Overview of the events of 2023 in hip-hop
This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2023.
Events
January
On January 1, Gangsta Boo died of a drug overdose at the age of 43 in Memphis, Tennessee .[ 1]
On January 5, there was a shootout outside DJ Khaled 's The Licking Restaurant in Miami, Florida , while filming a French Montana music video.[ 2] [ 3]
On January 7, YoungBoy Never Broke Again married his girlfriend, Jazlyn Mychelle.[ 4] [ 5]
On January 13, Kanye West married designer Bianca Censori.[ 6]
On January 16, Lil Tjay was arrested for gun possession in New York .[ 7]
On January 27, Drake 's home was burglarized in Los Angeles .[ 8]
February
On February 5, Kendrick Lamar won both Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song for "The Heart Part 5 " at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards . Lamar also won the Best Rap Album for Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers Future won Best Melodic Rap Performance for "Wait for U ", featuring Drake and Tems .[ 9]
On February 10, South African rapper AKA was fatally gunned down in Durban , KwaZulu-Natal .[ 10]
On February 12, Trugoy the Dove of De La Soul , died at the age of 54, with the cause of his death remaining undisclosed.[ 11]
On February 22, Eric Holder Jr. was sentenced to 60 years to life in prison for the murder of Nipsey Hussle in March 2019.[ 12]
On February 23, R. Kelly was sentenced in Chicago federal court to 20 years in prison for child pornography and other sexual crimes involving minors, with 19 years being concurrent to his previous 30-year term handed down in New York. Kelly will now serve 31 years in prison.[ 13]
March
On March 2, Lil Mosey was found not guilty of second-degree rape.[ 14]
On March 3, De La Soul 's full discography became available on streaming services for the first time.[ 15]
On March 5, a stampede occurred at a GloRilla and Finesse2tymes concert in Rochester, New York , leaving three people dead and 7 people injured.[ 16] [ 17]
On March 10, Jay Park won Artist of the Year at the Korean Hip-hop Awards .[ 18]
On March 11, South African rapper Costa Titch collapsed on stage while performing. He later died at the age of 27.[ 19]
On March 20, Michael Boatwright , Dedrick Williams, and Trayvon Newsome were convicted on all counts for the armed robbery and murder of XXXTentacion in June 2018.[ 20]
April
On April 6, Michael Boatwright, Dedrick Williams, and Trayvon Newsome were all formally sentenced to life in prison for the first-degree murder of XXXTentacion .[ 20] [ 21] Coolio 's cause of death was revealed as an overdose of fentanyl .[ 22]
On April 26, Pras , of the Fugees , was found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the US, witness tampering and acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government, for his role in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal (1MDB).[ 23]
On April 27, Kendrick Lamar's The Big Steppers Tour became the highest-grossing tour by a rapper as a headlining act in history, with $110.9 million from 929,000 tickets sold in 73 shows.[ 24]
May
On May 3, Missy Elliott , Rage Against the Machine , DJ Kool Herc , and Don Cornelius were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame .[ 25] Boosie Badazz announced he was cancer free via Instagram.[ 26]
On May 4, Mozzy was released from prison.[ 27]
On May 5, Chris Brown got into an altercation with Usher at his birthday party in Las Vegas after an argument over Teyana Taylor .[ 28]
On May 17, Robert Allen was sentenced to 2 years in prison for the murder of XXXTentacion .[ 29] Sheff G , Sleepy Hallow , and 30 other alleged members of the 8 Trey Crips and 9 Ways gangs were indicted on charges of criminal conspiracy, murder, assault, kidnapping, reckless endangerment, and gun possession.[ 30] [ 31]
On May 24, Fetty Wap was sentenced to 6 years in prison for drug trafficking.[ 32]
On May 25, Patrick Xavier Clarke was charged for the murder of Takeoff .[ 33]
On May 30, DaniLeigh was arrested for a DUI in Miami-Dade County, Florida .[ 34]
June
On June 7, Tupac Shakur was honored with a Hollywood Walk of Fame star.[ 35] Blueface was arrested in Las Vegas on robbery charges.[ 36]
On June 9, Jamarcus Johnson pleaded guilty and was charged for the murder of Young Dolph .[ 37]
On June 12, the trial for YNW Melly on charges of first-degree murder began.[ 38] [ 39]
On June 16, Quando Rondo was arrested in Chatham County, Georgia , for drug conspiracy and gang activity.[ 40]
On June 18, Big Pokey collapsed and later died from cardiac arrest while performing at a bar in Beaumont, Texas .[ 41]
On June 21, XXL 2023 Freshman Class , including Finesse2tymes , Lola Brooke , Rob49 , Fridayy , GloRilla , 2Rare , SleazyWorld Go , Central Cee , Real Boston Richey , Luh Tyler , TiaCorine , and DC the Don .[ 42]
On June 23, Jacquees was arrested for battery in Gwinnett County, Georgia .[ 43]
On June 26, Melle Mel , of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five , was arrested for domestic violence.[ 44]
On June 27, Casanova was sentenced to 15 years in prison.[ 45] Drake was awarded the key to Shelby County in Memphis .[ 46]
July
On July 2, a shooting at a nightclub in Wichita, Kansas , where Mozzy was performing at left 7 injured and 1 dead. Mozzy was briefly detained and released later that night.[ 47]
On July 5, MF DOOM 's cause of death was revealed as angioedema .[ 48]
On July 20, SpotemGottem was arrested for gun possession, burglary and fleeing a police officer.[ 49] G Herbo pled guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and making a false statement to a federal official.[ 50]
On July 22, the double murder trial for YNW Melly concluded. The trial ended with a hung jury , and the judge declared a mistrial.[ 51]
On July 24, Quavo was aboard a yacht in Miami, Florida when it was robbed by an armed crew.[ 52]
August
On August 2, Lizzo was sued for allegedly creating a hostile work environment by sexually harassing and weight shaming her dancers.[ 53]
On August 7, DJ Casper died of kidney and liver cancer at the age of 58.[ 54]
On August 8, Tory Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting Megan Thee Stallion .[ 55]
On August 10, 6ix9ine was arrested in Miami, Florida for failing to appear in court.[ 56]
August 11 represents the 50th anniversary of hip hop music and culture, and a concert honoring this milestone took place at Yankee Stadium . Run-DMC was the headline act, and a group of hip hop founders performed including Cindy Campbell and her brother DJ Kool Herc .[ 57]
On August 13, it was reported that Magoo had died at the age of 50.[ 58]
On August 15, it was reported that Young Capone had died at the age of 35 after he went missing in Chicago, Illinois .[ 59]
On August 19, Gunplay was arrested in Miami, Florida for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, false imprisonment, and child abuse.[ 60]
On August 20, Blac Youngsta 's brother was killed at a gas station in Memphis, Tennessee .[ 61] King Von 's killing were dropped.[ 62]
On August 23, Blueface was stabbed at a gym in Los Angeles, California .[ 63] Polo G , alongside his brother Trench Baby, was arrested following a police raid at his house in Los Angeles, California.[ 64]
On August 24, Burmese artist Byu Har was sentenced to 20 years in prison for criticizing the military-controlled government's inability to provide electricity to Yangon - a harsher sentence than other celebrities found guilty of criticism.[ 65]
On August 29, August 08 died at the age of 31.[ 66]
September
On September 3, Chrisean Rock gave birth to her first child.[ 67]
On September 5, B.G. was released from prison in New Orleans, Louisiana .[ 68]
On September 9, the intersection of Ludlow Street and Rivington Street in New York City , featured on the cover of Paul's Boutique Beastie Boys Square.[ 69]
On September 15, Diddy received the key to New York City .[ 70]
On September 22, Krayzie Bone was hospitalized after coughing up blood in his sleep due to sarcoidosis .[ 71]
On September 29, Duane Davis was arrested in connection with the murder of Tupac Shakur in September 1996, in Las Vegas, Nevada .[ 72]
October
November
On November 3, a section of MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland, California , where Tupac Shakur had previously lived, was renamed to Tupac Shakur Way.[ 78]
On November 7, C-Knight of The Dove Shack died of a stroke at the age of 52.[ 79]
On November 8, Ralo was released from prison.[ 80]
On November 17, Diddy 's former partner Cassie Ventura filed a lawsuit against him accusing him of rape, sex trafficking, and physical abuse.[ 81]
On November 23, Towne Center Drive in Compton, California was renamed to Eazy Street in honor of Eazy-E .[ 82]
On November 27, the trial for Young Thug on RICO charges began.[ 83]
December
Released albums
January
Day
Artist(s)
Album
Record label(s)
Entering chart position
1
KXNG Crooked
Dear California
COB, Hitmaker Distribution
5
Dusty Locane & Kajun Waters
-95 Degrees
95MM, EMPIRE
6
French Montana & DJ Drama
Coke Boys 6 Coke Boys, Epic Records
Real Boston Richey
Public Housing, Pt. 2
Open Shift Distribution
Debuted at No. 38 on the Billboard 200
YoungBoy Never Broke Again
I Rest My Case Never Broke Again , Motown Records
Debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200
Zaytoven
Only One
Zaytoven Global LLC
9
03 Greedo & Mike Free
Free 03
Alamo Records , Sony Music Entertainment
13
21 Lil Harold
After the Curse
Slaughter Gang Entertainment, Epic Records
BabyTron
Bin Reaper 3: New Testament The Hip Hop Lab, EMPIRE
Debuted at No. 100 on the Billboard 200
Clavish
Rap Game Awful Polydor , Universal Music UK
Declaime & Madlib
In the Beginning (Vol. 3)
SomeOthaShip Connect, Fat Beats
Sematary
Butcher House
Haunted Mound
Skyzoo & The Other Guys
The Mind of a Saint
First Generation Rich, HiPNOTT Records[ 89]
Teejayx6
Fraudulent
TF Entertainment
20
Autumn!
