2023 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 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, and 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] On the same day, 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] On the same day, 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] On the same day, 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] On the same day, 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 released their 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] On the same day, 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] On the same day, 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] On the same day, felony murder charges against Lul Tim for involvement in King Von's killing were dropped.^[62]
On August 23, Blueface was stabbed at a gym in Los Angeles, California.^[63] On the same day, 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, was renamed to 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

On October 3, the 2023 BET Hip Hop Awards were held. Kendrick Lamar won the most awards with four: Hip Hop Artist of the Year, Best Live Performer, Lyricist of the Year, and Video Director of the Year, alongside Dave Free. Drake and 21 Savage won Best Duo/Group and Hip Hop Album of the Year for Her Loss. Lil Uzi Vert won Best Hip Hop Video and Song of the Year for "Just Wanna Rock".^[73]
On October 9, retrial for YNW Melly on charges of murder began.^[74]
On October 17, Gucci Mane and T.I. squashed their beef after 20 years.^[75]
On October 20, Yung Bleu was arrested for battery.^[76]
On October 31, two suspects were charged in the murder of PnB Rock.^[77]

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

On December 6, Sauce Walka was arrested for evading arrest In Harris County, Texas.^[84]
On December 7, Kodak Black was arrested for possession of cocaine in Plantation, Florida.^[85]
On December 8, Quando Rondo was arrested on federal drug charges in Savannah, Georgia.^[86]
On December 9, 2 Chainz was hospitalized with neck injuries after his car was struck by a drunk driver.^[87]
On December 10, Rich the Kid was arrested for trespassing a police investigation of a bomb threat in Miami Beach, Florida.^[88]

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	Debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200
	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	Debuted at No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart
	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
1	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
14	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	Debuted at No. 19 on the Circle Album Chart
16	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
6	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
20	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]
31	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
6	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
14	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
22	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]
	E.D.I. Mean	The Hope Dealer, Pt. 3	O4L Digital^[116]^[117]
	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
5	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	SX MNEY DRGS*	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
20	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
10	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
16	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
29	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
14	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
18	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
1	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
22	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
23	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
20	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

