| Release Date
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
| January 18
|
The Game
|
The Documentary
|
Aftermath Entertainment, G-Unit Records, Interscope Records
|
| January 25
|
Buck 65
|
This Right Here Is Buck 65
|
V2
|
| Geto Boys
|
The Foundation
|
Rap-a-Lot Records, Asylum Records
|
| Paul Wall & Chamillionaire
|
Controversy Sells
|
Paid In Full
|
| Spice 1
|
Dyin' 2 Ball
|
Triple X Entertainment
|
| January 31[1]
|
Pete Rock
|
The Surviving Elements: From Soul Survivor II Sessions
|
BBE Records
|
| February 8
|
Krayzie Bone
|
Gemini: Good vs. Evil
|
Ball'r Records, ThugLine Records
|
| Mike Ladd
|
Negrophilia: The Album
|
|
| One Be Lo
|
S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M. (Sounds Of Nahshid Originate Good Rhymes And Music)
|
Subterraneous Records, Fat Beats Records
|
| Rapper Big Pooh
|
Sleepers
|
6 Hole Records, Caroline Distribution
|
| Sage Francis
|
A Healthy Distrust
|
Epitaph Records
|
| February 15
|
Suburban Noize Records
|
Sub Noize Souljaz
|
Suburban Noize
|
| February 22
|
A Gun Called Tension
|
A Gun Called Tension
|
Cold Crush Records
|
| Aesop Rock
|
Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives
|
Definitive Jux
|
| Bone Brothers
|
Bone Brothers
|
Koch Records
|
| Busdriver
|
Fear of a Black Tangent
|
Mush
|
| Jumpsteady
|
Master of the Flying Guillotine
|
Psychopathic Records
|
| Sole
|
Live from Rome
|
Anticon
|
| TRU
|
The Truth
|
The New No Limit Records, Koch Records
|
| March 1
|
Pimp C
|
The Sweet James Jones Stories
|
Rap-a-Lot Records, Asylum Records
|
| March 5
|
50 Cent
|
The Massacre
|
G-Unit Records, Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records
|
| March 7
|
Sev Statik
|
Slow Burn
|
Pitch Control, Pointman
|
| March 8
|
Boom Bip
|
Blue Eyed in the Red Room
|
Lex Records
|
| Celly Cel
|
It'z Real Out Here
|
33rd Street Records
|
| Tame One
|
O.G. Bobby Johnson
|
Eastern Conference Records
|
| March 22
|
Anybody Killa
|
Road Fools
|
Psychopathic Records
|
| C-Murder
|
The Truest Shit I Ever Said
|
Bossalinie Records, Koch Records
|
| M.I.A.
|
Arular
|
XL Recordings, Interscope Records
|
| The Perceptionists
|
Black Dialogue
|
Definitive Jux
|
| Prefuse 73
|
Surrounded By Silence
|
Warp
|
| March 29
|
Blueprint
|
1988
|
Rhymesayers Entertainment
|
| Beanie Sigel
|
The B. Coming
|
Dame Dash Music Group, Def Jam Recordings
|
| Edan
|
Beauty and the Beat
|
Lewis Recordings
|
| Fat Killahz
|
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
|
No Tyze Entertainment
|
| Will Smith
|
Lost and Found
|
Interscope Records
|
| April 12
|
Z-Ro
|
Let the Truth Be Told
|
Rap-a-Lot Records
|
| April 19
|
Esham
|
A-1 Yola
|
Psychopathic Records
|
| Mike Jones
|
Who is Mike Jones?
|
Swishahouse/Asylum/Warner Bros.
|
| Roots Manuva
|
Awfully Deep
|
Big Dada
|
| Zion I
|
True & Livin'
|
Live Up Records
|
| May 3
|
Quasimoto
|
The Further Adventures of Lord Quas
|
Stones Throw Records
|
| 13 & God
|
13 & God
|
Alien Translater, Anticon
|
| May 10
|
Fannypack
|
See You Next Tuesday
|
Tommy Boy Records
|
| Jus Allah
|
All Fates Have Changed
|
Babygrande Records
|
| May 17
|
The Away Team
|
National Anthem
|
6 Hole Records, Caroline Distribution
|
| Insane Clown Posse
|
The Calm
|
Psychopathic Records
|
| Memphis Bleek
|
534
|
Get Low Records, Roc-A-Fella Records, Def Jam Recordings
|
| Nobody
|
And Everything Else...
|
Plug Research
|
| May 24
|
Common
|
Be
|
GOOD Music, Geffen Records
|
| Gorillaz
|
Demon Days
|
Virgin Records
|
| May 31
|
The High & Mighty
|
The 12th Man
|
Eastern Conference Records
|
| M.E.D.
|
Push Comes to Shove
|
Stones Throw Records
|
| Sean Price
|
Monkey Barz
|
Duck Down Music
|
| Ya Boy
|
Rookie of the Year
|
SMC, Done Deal Ent.
