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This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 1998.

Released albums

Release Date Artist Album
January 13 Funkdoobiest The Troubleshooters[1]
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 16 Above the Law Legends[2]
All Natural No Additives, No Preservatives
February 17 Silkk the Shocker Charge It 2 da Game
March 3 The Dynospectrum The Dynospectrum
Scarface My Homies
March 10 Killah Priest Heavy Mental
March 17 C-Murder Life or Death
March 24 Cappadonna The Pillage
Das EFX Generation EFX
Hieroglyphics 3rd Eye Vision
Lil' Keke Commission
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]
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 22 Massive Attack Mezzanine
April 28 Big Daddy Kane Veteranz' Day
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 Nationwide: Independence Day
8Ball Lost
May 24 Show and A.G. Full Scale (EP)
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
June 30 Black Eyed Peas Behind the Front
Def Squad El Niño
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 Cam'ron Confessions of Fire
Nate Dogg G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1 & 2
Mac Shell Shocked
Rasco Time Waits for No Man
Sunz of Man The Last Shall Be First
Wu-Tang Clan The Swarm
August 4 Snoop Dogg Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told
August 11 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
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
September 8 Canibus Can-I-Bus
Digital Underground Who Got the Gravy?
Skull Duggery These Wicked Streets
September 15 Magic Sky's the Limit
September 22 Big Tymers How You Luv That Vol. 2
Flipmode Squad The Imperial
Ras Kass Rasassination
September 29 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
October 17 Beat Junkies World Famous Beat Junkies Vol. 2[8]
October 20 All City Metropolis Gold[9]
Deadly Venoms The Antidote[10]
Gambino Family Ghetto Organized
October 27 Bushwick Bill No Surrender No Retreat
Mia X Mama Drama
Pras Ghetto Supastar
November 3 All City Metropolis Gold
Crucial Conflict Good Side, Bad Side
Juvenile 400 Degreez
Yukmouth Thugged Out: The Albulation
November 10 The Coup Steal This Album
DJ Quik Rhythm-al-ism[11]
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 Tical 2000: Judgement Day
November 24 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony The Collection, Vol. 1
RZA Bobby Digital in Stereo
Steady Mobb'n Black Mafia
2Pac Greatest Hits
December 1 Full Blooded Memorial Day
December 8 Busta Rhymes E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front[12]
Redman Doc's da Name 2000
December 15 Mystikal Ghetto Fabulous
DJ Clue The Professional (album)
December 22 DMX Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood

Highest first-week album sales

List of top ten albums with the highest first-week home market sales
Number Album Artist 1st-week sales 1st-week position Refs
1 Hello Nasty Beastie Boys 681,000 1
2 Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood DMX 670,000 1
3 Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told Snoop Dogg 520,000 1
4 MP Da Last Don Master P 495,000 1
5 The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill 422,624 1
6 Tical 2000: Judgement Day Method Man 411,000 1
7 Ghetto Fabulous Mystikal 386,000 5
8 Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life Jay-Z 350,000 1
9 Charge It 2 Da Game Silkk The Shocker 288,000 3
10 It's Dark and Hell Is Hot DMX 251,000 1

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Troubleshooters - Funkdoobiest | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  2. ^ "Legends - Above the Law | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  3. ^ "Retaliation, Revenge and Get Back - Daz Dillinger | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  4. ^ "Headz or Tailz - Do or Die | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  5. ^ "Capital Punishment - Big Pun | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  6. ^ "Pieces of a Man - AZ | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  7. ^ "Make It Reign - Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  8. ^ "The World Famous Beat Junkies, Vol. 2 - The Beat Junkies | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  9. ^ "Metropolis Gold - All City | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  10. ^ "Antidote - The Deadly Venoms | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  11. ^ "Rhythm-al-ism - DJ Quik | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  12. ^ "Extinction Level Event: The Final World Front - Busta Rhymes | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
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