##B4GC3 ##B4GC3
Self-released
Boldy James & RichGains
Indiana Jones
Self-released
Chiddy Bang
Lunch
Adventure Records
Gloss Up
Before the Gloss Up
Quality Control Music
Ice Spice
Like..? 10K Projects , Capitol Records
Debuted at No. 37 on the Billboard 200
Oddisee
To What End Outer Note Label
Rose Villain
Radio Gotham Sony Music Italia , Columbia
Trippie Redd
Mansion Musik 10K Projects , Universal Music Group
Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
27
BiC Fizzle
Clark Street Baby
1017 Records , Atlantic Records
Don Trip
Gotham City
MRVL Recording Group, Connect Music
King Vision Ultra
Shook World PTP
Lil Yachty
Let's Start Here Concrete Records, Quality Control , Motown Records
Debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200
Reuben Vincent
Love is War
Jamla Records, Roc Nation
Styles P
Penultimate: A Calm Wolf Is Still a Wolf
Empire Distribution [ 90]
Summrs
Stuck in My Ways
Virgin Records , Universal Music Group
tana
GAULTIER
Galactic Records, Interscope Records
31
Big Boogie
Definition of Big Dude
CMG
February
Day
Artist(s)
Album
Record label(s)
Entering chart position
1
Epik High
Strawberry OURS, Genie Music
Kevin Gates
The Luca Brasi Story (A Decade of Brasi)
Bread Winners' Association, Atlantic Records
3
2KBABY
Scared 2 Love
Warner Records
Ace Hood
Body Bag Vol. 6
Hood Nation, EMPIRE
JayDaYoungan
Forever 23 2x
DNF Partners, Atlantic Records
Debuted at No. 188 on the Billboard 200
10
BigXthaPlug
AMAR
UnitedMasters
Debuted at No. 181 on the Billboard 200
Dusty Locane
From da Flu with Luv
95MM, EMPIRE
Enchanting
Luv Scarred / No Luv (Deluxe)
1017 Records , Atlantic Records
Fendi P & Cheeze Beatz
LS3
Jet Life Recordings , Atlantic Records , EMPIRE
J.I the Prince of N.Y
One Way or Another
G*Starr Entertainment
Kash Doll & DJ Drama
Back on Dexter: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape
Kash Doll Enterprises, MNRK Records
Lance Skiiiwalker
Audiodidactic
Top Dawg Entertainment
Shy Glizzy
Flowers
Glizzy Gang, 300 Entertainment
Smokepurpp
Anti
Alamo Records , Sony Music Entertainment
11
Horseshoe Gang
Deme Lovewin Kenny
COB LLC[ 91]
14
Tony Yayo
The Loyal
Self-released
YN Jay
Coming 2 Coochie Land
YN Records
15
Slim Thug
Where Dreams Are Made
SoSouth[ 92]
17
Big Scarr
The Secret Weapon
1017 Records , Atlantic Records
Debuted at No. 43 on the Billboard 200
Celestaphone
Paper Cut From the Obit Drumhex
D. Savage
Mafia Musik
D Savage Enterprise, EMPIRE
Jay Critch
Jugg Season
Talk Money Entertainment, EMPIRE
Kxllswxch
The Walls Have Eyes
KILL!, EMPIRE
MadeinTYO
NEO TYO
Private Club Records, Commission Music
Nappy Nina
Mourning Due
LucidHaus
Oh No
Good Vibes
Stones Throw
Skrillex
Quest for Fire OWSLA , Atlantic Records
Debuted at No. 51 on the Billboard 200
Violent J
Bloody Sunday
Psychopathic Records
Wesley Joseph
GLOW
Secretly Canadian , EEVILTWINN
18
Skrillex
Don't Get Too Close OWSLA , Atlantic Records
22
Maxo
Even God Has a Sense of Humor
Def Jam Recordings
24
KXNG Crooked & Joell Ortiz
JFKLAX
Hitmaker Distribution[ 93]
Algiers
Shook Matador Records
AKA
Mass Country Sony Music Entertainment Africa
ALLBLACK
Born to Score
Play Runners Association, EMPIRE
Asian Doll
Let's Do a Drill 2
Doll Gang Records
BabyTron
Out on Bond
The Hip Hop Lab, EMPIRE
Blac Youngsta
Bank Appointment
Heavy Camp, Create Music Group
Canibus & Johnny Slash
Self Licking Ice Cream Cone
Holy Toledo Productions, Revel Distro
Cappadonna & Shaka Amazulu The 7th
African Killa Beez
Black Stone of Mecca
Don Toliver
Love Sick Cactus Jack Records , Atlantic Records
Debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200
Fredo Bang
Ape Talk
Se Lavi, Def Jam Records
Hell Razah & RoadsArt
Renaissance Art
RoadsArt Records
Key Glock
Glockoma 2 Paper Route Empire, EMPIRE
Debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard 200
Lecrae
Church Clothes 4: Dry Clean Only
Reach Records
Logic
College Park Three Oh One Productions
Debuted at No. 21 on the Billboard 200
Nina Chuba
Glas Jive Germany , Sony Music
Radamiz
Gnashing, Teeth
Big Enough Home
Russ Millions
One of a Kind
Dream Like Records
Rv
Inconspicuous
Self-released
Sada Baby
Shonuff
Hitmaker Music Group, Blac Noize!
$uicideboy$ & Shakewell
Shameless $uicide
G*59 Records
Debuted at No. 50 on the Billboard 200
Tha God Fahim
Iron Bull
Nature Sound
Watsky
Intention
Symmetry 3.3 Music
Xanman
Snake Me
Xanmann
Yeat
Afterlyfe Field Trip , Geffen Records
Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
27
Rome Streetz & Big Ghost Ltd
Wasn't Built in a Day
Big Ghost Ltd. Music
28
Young Nudy
Gumbo RCA Records
Debuted at No. 135 on the Billboard 200
March
Day
Artist(s)
Album
Record label(s)
Entering chart position
2
9th Wonder
Zion VIII
Jamla Records
3
Dreamville
Creed III: The Soundtrack Dreamville , Interscope Records
Debuted at No. 127 on the Billboard 200
Finesse2tymes
90 Days Later
Bread Gang, Atlantic Records
Gawne
SEVEN
GAWNE LLC
Lil' Flip
333
GT Digital, Clover G[ 94]
Mach-Hommy & Tha God Fahim
Notorious Dump Legends: Volume 2
Self-released
Macklemore
Ben Bendo LLC
Debuted at No. 18 on the Billboard 200
Real Boston Richey
Trapping & Finessing
Open Shift Distribution
Slowthai
UGLY Method Records, Interscope
Debuted at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart
Ufo361
Love My Life
Stay High, Groove Attack
Young Noble & Deuce Deuce
Purpose
Concrete Enterprise[ 95]
6
Talib Kweli & Madlib
Liberation 2 Self-released
7
iayze
Reverence
Simple Stupid Records, Geffen Records
10
Bankrol Hayden
29
Atlantic Records
BONES & Greaf
TheWitch&TheWizard
TeamSESH, EMPIRE
Conway the Machine & Jae Skeese
Pain Provided Profit
Drumwork, EMPIRE
G Perico & DJ Drama
Hot Shot
Perico's Innerprize LLC, EMPIRE
Jim Jones & Hitmaka
Back in My Prime
Vamplife, EMPIRE
Murs
speak n spell
Mid90s
Musiq Soulchild & Hit-Boy
Victims & Villains
SoulStar Music Company
Pouya
Gator
All But 6
RXKNephew
Till I'm Dead
New Breed Trapper
Zaytoven
Street Credentials
Famillar Territory, MNRK Records
11
Fly Anakin
stop tryna hack my face book
Self-released
12
RXKNephew
Not Fin Be on No Streaming Services Vol. 1.
AintNobodyCool
13
Kai
Rover SM Entertainment
15
Yung Mal
Iceburg Where U Been
Alamo Records, Sony Music
16
Code Kunst
Remember Archive AOMG
Upchurch
Pioneer
Mud to Gold Entertainment
17
Eladio Carrión
3MEN2KBRN
Rimas
Debuted at No. 16 on the Billboard 200
EST Gee
Mad
Warlike, CMG , Interscope Records
Debuted at No. 25 on the Billboard 200
Lil Keed
Keed Talk to 'Em 2 YSL , 300 , Atlantic
Lil Pump
Lil Pump 2 Self-released
Money Man
Red Eye Black Circle, EMPIRE
Debuted at No. 93 on the Billboard 200
Quin NFN
Never on Time
NFN Entertainment, EMPIRE
Rich Amiri
Evolution
Universal Music Group
T-Pain
On Top of the Covers Nappy Boy , EMPIRE
22
Daz Dillinger & Lil Eazy-E
The Legacy
Dogg Pound Records, Rich & Ruthless Records
23
Myke Towers
La Vida es Una
Warner Records
Debuted at No. 173 on the Billboard 200
Navy Blue
Ways of Knowing
Def Jam , Freedom Sounds
Rylo Rodriguez
Sorry Four the Delay
Self-released
24
03 Greedo
Halfway There
Alamo Records
6lack
Since I Have a Lover Love Renaissance , Interscope Records
Debuted at No. 24 on the Billboard 200
Hit-Boy
Surf or Drown
Surf Club
ICECOLDBISHOP
GENERATIONAL CURSE
Ice Cold Entertainment, Epic Records , Sony Music Entertainment
Jae Skeese
Abolished Uncertainties
Drumwork, EMPIRE
Jasiah
3
Atlantic Records
Jimin
Face Big Hit Music
JPEGMafia & Danny Brown
SCARING THE HOES Warp Records
Debuted at No. 84 on the Billboard 200
Kool Keith & Real Bad Man
Serpent
Real Bad Man Records
Kota the Friend & Statik Selektah
To See a Sunset
Venice Music
Quando Rondo
Recovery Never Broke Again , Atlantic Records
TisaKorean
Let Me Update My Status
Jazzzy
28
Zelooperz
Microphone Fiend
Self-released
31
Autumn!
Golden Child, Chapter 3
Self-released
B. Cool-Aid
Leather Blvd Lex Records
Chlöe
In Pieces Parkwood Entertainment , Columbia Records
Debuted at No. 119 on the Billboard 200
DJ Drama
I'm Really Like That
Generation Now , Atlantic Records
Debuted at No. 67 on the Billboard 200
Juicy J
Mental Trillness
Trippy Music LLC
Larry June & The Alchemist
The Great Escape The Freeminded, ALC Records, EMPIRE
Debuted at No. 32 on the Billboard 200
Lil Wayne
I Am Music Young Money Records , Republic Records
Debuted at No. 25 on the Billboard 200
Luh Tyler
My Vision
Motion Music, Atlantic Records
Madame
L'amore Sugar Music
Matt Ox
Ai.Ox
OX
Powfu
tell me your feelings and i won't tell you mine pt. 2
Columbia Records
Ric Wilson, Chromeo & A-Trak
CLUSTERFUNK
Free Disco, EMPIRE
Royce da 5'9"
The Heaven Experience EP
Heaven Studios, LLC[ 96]
Tyler, the Creator
Call Me If You Get Lost: The Estate Sale Columbia Records
April
Day
Artist(s)
Album
Record label(s)
Entering chart position
4
Curren$y & Jermaine Dupri
For Motivational Use Only, Vol. 1
Jet Life Recordings, So So Def Recordings [ 97]
5
Fly Anakin & Foisey
Skinemaxxx (Side A)
Lex Records
6
Blac Youngsta
Blac Sheep
Heavy Camp, Create Music Group
Gucci Mane
1017 Up Next
1017 Records , Atlantic Records
7
Kenny Muney
Blue Muney
Paper Route Empire, EMPIRE
Meyhem Lauren , Madlib & DJ Muggs
Champagne for Breakfast
Soul Assassins
Mozzy
Kollect Kall
CMG , Interscope Records
NF
Hope NF Real Music, Capitol Records
Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
Nym Lo & Statik Selektah
From The Horse's Mouth
MNRK Records, Surface Noise Records
Planet Giza
Ready When You Are
Quiet Note
Rae Sremmurd
Sremm 4 Life EarDrummers , Interscope Records
Debuted at No. 28 on the Billboard 200
Rittz
MellowLOvation Music
CNT Records
Slump6s
Forgive Never Forget
Field Trip, Republic Records
Tyler, the Creator
Wolf + Instrumentals Columbia Records
14
Avelino
God Save the Streets
More Music Records, OddChild Music
Debuted at No. 12 on the UK Albums Chart
Black Thought & El Michels Affair
Glorious Game Big Crown Records
BONES & Eddy Baker
Jones Peak
