1992 in hip-hop

This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 1992.

Released albums

Release Date [1]	Artist	Album
January	Sister Souljah	360 Degrees of Power
January 22	South Central Cartel	South Central Madness
January 28	Brothers Uv Da Blakmarket	Ruff Life
February 4	Sir Mix-a-Lot	Mack Daddy
	True Culture	Rude Boys Come to Play
February 11	Lord Finesse	Return of the Funky Man
	Luke	I Got Shit on My Mind
February 16	Natas	Life after Death
February 25	Boogie Down Productions	Sex and Violence
	Fu-Schnickens	F.U. Don't Take It Personal
	Ganksta N-I-P	The South Park Psycho
	Original Flavor	This Is How It Is
February 26	Too Much Trouble	Bringing Hell on Earth
March 3	The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy	Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury
	The A.T.E.E.M.	A Hero Ain't Nuttin' But a Sandwich
March 10	Body Count	Body Count
	Da Youngsta's	Somethin 4 Da Youngsta's
	Hard Knocks	School of Hard Knocks
March 17	Ultramagnetic MCs	Funk Your Head Up
	Crusaders For Real Hip-Hop	Deja Vu, It's '82
March 24	Arrested Development	3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of...
	Chi-Ali	The Fabulous Chi-Ali
March 27	Divine Styler	Spiral Walls Containing Autumns of Light
March 31	Kris Kross	Totally Krossed Out
April 7	College Boyz	Radio Fusion Radio
	Das EFX	Dead Serious
	Poison Clan	Poisonous Mentality
	The Future Sound	The Whole Shabang, Vol. 1
	Red Hot Lover Tone	Red Hot Lover Lover Tone
	Various Artists	White Men Can't Rap (soundtrack)
April 9	Esham	Judgement Day
April 14	Spice 1	Spice 1
April 16	X-Raided	Psycho Active
	Totally Insane	Direct from the Backstreet
April 20	Master P	Mama's Bad Boy
	Pooh-Man	Funky As I Wanna Be
April 21	Beastie Boys	Check Your Head
	Kid Frost	East Side Story
	Maestro Fresh Wes	Maestro Zone
April 26	UGK	The Southern Way
April 28	Kid Sensation	The Power of Rhyme
	Penthouse Players Clique	Paid the Cost
	The Real Roxanne	Go Down (But Don't Bite It)
May 1	Cooly Live	Livewire
May 5	Doug E. Fresh	Doin' What I Gotta Do
	Gang Starr	Daily Operation
May 7	The Click	Down and Dirty
May 12	MC Breed	20 Below
	Basehead	Play with Toys
May 19	Father MC	Close to You
	X Clan	Xodus
June 1	Prince Johnny C	It's Been a Long Rhyme Coming
	Raheem	The Invincible
	Seagram	The Dark Roads
June 2	Mellow Man Ace	The Brother with Two Tongues
	K-Solo	Time's Up
June 9	Pete Rock & CL Smooth	Mecca and the Soul Brother
	Tung Twista	Runnin' Off at da Mouth
	Zhigge	Zhigge
June 22	Busy Bee Starski	Thank God for Busy Bee
June 23	Eric B. & Rakim	Don't Sweat the Technique
	N2Deep	Back to the Hotel
	Yo-Yo	Black Pearl
June 30	MC Ren	Kizz My Black Azz
July 14	Too Short	Shorty the Pimp
July 15	Fresh Kid Ice	The Chinaman
July 21	DJ Quik	Way 2 Fonky
	House of Pain	House of Pain
July 28	EPMD	Business Never Personal
August 1	UGK	Banned
August 3	Brand New Heavies	Heavy Rhyme Experience, Vol. 1
August 4	The Poetess	Simply Poetry
	Home Team	Via Satellite From Saturn
August 11	Prince Markie Dee	Free
	Double X Posse	Put Ya Boots On
August 25	MC Serch	Return of the Product
September 1	Chubb Rock	I Gotta Get Mine Yo
September 4	Big Mello	Bone Hard Zaggin
September 8	Bushwick Bill	Little Big Man
September 10	JT the Bigga Figga	Don't Stop til We Major
September 14	Funky Aztecs	Chicano Blues
September 15	Gerardo	Dos
	Public Enemy	Greatest Misses
	Willie D	I'm Goin' Out Lika Soldier
September 16	RBL Posse	A Lesson to Be Learned
September 22	Da Lench Mob	Guerillas in tha Mist
	Redman	Whut? Thee Album
	Diamond D	Stunts, Blunts & Hip Hop
	Showbiz & A.G.	Runaway Slave
September 29	Compton's Most Wanted	Music to Driveby
	Lighter Shade Of Brown	Hip Hop Locos
September 30	Little Shawn	The Voice In the Mirror
October 5	Roxanne Shante	The Bitch Is Back
October 6	Common Sense	Can I Borrow a Dollar?
October 13	Various Artists	Zebrahead (soundtrack)
October 18	Insane Clown Posse	Carnival of Carnage
October 20	Grand Puba	Reel to Reel
November 3	Positive K	The Skills Dat Pay da Bills
	The Goats	Tricks of the Shade
November 10	E-40	Federal
	UGK	Too Hard to Swallow
	O.F.T.B.	Straight Up Watts
November 17	Geto Boys	Uncut Dope: Geto Boys' Best
	Ice Cube	The Predator
	The Dogs	K-9 Bass
	Rough House Survivers	Straight From the Soul
November 24	Various Artists	Trespass (soundtrack)
	Kool G Rap & DJ Polo	Live and Let Die
	Paris	Sleeping with the Enemy
	The Pharcyde	Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
December 15	Dr. Dre	The Chronic
	Eazy-E	5150: Home 4 tha Sick
	Proper Dos	Mexican Power
December 22	Heavy D & the Boyz	Blue Funk
Unknown	Whistle	Get the Love
Unknown	Choice	Stick-n-Moove
Unknown	C-Funk	I'm Out 2 Stoages
Unknown	Toddy Tee	Living on the Edge of Insanity (The Life Album)
Unknown	Mac Dre	Back n da Hood
Unknown	A.L.T.	Another Latin Timebomb
Unknown	Bronx Style Bob	Grandma's Ghost
Unknown	Insane Poetry	Grim Reality
Unknown	Gregory D	The Real Deal
Unknown	Lifers Group	Living Proof
Unknown	Grandmaster Caz	The Grandest of Them All
Unknown	Point Blank	Prone to Bad Dreams

Highest-charting singles

Hip hop singles from any year which charted in the 1992 Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 ^[2]

Song	Artist	Project	Peak position
"Jump"	Kris Kross	Totally Krossed Out	1
"Baby Got Back"	Sir Mix-a-Lot	Mack Daddy
"Jump Around"	House of Pain	House of Pain	3
"2 Legit 2 Quit"	MC Hammer	Too Legit to Quit	5
"Tennessee"	Arrested Development	3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of...	6
"Addams Groove"	MC Hammer	The Addams Family	7
"People Everyday"	Arrested Development	3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of...	8
"Warm It Up"	Kris Kross	Totally Krossed Out	13
"Mind Playing Tricks on Me"	Geto Boys	We Can't Be Stopped	23

See also

• Last article: 1991 in hip hop music
• Next article: 1993 in hip hop music

References

1. "The Top 100 Hip-Hop Albums of 1992".
2. "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard .