1996 in hip hop music

This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 1996.

1996 in music
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Released albums
Release Date[1] Artist Album
January 9 Kid Rock Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp
The Brotherhood Elementalz
January 23 The D.O.C. Helter Skelter
Speech Speech
January 30 Suga-T Paper Chasin'
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
Lord Finesse Awakening
February 27 Dark Sun Riders Seeds of Evolution
March 5 The Conscious Daughters Gamers
March 12 Plains of Fascination Join the Ranks
Wise Intelligent Killin' U... For Fun
March 19 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!
Geto Boys The Resurrection
Bahamadia Kollage
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
Kwest Tha Madd Lad This Is My First Album
April 23 Mac Mall Untouchable
Erick Sermon Insomnia
DJ Kool Let Me Clear My Throat
April 24 Esham Dead Flowerz
April 30 Celly Cel Killa Kali
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
Too $hort Gettin' It (Album Number Ten)
May 28 Shyheim The Lost Generation
Pete Miser What It Be...
June 1 People Without Shoes Thoughts of an Optimist
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 10 Company Flow Funcrusher
June 11 Heather B Takin' Mine
Insane Clown Posse Tunnel of Love
June 18 Heltah Skeltah Nocturnal
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
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
July 16 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
Nine Cloud 9
August 13 Akinyele Put It In Your Mouth
Tha Mexakinz Tha Mexakinz
Blahzay Blahzay Blah Blah Blah
Cypress Hill Unreleased and Revamped
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
Dru Down Can You Feel Me
September 10 Young Ed Time To Stack
September 17 3-2 The Wicked Buddah Baby
Whodini Six
September 21 Juggaknots Clear Blue Skies
September 24 Dr. Dre Back 'n the Day
The Dayton Family F.B.I. (Fuck Being Indicted)
The Roots Illadelph Halflife
Raw Breed Killa Instinct
October 1 Ras Kass Soul on Ice
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
Above the Law Time Will Reveal
October 29 Black Moon Diggin' In Dah Vaults
Da Brat Anuthatantrum
E-40 Tha Hall of Game
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
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
DJ Shadow Endtroducing.....
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
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 Insane Clown Posse Tunnel of Love (EP)
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[2]
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
"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
"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 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 The Score Fugees 205,500 1

See also

References
  1. "The Top 125 Hip-Hop Albums of 1996".
  2. "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.
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