|
| June 14
|
Afu-Ra
|
State of the Arts
|
Life Force Records, Decon Records
|
| Fat Joe
|
All or Nothing
|
Terror Squad, Atlantic
|
| June 21
|
9th Wonder & Buckshot
|
Chemistry
|
Duck Down Music
|
| Canibus
|
Mind Control
|
Tommy Boy Records
|
| Guru
|
Version 7.0: The Street Scriptures
|
7 Grand Records
|
| June 27
|
Kano
|
Home Sweet Home
|
679
|
| June 28
|
Bizarre
|
Hannicap Circus
|
Sanctuary Urban
|
| Twiztid
|
Man's Myth (Vol. 1)
|
Psychopathic Records
|
| Ying Yang Twins
|
USA (United State Of Atlanta)
|
TVT Records
|
| July 5
|
Missy Elliott
|
The Cookbook
|
The Goldmind Inc., Atlantic Records
|
| July 12
|
Felt
|
Felt, Vol. 2: A Tribute to Lisa Bonet
|
Rhymesayers Entertainment
|
| Frayser Boy
|
Me Being Me
|
Hypnotize Minds
|
| July 26
|
Buck 65
|
Secret House Against the World
|
WEA
|
| Jeezy
|
Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101
|
CTE World, Def Jam Recordings
|
| Trey Songz
|
I Gotta Make It
|
Atlantic
|
| Twiztid
|
Mutant (Vol. 2)
|
Psychopathic Records
|
| 7L & Esoteric
|
Moment of Rarities
|
Babygrande Records
|
| August 2
|
Necro
|
The Sexorcist
|
Psycho+Logical-Records
|
| August 9
|
Proof
|
Searching for Jerry Garcia
|
Iron Fist Records
|
| August 16
|
Vanilla Ice
|
Platinum Underground
|
Ultrax Records
|
| August 23
|
Jim Jones
|
Harlem: Diary of a Summer
|
Diplomat, Koch
|
| Kurupt
|
Against the Grain
|
Death Row Records, Koch Records
|
| Pumpkinhead
|
Orange Moon Over Brooklyn
|
Soulspazm Records, Rawkus Records
|
| Skrapz
|
The 12 Step Program
|
Genetic Soil LLC
|
| August 30
|
Kanye West
|
Late Registration
|
Roc-A-Fella Records, Def Jam Recordings
|
| Tony Yayo
|
Thoughts of a Predicate Felon
|
G-Unit Records, Interscope Records
|
| September 6
|
AZ
|
A.W.O.L.
|
Quiet Money Records
|
| September 13
|
Big Shug
|
Who's Hard?
|
Sure Shot Recordings
|
| DJ Quik
|
Trauma
|
Mad Science Records
|
| Little Brother
|
The Minstrel Show
|
ABB Records, Atlantic Records
|
| Paul Wall
|
The Peoples Champ
|
Swishahouse, Asylum, Atlantic
|
| Smif-n-Wessun
|
Smif 'n' Wessun: Reloaded
|
Duck Down Music
|
| U-God
|
Mr. Xcitement
|
Free Agency Recordings
|
| September 20
|
Cage
|
Hell's Winter
|
Definitive Jux
|
| David Banner
|
Certified
|
SRC Records, Universal Records
|
| September 27
|
Bizzy Bone
|
Speaking in Tongues
|
845 Entertainment
|
| Blackalicious
|
The Craft
|
Anti-
|
| Three 6 Mafia
|
Most Known Unknown
|
Hypnotize Minds, Sony Urban Music, Columbia Records
|
| Lil' Kim
|
The Naked Truth
|
International Rock Star Records, Atlantic Records
|
| October 3
|
Ms. Dynamite
|
Judgement Days
|
Polydor
|
| October 4
|
Twista
|
The Day After
|
Atlantic Records
|
| Atmosphere
|
You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having
|
Rhymesayers Entertainment
|
| Why?
|
Elephant Eyelash
|
Anticon
|
| Spice 1
|
The Truth
|
High Powered Entertainment
|
| Tragedy Khadafi
|
Thug Matrix
|
Fastlife
|
| October 11
|
DANGERDOOM
|
The Mouse and the Mask
|
Epitaph Records
|
| Warren G
|
In the Mid-Nite Hour
|
G-Funk Entertainment
|
| October 18
|
Black Milk
|
Sound of the City
|
Music House, Fat Beats
|
| Bun B
|
Trill
|
Rap-a-Lot Records, Asylum Records
|
| Circle of Tyrants
|
The Circle of Tyrants
|
Psycho+Logical-Records
|
| Ninja High School
|
Young Adults Against Suicide
|
Tomlab
|
| Rev. Run
|
Distortion
|
Def Jam Recordings
|
| October 25
|
DJ Muggs and GZA
|
Grandmasters
|
Angeles Records
|
| November 1
|
Canibus
|
Hip-Hop for Sale
|
Babygrande Records
|
| Fatlip
|
The Loneliest Punk
|
Delicious Vinyl
|
| Public Enemy
|
New Whirl Odor
|
Slam Jamz Records
|
| Tha Dogg Pound
|
Dillinger & Young Gotti II: Tha Saga Continuez...
|
Gangsta Advisory Records
|
| November 8
|
Bigg Jus
|
Poor People's Day
|
Mush
|
| Sheek Louch
|
After Taxes
|
D-Block Records, Koch Records
|
| November 15
|
Mike Ladd
|
Father Divine
|
ROIR
|
| November 22
|
Talib Kweli
|
Right About Now
|
Koch Records
|
| Chamillionaire
|
The Sound of Revenge
|
Universal
|
| Juelz Santana
|
What the Game's Been Missing!
|
Diplomat Records, Roc-A-Fella Records, Def Jam Recordings
|
| Nelly
|
Sweatsuit
|
Derrty, Fo' Reel, Universal
|
| Rich Boyz
|
Young Ballers: The Hood Been Good to Us
|
Guttar Music
|
| December 6
|
Eminem
|
Curtain Call: The Hits
|
Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records, Web Entertainment
|
| Flame
|
Rewind
|
Cross Movement Records
|
| Lil Wayne
|
Tha Carter II
|
Cash Money Records, Universal Records
|
| December 13
|
Snoop Dogg
|
Bigg Snoop Dogg Presents...Welcome to tha Chuuch: Da Album
|
Doggystyle Records, Koch Records
|
| December 27
|
Trick-Trick
|
The People vs.
|
Motown Records
|