TeamSESH, EMPIRE
Dinner Party
Enigmatic Society
Sounds of Crenshaw, EMPIRE
French the Kid
No Signal
Drop Out UK
Debuted at No. 55 on the UK Albums Chart
Grafh & 38 Spesh
Art of Words
TCF Music Group
Kwengface
The Memoir
Self-released
NLE Choppa
Cottonwood 2 Warner Records
Debuted at No. 21 on the Billboard 200
Pi'erre Bourne
Grails
SossHouse, Interscope Records
Prof
Horse Stophouse Music Group
Debuted at No. 111 on the Billboard 200
Troy Ave
Dear Hater I Won
BSB Records
Yung Bleu
Love Scars II Moon Boy University, EMPIRE
Debuted at No. 38 on the Billboard 200
19
Redveil
Playing w/ Fire Self-released
20
Krayzie Bone
Quickfix: Level 3: Level Up
The Life Apparel
Matt Ox & Surf Gang
OXygen
Surf Gang Records
21
Agust D
D-Day Big Hit
Hotboy Wes
Left For Dead, Vol. 1
1017 Records , Atlantic Records
Iann Dior
Leave Me Where You Found Me
Internet Money Records , 10K Projects
Lloyd Banks
The Course of the Inevitable III: Pieces of My Pain Money by Any Means, EMPIRE [ 98]
M-Dot
egO anD The eneMy 2: A Dissolute Paradise
Self-released
Peezy
Ghetto
#Boyz Entertainment, EMPIRE
Post Malone
The Diamond Collection Republic Records
Debuted at No. 16 on the Billboard 200
Songer
SKALA
Hard Reality
Debuted at No. 30 on the UK Albums Chart
Swizz Beatz
Hip Hop 50, Vol. 2
Mass Appeal Records , Def Jam Recordings
YoungBoy Never Broke Again
Don't Try This at Home Motown Records
Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200
Zombie Juice
Love Without Conditions
Terp World
25
Taeyang
Down to Earth The Black Label , Interscope Records
28
BlueBucksClan & Drakeo the Ruler
Legendary
UMG Recordings
G Herbo
Strictly 4 My Fans 2
Machine Entertainment Group, 150 Dream Team
Debuted at No. 124 on the Billboard 200
Homixide Gang
Snot or Not
Opium , Interscope Records
Ill Bill
Billy
Uncle Howie Records, Fat Beats
Jack Harlow
Jackman Generation Now , Atlantic
Debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200
KAMAUU
LACUNA in The House Of Mirrors
Atlantic Recording Corporation
Nines
Crop Circle 2 Warner Records
Debuted at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart
Rowdy Rebel & Fetty Luciano
Splash Brothers
Self-released
Shordie Shordie
A Life for Two
Warner Records
Summrs
Ghost
Self-released
Tee Grizzley & Skilla Baby
Controversy
Grizzley Gang, 300 Entertainment
Tony Shhnow
Love Streak
Self-released
YUNGMORPHEUS
From Whence It Came
Lex Records
29
Mike Dean
4:23 MWA Music
May
Day
Artist(s)
Album
Record label(s)
Entering chart position
4
iKon
Take Off 143
5
Armani White
Road to Casablanco
Legendbound, Def Jam Recordings
Atmosphere
So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously
Rhymesayers
Berner
Arrogance Is Ignorance (One Shot Kill)
EMPIRE
Billy Woods & Kenny Segal
Maps Backwoodz Studioz
Conway the Machine
Won't He Do It Drumwork, EMPIRE
DaBaby
Call Da Fireman
South Coast Music Group, Interscope Records
DC the Don
FUNERAL
Rostrum Records
Denzel Curry
Live at Electric Lady
PH Recordings, Loma Vista
Destroy Lonely
If Looks Could Kill Opium , Interscope Records
Debuted at No. 18 on the Billboard 200
IDK
F65
Clue No Clue LLC, Warner Records
JELEEL!
REAL RAW!
Jeleel Yeah LLC, 10K Projects
Jidenna
ME YOU & GOD
Wondaland Records, Magic Chief Productions
MC Eiht
Lessons 2
Blue Stamp Records
OhGeesy
Geezyworld 2
Atlantic Records
$uicideboy$
YIN YANG TAPES: Spring Season (1989-1990)
G*59 Records
Tunde
First Lap
Self-released
Debuted at No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart
10
Deante' Hitchcock
ONCE UPON A TIME
ByStorm Entertainment, RCA Records [ 99]
Nebu Kiniza
Bittersweet Memories
Self-released
Radamiz & Thelonious Martin
2409 West Slauson Big Enough Home
12
Chuck Strangers
The Boys & Girls
Lex Records
DD Osama
Here 2 Stay
Alamo Records , Sony Music Entertainment
Potter Payper
Real Back in Style 0207 Def Jam
Debuted at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart
Russ
Chomp 2.5
DIEMON Records
Soulja Boy
Soulja Season
SODMG Records
$uicideboy$
YIN YANG TAPES: Summer Season (1989-1990)
G*59 Records
YoungBoy Never Broke Again
Richest Opp Never Broke Again , Motown Records
Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
16
Wiki
Papiseed Street Vol. 1
Self-released
18
6ix
6ixtape
TuneCore
19
Belly
Mumble Rap 2 XO , Roc Nation Records
B-Lovee
Sorry 4 The Wait...
Columbia Records
ELWD
Monochrome
Bad Taste Records [ 100]
Estee Nack
Nacksaw Jim Duggan
Griselda Records
Juice WRLD
Goodbye & Good Riddance (5 Year Anniversary Edition) Grade A , Interscope Records
Kaytraminé (Kaytranada & Aminé )
Kaytraminé CLBN[ 101]
Debuted at No. 92 on the Billboard 200
Steel Banglez
The Playlist
Gifted Music
Debuted at No. 29 on the UK Albums Chart
$uicideboy$
YIN YANG TAPES: Fall Season (1989-1990)
G*59 Records
Summer Walker
CLEAR 2: SOFT LIFE
LVRN , Interscope Records [ 102]
Debuted at No. 26 on the Billboard 200
Various Artists
FAST X (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Universal Records [ 103]
Debuted at No. 79 on the Billboard 200
21
Duwap Kaine
Duwap So Based
Self-released
22
Enhypen
Dark Blood Belift Lab
23
Devito
Plava krv IDJTunes
26
Cochise
NO ONE'S NICE TO ME
Columbia Records , Sony Music Entertainment [ 104]
Guvna B
The Village Is on Fire
Allo Mate Records[ 105]
Jay Worthy & Roc Marciano
Nothing Bigger Than the Program
SRFSCHL[ 106]
Kassa Overall
Animals
Warp Records [ 107]
KayCyy
TW2052
BuVision, Columbia Records [ 108]
Kodak Black
Pistolz & Pearlz Atlantic Records [ 109]
Debuted at No. 19 on the Billboard 200
Lil Durk
Almost Healed Alamo Records , Only The Family [ 110]
Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
Monaleo
Where The Flowers Don't Die
stomp grounds
Nascar Aloe
HEY ASSHOLE!
