuring BJ the Chicago Kid | 38 |
US | "I" | Kendrick Lamar | 39 |
US | "Hold You Down" | DJ Khaled featuring Chris Brown, August Alsina, Future & Jeremih | |
Album | Artist | 1st-week sales | 1st-week position | Refs | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2014 Forest Hills Drive | J. Cole | 375,000‡ | 1 | [353] | |
2 | The Pinkprint | Nicki Minaj | 244,000‡ | 2 | [354] | |
3 | Mastermind | Rick Ross | 179,000 | 1 | [355] | |
4 | King | Kollegah | 160,000 | 1 | [356] [357] | |
5 | Oxymoron | Schoolboy Q | 139,000 | 1 | [358] | |
6 | Shady XV | Shady Records | 138,000 | 3 | [359] | |
7 | Young Jeezy | 121,000 | 2 | [360] | ||
8 | G I R L | Pharrell | 113,000 | 2 | ||
9 | Blacc Hollywood | Wiz Khalifa | 90,000 | 1 | [361] | |
10 | Anomaly | Lecrae | 89,000 | 1 | [362] |
‡ By the time 2014 Forest Hills Drive and The Pinkprint were released, Billboard had started counting total consumption (sales + streaming + track equivalent units) for the Billboard 200 chart. In pure album sales, 2014 Forest Hills Drive debuted with 354,000 copies,[363] while The Pinkprint debuted with 198,000.[364]
Number | Artist | Album | Average score | Number of reviews | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Run the Jewels | Run the Jewels 2 | 8.4 | 30 reviews | [420] |
2 | Shabazz Palaces | Lese Majesty | 7.9 | 30 reviews | [421] |
3 | Freddie Gibbs & Madlib | Piñata | 7.7 | 15 reviews | [422] |
4 | Big K.R.I.T. | Cadillactica | 7.5 | 6 reviews | [423] |
5 | Future | Honest | 7.4 | 15 reviews | [424] |