Hip hop songs from any year which charted in the 2023 Top 40 of the *Billboard* Hot 100^[146]
Song	Artist	Project	Peak position
"Paint the Town Red"	Doja Cat	Scarlet	1
"Lovin On Me"	Jack Harlow	TBA
"First Person Shooter"	Drake featuring J. Cole	For All the Dogs
"IDGAF"	Drake featuring Yeat	For All the Dogs	2
"Search & Rescue"	Drake	—
"All My Life"	Lil Durk featuring J. Cole	Almost Healed
"Creepin'"	Metro Boomin, the Weeknd and 21 Savage	Heroes & Villains	3
"Meltdown"	Travis Scott featuring Drake	Utopia
"Virginia Beach"	Drake	For All the Dogs
"Princess Diana"	Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj	Like..?	4
"FukUMean"	Gunna	A Gift & a Curse	4
"Favorite Song"	Toosii	Naujour	5
"Fe!n"	Travis Scott featuring Playboi Carti	Utopia
"Calling for You"	Drake featuring 21 Savage	For All the Dogs
"Barbie World"	Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice and Aqua	Barbie the Album	7
"K-pop"	Travis Scott, Bad Bunny and the Weeknd	Utopia	7
"Daylight"	Drake	For All the Dogs	8
"Players"	Coi Leray	Coi	9
"Fear of Heights"	Drake	For All the Dogs	10
"Just Wanna Rock"	Lil Uzi Vert	Pink Tape	10
"Flooded the Face"	Lil Uzi Vert	Pink Tape	11
"I Know ?"	Travis Scott	Utopia
"You Broke My Heart"	Drake	For All the Dogs Scary Hours Edition
"Rich Baby Daddy"	Drake featuring Sexyy Red and SZA	For All the Dogs
"Gently"	Drake featuring Bad Bunny	For All the Dogs	12
"Red Ruby da Sleeze"	Nicki Minaj	Pink Friday 2	13
"Put It on da Floor Again"	Latto featuring Cardi B	TBA	13
"Bongos"	Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion	TBA	14
"Hyaena"	Travis Scott	Utopia	14
"Amen"	Drake featuring Teezo Touchdown	For All the Dogs	15
"7969 Santa"	Drake	For All the Dogs	16
"Fight the Feeling"	Rod Wave	Nostalgia
"Thank God"	Travis Scott	Utopia
"Topia Twins"	Travis Scott featuring Rob49 and 21 Savage	Utopia	17
"8AM in Charlotte"	Drake	For All the Dogs	17
"What Would Pluto Do"	Drake	For All the Dogs	18
"Call Your Friends"	Rod Wave	Nostalgia	18
"Come See Me"	Rod Wave	Nostalgia	19
"Oh U Went"	Young Thug featuring Drake	Business Is Business
"My Eyes"	Travis Scott	Utopia
"Endless Fashion"	Lil Uzi Vert featuring Nicki Minaj	Pink Tape	20
"Stand by Me"	Lil Durk featuring Morgan Wallen	Almost Healed	22
"Modern Jam"	Travis Scott featuring Teezo Touchdown	Utopia	23
"Turks & Caicos"	Rod Wave featuring 21 Savage	Nostalgia	24
"Boyz Don't Cry"	Rod Wave	Nostalgia	25
"Painting Pictures"	Superstar Pride	5 Lbs of Pressure
"Suicide Doors"	Lil Uzi Vert	Pink Tape
"Delresto (Echoes)"	Beyoncé and Travis Scott	Utopia
"Telekinesis"	Travis Scott featuring SZA and Future	Utopia	26
"Evil Ways"	Drake featuring J. Cole	For All the Dogs Scary Hours Edition
"All the Parties"	Drake featuring Chief Keef	For All the Dogs
"Drew a Picasso"	Drake	For All the Dogs	27
"Sirens"	Travis Scott	Utopia	27
"God's Country"	Travis Scott	Utopia	28
"Slut Me Out"	NLE Choppa	Cottonwood 2	28
"Back to the Moon"	Gunna	A Gift & a Curse	29
"Another Late Night"	Drake featuring Lil Yachty	For All the Dogs	29
"Set Me Free Pt. 2"	Jimin	Face	30
"Great Gatsby"	Rod Wave	Nostalgia	30
"Attention"	Doja Cat	Scarlet	31
"Aye"	Lil Uzi Vert featuring Travis Scott	Pink Tape	31
"Away from Home"	Drake	For All the Dogs	32
"Cobra"	Megan Thee Stallion	TBA	32
"Dogtooth"	Tyler, the Creator	Call Me If You Get Lost: The Estate Sale	33
"Peaches & Eggplants"	Young Nudy featuring 21 Savage	Gumbo
"Area Codes"	Kali	TBA
"Skitzo"	Travis Scott featuring Young Thug	Utopia	34
"Needle"	Nicki Minaj featuring Drake	Pink Friday 2	34
"Pelle Coat"	Lil Durk	Almost Healed	35
"Circus Maximus"	Travis Scott featuring the Weeknd and Swae Lee	Utopia	36
"Til Further Notice"	Travis Scott featuring James Blake and 21 Savage	Utopia	38
"America Has a Problem"	Beyoncé featuring Kendrick Lamar	Renaissance	38
"Parade on Cleveland"	Young Thug featuring Drake	Business Is Business	39
"Long Journey"	Rod Wave	Nostalgia	39
"Nostalgia"	Rod Wave and Wet	Nostalgia	40

United Kingdom

Hip hop songs from any year which charted in the 2023 Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart^[147]
Song	Artist	Project	Peak position
"Sprinter"	Dave and Central Cee	Split Decision	1
"Escapism"	Raye featuring 070 Shake	My 21st Century Blues	1
"Who Told You"	J Hus featuring Drake	Beautiful and Brutal Yard	2
"Let Go"	Central Cee	TBA	6
"Pakistan"	D-Block Europe and Clavish	DBE World	8
"Martin's Sofa"	Headie One	TBA	9
"Out of Nowhere"	Bugzy Malone and TeeDee	TBA	9
"Tony Soprano 2"	Nines	Crop Circle 2	10

