1994 in hip hop music
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This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 1994.
Released albums[]
Release Date[1] | Artist | Album |
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January 4 | Frankie Cutlass | |
January 8 | Natas | Blaz4me |
January 11 | No Description Given | Game and the Player |
Shadz of Lingo | A View to a Kill | |
Sham & The Professor | Split Personalities | |
January 18 | Kurious | A Constipated Monkey |
Yaggfu Front | Action Packed Adventure | |
January 21 | DJ Krush | Krush |
Mysterme & DJ 20/20 | Let Me Explain | |
January 25 | The U.M.C.'s | Unleashed |
Spark 950 & Timbo King | United We Slam | |
February 1 | Casual | Fear Itself |
Coughee Brothaz | Fadanuf Fa Erybody!! | |
E.S.G. | Ocean of Funk | |
Fugees | Blunted on Reality | |
Schoolly D | Welcome to America | |
February 8 | Beastie Boys | Some Old Bullshit |
Down South | Lost In Brooklyn | |
A.D.O.R. | The Concrete | |
February 18 | Kish | A Nation of Hoods |
February 22 | 5th Ward Boyz | Gangsta Funk |
Nefertiti | ||
Original Flavor | Beyond Flavor | |
March 1 | MC Hammer | The Funky Headhunter |
March 8 | Gang Starr | Hard to Earn |
Insane Clown Posse | Ringmaster | |
March 15 | Maestro Fresh-Wes | Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be from Canada?!! |
Da 4 Foot Attack (The EP) | ||
March 22 | DFC | Things in tha Hood |
Dred Scott | Breakin' Combs | |
Vanilla Ice | Mind Blowin' | |
Main Source | Fuck What You Think | |
March 29 | Kool G Rap | Killer Kuts |
April 5 | The Roots | From the Ground Up |
M.O.P. | To the Death | |
April 12 | Kokane | Funk Upon a Rhyme |
Mystidious Misfitss | A Who Dat? | |
April 18 | DJ Kool | 20 Minute Workout |
April 19 | Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five | Message from Beat Street: The Best of Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & the Furious Five |
Nas | Illmatic | |
Shyheim | AKA the Rugged Child | |
April 26 | Ghetto Mafia | Draw the Line |
Volume 10 | Hip-Hopera | |
Outkast | Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik | |
May 10 | Saafir | Boxcar Sessions |
South Central Cartel | 'N Gatz We Truss | |
The Backyard Rangers | Head for the Hills!!! | |
Mad Lion | Real Ting | |
May 17 | Papa Chuk | The Badlands |
Kirk | Makin' Moves | |
May 20 | 12 Gauge | 12 Gauge |
Kwest tha Madd Lad | This Is My First Album | |
May 24 | 8Ball & MJG | On the Outside Looking In |
Ahmad | Ahmad | |
Heavy D & the Boyz | Nuttin' but Love | |
Jeru the Damaja | The Sun Rises in the East | |
Master P | The Ghetto's Tryin' to Kill Me! | |
Top Quality | Magnum Opus | |
May 31 | 69 Boyz | 199Quad |
Beastie Boys | Ill Communication | |
June 7 | MC Breed | Funkafied |
Warren G | Regulate...G Funk Era | |
June 14 | Ant Banks | The Big Badass |
June 21 | The Beatnuts | Street Level |
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony | Creepin' on ah Come Up | |
Terminator X | Super Bad | |
June 28 | Nice & Smooth | Jewel of the Nile |
Da Brat | Funkdafied | |
Big Mike | Somethin' Serious | |
House of Pain | Same as It Ever Was | |
June 30 | Marvaless | Ghetto Blues |
July 1 | Biz Markie | Biz's Baddest Beats |
July 12 | Above the Law | Uncle Sam's Curse |
Luke | Freak for Life | |
July 19 | Coolio | It Takes a Thief |
MC Eiht | We Come Strapped | |
July 26 | Lighter Shade Of Brown | Layin' in the Cut |
August 2 | Ill Al Skratch | Creep Wit' Me |
August 5 | Insane Clown Posse | The Terror Wheel |
August 9 | Gravediggaz | 6 Feet Deep |
Boogiemonsters | Riders of the Storm: The Underwater Album | |
August 16 | Organized Konfusion | Stress: The Extinction Agenda |
Champ MC | Ghetto Flava | |
August 23 | Public Enemy | Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age |
August 30 | UGK | Super Tight |
The Legion | Theme + Echo = Krill | |
September 3 | G-Slimm | Four Deuces & Trays |
September 6 | Dru Down | Explicit Game |
Flatlinerz | U.S.A. | |
September 13 | Blac Monks | Secrets of the Hidden Temple |
Bloods & Crips | Bangin' on Wax 2... The Saga Continues | |
