1979[]
1980[]
- February 7: Sugarhill Gang (album)
- September 29: Kurtis Blow (album)
1981[]
1982[]
- November 24: 8th Wonder (The Sugarhill Gang album)
- The Message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five album)
- Tough (Kurtis Blow album)
1983[]
- July 8: Whodini (album)
- Rappin' Down Town (The Sugarhill Gang album)
- The Best Rapper on the Scene (Kurtis Blow album)
1984[]
- January 1: Greatest Messages (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five album)
- May 29: Fat Boys (The Fat Boys album)
- October 17: Escape (Whodini album)
- The Treacherous Three (album)
- Livin' in the Fast Lane (The Sugarhill album)
- Ego Trip (Kurtis Blow album)
1985[]
- January 21: King of Rock (Run-D.M.C. album)
- April 26: They Said It Couldn't Be Done (album)
- October: America (Kurtis Blow album)
- November 18: Radio (LL Cool J album)
- The Fat Boys Are Back (The Fat Boys album)
1986[]
- March 2: The Source (Grandmaster Flash album)
- July 7: Oh, My God! (Doug E. Fresh album)
- July 25: The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are (album) wikipedia
- October 25: Back in Black (Whodini album)
- November 15: Licensed to Ill (Beastie Boys album)
- Big & Beautiful (The Fat Boys album)
1987[]
- March 3: Criminal Minded (Boogie Down Productions album)
- April: Yo! Bum Rush the Show (Public Enemy album)
- July 20: Born to Mack (Too-Short album)
- July 22: Bigger and Deffer (LL Cool J album)
- August 14: Crushin' (The Fat Boys album)
- September 13: Ba-Dop-Boom-Bang (Grandmaster Flash album)
- Open Sesame (Whodini album)
1988[]
- March 25: The World's Greatest Entertainer (Doug E. Fresh album)
- April 14: It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (Public Enemy album)
- May 31: By All Means Necessary (Boogie Down Productions album)
- June: On the Strength (album)
- October 4: Critical Beatdown (Ultramagnetic MCs album) [1]
- November 3: The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (Slick Rick album) wikipedia
- November 15: Act a Fool (King Tee album)
1989[]
- June 9: Walking with a Panther (LL Cool J album)
- June 28: Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop (Boogie Down Productions album)
- July 25: Paul's Boutique (Beastie Boys album)
- October 23: The Cactus Album (3rd Bass album)
1990[]
- March 26: Sex Packets (Digital Underground album)
- April 10: Fear of a Black Planet (Public Enemy album)
- June 22: Intelligent Hoodlum (Tragedy Khadafi album)
- July 17: Edutainment (Boogie Down Productions album)
- August 27: Mama Said Knock You Out (LL Cool J album)
- December 15: Business as Usual (EPMD album)
1991[]
- February 19: Words from the Genius (GZA album)
- May 28: N*****4Life (N.W.A album)
- June 18: Derelicts of Dialect (3rd Bass album)
- July 2: The Ruler's Back (Slick Rick album)
- September 3: Ain't a Damn Thing Changed (Nice & Smooth album)
- September 3: Daddy's Little Girl (Nikki D album)
- October 3: Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black (Public Enemy album)
- November 4: Downtown Science (Downtown Science album)
- November 12: 2Pacalypse Now (Tupac Shakur album)
- Bag-a-Trix (Whodini album)
1992[]
- February 25: Sex and Violence (Boogie Down Productions album)
- April 7: Dead Serious (Das EFX album)
- April 27: Doin' What I Gotta Do (Doug E. Fresh album)
- June 6: Runnin' Off at da Mouth (Twista album)
1993[]
- February 16: Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. (Tupac Shakur album)
- March 9: Bangin' on Wax (Bloods & Crips album)
- June 1: 14 Shots to the Dome (LL Cool J album)
- June 22: Tragedy: Saga of a Hoodlum (Tragedy Khadafi album)
- September 28: Return of the Boom Bap (KRS-One album)
- November 9: Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
- November 16: Straight Up Sewaside (Das EFX album)
- November 23: Doggystyle (Snoop Dogg album)
1994[]
- Febuary 2: Young Soldierz (album)
- September 26: Thug Life: Volume 1 (Thug Life album)
- October 18: Resurrection (Twista album)
- November 15: Tical (Method Man album)
- Old School Flava (Treacherous Three album)
- Bangin' on Wax 2... The Saga Continues (Bloods & Crips album)
1995[]
- March 14: Me Against the World (Tupac Shakur album)
- March 28: Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version (Ol' Dirty Bastard album)
- July 25: True (TRU album)
- August 1: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... (Raekwon album)
