1996 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 1996.

Released albums

Release Date^[1]	Artist	Album
January 9	Kid Rock	Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp
January 9	The Brotherhood	Elementalz
January 23	The D.O.C.	Helter Skelter
January 23	Speech	Speech
January 30	Eazy-E	Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton
February 13	2Pac	All Eyez on Me
	Fugees	The Score
	Mad Skillz	From Where???
February 20	Ganksta N-I-P	Psychotic Genius
February 20	Lord Finesse	Awakening
February 27	Dark Sun Riders	Seeds of Evolution
February 27	Suga-T	Paper Chasin'
March 5	The Conscious Daughters	Gamers
March 12	Plains of Fascination	Join the Ranks
March 12	Wise Intelligent	Killin' U... For Fun
March 19	Bahamadia	Kollage
	Rappin' 4-Tay	Off Parole
	Smoothe da Hustler	Once Upon a Time in America
March 26	Busta Rhymes	The Coming
	Cella Dwellas	Realms 'n Reality
	DJ Yella	One Mo Nigga ta Go
	Ill Biskits	Chronicle of Two Losers: The First Edition
	Nonchalant	Until the Day
April 2	Beastie Boys	The In Sound From Way Out!
April 2	Geto Boys	The Resurrection
April 9	MC Eiht	Death Threatz
	MC Ren	The Villain in Black
	Chino XL	Here to Save You All
April 16	Master P	Ice Cream Man
April 16	Kwest Tha Madd Lad	This Is My First Album
April 19	Insane Clown Posse	Tunnel of Love
April 23	Mac Mall	Untouchable
	Erick Sermon	Insomnia
	DJ Kool	Let Me Clear My Throat
April 30	Celly Cel	Killa Kali
May 7	Esham	Dead Flowerz
May 7	Kool Keith	Dr. Octagonecologyst
May 14	Luke	Uncle Luke
	MC Breed	To Da Beat Ch'all
	Real Live	The Turnaround: A Long Awaited Drama
May 15	Messy Marv	Messy Situationz
May 21	Dr. Dre	First Round Knock Out
	Lil' ½ Dead	Steel on a Mission
	Too $hort	Gettin' It (Album Number Ten)
May 28	Shyheim	The Lost Generation
May 28	Pete Miser	What It Be...
June 1	People Without Shoes	Thoughts of an Optimist
June 1	Hyenas In The Desert	Die Laughing
June 4	Delinquent Habits	Delinquent Habits
	Digital Underground	Future Rhythm
	Lost Boyz	Legal Drug Money
	Ice-T	Ice-T VI: Return of the Real
	Kool G Rap	Rated XXX
June 11	Heather B	Takin' Mine
June 18	Heltah Skeltah	Nocturnal
June 18	Jewel-T	Gangsta Chronicles
June 25	Jay-Z	Reasonable Doubt
	Punk Barbarians	Sex, Props, Cream... And The Drama In Between
	Quad City DJ's	Get On Up and Dance
	Various Artists	America Is Dying Slowly
	Prince Paul	Psychoanalysis: What Is It?
July 2	Crucial Conflict	The Final Tic
	De La Soul	Stakes Is High
	N.W.A	Greatest Hits
	Nas	It Was Written
July 9	New Kingdom	Paradise Don't Come Cheap
July 15	Funk Mobb	It Ain't 4 Play
	Al' Tariq	God Connections
	Sadat X	Wild Cowboys
July 23	11/5	A-1 Yola
July 30	A Tribe Called Quest	Beats, Rhymes and Life
	Mr. Mike	Wicked Wayz
	UGK	Ridin' Dirty
August 6	Marvaless	Wiccked
August 6	Nine	Cloud 9
August 13	Akinyele	Put It In Your Mouth
	Blahzay Blahzay	Blah Blah Blah
	Cypress Hill	Unreleased and Revamped
	Facemob	The Other Side of the Law
	Tha Mexakinz	Tha Mexakinz
August 20	Insane Poetry	Blacc Plague
	Paperboy	City to City
	Silkk	The Shocker
August 27	A+	Latch Key Child
	Passion	Baller's Lady
	MC Lyte	Bad As I Wanna B
	OutKast	ATLiens
September 3	Do or Die	Picture This
September 3	Dru Down	Can You Feel Me
September 10	Young Ed	Time To Stack
September 10	Foesum	Perfection
September 16	DJ Shadow	Endtroducing.....
September 17	Mr. 3-2	The Wicked Buddah Baby
September 17	Whodini	Six
September 21	Juggaknots	Clear Blue Skies
September 24	Dr. Dre	Back 'n the Day
	The Roots	Illadelph Halflife
	Raw Breed	Killa Instinct
October 1	The Dayton Family	F.B.I. (Fuck Being Indicted)
	Ras Kass	Soul on Ice
	Guce	Clear and present danger^[2]
October 10	Ultra	Big Time
October 11	Grav	Down to Earth
October 15	Da Bush Babees	Gravity
	Jeru the Damaja	Wrath of the Math
	Poor Righteous Teachers	The New World Order
	Xzibit	At the Speed of Life
October 22	Westside Connection	Bow Down
	PMD	Business is Business
	M.O.P.	Firing Squad
	House of Pain	Truth Crushed to Earth Shall Rise Again
	Chuck D	Autobiography of Mistachuck
	Above the Law	Time Will Reveal
October 27	E-40	Tha Hall of Game
October 29	Black Moon	Diggin' In Dah Vaults
	Da Brat	Anuthatantrum
	II D Extreme	From I Extreme II Another
	Ghostface Killah	Ironman
	O.G.C.	Da Storm
	Yo-Yo	Total Control
November 5	LL Cool J	All World: Greatest Hits
	Makaveli (formerly 2Pac)	The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
	Mo Thugs	Family Scriptures
	Richie Rich	Seasoned Veteran
	Tela	Piece of Mind
November 12	Eminem	Infinite
	Lil' Kim	Hard Core
	Snoop Doggy Dogg	Tha Doggfather
November 19	The Almighty RSO	Doomsday: Forever RSO
	Flesh-N-Bone	T.H.U.G.S. (Trues Humbly United Gathering Souls)
	Foxy Brown	Ill Na Na
	Mobb Deep	Hell on Earth
	Shaquille O'Neal	You Can't Stop the Reign
November 26	Aftermath Entertainment	Dr. Dre Presents the Aftermath
	B-Legit	The Hemp Museum
	Keith Murray	Enigma
	B.G.	Chopper City
December 3	Three 6 Mafia	Chapter 1: The End
December 10	Redman	Muddy Waters
December 10	Big Noyd	Episodes of a Hustla
Unknown	San Quinn	The Hustle Continues
Unknown	Deadringaz	New Ringa Order
Unknown	Freak Nasty	Controversee...That's Life...And That's the Way It Is
Unknown	Smoothe Da Hustler	Once Upon A Time In America
Unknown	Young Lay	Black 'N Dangerous
Unknown	Ill Biskits	Chronicles of Two Losers: First Edition

