1995 in hip-hop

This article summarises the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip-hop for the year 1995.

Mobb Deep's critically praised The Infamous was an influential album in both the East Coast and hardcore hip hop genres.

Released albums

Release Date [1]	Artist	Album
January 10	Smif-N-Wessun	Dah Shinin'
January 17	The Roots	Do You Want More?!!!??!
	Main One	Birth of the Ghetto Child
January 24	Marvaless	Just Marvaless
	Subway	Good Times
	Too Short	Cocktails
February 7	Crime Boss	All in the Game
	Juvenile	Being Myself
	Master P	99 Ways to Die
February 14	South Central Cartel	Murder Squad Nationwide
February 21	DJ Quik	Safe + Sound
February 28	Brotha Lynch Hung	Season of da Siccness
	Various Artists	One Million Strong
	The Nonce	World Ultimate
	Tha Alkaholiks	Coast II Coast
March 7	Nine	Nine Livez
March 13	Double Vision	Keep You Eyes Open
March 14	2Pac	Me Against the World
	E-40	In a Major Way
	Kam	Made in America
	Rottin Razkals	Rottin ta da Core
March 21	Channel Live	Station Identification
	Various Artists	Pump Ya Fist (Hip Hop Inspired by the Black Panthers)
March 28	Big L	Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous
	King Tee	IV Life
	Ol' Dirty Bastard	Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version
	Dana Dane	Rollin' Wit Dana Dane
	Various Artists	New Jersey Drive, Vol. 1
March 31	11/5	Fiendin' 4 tha Funk
April 11	Various Artists	Friday
		New Jersey Drive, Vol. 2
April 16	Schoolly D	Reservoir Dog
April 18	Lordz of Brooklyn	All in the Family
	Street Poets	Street Poets
April 19	Dre Dog	I Hate You With a Passion
April 25	Mobb Deep	The Infamous
May 2	Masta Ace Incorporated	Sittin' on Chrome
	Walkin' Large	Riverside Pictures
May 9	Various Artists	Tales from the Hood (soundtrack)
May 16	King Just	Mystics of the God
	Red Hot Lover Tone	#1 Player
May 23	Beastie Boys	Root Down EP
	Mad CJ Mac	True Game
	Jemini the Gifted One	Scars and Pain [EP]
May 30	Naughty by Nature	Poverty's Paradise
	Double XX Posse	Ruff, Rugged & Raw
	Show and A.G.	Goodfellas
	Three 6 Mafia	Mystic Stylez
June 6	AMG	Ballin' Outta Control
June 13	The B.U.M.S.	Lyfe 'N' Tyme
June 15	C-Bo	Tales from the Crypt
June 20	The Dayton Family	What's on My Mind?
	Grand Puba	2000
	Mack 10	Mack 10
	MC Breed	Big Baller
	5th Ward Juvenilez	Deadly Groundz
	Miilkbone	Da' Miilkrate
June 27	Skee-Lo	I Wish
	Special Ed	Revelations
July 4	Prince Markie Dee	Love Daddy
	Funkdoobiest	Brothas Doobie
	Luniz	Operation Stackola
July 11	Bushwick Bill	Phantom of the Rapra
	Various Artists	Dangerous Minds (Soundtrack)
July 18	Guru	Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality
July 21	DJ Krush	Meiso
July 25	Bone Thugs-n-Harmony	E. 1999 Eternal
	Natas	Doubelievengod
	Totally Insane	Backstreet Life
	TRU	True
July 28	The B.G.'z	True Story
August 1	Raekwon	Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
	Poppa LQ	Your Entertainment, My Reality
	Ray Luv	Forever Hustlin'
	Watts Gangstas	The Real
August 15	B.G. Knocc Out and Dresta	Real Brothas
	Various Artists	The Show (soundtrack)
August 22	The Dove Shack	This Is the Shack
	KeyKool & DJ Rhettmatic	Kozmonautz
	Twinz	Conversation
August 29	Junior M.A.F.I.A.	Conspiracy
September 12	E.S.G.	Sailin' Da South
	MC Hammer	Inside Out
September 26	Count Bass D	Pre-Life Crisis
	Damu Ridas	Damu Ridas
	Das EFX	Hold It Down
	Doug E. Fresh	Play
	Kool G Rap	4,5,6
	Nationwide Rip Ridaz	Nationwide Rip Ridaz
	RBX	The RBX Files
October 3	P.M. Dawn	Jesus Wept
	WC and the Maad Circle	Curb Servin'
October 10	AZ	Doe or Die
	Jamal	Last Chance, No Breaks
	KRS-One	KRS-One
	Candyman	Phukk Watcha Goin' Thru
	Ghetto Mafia	Full Blooded Niggaz
	Kausion	South Central Los Skanless
	Insane Clown Posse	Riddle Box
	Menace Clan	Da Hood
	Mystikal	Mind of Mystikal
	Souls of Mischief	No Man's Land
October 17	Mic Geronimo	The Natural
October 24	Aceyalone	All Balls Don't Bounce
	Ant Banks	Do or Die
	Da Youngsta's	I'll Make U Famous
	Fat Joe	Jealous One's Envy
	Jayo Felony	Take a Ride
	Frost	Smile Now, Die Later
	Onyx	All We Got Iz Us
October 31	Cypress Hill	Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom
	Tha Dogg Pound	Dogg Food
	Eightball & MJG	On Top of the World
November 7	The Click	Game Related
	Coolio	Gangsta's Paradise
	Erick Sermon	Double or Nothing
	Goodie Mob	Soul Food
	GZA	Liquid Swords
	Poison Clan	Strait Zooism
November 13	Beastie Boys	Aglio e Olio EP
November 14	The Pharcyde	Labcabincalifornia
November 21	The Dangerous Crew	Don't Try This at Home
	Funkmaster Flex	The Mix Tape, Vol. 1
	Group Home	Livin' Proof
	Just-Ice	Kill the Rhythm (Like a Homicide)
	8-Off	Wrap Your Lips Around This
	LL Cool J	Mr. Smith
	Mr. Doctor	Setripn' Bloccstyle
	Mia X	Good Girl Gone Bad
	Three 6 Mafia	Live by Yo Rep
November 28	5th Ward Boyz	Rated G
	Eazy-E	Eternal E
	Gospel Gangstaz	Do or Die
December 5	Indo G and Lil' Blunt	Up in Smoke
	Spice 1	1990-Sick
December 17	Ghetto Twiinz	Surrounded by Criminals
December 26	K-Rino	Danger Zone
Unknown	Company Flow	Funcrusher
Unknown	Gunslinguz	We All We Gott
Unknown	M-Doc	M. Doc Wit Stevio: C'mon Getcha Groove On
Unknown	Tec-9	Straight From Tha Ramp!!
Unknown	Tha Chamba	Makin' Illa Noise
Unknown	DJ Hollywood	Rarities