Epitaph Records [ 111]
Peter Fox
Love Songs Warner
Rory
I Thought It'd Be Different
Avant Garden[ 112]
Shaggy 2 Dope
Professor Shaggs and the Quest for the Ultimate Groove
Psychopathic Records [ 113]
$uicideboy$
YIN YANG TAPES: Winter Season (1989-1990)
G*59 Records[ 114]
29
Nicholas Britell
Succession: Season 4 (HBO Original Series Soundtrack) Lake George Music Group
30
Na-Kel Smith
Free Pops Fr
A Dream No Longer Deferred Records
31
CJ Fly
Healing from Our Wounds
Pro Era Records [ 115]
Fivio Foreign
Without Warning
Foreign Slide Records
June
Day
Artist(s)
Album
Record label(s)
Entering chart position
1
B.I
To Die For 131
2
McKinley Dixon
Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? City Slang
Metro Boomin
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Soundtrack from and Inspired by the Motion Picture) Boominati Worldwide, Republic Records
Debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200
Moneybagg Yo
Hard to Love CMG , Interscope Records
Debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200
Speakers Corner Quartet
Further Out Than the Edge OTIH
Stray Kids
5-Star JYP Entertainment , Republic Records
Toosii
Naujour SCMG, Capitol Records
Debuted at No. 19 on the Billboard 200
X-Raided
A Prayer in Hell
Strange Music , Bloc Star Evolution, INgrooves
4
Dave & Central Cee
Split Decision Neighbourhood, Live Yours
5
Taeyong
Shalala SM Entertainment , Kakao Entertainment
6
BabyTron
6
The Hip Hop Lab, EMPIRE
Kenny Mason
6
RCA Records
9
Bizarre & Foul Mouth
HGG2
Readhead, Middle Finger Music
Boldy James & ChanHays
Prisoner of Circumstance
Droppin Science Productions
Doe Boy
Beezy
Freebandz , Epic Records
Fat Trel
Nightmare on E Street 2
Asylum Records
Rah Swish
9 Shots in the Ruger
20nyne Entertainment, EMPIRE
Rob49
4GOD II
Rebel, Geffen Records
Sexyy Red
Hood Hottest Princess Open Shift, Gamma
Debuted at No. 193 on the Billboard 200
Statik Selektah
Round Trip
Mass Appeal
Youngs Teflon & Tiny Boost
Purple Hearts
The Sharks
Debuted at No. 38 on the UK Albums Chart
7xvethegenius & DJ Green Lantern
The Genius Tape
Drumwork, EMPIRE
10
Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire & Madlib
I'm Alive
Self-released
13
Radamiz
3 Days Outside Your Body
Big Enough Home
14
SoFaygo
Go+ Cactus Jack Records
Wiz Khalifa
See Ya
Taylor Gang Entertainment
16
6ix9ine
Leyenda Viva La Corporación
Certified Trapper
Trapper of the Year
Signal Records, Columbia Records
Gunna
a Gift & a Curse YSL Records , 300 Entertainment
Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
Killer Mike
MICHAEL VLNS, Loma Vista
Debuted at No. 58 on the Billboard 200
Kool Keith
Black Elvis 2 Mello Music Group
Mike Dimes
TEXAS BOY
Encore Recordings
21
Sara Jo
Bez kontrole Bassivity Digital
22
Octavian
22
SexAm Club
Peso Pluma
Génesis Double P Records
Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
23
Austin Mahone
A Lone Star Story A.M. Music
Baby Money
Young Nigga Old Soul 2
Quality Control Music
Big Freedia
Central City Queen Diva Music
Coi Leray
COI Uptown Records
Debuted at No. 102 on the Billboard 200
Curtis Waters
BAD SON
Self-released
Danny Towers & DJ Scheme
Safe House
TC Music, EMPIRE
E.D.I. Mean
OG 3: La Bella Vita
O4L Digital[ 116] [ 117]
The Hope Dealer, Pt. 3
I.M
Overdrive Sony Music Korea
Kerser
A Gift & a Kers ABK, Warner Music Australia
Debuted at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart
Lil Poppa
Half Man Half Vamp
Rule #1, Interscope Records
Mac Miller
Watching Movies with the Sound Off (10th Anniversary) Rostrum Records
Nafe Smallz
High Profile
Self-released
Debuted at No. 98 on the UK Albums Chart
TeeFlii & Dom Kennedy
I Love Stocker
OPM
Theophilus London
TL
Purple Money
UnoTheActivist
Deadication 3
Too Lost LLC
Young Thug
BUSINESS IS BUSINESS YSL Records , 300 Entertainment , Atlantic Records
Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
26
Shinee
Hard SM
27
Veeze
Ganger Navy Wavy LLC
Debuted at No. 152 on the Billboard 200
29
Tainy
Data Neon16
Debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200
30
Bandokay
M.A.R.K
No Request, Polydor Records
Curren$y & Harry Fraud
VICES
Jet Life Recordings[ 118]
Kota the Friend
Protea
Fltbys
Lil Uzi Vert
Pink Tape Generation Now , Atlantic Records [ 119]
Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
Loski
See You At The Gates
Self-released
Natanael Cano
Nata Montana Warner Music , Rancho Humilde[ 120]
Debuted at No. 35 on the Billboard 200
P Money
Money Over Everyone 4
Self-released
Rylo Rodriguez
Been One
4PF, Virgin Music [ 121]
Debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200
The Alchemist
Flying High ALC Records, EMPIRE [ 122]
Tobi Lou & FARADA
'Decent
Free Agency
July
Day
Artist(s)
Album
Record label(s)
Entering chart position
5
Kiss of Life
Kiss of Life S2 Entertainment
Robb Bank$
I Dnt txt back, I Dnt call
430 ENT DEATHLESS
7
A$AP Twelvyy
Kid$ Gotta Eat
Two twelve technologies
A$AP TyY
1840 LEX
AWAL Recordings
Conway the Machine
Drumwork: The Album
Drumwork, EMPIRE [ 123]
D-Block Europe
DBE World
Self-released
Debuted at No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart
Dominic Fike
Sunburn Sandy Boys, Columbia Records
Debuted at No. 30 on the Billboard 200
Lucki
S*X M*NEY DR*GS
EMPIRE
Debuted at No. 15 on the Billboard 200
Never Broke Again
Green Flag Activity, Vol. 2
Never Broke Again , Motown Records [ 124]
Speaker Bullies (Supastition & Praise)
Art Of Disrespect
Soulspazm Records
The Musalini & 9th Wonder
Don & Eye 2
Jamla Records, EMPIRE
Yhung T.O.
Eternal Trauma
R3al Boii Records
8
TruCarr & TeeFlii
TruFlii
Self-released
14
Dave East
Fortune Favors the Bold Def Jam Recordings , Mass Appeal Records
DDG
Maybe It's Me...
DDG Entertainment, Epic Records [ 125]
Haviah Mighty
Crying Crystals
Mighty Gang
J Hus
Beautiful and Brutal Yard Black Butter Records [ 126]
Debuted at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart
King Von
Grandson EMPIRE , Only the Family
Debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard 200
Lil Tjay
222 Columbia Records [ 127]
Debuted at No. 24 on the Billboard 200
Masiwei & Asen
狗咬狗 (Dog Bite Dog)
A Few Good Kids Records, STK Studio
Substantial
Adultish
Self-released
17
Duwap Kaine
Darkest Days
Self-released
NCT Dream
ISTJ SM Entertainment , Kakao Entertainment
Debuted at No. 28 on the Billboard 200
YGTUT
I'm Back
TheHouse
19
Black Milk
Everybody Good?
Computer Ugly, Mass Appeal Records
20
Big Boss Vette
Resilience
Amigo Records, Beatstaz, Republic Records , UMG Recordings
Cypress Hill
Black Sunday (Deluxe) Columbia Records
21
Babyface Ray
Summer's Mine
Wavy Gang, EMPIRE
Debuted at No. 92 on the Billboard 200
Dizzee Rascal
Boy in da Corner (20th Anniversary Edition) XL Recordings
FRVRFRIDAY
Cruise Control
Self-released
Nas
Magic 2 Mass Appeal Records
Debuted at No. 52 on the Billboard 200
Paris Texas
MID AIR Self-released
Scarlxrd
Made In Hell
Lxrd Records, Warner Records
Valee & Harry Fraud
Virtuoso
SRFSCHL , Fake Shore Drive
Various Artists
They Cloned Tyrone (soundtrack) Republic Records
24
Tony Yayo
134 Tape
Self-released
27
Thelonious Martin
Season 1. Episode 7.
Self-released
28
Adekunle Gold
Tequila Ever After
Def Jam Recordings , UMG Recordings
AKTHESAVIOR
Tracing Patterns
Boom.Records
BIA
Really Her
Epic Records , Sony Music Entertainment
B-Legit
Throwblock Music II: 88' D-Boi
Sick Wid It , Block Movement, EMPIRE
Chika
SAMSON: THE ALBUM Warner Records
Fly Anakin & Foisey
Skinemaxxx (Side B)
Lex Records
ICYTWAT
Final Boss
Siddhi
iLoveMakonnen
Pink Nails
Self-released
KenTheMan
Back To 304'n
Roc Nation
Post Malone
Austin Republic , Mercury
Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
Roy Woods
Mixed Emotions
OVO Sound
Soulja Boy
Soulja World 3
Self-released
Tech N9ne
BLISS
Strange Music , INgrooves
That Mexican OT
Lonestar Luchador
Good Money Global
Debuted at No. 106 on the Billboard 200
Travis Scott
UTOPIA Cactus Jack Records , Epic Records
Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
YN Jay
Been Havin
YN Records
29
1017 ALYX 9SM
Compilation V1
Alamo Records, Sony Music Entertainment
August
Day
Artist(s)
Album
Record label(s)
Entering chart position
2
Marlon Craft
HOMECOURT ADVANTAGE, Vol. 2
HOMECOURT
4
BLP Kosher
Bars Mitzvah Dreidel Gang, Encore Recording
Chris Travis
WAVs
Water Boyz Ent.