Highest-charting singles

Hip hop singles from any year which charted in the 1996 Top 40 of the *Billboard* Hot 100^[3]
Song	Artist	Project	Peak position
"California Love"	2Pac featuring Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman	All Eyez On Me	1
"How Do U Want It"	2Pac featuring K-Ci & Jojo	All Eyez On Me
"Tha Crossroads"	Bone Thugs-N-Harmony	E. 1999 Eternal
"Loungin"	LL Cool J	Mr. Smith	3
"1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)"	Coolio	Gangsta's Paradise	5
"Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check	Busta Rhymes	The Coming	8
"Doin' It"	LL Cool J	Mr. Smith	9
"Elevators (Me & You)"	OutKast	ATLiens	12
"Tonite's Tha Night"	Kris Kross	Young, Rich & Dangerous	12
"Get Money"	Junior M.A.F.I.A. featuring The Notorious B.I.G.	Conspiracy	17
"Bow Down"	Westside Connection	Bow Down	21
"Po Pimp"	Do or Die featuring Twista	Picture This	22
"Too Hot"	Coolio	Gangsta's Paradise	24
"Fu-Gee-La"	Fugees	The Score	26
"It's All the Way Live (Now)"	Coolio	Eddie (soundtrack)	29
"What's Love Got to Do with It"	Warren G featuring Adina Howard	Supercop (soundtrack)	32

Highest first-week sales

List of top ten albums with the highest first-week home market sales
Number	Album	Artist	1st-week sales	1st-week position	Genre
1	The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory	2Pac	664,000	1	West Coast hip hop
2	All Eyez On Me	2Pac	566,500	1
3	Tha Doggfather	Snoop Doggy Dogg	470,971	1
4	It Was Written	Nas	268,000	1	East Coast hip hop
5	Family Scriptures	Mo Thugs	219,000	2	East Coast hip hop

References

^ "The Top 125 Hip-Hop Albums of 1996".
^ Clear & Present Danger - Guce | Album | AllMusic, retrieved 2024-08-29
^ "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.

[1] "The Top 125 Hip-Hop Albums of 1996".

[2] Clear & Present Danger - Guce | Album | AllMusic, retrieved 2024-08-29

[3] "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.

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Released albums

Highest-charting singles

Highest first-week sales

See also

References