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

Metacritic

Number	Artist	Album	Average score	Number of reviews	Reference
1	billy woods & Kenny Segal	Maps	90	10 reviews	^[158]
2	Armand Hammer	We Buy Diabetic Test Strips	87	12 reviews	^[159]
3	Noname	Sundial	87	10 reviews	^[160]
4	JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown	Scaring the Hoes	86	13 reviews	^[161]
5	Nas	Magic 3	86	5 reviews	^[162]
6	Big Freedia	Central City	86	4 reviews	^[163]
7	Mick Jenkins	The Patience	86	4 reviews	^[164]
8	Aesop Rock	Integrated Tech Solutions	84	7 reviews	^[165]
9	Paris Texas	Mid Air	84	5 reviews	^[166]
10	Potter Payper	Real Back in Style	84	4 reviews	^[167]
11	Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist	Voir Dire	83	9 reviews	^[168]
12	McKinley Dixon	Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?	83	6 reviews	^[169]
13	Danny Brown	Quaranta	82	15 reviews	^[170]
14	Genesis Owusu	Struggler	82	11 reviews	^[171]
15	Young Nudy	Gumbo	82	5 reviews	^[172]
16	El Michels Affair & Black Thought	Glorious Game	81	7 reviews	^[173]
17	Slowthai	Ugly	80	16 reviews	^[174]
18	J Hus	Beautiful and Brutal Yard	78	8 reviews	^[175]
19	Ashnikko	Weedkiller	78	6 reviews	^[176]
20	Rae Sremmurd	Sremm 4 Life	78	6 reviews	^[177]
21	Killer Mike	Michael	77	15 reviews	^[178]
22	Tkay Maidza	Sweet Justice	77	7 reviews	^[179]
23	Oddisee	To What End	75	4 reviews	^[180]
24	Westside Gunn	And Then You Pray for Me	74	4 reviews	^[181]
25	Lil Yachty	Let's Start Here	73	9 reviews	^[182]
26	Quavo	Rocket Power	73	5 reviews	^[183]
27	NLE Choppa	Cottonwood 2	72	4 reviews	^[184]
28	Skrillex	Don't Get Too Close	72	4 reviews	^[185]
29	Nas	Magic 2	71	7 reviews	^[186]
30	Shabazz Palaces	Robed in Rareness	71	7 reviews	^[187]
31	Macklemore	Ben	71	4 reviews	^[188]
32	Doja Cat	Scarlet	70	13 reviews	^[189]
33	Nicki Minaj	Pink Friday 2	70	12 reviews	^[190]
34	Gunna	a Gift & a Curse	68	6 reviews	^[191]
35	2 Chainz & Lil Wayne	Welcome 2 Collegrove	68	5 reviews	^[192]
36	Don Toliver	Love Sick	68	5 reviews	^[193]
37	Travis Scott	Utopia	67	13 reviews	^[194]
38	Offset	Set It Off	67	8 reviews	^[195]
39	Lil Uzi Vert	Pink Tape	64	6 reviews	^[196]
40	Young Thug	Business Is Business	64	6 reviews	^[197]
41	Coi Leray	Coi	63	4 reviews	^[198]
42	Jack Harlow	Jackman	60	6 reviews	^[199]
43	Lil Durk	Almost Healed	60	6 reviews	^[200]
44	Trippie Redd	Mansion Musik	58	5 reviews	^[201]
45	The Kid LAROI	The First Time	58	4 reviews	^[202]
46	Teezo Touchdown	How Do You Sleep at Night?	56	7 reviews	^[203]
47	Drake	For All the Dogs	53	12 reviews	^[204]
48	Busta Rhymes	Blockbusta	53	5 reviews	^[205]

AnyDecentMusic?

Number	Artist	Album	Average score	Number of reviews	Reference
1	billy woods & Kenny Segal	Maps	8.4	9 reviews	^[206]
2	JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown	Scaring the Hoes	8.0	11 reviews	^[207]
3	Genesis Owusu	Struggler	7.7	13 reviews	^[208]
4	Danny Brown	Quaranta	7.6	15 reviews	^[209]
5	Killer Mike	MICHAEL	7.6	14 reviews	^[210]
6	J Hus	Beautiful and Brutal Yard	7.3	7 reviews	^[211]
7	Lil Yachty	Let's Start Here	7.1	7 reviews	^[212]
8	Rae Sremmurd	Sremm 4 Life	6.9	7 reviews	^[213]
9	Doja Cat	Scarlet	6.6	10 reviews	^[214]
10	Travis Scott	Utopia	6.2	7 reviews	^[215]
11	Drake	For All the Dogs	4.7	9 reviews	^[216]

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2023 in hip-hop

Contents

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Released albums

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Highest-charting songs

United States

United Kingdom

Highest first-week consumption

All critically reviewed albums ranked

Metacritic

AnyDecentMusic?

See also

References