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Overview of the events of 2008 in hip hop music From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2008.
Release Date | Artist | Album | Notes |
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January 15 | Chino XL | Something Sacred |
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January 22 | Big Noyd | Illustrious |
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February 19 | Jim Jones | Harlem's American Gangster |
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Pastor Troy | Attitude Adjuster | ||
February 26 | Webbie | Savage Life 2 |
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Pete Rock | NY's Finest |
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Shawty Lo | Units in the City |
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March 4 | Lil' Flip & Young Noble | All Eyez on Us |
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Rakim | The Archive: Live, Lost & Found | ||
Bizzy Bone | Ruthless | ||
Layzie Bone | Thugz Nation | ||
March 10 | Braintax | My Last and Best Album | |
March 11 | Rick Ross | Trilla | |
Snoop Dogg | Ego Trippin' |
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Fat Joe | The Elephant in the Room |
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Del the Funky Homosapien | Eleventh Hour |
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March 18 | Flo Rida | Mail on Sunday |
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Rocko | Self-Made |
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Sheek Louch | Silverback Gorilla |
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Bone Brothers | Still Creepin on Ah Come Up | ||
March 25 | Baracuda | Knucklebone | |
Bourgeois Cyborgs (Noah23 & Baracuda) | Bourgeois Cyborgs | ||
CRUNK23 (Noah23 & Crunk Chris) | Dirty Bling | ||
Guilty Simpson | Ode to the Ghetto |
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eMC | The Show | ||
The Weird Apples (Noah23, Livestock & Madadam) | The Big Crunch | ||
April 1 | Trina | Still da Baddest |
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AZ | Undeniable |
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8Ball & E.D.I. | Doin' It Big | ||
A Tribe Called Quest | The Best of A Tribe Called Quest | ||
April 15 | Dark Lotus | The Opaque Brotherhood | |
April 22 | Atmosphere | When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold |
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Prodigy | H.N.I.C. Pt. 2 |
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Bizzy Bone | A Song For You |
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April 29 | The Roots | Rising Down |
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9th Wonder & Buckshot | The Formula |
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Lil Mama | VYP (Voice of the Young People) |
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Baby D | A-Town Secret Weapon |
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MJG | Pimp Tight | ||
May 6 | Krizz Kaliko | Vitiligo | |
May 7 | Sadistik | The Balancing Act |
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May 13 | Boondox | Krimson Creek | |
Foxy Brown | Brooklyn's Don Diva | ||
May 20 | Bun B | II Trill |
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Frayser Boy | Da Key | ||
Grave Plott | The Plott Thickens | ||
May 27 | Speedknot Mobstaz | Mobstability II: Nation Business | |
June 3 | Prozak | Tales from the Sick | |
June 10 | Lil Wayne | Tha Carter III |
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Plies | Definition of Real |
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N.E.R.D. | Seeing Sounds |
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Tyga | No Introduction |
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June 17 | 2 Pistols | Death Before Dishonor |
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Blood Raw | My Life: The True Testimony |
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Craig G and Marley Marl | Operation: Take Back Hip-Hop | ||
June 24 | Three 6 Mafia | Last 2 Walk |
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Immortal Technique | The 3rd World |
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Danny! | And I Love H.E.R.: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||
RZA | Digi Snacks | ||
July 1 | G-Unit | T.O.S: Terminate on Sight |
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Tech N9ne | Killer |
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Byrd Gang | M.O.B.: The Album |
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July 8 | Jean Grae | Jeanius | |
Killer Mike | I Pledge Allegiance to the Grind II | ||
T.H.U.G. Angelz | Welcome to Red Hook Houses | ||
July 15 | Nas | Untitled |
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David Banner | The Greatest Story Ever Told |
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MJG | This Might Be the Day | ||
July 22 | Skillz | The Million Dollar Backpack |
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Hell Rell | Black Mask, Black Gloves |
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Khia | Nasti Muzik |
