1993 in hip-hop

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This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 1993.

Released albums

Release Date	Artist	Album
January 1	Professor X the Overseer	Puss 'N Boots (The Struggle Continues...)
January 12	Raw Breed	Lune Tunz
	Madstyle	Bloodrush
January 26	King T	Tha Triflin' Album
	Paperboy	The Nine Yards
February 2	Brand Nubian	In God We Trust
	Strickly Roots	Strickly Friends (Begs No Friends)
	Above the Law	Black Mafia Life
	Young Black Teenagers	Dead Enz Kidz Doin' Lifetime Bidz
February 9	Digable Planets	Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space)
	Apache	Apache Ain't Shit
February 16	2Pac	Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z...
	Kam	Neva Again
	Flavor Unit	Roll Wit' Tha Flava
February 23	Naughty by Nature	19 Naughty III
March 2	B-Legit	Tryin' to Get a Buck
March 9	Ant Banks	Sittin' on Somethin' Phat
	Bloods & Crips	Bangin' on Wax
	Geto Boys	Till Death Do Us Part
	Mad Kap	Look Ma Duke, No Hands
	I.M.P	Back in the Days
March 16	Kid Rock	The Polyfuze Method
March 23	Ice-T	Home Invasion
	Just-Ice	Gun Talk
	Monie Love	In a Word or 2
	P.M. Dawn	The Bliss Album...?
March 30	LL Cool J	14 Shots to the Dome
	Onyx	Bacdafucup
April 1	Marxman	33 Revolutions per Minute
April 13	Mobb Deep	Juvenile Hell
	The Beatnuts	Intoxicated Demons
	K-Rino	Stories from the Black Book
	Capital Tax	The Swoll Package
April 16	Suga-T	It's All Good
April 20	C-Bo	Gas Chamber
	Tim Dog	Do or Die
	Da Youngsta's	The Aftermath
	Brokin English Kilk	Brokin English Kilk
	Trends of Culture	Trendz
April 27	Freestyle Fellowship	Innercity Griots
	MC Breed	The New Breed
	Prime Minister Pete Nice and Daddy Rich	Dust to Dust
May 4	Run-D.M.C.	Down with the King
	Masta Ace Incorporated	SlaughtaHouse
	Funkdoobiest	Which Doobie U B?
	The Coup	Kill My Landlord
May 18	5th Ward Boyz	Ghetto Dope
	Guru	Guru's Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1
	Total Devastation	Legalize It!
May 19	The Roots	Organix
May 25	Big Daddy Kane	Looks Like a Job For...
	Boss	Born Gangstaz
	Havoc & Prodeje	Livin' in a Crime Wave
	Y'all So Stupid	Van Full of Pakistans
	Knucklehedz	Stricktly Savage
May 28	B.O.N.E. Enterpri$e	Faces of Death
June	Ed O.G. and Da Bulldogs	Roxbury 02119
June 1	DMG	Rigormortiz
	Top Authority	Somethin' To Blaze To
June 7	D-Shot	The Shot Calla
June 15	Esham	KKKill the Fetus
	Father MC	Sex Is Law
June 17	Dre Dog	The New Jim Jones
June 22	Biz Markie	All Samples Cleared!
	Jungle Brothers	J Beez wit the Remedy
	MC Lyte	Ain't No Other
	Yo-Yo	You Better Ask Somebody
	Intelligent Hoodlum	Tragedy: Saga of a Hoodlum
June 25	Poison Clan	Ruff Town Behavior
June 29	Candyman	I Thought U Knew
	Gumbo	Dropping Soulful H20 on the Fiber
	Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud	Blow Up the Spot
July 1	Basehead	Not in Kansas Anymore
July 6	Akinyele	Vagina Diner
	Ganksta N-I-P	Psychic Thoughts (Are What I Conceive?)
	Mesanjarz of Funk	Mesanjarz of Funk
	C.E.B.	Countin' Endless Bank
July 8	Tag Team	Whoomp! (There It Is)
July 12	Luke	In the Nude
July 13	Da King & I	Contemporary Jeep Music
	Rumpletilskinz	What is a Rumpletilskin?
	JT the Bigga Figga	Playaz N the Game
	Mac Mall	Illegal Business?
	Justin Warfield	My Field Trip to Planet 9
July 16	Insane Clown Posse	Beverly Kills 50187
July 20	Cypress Hill	Black Sunday
	Threat	Sickinnahead
	Splack Pack	Uhh!! Ohh!!
July 27	Fat Joe da Gangsta	Represent
	Pooh-Man	Judgement Day
August 3	Kris Kross	Da Bomb
August 10	Ultramagnetic MCs	The Four Horsemen
August 17	Eightball & MJG	Comin' Out Hard
	Scarface	The World Is Yours
August 24	Tha Alkaholiks	21 & Over
	Illegal	The Untold Truth
	Private Investigators	Re-Act Like Ya Knew
	Hoodratz	Sneeke Muthafukaz
September 14	Poor Righteous Teachers	Black Business
September 21	A.L.T.	Stone Cold World
	Another Bad Creation	It Ain't What U Wear, It's How U Play It
	De La Soul	Buhloone Mindstate
	YZ	The Ghetto's Been Good to Me
September 28	Hi-C	Swing'n
	KRS-One	Return of the Boom Bap
	Lords of the Underground	Here Come the Lords
	Souls of Mischief	93 'til Infinity
	Spice 1	187 He Wrote
October 5	Digital Underground	The Body-Hat Syndrome
October 11	Totally Insane	Goin' Insane
October 12	DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince	Code Red
	Salt-n-Pepa	Very Necessary
	Leaders of the New School	T.I.M.E. (The Inner Mind's Eye)
October 19	Black Moon	Enta da Stage
	Eazy-E	It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa
	Erick Sermon	No Pressure
October 26	Shaquille O'Neal	Shaq Diesel
	Too Short	Get in Where You Fit In
	Pudgee Tha Phat Bastard	Give 'Em The Finger
November 2	Daddy-O	You Can Be A Daddy, But Never Daddy-O
November 9	A Tribe Called Quest	Midnight Marauders
	II D Extreme	II 2 Extreme
	Jamalski	Roughneck Reality
	K7	Swing Batta Swing
	Brotha Lynch Hung	24 Deep
	Wu-Tang Clan	Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
November 10	Too Short	Greatest Hits, Vol. 1: The Player Years, 1983–1988
November 16	Blood of Abraham	Future Profits
	Das EFX	Straight Up Sewaside
	MC Ren	Shock of the Hour
	Queen Latifah	Black Reign
	Us3	Hand on the Torch
November 23	Snoop Doggy Dogg	Doggystyle
	Del the Funky Homosapien	No Need for Alarm
November 29	Mac Dre	Young Black Brotha
November 30	The Conscious Daughters	Ear to the Street
December 7	Domino	Domino
	Ice Cube	Lethal Injection
December 21	Jodeci	Diary of a Mad Band
Unknown	187 Fac	The U.N.E.
Unknown	MC Shy D	The Comeback
Unknown	San Quinn	Young Baby Boy (Don't Cross Me)
Unknown	T-Bone	Redeemed Hoodlum
Unknown	Dru Down	Fools from the Streets
Unknown	Success-n-Effect	Drive-by of Uh Revolutionist
Unknown	MF911	Idol, The Bloodsport
Unknown	Chief Groovy Loo And The Chosen Tribe	Got 'Em Running Scared
Unknown	Get Some Crew	Come Get Some
Unknown	Splack Pack featuring Kidd Money	Uhh Ohh
Unknown	Kool Keith and Godfather Don	Cenobites LP