Homeboy Sandman
Rich
Dirty Looks
N-Dubz
Timeless LRC Live Limited, EMI
Debuted at No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart
Tyla Yaweh
Heart Full of Rage 2
London Ent, Epic Records
Yo Gotti & DJ Drama
I Showed U So
Inevitable II Records, CMG
Debuted at No. 39 on the Billboard 200
6
Fleeky Bang
The Predator
Dirty Play Records, Kakao Entertainment
9
Lil B
B-Unit
Basedworld Records
10
Gloria Groove
Lady Leste (Ao Vivo)SB Music
Joey Purp
Heavy Heart Vol. 1
LOUDSOUND, 4NRECORDS
11
Ez Mil
DU4LI7Y: REDUX
FFP Records, Virgin Music , Shady , Aftermath
Fredo
Unfinished Business
PG Records
Debuted at No. 9 on the UK Albums Chart
G Perico
7 Figures Later
Perico's Innerprize, EMPIRE
Gloss Up
Shades of Gloss
Quality Control Music
Joell Ortiz & L'Orange
Signature
Mello Music Group
K.A.A.N. & Mike Summers
The Death of a Rapper
K.A.A.N. Life Music, Squarian Entertainment
Noname
Sundial AWAL
Reason
Porches
Top Dawg Entertainment
Sha Ek , Bandmanrill & MCVERTT
Jiggy In Jersey
Defiant Records, Warner Records
Trippie Redd
A Love Letter to You 5 1400 Entertainment, 10K Projects
Debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard 200
13
Jelena Karleuša
Alpha JK Entertainment, Virgin Music
15
Boosie Badazz
Goin Thru Some Thangs
Bad Azz Music Syndicate
16
Duwap Kaine
You Influenced Me
Self-released
Killah Priest
Vedic Vape Room
Proverbs Records[ 128]
18
Blanco
Rebourne
Believe UK
Dame D.O.L.L.A.
Don D.O.L.L.A.
Front Page Music
Dro Kenji
Wish You Were Here
Internet Money , 10K Projects
EST Gee
El Toro 2
CMG , Interscope Records
Debuted at No. 57 on the Billboard 200
Genesis Owusu
Struggler Ourness, House Anxiety
Debuted at No. 4 on the ARIA Albums Chart
Giggs
Zero Tolerance
No BS Music
Debuted at No. 48 on the UK Albums Chart
Leon Thomas
Electric Dusk
UMG Recordings , EZMNY Records, Motown Records
Lil Zay Osama
4 The Trenches
Warner Records
Mick Jenkins
The Patience
RBC Records
Nickelus F
The Specimen: Issue 00
AGM
Quavo
Rocket Power Quality Control Music , Motown Records , Capitol Records
Debuted at No. 18 on the Billboard 200
Quelle Chris & Cavalier
Death Tape 1: Black Cottonwood
Death Fame, SavCav Music
Russ
SANTIAGO
DIEMON Records
Debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200
Sha Ek
Courtlandt Over Everything
Defiant Records, Warner Records
22
Autumn!
Midnight Club
Self-released
25
Abhi the Nomad
Abhi vs the Universe II
UnderCurrent
Ashnikko
Weedkiller Warner Records [ 129]
Debuted at No. 105 on the Billboard 200
Bermuda Yae & Pi'erre Bourne
The 5th
SossHouse Records
Bones
BasketCase
TeamSESH, Empire
Danger Mouse & Jemini the Gifted One
Born Again Lex Records
Digga D
Back To Square One Black Money Records
Debuted at No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart
DJ Muggs
Soul Assassins 3
Soul Assassins Records
Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist
Voir Dire Tan Cressida, ALC Records
Fat Tony & Taydex
I Will Make A Baby In This Damn Economy
Self-released[ 130]
Fridayy
Fridayy
Lost In Melody, Def Jam Recordings [ 131]
Jaboukie
All who can't hear must feel
Interscope Records
K Suave
Midnight in Malibu
1400/800, Slayer Academy, Create Music Group
Lil Yachty
Tesla
Quality Control Music , Motown Records
Debuted at No. 180 on the Billboard 200
Maluma
Don Juan
Sony Music, Ultra Records
Debuted at No. 195 on the Billboard 200
Mello Music Group
Omakase
Mello Music Group
Nyck Caution
NYCKSTAPE
Self-released
Open Mike Eagle
Another Triumph of Ghetto Engineering Auto Reverse[ 132]
Sauce Walka
Dat Boy Den
The Sauce Familia, Empire
Yung Gravy & bbno$
Baby Gravy 3
Baby Gravy, Imperial[ 133]
27
9th Wonder
Zion IX
Jamla Records
28
NCT
Golden Age SM
Debuted at No. 66 on the Billboard 200
29
Blac Youngsta
Blac Sheep 2
Heavy Camp, Create Music Group
Thelonious Martin
Season 1. Episode 8.
The Home Team Music Group
30
Coi Leray
Blue Moon
Uptown Records, Republic Records
September
Day
Artist(s)
Album
Record label(s)
Entering chart position
1
Blu & Real Bad Man
Bad News
Real Bad Man Records
Blxst & Bino Rideaux
Sixtape 3
EVGLE, Out the Blue, Def Jam, Redbull Records
Chiddy Bang
Saved By the Swell
Adventure Records
Da$h
Skrewface 2
Hz Global
Illa J
No Traffic
Self-released
Jehry Robinson
Drink More Water
Strange Music , INgrooves
Midwxst
E3 Geffen Records
Smoke DZA & Flying Lotus
Flying Objects
Smoker's Club Records[ 134]
6
Stray Kids
Social Path / Super Bowl Epic Japan
7
Frisco & INFAMOUSIZAK
Winning Team
The Den Records
8
38 Spesh & Conway the Machine
Speshal Machinery
TCF Music Group
Cam'ron
The Lost Files: Vol. 1
Killa Ent, GoodTalk
Curren$y & Jet Life
Season Opener
Jet Life Recordings
Gaika
Drift
Big Dada Recordings
Joey Valence & Brae
Punk Tactics
JVB Records
K.A.A.N. & Dem Jointz
Peace of Mindz
K.A.A.N. Life Music, U Made Us What We Are
Lancey Foux
BACK2DATRAP
Human Resources Records
Lil Peep & iLoveMakonnen
Diamonds Waiting To Be Found, AWAL
M Huncho
my neighbours don't know
MYB ENT, EGA Distro
Debuted at No. 9 on the UK Albums Chart
Planet Asia & Apollo Brown
Sardines
Mello Music Group
Real Boston Richey
Welcome to Bubba Land
Freebandz , Epic Records
Debuted at No. 94 on the Billboard 200
Slim Thug
Midlife Crisis
SoSouth[ 135]
Teezo Touchdown
How Do You Sleep at Night? RCA , Not Fit for Society
XXXTentacion
ItWasntEnough (re-release)
Bad Vibes Forever, Columbia Records
12
Bizzy Bone
The Waste Lands
Self-released
13
3 Headed Monster (Violent J , Esham & Ouija Macc)
Rampage
Psychopathic Records
14
Nas
Magic 3 Mass Appeal
Debuted at No. 65 on the Billboard 200
Zelooperz & Quadie Diesel
Quazel
Bruiser Brigade
15
City Morgue
My Bloody America
Hikari-Ultra, Republic Records
Diddy
The Love Album: Off the Grid Love Records , Motown Records [ 136]
Debuted at No. 19 on the Billboard 200
Rod Wave
Nostalgia Alamo Records , Sony Music [ 137]
Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
Sleepy Hallow
Boy Meets World
Winners Circle Entertainment, RCA Records [ 138]
Debuted at No. 17 on the Billboard 200
Vic Mensa
Victor Savemoney , Roc Nation [ 139]
18
Logic
Inglorious Basterd
Self-released
Summrs
What We Didn't Have
10K Projects
22
2Rare
Truth or Rare
No Love Entertainment, Warner Records
DaBoii