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July 23 | Murs & 9th Wonder | Sweet Lord | |
August 5 | Re-Up Gang | Clipse Presents: Re-Up Gang |
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Nappy Roots | The Humdinger | ||
Outlawz | We Want In: The Street LP | ||
August 12 | Daz Dillinger | Only on the Left Side | |
eLZhi | The Preface | ||
Skatterman & Snug Brim | Word on tha Streets | ||
Yung Berg | Look What You Made Me |
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August 19 | Ice Cube | Raw Footage |
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GZA | Pro Tools |
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August 26 | The Game | LAX |
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V.I.C. | Beast | ||
Esham | Sacrificial Lambz |
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September 2 | Jeezy | The Recession |
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Boss Hogg Outlawz | Back by Blockular Demand: Serve & Collect II |
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September 9 | LL Cool J | Exit 13 |
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Kardinal Offishall | Not 4 Sale |
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September 16 | Axe Murder Boyz | God's Hand |
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DJ Khaled | We Global |
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DJ Muggs and Planet Asia | Pain Language | ||
Ill Bill | The Hour of Reprisal | ||
Nelly | Brass Knuckles |
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September 23 | Gucci Mane | Hood Classics |
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Noah23 | Rock Paper Scissors | ||
September 30 | Big Kuntry King | My Turn to Eat |
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Dem Franchize Boyz | Our World, Our Way |
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Heltah Skeltah | DIRT | ||
Madlib | WLIB AM: King of the Wigflip | ||
MURS | MURS for President | ||
T.I. | Paper Trail |
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Termanology | Politics as Usual | ||
October 7 | Devin the Dude | Landing Gear |
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Kutt Calhoun | Feature Presentation | ||
October 14 | Diamond D | The Huge Hefner Chronicles | |
October 17 | M Trill | Number One |
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October 28 | Joe Budden | Halfway House | |
Paris | Acid Reflex | ||
November 2 | Noah23 | Upside Down Bluejay | |
November 4 | Illa J | Yancey Boys |
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Q-Tip | The Renaissance |
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Unk | 2econd Season |
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November 11 | Jedi Mind Tricks | A History of Violence | |
November 18 | Ace Hood | Gutta |
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South Park Mexican | The Last Chair Violinist |
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November 24 | E-40 | The Ball Street Journal |
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Kanye West | 808's and Heartbreak |
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November 25 | Anybody Killa | Mudface | |
Jim Jones & Skull Gang | Jim Jones & Skull Gang Present A Tribute To Bad Santa Starring Mike Epps |
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December 9 | Common | Universal Mind Control |
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EPMD | We Mean Business | ||
December 16 | Plies | Da REAList |
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Soulja Boy | iSouljaBoyTellEm |
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December 24 | Ludacris | Theater of the Mind |
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As of December 31, 2008.[84][85][86][87][88][89][90][91]
Number | Artist | Album | 1st week sales | 1st week position |
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1 | Lil Wayne | Tha Carter III | 1,086,000 | #1 |
2 | T.I. | Paper Trail | 568,000 | #1 |
3 | Kanye West | 808s & Heartbreak | 450,000 | #1 |
4 | Young Jeezy | The Recession | 260,000 | #1 |
5 | The Game | LAX | 240,000 | #2 |
6 | Plies | Definition of Real | 215,000 | #2 |
7 | Ludacris | Theater of the Mind | 214,000 | #5 |
8 | Rick Ross | Trilla | 198,000 | #1 |
9 | Nas | Untitled | 187,000 | #1 |
10 | Snoop Dogg | Ego Trippin' | 137,000 | #3 |
Number | Artist | Album | Average score | Number of reviews | Reference |
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1 | Lil Wayne | Tha Carter III | 84 | 26 reviews | [92] |
2 | Q-Tip | The Renaissance | 82 | 24 reviews | [93] |
3 | Bun B | II Trill | 82 | 17 reviews | [94] |
4 | The Roots | Rising Down | 80 | 27 reviews | [95] |
5 | Gnarls Barkley | The Odd Couple | 76 | 35 reviews | [96] |
6 | Why? | Alopecia | 76 | 21 reviews | [97] |
7 | Roots Manuva | Slime & Reason | 76 | 16 reviews | [98] |
8 | Kanye West | 808s & Heartbreak | 75 | 36 reviews | [99] |
9 | T.I. | Paper Trail | 74 | 19 reviews | [100] |
10 | Murs | Murs for President | 74 | 15 reviews | [101] |
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