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hip-hop
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Hip-hop is a genre rooted in African American culture featuring rhythmic vocal delivery called rapping over beats created from samples, drum machines, and synthesizers. The music emphasizes lyrical wordplay, storytelling, and social commentary, often reflecting urban experiences and cultural identity. It originated in 1970s New York and has evolved into a global phenomenon influencing fashion, language, and popular culture worldwide.
100 chronological releases
| Place | Cover | Date | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 |  |
1986-11-15 | Beastie Boys | Licensed to Ill |
| 32 | 1991-09-24 | A Tribe Called Quest | The Low End Theory | |
| 12 |  |
1993-07-20 | Cypress Hill | Black Sunday |
| 2 | 1993-11-09 | A Tribe Called Quest | Midnight Marauders | |
| 76 | 1994-04-15 | Nas | Illmatic | |
| 36 | 1999-11-16 | Dr. Dre | 2001 | |
| 42 |  |
2000-10-23 | OutKast | Stankonia |
| 15 |  |
2003 | Jay-Z | The Black Album |
| 11 | 2003-02-04 | 50 Cent | Get Rich Or Die Tryin' | |
| 3 | 2003-06-16 | King Geedorah | Take Me to Your Leader | |
| 70 | 2003-07 | Kanye West | The College Dropout | |
| 23 |  |
2004 | JAY Z | Watch The Throne |
| 56 | 2004-03-19 | Madvillain | Madvillainy | |
| 33 |  |
2005 | Black Eyed Peas | Monkey Business |
| 78 |  |
2005-03 | Kanye West | Late Registration |
| 5 |  |
2005-05-23 | Common | Be |
| 21 |  |
2007-04-02 | Timbaland | Shock Value |
| 96 | 2007-09-05 | Kanye West | Graduation | |
| 89 | 2008-11-21 | Kanye West | 808s & Heartbreak | |
| 54 |  |
2009-09-11 | Kid Cudi | Man on the Moon: The End of Day |
| 25 | 2010-04-27 | B.o.B | B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray | |
| 69 |  |
2010-06-18 | Eminem | Recovery |
| 38 |  |
2010-11-08 | Kid Cudi | Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager |
| 94 | 2010-11-22 | Kanye West | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | |
| 47 |  |
2011 | The Weeknd | Pray For Me (with Kendrick Lamar) |
| 63 |  |
2011 | Machine Gun Kelly | DAYWALKER! (feat. CORPSE) |
| 72 |  |
2011-03-25 | Nicki Minaj | Massive Attack |
| 49 | 2011-07-02 | Kendrick Lamar | Section.80 | |
| 30 | 2011-08-29 | Flo Rida | Good Feeling | |
| 75 | 2011-11-14 | Childish Gambino | Camp | |
| 7 |  |
2012 | Drake | What a Time To Be Alive |
| 37 |  |
2012-04-17 | Future | wE dON't TruSt YoU |
| 44 |  |
2012-05-29 | Azealia Banks | 1991 - EP |
| 100 | 2012-07-30 | Kendrick Lamar | Swimming Pools (Drank) | |
| 31 | 2012-10-09 | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | The Heist | |
| 22 |  |
2013 | Drake | For All the Dogs |
| 48 |  |
2013 | Drake | More Life |
| 93 | 2013-06-18 | Kanye West | Yeezus | |
| 14 | 2013-08-16 | Earl Sweatshirt | Doris | |
| 77 |  |
2013-09-20 | Drake | The Best In The World Pack |
| 24 |  |
2013-09-23 | Drake | Nothing Was The Same (Deluxe) |
| 65 | 2013-12-06 | Childish Gambino | Because the Internet | |
| 82 |  |
2015-03-02 | Kanye West | All Day |
| 99 |  |
2015-03-26 | Rihanna | Bitch Better Have My Money |
| 51 | 2015-05-26 | A$AP Rocky | At.Long.Last.A$AP | |
| 83 |  |
2015-07-31 | Drake | Hotline Bling |
| 66 |  |
2016-02-14 | Kanye West | The Life Of Pablo |
| 80 |  |
2016-02-26 | Desiigner | Panda |
| 8 |  |
2016-03-04 | Kendrick Lamar | untitled unmastered. |
| 26 |  |
2016-05-06 | Drake | Views |
| 20 |  |
2016-07-22 | $uicideboy$ | Radical $uicide |
| 57 |  |
2016-07-22 | Desiigner | Tiimmy Turner |
| 67 |  |
2016-11-11 | Travis Scott | Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight |
| 4 |  |
2016-11-25 | Frank Ocean | Biking |
| 34 |  |
2016-12-09 | Post Malone | Stoney (Deluxe) |
| 43 |  |
2016-12-09 | J. Cole | 4 Your Eyez Only |
| 90 |  |
2017-04-14 | Kendrick Lamar | DAMN. |
| 17 |  |
2017-06-08 | LIL PEEP | Castles II |
| 46 |  |
2017-07-17 | Tay-K | #SantanaWorld (+) |
| 61 |  |
2017-08-24 | xxxtentacion | 17 |
| 1 |  |
2018 | J. Cole | KOD |
| 52 |  |
2018 | Kendrick Lamar | Euphoria |
| 86 |  |
2018-02-16 | Post Malone | rockstar |
| 74 |  |
2018-03-02 | J-Hope | Hope World |
| 71 |  |
2018-05-23 | Juice WRLD | Goodbye & Good Riddance |
| 92 |  |
2018-06-01 | Kanye West | Ye |
| 84 |  |
2018-06-08 | Kids See Ghosts | Kids See Ghosts |
| 40 |  |
2018-09-12 | Joji | SLOW DANCING IN THE DARK |
| 16 |  |
2018-09-14 | LIL PEEP | Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 2 |
| 88 |  |
2018-09-24 | Young Thug | Pick Up the Phone |
| 98 |  |
2018-11-12 | Jennie | sOlO |
| 13 |  |
2018-11-30 | SKI MASK THE SLUMP GOD | Stokeley |
| 68 |  |
2019-06-26 | (G)I-DLE | Uh-Oh |
| 95 |  |
2019-08-16 | Normani | Motivation |
| 60 |  |
2019-09-06 | xxxtentacion | ? |
| 64 |  |
2019-09-06 | Post Malone | Hollywood's Bleeding |
| 58 |  |
2019-10-25 | Kanye West | Jesus Is King |
| 10 |  |
2019-12-06 | Roddy Ricch | Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial |
| 87 |  |
2020 | Trevor Daniel | Falling |
| 97 |  |
2020 | xxxtentacion | Riot |
| 28 |  |
2020-07-10 | Juice WRLD | The Party Never Ends |
| 81 |  |
2020-10-30 | Ariana Grande | Monopoly |
| 6 |  |
2021 | LIL UZI VERT | Eternal Atake |
| 79 |  |
2021 | Denzel Curry | Ultimate |
| 9 |  |
2021-01-15 | Ashnikko | DEMIDEVIL |
| 59 |  |
2021-06-02 | Billie Eilish | bury a friend |
| 45 |  |
2021-08-29 | Kanye West | DONDA |
| 62 |  |
2021-09-10 | Baby Keem | The Melodic Blue |
| 55 |  |
2021-09-17 | Lil Nas X | MONTERO |
| 91 |  |
2021-11-05 | Post Malone | One Right Now |
| 50 |  |
2022 | lil tjay | In My Head |
| 19 |  |
2022-04-29 | Future | I Never Liked You |
| 29 |  |
2022-05-13 | Kendrick Lamar | Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers |
| 18 |  |
2022-07-01 | J-Hope | MORE |
| 73 |  |
2022-07-15 | J-Hope | HOPE ON THE STREET VOL.1 |
| 35 |  |
2022-10-17 | LIL UZI VERT | Just Wanna Rock |
| 85 |  |
2023 | XG | SHOOTING STAR |
| 41 |  |
2023-09-22 | Doja Cat | Scarlet |
| 53 |  |
2024-03-29 | J-Hope | on the street (with J. Cole) |
| 39 |  |
2024-05-24 | RM | Right Place, Wrong Person |