1994 in hip-hop

none August 2018 1994 1994 hip-hop This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 1994. right|thumb|Nas' landmark Illmatic album is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential albums of all time. Released albums Release Datehttps://rateyourmusic.com/list/diction/the_top_125_hip_hop_albums_of_1994/1/ The Top 125 Hip-Hop Albums of 1994 Artist AlbumJanuary 4 Frankie Cutlass The Frankie Cutlass Show 5ive-O If U R Not Part Uv Da Solution...January 8NatasBlaz4meJanuary 11 No Description Given Game and the Player Shadz of Lingo A View to a Kill Sham & The Professor Split Personalities Various Artists House Party 3 (soundtrack)January 18 KuriousA Constipated Monkey Yaggfu Front Action Packed AdventureJanuary 21DJ KrushKrush Mysterme & DJ 20/20 Let Me ExplainJanuary 25The U.M.C.'sUnleashed Spark 950 & Timbo King United We Slam January 28 Insane Clown Posse Ringmaster January 31 MC ADE In the Arms of BassFebruary 1Casual Fear Itself Coughee Brothaz Fadanuf Fa Erybody!! E.S.G. Ocean of FunkFugeesBlunted on Reality Schoolly D Welcome to AmericaFebruary 8 Beastie Boys Some Old Bullshit Down SouthLost In Brooklyn A.D.O.R. The Concrete February 18 Kish A Nation Of Hoods February 21 Treacherous Three Old School FlavaFebruary 22 5th Ward Boyz Gangsta Funk Nefertiti L.I.F.E. (Living in Fear of Extinction) Original Flavor Beyond Flavor March 1 Hammer The Funky Headhunter March 6 Yaggfu Front Action Packed AdventureMarch 8 Gang Starr Hard to Earn S.N.O.P. (Some Nuts Outtha Projects) Nuttin' All Over Your FaceVarious ArtistsMi Vida Loca (soundtrack) March 15 Kronic Da 4 Foot Attack (The EP)March 22DFCThings in tha Hood Dred ScottBreakin' CombsVarious ArtistsAbove the Rim (soundtrack)Vanilla IceMind Blowin'Main SourceFuck What You Think March 29 Kool G Rap Killer Kuts April 5 The Roots From the Ground Up M.O.P. To the Death April 12 Kokane Funk Upon a Rhyme Mystidious Misfitss A Who Dat? Mad Flava From Tha Ground Unda April 16 Maestro Fresh Wes Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be from Canada?!! April 18 DJ Kool 20 Minute WorkoutApril 19 Nas Illmatic Shyheim AKA the Rugged ChildApril 26 Ghetto Mafia Draw the Line Volume 10 Hip-Hopera Outkast Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik Raw Fusion Hoochiefied Funk Anotha Level On Anotha Level May 2 Various Artists Proud: An Urban-Pacific Streetsoul Compilation May 3 KMD Black BastardsMay 10 Ant Banks The Big Badass Saafir Boxcar Sessions South Central Cartel 'N Gatz We Truss The Backyard Rangers Head for the Hills!!!May 17 Papa Chuk The Badlands Kirk Makin' Moves Tha Mexakinz Zig ZagMay 20 12 Gauge 12 Gauge Kwest tha Madd Lad This Is My First AlbumMay 24 Ahmad Ahmad Heavy D & the Boyz Nuttin' but Love Jeru the Damaja The Sun Rises in the East Master P The Ghetto's Tryin' to Kill Me! Top Quality Magnum OpusMay 31 69 Boyz 199Quad Beastie Boys Ill Communication Seagram Reality Check June 1 Trinity Garden Cartel Don't Blame It on da MusicJune 7 Kurtis Blow The Best of Kurtis Blow MC Breed Funkafied Warren G Regulate... G Funk Era Villain Skanless but True June 14 Arrested Development Zingalamaduni June 21 The Beatnuts The Beatnuts: Street Level Bone Thugs-n-Harmony Creepin' on ah Come Up Terminator XSuper Bad Big Mello Wegonefunkwichamind Grand Daddy I.U. Lead PipeJune 28 Nice & Smooth Jewel of the Nile Da Brat Funkdafied MC 900 Ft. Jesus One Step Ahead of the Spider Big Mike Somethin' Serious House of Pain Same as It Ever Was June 30 Marvaless Ghetto Blues July 1 Biz Markie Biz's Baddest BeatsJuly 5 Fesu War with No Mercy Hard 2 Obtain Ism & Blues July 12 Above the Law Uncle Sam's Curse Luke Freak for LifeJuly 19 Coolio It Takes a Thief MC Eiht We Come Strapped Sir Mix-a-Lot Chief Boot KnockaJuly 26 Lighter Shade of Brown Layin' in the Cut Kwamé Incognito Rappin' 4-Tay Don't Fight the Feelin'August 2 Ill Al Skratch Creep Wit' Me Sinister Mobbin' 4 Life August 5 Insane Clown Posse The Terror WheelAugust 9 Gravediggaz 6 Feet Deep Boogiemonsters Riders of the Storm: The Underwater Album Pooh-Man Ain't No Love Various Artists West Coast Bad Boyz, Vol. 1: Anotha Level of the GameAugust 16 Organized Konfusion Stress: The Extinction Agenda Champ MC Ghetto Flava Bustin' Melonz Watch Ya Seeds Pop Out Funk Daddy Funk U Right on UpAugust 23 Public Enemy Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age Menajahtwa Cha-licious Tweedy Bird Loc No Holds BarredAugust 30 UGK Super Tight The Legion Theme + Echo = Krill Various Artists Fresh (soundtrack) September 3 G-Slimm Four Deuces & TraysSeptember 6Body CountBorn Dead Dru Down Explicit Game Flatlinerz U.S.A. Society Yes N' Deed (The E.P.) September 13 Blac Monks Secrets of the Hidden Temple Bloods & Crips Bangin' on Wax 2... The Saga Continues Big Daddy Kane Daddy's Home Freak Nasty Freak Nasty The Notorious B.I.G. Ready to Die Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock Break of Dawn Dredknotz Unda Pressure September 20 Craig Mack Project Funk da World Da Youngsta's No Mercy Dr. Dre Concrete Roots The Goats No Goats, No Glory September 26 Thug Life Thug Life: Volume 1September 27 Eightball & MJG On the Outside Looking In Michael Peace Outta Control PMD Shade Business Various Artists Jason's Lyric (soundtrack) October Blak Czar Tales From Da Blak SideOctober 4 College Boyz Nuttin' Less Nuttin' Mo' Common Sense Resurrection Dream Warriors Subliminal Simulation Paris Guerrilla Funk KSquad Realmz Of Da BushezOctober 11 Celly Cel Heat 4 Yo Azz Dis-n-Dat Bumpin' Simple E Colouz Uv SoundOctober 18 Digable Planets Blowout Comb Various Artists Murder Was the Case O.C. Word...Life The Coup Genocide & Juice Scarface The Diary Twista Resurrection ScientifikCriminal MilkNever DatedOctober 25 Artifacts Between a Rock and a Hard Place Fu-Schnickens Nervous Breakdown Extra Prolific Like It Should Be Lil' ½ Dead The Dead Has Arisen Willie D Play Witcha Mama Boogie Under da Influenz Quo Quo Blak Czer Tales from da Blak Side October 28 Gospel Gangstaz Gang Affiliated November 1 Brand NubianEverything Is Everything Da Lench Mob Planet of da Apes Lords of the Underground Keepers of the Funk Vicious Destination Brooklyn November 7 Rondo & Crazy Rak The Abused November 8 Doctor Dré & Ed Lover Back Up Off Me! Goldy In the Land of Funk Keith Murray The Most Beautifullest Thing in This World Kool Moe Dee Interlude Pete Rock & CL Smooth The Main Ingredient Shaquille O'Neal Shaq Fu: Da Return Various Artists A Low Down Dirty Shame (soundtrack) Various artists as West Coast Bad Boyz West Coast Bad Boyz: High fo XmasNovember 15 Method Man Tical N2Deep 24-7-365 K-Dee Ass, Gas, or Cash (No One Rides for Free) RBL Posse Ruthless by LawVarious ArtistsB-Ball Best Kept SecretNovember 17 Bushwackass How Real Israel? Al Kapone Sinista Funk November 22 Esham Closed Casket Ice Cube Bootlegs & B-Sides Redman Dare Iz a Darkside Sha-Key A Head Nadda's Journey To Adidi Skizm Slick Rick Behind Bars Spice 1 AmeriKKKa's Nightmare November 25 Three 6 Mafia Smoked Out, Loced OutDecember 6 Black Sheep Non-Fiction Da Bush Babees Ambushed Insane Clown Posse A Carnival Christmas Various Artists Street Fighter (1994 soundtrack) Unknown DJ Paul & Lord Infamous Come with Me 2 Hell Part 1 Unknown Gregory D N***** in da Boot Unknown Roots From the Underground Roots Unknown Gangsta Blac Breakin' the Law Unknown Gangsta Shorties Point of No Return Unknown Blackalicious Melodica Unknown Section 8 Mob Controlled Dangerous Substance Unknown O Zone Asylum Droppin' Dem Dogs Highest-charting singles +Hip hop singles which charted in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 Title Artist Peak position "Regulate" Warren G featuring Nate Dogg 2 "Fantastic Voyage" Coolio 3 "Whatta Man" Salt-N-Pepa featuring En Vogue "Funkdafied" Da Brat 6 "Getto Jam" Domino 7 "Gin and Juice" Snoop Doggy Dogg 8 "Who Am I? (What's My Name?)" "Tootsee Roll" 69 Boyz "Flava in Ya Ear" Craig Mack 9 "This D.J." Warren G "Keep Ya Head Up" 2Pac 12 "U Better Recognize" Sam Sneed 16 "Got Me Waiting" Heavy D & the Boyz 20 "Thuggish Ruggish Bone" Bone Thugs-n-Harmony 22 "Bop Gun (One Nation)" Ice Cube featuring George Clinton 23 "Born to Roll" Masta Ace Incorporated "Back in the Day" Ahmad 26 "Pumps and a Bump" Hammer "Juicy" The Notorious B.I.G. 27 "Sweet Potatoe Pie" Domino "You Know How We Do It" Ice Cube 30 "None of Your Business" Salt-N-Pepa 32 "Heaven 'n Hell" "Give It Up" Public Enemy 33 "Playaz Club" Rappin' 4-Tay 36 "Get Down" Craig Mack 37 "Fa All Y'all" Da Brat "I Seen a Man Die" Scarface "Player's Ball" Outkast "Nuttin' But Love" Heavy D & the Boyz 40 Highest first-week sales +List of top ten albums with the highest first-week home market sales of 1994NumberAlbumArtist1st-week sales1st-week positionRefs 1 Murder Was the Case Various Artist 329,000 1 West Coast Hip Hop 2 Creepin on ah Come Up Bone Thugs-N-Harmony 220,000 12 Midwest Hip Hop 3 Regulate... G Funk Era Warren G 176,000 2 West Coast Hip Hop 4 Tical Method Man 120,000 4 East Coast Hip Hop See also Last article: 1993 in hip hop music Next article: 1995 in hip hop music References Hip hop Category:Hip-hop by year