- August 22: This Is the Shack (The Dove Shack album)
- September 26: Play (Doug E. Fresh album)
- October 10: KRS-One (album)
- November 21: Mr. Smith (LL Cool J album)
1996[]
- Febuary 13: All Eyez on Me (Tupac Shakur album)
- June 25: Reasonable Doubt (Jay-Z album)
- July 15: It Ain't 4 Play (Funk Mobb album)
- October 1: At the Speed of Life (Xzibit album)
- October 29: Ironman (Ghostface Killah album)
- November 5: The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (Tupac Shakur album)
- November 12: Tha Doggfather (Snoop Dogg album)
- Six (Whodini album)
1997[]
- February 18: Tru 2 da Game (TRU album)
- May 20: I Got Next (KRS-One album)
- June 24: Adrenaline Rush (Twista album)
- September 23: Phenomenon (LL Cool J album)
- October 13: Get Crunk, Who U Wit: Da Album (Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz album)
- October 21: The Album (The Firm album)
- November 4: In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (Jay-Z album)
- November 4: The Psycho-Social, Chemical, Biological & Electro-Magnetic Manipulation of Human Consciousness (Jedi Mind Tricks album) [2]
1998[]
- May 19: It's Dark and Hell Is Hot (DMX album)
- May 19: Give It 2 'Em Raw (Soulja Slim album)
- July 21: G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1 & 2 (Nate Dogg album)
- July 21: Confessions of Fire (Cam'ron album)
- August 4: Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told (Snoop Dogg album)
- September 8: Can-I-Bus (Canibus album)
- September 29: Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life (Jay-Z album)
- November 24: Bobby Digital in Stereo (RZA album)
- December 22: Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood (DMX album)
- Flash Is Back (Grandmaster Flash album)
1999[]
- Febuary 9: Focused Daily (Defari album)
- April 16: Jump on It! (The Sugarhill Gang album)
- May 11: No Limit Top Dogg (Snoop Dogg album)
- June 22: The Underground Tapes (Saukrates album)
- October 5: Golden Arms Redemption (U-God album)
- November 2: Tha Block Is Hot (Lil Wayne album)
- November 16: Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha (Kurupt album)
- December 21: ...And Then There Was X (DMX album)
2000[]
2001[]
2002[]
2003[]
2004[]
2005[]
2006[]
2007[]
2008[]
2009[]
2010[]
2011[]
2012[]
See Also[]
- List of Canadian rappers and rap groups
- List of Canadian rappers
- List of Canadian rap groups
- List of Canadian hip-hop record labels
- List of Canadian hip-hop singles
- List of Canadian hip-hop songs
- List of Canadian hip-hop albums
- List of Canadian hip-hop mixtapes
- List of Canadian DJs
- List of Canadian hip-hop record producers
- List of Singles
- List of Albums
- List of Remix albums
- List of Debut albums
- List of Mixtapes
- List of EP albums
- List of Soundtracks
- List of Compilation albums
- List of Greatest hits albums
- List of Live albums
- List of Posthumous albums
- List of American hip-hop albums
- List of Canadian hip-hop albums
- List of French hip-hop albums
- List of East Coast hip-hop albums
- List of Midwest hip-hop albums
- List of Southern hip-hop albums
- List of West Coast hip-hop albums
- List of Abstract hip-hop albums
- List of Alternative hip-hop albums
- List of Chopped and screwed albums
- List of Christian hip-hop albums
- List of Comedy hip-hop albums
- List of Conscious hip-hop albums
- List of Country rap albums
- List of Crunk albums
- List of Crunkcore albums
- List of Electro hop albums*
- List of Freestyle rap albums
- List of G-Funk albums
- List of Gangsta rap albums
- List of Ghetto house albums*
- List of Ghettotech albums*
- List of Grime albums*
- List of Hardcore hip-hop albums
- List of Hip-Hop soul albums***
- List of Hip house albums*
- List of Hip pop albums*
- List of Homo hop albums
- List of House music albums*
- List of Horrocore albums
- List of Hyphy albums
- List of Industrial hip-hop albums
- List of Instrumental hip-hop albums
- List of Jazz rap albums
- List of Mafioso rap albums
- List of Nerdcore hip-hop
- List of New jack swing albums
- List of Political hip-hop albums
- List of Pop rap albums**
- List of Ragga albums
- List of Reggaeton albums
- List of Rap opera albums
- List of Rap rock albums
- List of Rapcore albums
- List of Rap metal albums
- List of Snap music albums
- List of Turntablism albums
- List of Trip hop albums
- List of Underground hip-hop albums