Highest-charting singles

Hip hop singles which charted in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100

Title	Artist	Peak position
"Informer"	Snow feat. MC Shan	1
"Whoomp! (There It Is)"	Tag Team	2
"Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang"	Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg
"Slam"	Onyx	4
"Shoop"	Salt-N-Pepa
"Mr. Wendal"	Arrested Development	6
"Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')"	Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg	8
"Hip Hop Hooray"	Naughty by Nature
"Ditty"	Paperboy	10
"I Get Around"	2Pac featuring Digital Underground	11
"Boom! Shake the Room"	DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince	13
"I Got a Man"	Positive K	14
"It Was a Good Day"	Ice Cube	15
"Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)"	Digable Planets
"Insane in the Brain"	Cypress Hill	19
"Girl I've Been Hurt"	Snow (musician)
"Alright"	Kris Kross
"Check Yo Self"	Ice Cube feat. Das EFX	20
"Down with the King"	Run-D.M.C. featuring Pete Rock & CL Smooth	21
"Very Special (song)"	Big Daddy Kane feat. DJ Spinderella	31
"Let Me Ride"	Dr. Dre feat. Jewell & Snoop Doggy Dogg	34
"Ruffneck"	MC Lyte	35
"(I Know I Got) Skillz"	Shaquille O'Neal feat. Def Jef
"What's Up Doc? (Can We Rock)"	Fu-Schnickens	39
"Six Feet Deep"	Geto Boys	40

Highest first-week sales

List of top five albums with the highest first-week home market sales of 1993

Number	Album	Artist	1st-week sales	1st-week position	Refs
1	Doggystyle	Snoop Doggy Dogg	802,858	1	West Coast Hip Hop
2	Black Sunday	Cypress Hill	261,000	1	West Coast Hip Hop
3	Lethal Injection	Ice Cube	215,000	5	West Coast Hip Hop
4	It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa	Eazy-E	110,600	5	West Coast Hip Hop

See also

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