NO BAIL
YWN
Doja Cat
Scarlet Kemosabe Records , RCA Records
Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
EarthGang & Spillage Village
RIP Human Art
Dreamville
Headie One & K-Trap
Strength to Strength
One Records, Thousand8
Debuted at No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart
Joey Cool
Enjoy the View
Strange Music , INgrooves
Lil Tecca
TEC Galactic Records, Republic Records
Debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200
L'Orange
Old Soul (re-release)
Old Soul Music
MIKE , Wiki & The Alchemist
Faith Is a Rock
ALC Records
Money Man
Catch Me If You Can
Black Circle, EMPIRE
ShittyBoyz
Trifecta 3: The Finale
The Hip Hop Lab Records, Empire Distribution
Tom MacDonald & Adam Calhoun
The Brave II
Self-released
Debuted at No. 62 on the Billboard 200
29
Armand Hammer
We Buy Diabetic Test Strips Backwoodz Studioz, PTP
Kelvin Krash
HARSH
KRASHED
Lil Wayne
Tha Fix Before Tha VI Young Money Entertainment , Republic Records
Debuted at No. 40 on the Billboard 200
Lil Yachty
The Secret Recipe
Quality Control Music , Motown Records
Debuted at No. 170 on the Billboard 200
Rome Streetz
Noise Kandy 5
The Influenyce Enterprise
Twiztid & DJ Godzila
Odyssey
Majik Ninja Entertainment
YG & Tyga
Hit Me When U Leave The Klub: The Playlist 4Hunnid Records , Last Kings Music , EMPIRE
Debuted at No. 101 on the Billboard 200
Yo Gotti , Moneybagg Yo & CMG The Label
Gangsta Art 2
CMG , Interscope Records
Debuted at No. 78 on the Billboard 200
30
Viper
You'll Cowards Don't Even Smoke Crack 3 Rhyme Tyme Records, SoSouth Music Distribution
October
Day
Artist(s)
Album
Record label(s)
Entering chart position
1
R.A.P. Ferreira
ASIATIQUE BLACK WIZARD LILY FUNK
Self-released
Slug Christ
Plant Mentality 4
Awful Records
6
Bishop Nehru
Mysteries of Initiation
Nehruvia
Butcher Brown
Solar Music
Concord Jazz
Drake
For All the Dogs OVO Sound , Republic Records
Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
Hooligan Hefs
Sinning Winning Living
BIORDI
Kool Keith
Mr. Controller
Junkadelic Music
Matt Ox
Teenrage
Ox
Merlyn Wood
Dirty Thunder
Don't Be Greedy
Mndsgn
Snaxxx
Stones Throw Records
NCT 127
Fact Check SM
Nines
Crop Circle 3
Zino Records
Debuted at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart
ODUMODUBLVCK
EZIOKWU NATIVE Records, Def Jam Recordings , UMG Recordings
P Money & Whiney
Streets, Love & Other Stuff
Hospital Records
Pitbull
Trackhouse
Mr. 305 Records
RJMrLA
OMMIO Drama
Empire
Slauson Malone 1
Excelsior Warp
Spinabenz
Old Twin
Tornado Kidd
Wiz Khalifa
Khali Sober
Taylor Gang Entertainment
10
Peezy
GHETTO
#Boyz Entertainment, EMPIRE [ 140]
12
TOBi
PANIC
RCA Records , Sony Music Entertainment
13
Bad Bunny
Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana Rimas
Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
Benji.
Love Gun
SinceThe80s
DaBaby
Let's Do It
South Coast Music Group, Interscope Records
DJ Muggs & Dean Hurley
Divinity (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Soul Assassin Records, Sacred Bones Records[ 141]
Guilty Simpson
Escalation
Uncommon Records
Hunxho
For Her
300 Entertainment
Debuted at No. 145 on the Billboard 200
Jay Worthy , Kamaiyah & Harry Fraud
THE AM3RICAN DREAM
GDF, Keep It Lit Records, SRFSCHL, LLC
Kaliii
FCK GIRL SZN
Atlantic Records
Ken Carson
A Great Chaos Opium , Interscope
Debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200
Mike
Burning Desire 10k
Mist
Redemption
Warner Records UK , Sickmade Ent
Offset
Set It Off Universal Music Group , Motown Records
Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200
Paul Wall & Termanology
Start Finish Repeat
Perfect Time Music Group
Peewee Longway
Who Am I?
MPA Bandcamp Music Group, EMPIRE
Ren
Sick Boi The Other Songs
Debuted at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart
Debuted at No. 137 on the Billboard 200
The Streets
The Darker the Shadow the Brighter the Light 679 Recordings , Warner Music UK
Debuted at No. 7 on the UK Albums Chart
Westside Gunn
And Then You Pray for Me Griselda Records , EMPIRE
Debuted at No. 29 on the Billboard 200
16
Planet Asia
Kings Chamber
Gold Chain Music
17
Gucci Mane
Breath of Fresh Air 1017 Records , Atlantic Records [ 142]
Debuted at No. 141 on the Billboard 200
20
A-Reece
P2: The Big Hearted Bad Guy Revenge Club Records
City Girls
RAW Quality Control Music , Capitol Records , Motown Records
Debuted at No. 117 on the Billboard 200
Jeshi
The Great Stink
Because Music
Joony
Memento
Red Bull Records
KXNG Crooked & Joell Ortiz
Prosper
Hitmaker Music Group[ 143]
Meechy Darko
Doses
Durt Cobain, Loma Vista Recordings
NSG
AREA BOYZ
NSG Entertainment
Debuted at No. 28 on the UK Albums Chart
Rexx Life Raj
California Poppy 3
EMPIRE
Sweata & Mu$
Don Music (A Fasss Auntie Tape)
Jamla Records
Trae tha Truth
Stuck in Motion
EMPIRE
Valee & MVW
Valeedation
MVW Productions, Fake Shore Drive
Young Scooter
Streets Krazy
EMPIRE
25
Radamiz
El Duende! Big Enough Home
27
Ace Hood
B.O.D.Y.
Hood Nation, EMPIRE
Sheek Louch
Gorillaween 5
D Block Records[ 144]
Ameer Vann & Merlyn Wood
Slime in the Ice Machine
Blacksmith Recordings
BabyTron
Megatron 2
The Hip Hop Lab, EMPIRE
Debuted at No. 110 on the Billboard 200
CASisDEAD
Famous Last Words
XL Recordings
Debuted at No. 7 on the UK Albums Chart
DJ Shadow
Action Adventure Reconstruction Productions, Mass Appeal Records
Domo Genesis & Graymatter
WHAT YOU DON'T GET!?
Things Happen
Homixide Gang
5th Amndmnt
Opium
Kamaal Williams
Stings Black Focus
King Iso
iLLdren
Strange Music , Project Be Well, INgrooves
Kojaque
Phantom of the Afters
Soft Boy Records
Money Man
Croptober
Black Circle, Empire Distribution
NLE Choppa
Cottonwood 2 (Deluxe 2.0)
Warner Records
Shabazz Palaces
Robed in Rareness Sub Pop Records
Shordie Shordie & Murda Beatz
Memory Lane 2
Warner Records
Thouxanbanfauni
Living Loathe
Create Music Group
Warhol.SS
3200 VOL 2
Create Music Group
Wifisfuneral
Black Heart Revenge 2
Living Dead
31
Lloyd Banks
Halloween Havoc IV: The 72nd Hr
Money by Any Means, INC[ 145]
Mansionz
Mansionz 2
Island Records, UMG Recordings
Na-Kel Smith
Stand Alone Stuntman
A DREAM NO LONGER DEFERRED RECORDS
Pink Siifu & Turich Benjy
It's Too Quiet...'!!