Highest-charting singles

Hip hop singles which charted in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1995.

Title	Artist	Peak position
"Gangsta's Paradise"	Coolio	1
"One More Chance"	The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Faith Evans & Mary J. Blige	2
"Hey Lover"	LL Cool J featuring Boyz II Men	3
"I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By"	Method Man featuring Mary J. Blige
"Big Poppa"	The Notorious B.I.G.	6
"I Got 5 on It"	Luniz featuring Michael Marshall	8
"Dear Mama"	2Pac	9
"Keep Their Heads Ringin'"	Dr. Dre	10
"Player's Anthem"	Junior M.A.F.I.A.	13
"How High"	Method Man & Redman
"I Wish"	Skee-Lo
"1st of tha Month"	Bone Thugs-n-Harmony	14
"Feel Me Flow"	Naughty by Nature	17
"Too Hot"	Coolio	24
"Sugar Hill"	AZ	25
"Give It 2 You"	Da Brat	26
"Ice Cream"	Raekwon	37
"I Seen a Man Die"	Scarface

Highest first-week sales

List of top ten albums with the highest first-week home market sales of 1995

Number	Album	Artist	1st-week sales	1st-week position	Refs
1	E. 1999 Eternal	Bone Thugs-n-Harmony	307,000	1	Midwest Hip Hop
2	Dogg Food	Tha Dogg Pound	277,500	1	West Coast Hip Hop
3	Me Against the World	2Pac	240,000	1	West Coast Hip Hop
4	Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom	Cypress Hill	142,000	3	West Coast Hip Hop
5	Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...	Raekwon	130,000	4	East Coast Hip Hop
6	Friday	Various Artists	123,000	1	West Coast Hip Hop
7	Cocktails	Too Short	101,000	6	West Coast Hip Hop
8	On Top of the World	8Ball & MJG	83,000	8	Southern Hip Hop
9	Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version	Ol' Dirty Bastard	81,000	7	East Coast Hip Hop
10	Mr. Smith	LL Cool J	80,000	20	East Coast Hip Hop

See also

• Last article: 1994 in hip hop music
• Next article: 1996 in hip hop music

References

1. "The Top 150 Hip-Hop Albums of 1995".