Big Daddy Kane | Daddy's Home | |
The Notorious B.I.G. | Ready to Die | |
Rappin' 4-Tay | Don't Fight the Feelin' | |
Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock | Break of Dawn | |
September 20 | Craig Mack | Project Funk da World |
Da Youngsta's | No Mercy | |
The Goats | No Goats, No Glory | |
Keith Murray | The Most Beautifullest Thing in This World | |
September 27 | PMD | Shade Business |
October 4 | College Boyz | |
Common Sense | Resurrection | |
Paris | Guerrilla Funk | |
KSquad | Realmz Of Da Bushez | |
October 11 | Celly Cel | Heat 4 Yo Azz |
Thug Life | Thug Life: Volume 1 | |
October 18 | Death Row Records | Murder Was the Case |
Digable Planets | Blowout Comb | |
JT the Bigga Figga | Dwellin' in tha Labb | |
O.C. | Word...Life | |
The Coup | Genocide & Juice | |
Twista | Resurrection | |
Scarface | The Diary | |
October 25 | Artifacts | Between a Rock and a Hard Place |
Fu-Schnickens | Nervous Breakdown | |
Willie D | Play Witcha Mama | |
November 1 | Brand Nubian | Everything Is Everything |
Da Lench Mob | Planet of da Apes | |
Lords of the Underground | Keepers of the Funk | |
November 8 | Doctor Dré and Ed Lover | Back Up Off Me! |
Kool Moe Dee | Interlude | |
Pete Rock & CL Smooth | The Main Ingredient | |
Shaquille O'Neal | Shaq Fu: Da Return | |
November 15 | Method Man | Tical |
N2Deep | 24-7-365 | |
RBL Posse | Ruthless by Law | |
November 17 | Bushwackass | How Real Israel? |
November 22 | Esham | Closed Casket |
Ice Cube | Bootlegs & B-Sides | |
Redman | Dare Iz a Darkside | |
Sha-Key | A Head Nadda's Journey To Adidi Skizm | |
Slick Rick | Behind Bars | |
Spice 1 | AmeriKKKa's Nightmare | |
November 25 | Three 6 Mafia | Smoked Out, Loced Out |
December 6 | Black Sheep | Non-Fiction |
Da Bush Babees | Ambushed | |
Insane Clown Posse | A Carnival Christmas | |
Unknown | Goldy | In the Land of Funk |
Unknown | Seagram | Reality Check |
Unknown | Pooh-Man | Ain't No Love |
Unknown | Michael Peace | Outta Control |
Unknown | San Quinn | Live N Direct |
Unknown | Gangsta Blac | Breakin' the Law |
Unknown | Indo G and Lil' Blunt | The Antidote |
Unknown | Gangsta Shorties | Point of No Return |
Unknown | Ill All Skratch | Creep Wit' Me |
Unknown | Bottom Posse | 2 Saggin' Straight From Hell |
Unknown | The Legion | Theme + Echo = Krill |
Unknown | Blackalicious | Melodica |
Unknown | Blak Czar | Tales From Da Blak Side |
Highest-charting singles[]
Title | Artist | Peak position |
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"Regulate" | Warren G feat. Nate Dogg | 2 |
"Fantastic Voyage" | Coolio | 3 |
"What a Man" | Salt-N-Pepa feat. En Vogue | |
"Funkdafied" | Da Brat | 6 |
"Getto Jam" | Domino | 7 |
"Gin and Juice" | Snoop Dogg | 8 |
"Tootsee Roll" | 69 Boyz | |
"Flava in Ya Ear" | Craig Mack | 9 |
"This D.J." | Warren G | |
"U Better Recognize" | Sam Sneed | 16 |
"Got Me Waiting" | Heavy D | 20 |
"Thuggish Ruggish Bone" | Bone Thugs-n-Harmony | 22 |
"Bop Gun (One Nation)" | Ice Cube feat. George Clinton | 23 |
"Born to Roll" | Masta Ace Incorporated | |
"Back in the Day" | Ahmad | 26 |
"Pumps and a Bump" | MC Hammer | |
"Juicy" | The Notorious B.I.G. | 27 |
"Sweet Potatoe Pie" | Domino | |
"You Know How We Do It" | Ice Cube | 30 |
"None of Your Business" | Salt-N-Pepa | 32 |
"Heaven 'n Hell" | ||
"Give It Up" | Public Enemy | 33 |
"Playaz Club" | Rappin' 4-Tay | 36 |
"Get Down" | Craig Mack | 37 |
"Fa All Y'all" | Da Brat | |
"I Seen a Man Die" | Scarface | |
"Player's Ball" | Outkast | |
"Nuttin' But Love" | Heavy D | 40 |
Highest first-week sales[]
Number | Album | Artist | 1st-week sales | 1st-week position | Refs |
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1 | Murder Was the Case | Various Artist | 329,000 | 1 | West Coast Hip Hop |
2 | Creepin on ah Come Up | Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | 220,000 | 12 | Midwest Hip Hop |
3 | Regulate... G Funk Era | Warren G | 176,000 | 2 | West Coast Hip Hop |
4 | Tical | Method Man | 120,000 | 4 | East Coast Hip Hop |
See also[]
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