Dynamite Hill, Equity
Robb Banks & Tony Shhnow
I Can't Feel My Face Too
430 ENT/DEATHLESS
RXKNephew
Certified Alcoholic
New Breed Trapper, NEWWRLD
Tech N9ne , Zkeircrow & Phlaque the Grimstress
NNUTTHOWZE - Signaling the Siqly
Strange Music
November
Day
Artist(s)
Album
Record label(s)
Entering chart position
2
BiC Fizzle
Chosen 1K
1017 Records , Atlantic Recording Corporation
3
Black Rob
Life Story 2
Crazy Cat Catalogue
Calboy
UNCHAINED
Self-Released
Jeezy
I Might Forgive... But I Don't Forget CTE New World
Debuted at No. 21 on the Billboard 200
JK-47 & Jay Orient
Revision For Regrowth
Self-Released
Kevin Abstract
Blanket Video Store, RCA
Raedio
Rap Sh!t: The Mixtape (From the Max Original Series) Raedio, Def Jam
Sonny Digital
Dolores Son
Atlantic Records
Tee Grizzley
Tee's Coney Island
300 Entertainment
Debuted at No. 65 on the Billboard 200
The Alchemist
Flying High, Part 2
ALC Records
Tkay Maidza
Sweet Justice 4AD
10
Aesop Rock
Integrated Tech Solutions Rhymesayers Entertainment
Debuted at No. 169 on the Billboard 200
Chris Brown
11:11 CBE , RCA Records
Debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200
Cochise
Care Package
Columbia Records , Sony Music Entertainment
D Double E , T Billion Dream
No Reign, No Flowers
Bluku Music
Fresco Trey
Detour
Warner Records
Kodak Black
When I Was Dead Vulture Love, Capitol Records
Debuted at No. 74 on the Billboard 200
Larry June & Cardo
The Night Shift
The FreeMinded, EMPIRE
Debuted at No. 112 on the Billboard 200
Lola Brooke
Dennis Daughter
Team Eighty Productions, Arista Records
Lord Apex
The Good Fight
E/M Worldwide
Luh Kel
Head Melodies
Different Vibes Only, MNRK Records
Rick Ross & Meek Mill
Too Good to Be True Maybach Music Group , Dream Chasers Records , gamma.
Debuted at No. 23 on the Billboard 200
StanWill
Unstoppable
The Hip Hop Lab, Empire Distribution
The Kid Laroi
The First Time Columbia Records , Sony Music Entertainment
Debuted at No. 26 on the Billboard 200
Trippie Redd
Saint Michael
1400 Entertainment, 10K Projects
Debuted at No. 161 on the Billboard 200
Wiki & Tony Seltzer
14K Figaro
Wikset Enterprise
YoungBoy Never Broke Again
Decided 2 Never Broke Again , Motown Records
Debuted at No. 17 on the Billboard 200
17
2 Chainz & Lil Wayne
Welcome 2 Collegrove Def Jam Recordings , T.R.U., Young Money , Republic Records , Universal Music Group
Debuted at No. 20 on the Billboard 200
Arcángel
Sentimiento, Elegancia y Más Maldad
Rimas
Blockhead
The Aux
Backwoodz Studioz
Chillinit
420DNA
420 Family
Debuted at No. 3 on the ARIA Charts
Drake
For All the Dogs Scary Hours Edition OVO Sound , Republic Records
E-40
Rule of Thumb: Rule 1
Heavy On The Grind Entertainment
Danny Brown
Quaranta Warp Records
H31R
HeadSpace
Ninja Tune , Big Dada
Homeboy Sandman
I Can't Sell These Either
Self-released
Hot Dollar & 03 Greedo
Free Love
Self-released
JasonMartin
A Compton Story
50 Million
K.A.A.N. & Mike Summers
The Nightly News
K.A.A.N. Life Music, Squarian
La Joaqui
Mal Aprendida
Dale Play
Only The Family & Lil Durk
Nightmare In The Trenches
Alamo Records , Sony Music Entertainment
Debuted at No. 114 on the Billboard 200
Ozuna
Cosmo
Aura Music, Sony Music
Debuted at No. 116 on the Billboard 200
Rich Amiri
Ghetto Fabolous
Internet Money Records , 10K Projects
Russ Millions
FREEDOM
One Of A Kind Music
RXK Nephew & Harry Fraud
Life After Neph
Fake Shore Drive, AintNobodyCool, SRFSCHL
Vinnie Paz
All Are Guests in the House of God
Iron Tusk Music
22
Towkio
Community Service 3
Self-released
Various Artists
Good Burger 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Viacom International , Human Re Sources
23
Chip Tha Ripper
The Charles Worth LP
S.L.AB. Entertainment
Tony Shhnow
Shadow Banned 2
Self-released
24
Busta Rhymes
Blockbusta The Conglomerate , Epic Records
Debuted at No. 42 on the Billboard 200
CJ Fly & Stoic
Piranha
Self-released
Fetty Wap
King Zoo
RGF Productions, 300 Entertainment
Kamaiyah
Another Summer Night
Keep it Lit Records
Philthy Rich
King of Oakland
FOD ENT
Trippie Redd
Saint Michael V2
1400 Entertainment, 10K Projects
December
Day
Artist(s)
Album
Record label(s)
Entering chart position
1
AZ
Truth Be Told
Quiet Money
Big Scarr
Frozone
1017 Records , Atlantic Records
BigXthaPlug
The Biggest
UnitedMasters
Debuted at No. 138 on the Billboard 200
Czarface
Czartificial Intelligence
Silver Age
Elzhi & Oh No
Heavy Vibrato
Nature Sounds
Wiz Khalifa
Decisions
Taylor Gang Entertainment
6
Yung Bans
Vol. 6
1 Of 1, AWAL
8
Berner and OhGeesy
Trophies
Bern One Entertainment, Empire Distribution
Blu & Nottz
Afrika
Self-released
Hitkidd
Renegade
Blac Noize!!, Campsouth Records
Lil Poppa
It's Me, I'm The Problem
CMG , Interscope Records
Li Rye
Li Rye vs Li Reezy
1017 Records , Atlantic Records
Moneybagg Yo , BIG30 & N Less Entertainment
We Connected
N Less Entertainment, Connect Music
Nicki Minaj
Pink Friday 2 Young Money Entertainment , Republic Records
Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
Night Lovell
I Hope You're Happy
G59 Records
Rowdy Rebel
Back Outside
GoodTalk
12
Pardison Fontaine
SEXT8PE
Section 8 Music
13
BigWalkDog
Playoff
1017 Records , Atlantic Records
15
Bas
We Only Talk About Real Shit When We're Fucked Up
Dreamville , Interscope , Universal
Big K.R.I.T.
Regardless It's Still Timeless
Multi Alumni
Gucci Mane & B.G.
Choppers & Bricks
1017 Records & Atlantic Records
Lil Zay Osama
Hood Bible 2
Warner Records
Meekz
Meekzness
Self-Released
Starlito
Love Drug
Grind Hard
YTB Fatt
Foxes Only
Loaf Boyz Ventures, 10K Projects
20
Bossman Dlow
2 Slippery
Alamo Records , Sony Music Entertainment
Debuted at No. 197 on the Billboard 200
Lil B
Winged Wheelchair Squad
BasedWorld Records
22
Bun B and Statik Selektah
Trillstatik 3
II Trill Enterprises, Empire Distribution
Conway the Machine & Wun Two
Palermo
Vinyl Digital
G's Us (R.A.P. Ferreira & AJ Suede)
What Them Dogs Don't Know They Know
Ruby Yacht, Alpha Pup
25
Keith Ape
The X-Mas is Mine
UnderWater
29
Westside Gunn , Conway the Machine & The Alchemist
Hall & Nash 2
ALC
Highest-charting songs
United States
United Kingdom
Highest first-week consumption
List of albums with the highest first-week consumption (sales + streaming + track equivalent), as of October 2023 in the United States
Number
Album
Artist
1st-week consumption
1st-week position
Refs
1
Utopia Travis Scott
496,000
1
[ 148]
2
For All the Dogs Drake
402,000
1
[ 149]
3
Pink Friday 2 Nicki Minaj
228,000
1
[ 150]
4
Pink Tape Lil Uzi Vert
167,000
1
[ 151]
5
Nostalgia Rod Wave
137,000
1
[ 152]
6
Almost Healed Lil Durk
125,000
3
[ 153]
7
Hope NF
123,000
2
[ 154]
8
Business Is Business Young Thug
89,000
2
[ 155]
9
A Gift & a Curse Gunna
85,000
3
[ 156]
10
Scarlet Doja Cat
72,000
4
[ 157]
All critically reviewed albums ranked
See also
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