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'{{refimprove|date=June 2018}} {{YYYY music|1998}} {{Year nav topic5|1998|hip hop music}} This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in [[hip hop music]] for the year 1998. ==Released albums== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col"| Release Date ! scope="col"| Artist ! scope="col"| Album |- | rowspan="2" |January 13 | [[Funkdoobiest]] | ''[[The Troubleshooters (album)|The Troubleshooters]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-troubleshooters-mw0000029306|title=The Troubleshooters - Funkdoobiest {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-05-06}}</ref> |- | [[The Lox]] | ''[[Money, Power & Respect]]'' |- | rowspan="2"|January 20 | [[Saafir]] | ''[[Trigonometry (album)|Trigonometry]]'' |- | [[Young Bleed]] | ''[[My Balls and My Word]]'' |- |January 27 |[[GP Wu]] |''[[Don't Go Against the Grain]]'' |- | rowspan="2" |February 16 |[[Above the Law (group)|Above the Law]] |[[Legends (Above the Law album)|''Legends'']]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/legends-mw0000596954|title=Legends - Above the Law {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-05-06}}</ref> |- |[[All Natural]] |''[[No Additives, No Preservatives]]'' |- | February 17 | [[Silkk the Shocker]] | ''[[Charge It 2 da Game]]'' |- | rowspan="2"| March 3 | The Dynospectrum | ''[[The Dynospectrum]]'' |- | [[Scarface (rapper)|Scarface]] | ''[[My Homies]]'' |- | March 10 | [[Killah Priest]] | ''[[Heavy Mental]]'' |- | March 17 | [[C-Murder]] | ''[[Life or Death (C-Murder album)|Life or Death]]'' |- | rowspan="4" | March 24 | [[Cappadonna]] | ''[[The Pillage]]'' |- | [[Das EFX]] | ''[[Generation EFX]]'' |- | [[Hieroglyphics (group)|Hieroglyphics]] | ''[[3rd Eye Vision]]'' |- |[[Lil' Keke]] |''Commission'' |- | rowspan="3" |March 31 | [[Daz Dillinger]] | ''[[Retaliation, Revenge and Get Back]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/retaliation-revenge-and-get-back-mw0000596765|title=Retaliation, Revenge and Get Back - Daz Dillinger {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-05-06}}</ref> |- |[[Gang Starr]] |''[[Moment of Truth (Gang Starr album)|Moment of Truth]]'' |- |[[Smif-n-Wessun]] |''[[The Rude Awakening]]'' |- | rowspan="3" |April 7 |[[Do or Die (group)|Do or Die]] |''[[Headz or Tailz]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/headz-or-tailz-mw0000034283|title=Headz or Tailz - Do or Die {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-05-06}}</ref> |- | [[Goodie Mob]] | ''[[Still Standing (Goodie Mob album)|Still Standing]]'' |- | Various Artists | ''[[I Got the Hook Up (soundtrack)|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 (Souls of Mischief album)|Focus]]'' |- |April 22 |[[Massive Attack]] |[[Mezzanine (album)|Mezzanine]] |- | rowspan="5"| April 28 | [[Big Daddy Kane]] | ''[[Veteranz' Day]]'' |- | [[Big Pun]] | ''[[Capital Punishment (album)|Capital Punishment]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/capital-punishment-mw0000030622|title=Capital Punishment - Big Pun {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-05-06}}</ref> |- | [[Mac Dre]] | ''[[Stupid Doo Doo Dumb]]'' |- | [[Public Enemy (group)|Public Enemy]] | ''[[He Got Game (soundtrack)|He Got Game]]'' |- | [[WC (rapper)|WC]] | ''[[The Shadiest One]]'' |- | May 1 | [[Shades of Culture]] | ''[[Mindstate (Shades of Culture album)|Mindstate]]'' |- | rowspan="2"| May 5 | [[Fiend (rapper)|Fiend]] | ''[[There's One in Every Family]]'' |- | [[Rawkus Records]] | ''[[Lyricist Lounge, Volume One]]'' |- | rowspan="2"| May 12 | [[DMX (rapper)|DMX]] | ''[[It's Dark and Hell Is Hot]]'' |- | Various artists | ''[[Streets Is Watching (soundtrack)|Streets Is Watching soundtrack]]'' |- | rowspan="6" |May 19 | [[AZ (rapper)|AZ]] | ''[[Pieces of a Man (AZ album)|Pieces of a Man]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/pieces-of-a-man-mw0000081918|title=Pieces of a Man - AZ {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-05-06}}</ref> |- | [[DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince]] | ''[[Greatest Hits (DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince album)|Greatest Hits]]'' |- | [[Snoop Dogg]] | ''[[Smokefest Underground]]'' |- | [[Soulja Slim]] | ''[[Give It 2 'Em Raw]]'' |- | [[Too Short]] | ''[[Nationwide: Independence Day]]'' |- | [[8Ball & MJG|8Ball]] | ''[[Lost (8Ball album)|Lost]]'' |- | May 24 | [[Show and A.G.]] | ''[[Full Scale (EP)]]'' |- | rowspan="3" |June 2 |[[Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz]] |''[[Make It Reign]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/make-it-reign-mw0000038353|title=Make It Reign - Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-05-06}}</ref> |- | [[Master P]] | ''[[MP Da Last Don]]'' |- | [[Onyx (group)|Onyx]] | ''[[Shut 'Em Down (album)|Shut 'Em Down]]'' |- | rowspan="3"| June 16 | [[Devin the Dude]] | ''[[The Dude (Devin the Dude album)|The Dude]]'' |- | [[Queen Latifah]] | ''[[Order in the Court]]'' |- | [[Z-Ro]] | ''[[Look What You Did to Me]]'' |- | rowspan="3" | June 23 | [[Andre Nickatina]] | ''[[Raven in My Eyes]]'' |- |[[John Forté|John Fort]]<nowiki/>e |''[[Poly Sci]]'' |- |Ka'Nut |''Look At 'Em Now'' |- | rowspan="3"| June 30 | [[The Black Eyed Peas|Black Eyed Peas]] | ''[[Behind the Front]]'' |- | [[Def Squad]] | ''[[El Niño (Def Squad album)|El Niño]]'' |- | [[MC Ren]] | ''[[Ruthless for Life]]'' |- | rowspan="2"| July 7 | [[Kane & Abel (group)|Kane & Abel]] | ''[[Am I My Brother's Keeper]]'' |- | [[N.O.R.E.]] | ''[[N.O.R.E. (album)|N.O.R.E.]]'' |- | July 14 | [[Beastie Boys]] | ''[[Hello Nasty]]'' |- | rowspan="6" |July 21 | [[Cam'ron]] | ''[[Confessions of Fire]]'' |- | [[Nate Dogg]] | ''[[G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1 & 2]]'' |- | [[Mac (rapper)|Mac]] | ''[[Shell Shocked (album)|Shell Shocked]]'' |- | [[Rasco]] | ''[[Time Waits for No Man]]'' |- | [[Sunz of Man]] | ''[[The Last Shall Be First (Sunz of Man album)|The Last Shall Be First]]'' |- | [[Wu-Tang Clan]] | ''[[The Swarm (album)|The Swarm]]'' |- | August 4 | [[Snoop Dogg]] | ''[[Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told]]'' |- | rowspan="4"| 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]]'' |- | rowspan="3"| August 18 | [[Kid Rock]] | ''[[Devil Without a Cause]]'' |- | [[MC Lyte]] | ''[[Seven & Seven]]'' |- | [[Styles of Beyond]] | ''[[2000 Fold]]'' |- | rowspan="4" |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]]'' |- | rowspan="4" | September 1 | [[Big Ed (rapper)|Big Ed the Assassin]] | ''[[The Assassin (album)|The Assassin]]'' |- | [[Fat Joe]] | ''[[Don Cartagena]]'' |- | [[Flipmode Squad]] | ''The Imperial''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-imperial-album-mw0000040862|title=The Imperial Album - Flipmode Squad {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-05-06}}</ref> |- | [[Kurupt]] | ''[[Kuruption!]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/kuruption!-mw0000028431|title=Kuruption! - Kurupt {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-05-06}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3"| September 8 | [[Canibus]] | ''[[Can-I-Bus]]'' |- | [[Digital Underground]] | ''[[Who Got the Gravy?]]'' |- | [[Skull Duggery (rapper)|Skull Duggery]] | ''[[These Wicked Streets]]'' |- | September 15 | [[Magic (rapper)|Magic]] | ''[[Sky's the Limit (Magic album)|Sky's the Limit]]'' |- | rowspan="2" | September 22 | [[Big Tymers]] | ''[[How You Luv That Vol. 2]]'' |- | [[Ras Kass]] | ''[[Rasassination]]'' |- | rowspan="6"| September 29 | [[Black Star (group)|Black Star]] | ''[[Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star]]'' |- | [[Brand Nubian]] | ''[[Foundation (Brand Nubian album)|Foundation]]'' |- | [[Jay-Z]] | ''[[Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life]]'' |- | [[No Limit Records]] | ''[[Mean Green (album)|Mean Green]]'' |- | [[OutKast]] | ''[[Aquemini]]'' |- | [[A Tribe Called Quest]] | ''[[The Love Movement]]'' |- | rowspan="6" | October 6 | [[Bizzy Bone]] | ''[[Heaven'z Movie]]'' |- | [[Cypress Hill]] | ''[[Cypress Hill IV]]'' |- | [[Mack 10]] | ''[[The Recipe (album)|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]] & [[Speedknot Mobstaz|the Speedknot Mobstaz]] | ''[[Mobstability]]'' |- | rowspan="2"| October 13 | [[Heltah Skeltah]] | ''[[Magnum Force (album)|Magnum Force]]'' |- | Various Artists | ''[[Slam (soundtrack)|Slam: The Soundtrack]]'' |- |October 17 |[[Beat Junkies]] |''[[World Famous Beat Junkies Vol. 2]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-world-famous-beat-junkies-vol-2-mw0000045049|title=The World Famous Beat Junkies, Vol. 2 - The Beat Junkies {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-05-06}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3" |October 20 |[[All City (rap group)|All City]] |''[[Metropolis Gold]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/metropolis-gold-mw0000036127|title=Metropolis Gold - All City {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-05-06}}</ref> |- |[[Deadly Venoms]] |''[[The Antidote (Deadly Venoms album)|The Antidote]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/antidote-mw0000043787|title=Antidote - The Deadly Venoms {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-05-06}}</ref> |- | [[Gambino Family (group)|Gambino Family]] | ''[[Ghetto Organized]]'' |- | rowspan="3" |October 27 |[[Bushwick Bill]] |[[No Surrender...No Retreat to No Surrender|''No Surrender No Retreat'']] |- | [[Mia X]] | ''[[Mama Drama]]'' |- | [[Pras]] | ''[[Ghetto Supastar]]'' |- | rowspan="4"| November 3 | [[All City (rap group)|All City]] | ''[[Metropolis Gold]]'' |- | [[Crucial Conflict]] | ''Good Side, Bad Side'' |- | [[Juvenile (rapper)|Juvenile]] | ''[[400 Degreez]]'' |- | [[Yukmouth]] | ''[[Thugged Out: The Albulation]]'' |- | rowspan="5" | November 10 | [[The Coup]] | ''[[Steal This Album (The Coup album)|Steal This Album]]'' |- | [[DJ Quik]] | ''[[Rhythm-al-ism]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/rhythm-al-ism-mw0000046061|title=Rhythm-al-ism - DJ Quik {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-05-06}}</ref> |- | [[Ghetto Commission]] | ''[[Wise Guys (album)|Wise Guys]]'' |- |[[Kool G Rap]] |''[[Roots of Evil]]'' |- | [[Pete Rock]] | ''[[Soul Survivor (Pete Rock album)|Soul Survivor]]'' |- | rowspan="3"| 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]]'' |- | rowspan="4" | November 24 | [[Bone Thugs-N-Harmony]] | ''[[The Collection (album series)|The Collection, Vol. 1]]'' |- | [[RZA]] | ''[[Bobby Digital in Stereo]]'' |- | [[Steady Mobb'n]] | ''[[Black Mafia (album)|Black Mafia]]'' |- | [[2Pac]] | ''[[Greatest Hits (Tupac Shakur album)|Greatest Hits]]'' |- | December 1 | [[Full Blooded]] | ''[[Memorial Day (album)|Memorial Day]]'' |- | rowspan="2" |December 8 | [[Busta Rhymes]] | ''[[E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/extinction-level-event-the-final-world-front-mw0000043395|title=Extinction Level Event: The Final World Front - Busta Rhymes {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-05-06}}</ref> |- | [[Redman (rapper)|Redman]] | ''[[Doc's da Name 2000]]'' |- | rowspan="2" |December 15 | [[Mystikal]] | ''[[Ghetto Fabulous (album)|Ghetto Fabulous]]'' |- | [[DJ Clue]] | ''[[The Professional (album)]]'' |- | December 22 | DMX | ''[[Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood]]'' |} == Highest first-week album sales == {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |+List of top ten albums with the highest first-week home market sales ! scope="col"|Number ! scope="col"|Album ! scope="col"|Artist ! scope="col"|1st-week sales ! scope="col"|1st-week position ! scope="col"|Refs |- ! scope="row"| 1 | ''[[Hello Nasty]]'' | [[Beastie Boys]] | 681,000 | 1 | |- ! scope="row"| 2 | ''[[Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood]]'' | [[DMX (rapper)|DMX]] | 670,000 | 1 | |- ! scope="row"| 3 | ''[[Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told]]'' | [[Snoop Dogg]] | 520,000 | 1 | |- ! scope="row"| 4 | ''[[MP Da Last Don]]'' | [[Master P]] | 495,000 | 1 | |- ! scope="row"| 5 | ''[[The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill]]'' | [[Lauryn Hill]] | 422,624 | 1 | |- ! scope="row"| 6 | ''[[Tical 2000: Judgement Day]]'' | [[Method Man]] | 411,000 | 1 | |- ! scope="row"| 7 | ''[[Ghetto Fabulous (album)|Ghetto Fabulous]]'' | [[Mystikal]] | 386,000 | 5 | |- ! scope="row"| 8 | ''[[Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life]]'' | [[Jay-Z]] | 350,000 | 1 | |- ! scope="row"| 9 | ''[[Charge It 2 Da Game]]'' | [[Silkk The Shocker]] | 288,000 | 3 | |- ! scope="row"| 10 | ''[[It's Dark and Hell Is Hot]]'' | [[DMX (rapper)|DMX]] | 251,000 | 1 | |- |} ==See also== *Last article: [[1997 in hip hop music]] *Next article: [[1999 in hip hop music]] ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} {{List of years in hip hop music}} {{DEFAULTSORT:1998 In Hip Hop}} [[Category:1998 in music|Hip hop]] [[Category:Years in hip hop music]]'