| Release Date [1] | Artist | Album |
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| January 13 | The Lox | Money, Power & Respect |
| Funkdoobiest | The Troubleshooters [2] |
| January 20 | Saafir | Trigonometry |
| Young Bleed | My Balls and My Word |
| January 27 | GP Wu | Don't Go Against the Grain |
| Various Artists | Ride (soundtrack) [3] |
| February 3 | Myzery | Para la Isla |
| February 10 | Wataz | Natural High |
| February 17 | Silkk the Shocker | Charge It 2 da Game |
| February 24 | Above the Law | Legends |
| C-Bo | Til My Casket Drops |
| E.S.G. | Return of the Living Dead |
| Various Artists | Caught Up (soundtrack) |
| Prophet Posse | Body Parts |
| March 3 | Scarface | My Homies |
| March 10 | Killah Priest | Heavy Mental |
| March 17 | Fat Pat | Ghetto Dreams |
| Various Artists | The Players Club (soundtrack) [4] |
| March 24 | Cappadonna | The Pillage |
| C-Murder | Life or Death |
| Das EFX | Generation EFX |
| Hieroglyphics | 3rd Eye Vision |
| Lil' Keke | Commission |
| People Under the Stairs | The Next Step |
| Sylk-E. Fyne | Raw Sylk |
| Various Artists | Ruthless Records Tenth Anniversary: Decade of Game |
| March 31 | Daz Dillinger | Retaliation, Revenge and Get Back [5] |
| Gang Starr | Moment of Truth |
| Hussein Fatal | In the Line of Fire |
| Smif-n-Wessun | The Rude Awakening |
| Various Artists | Butter (soundtrack) |
| April 7 | AZ | Pieces of a Man [6] |
| Do or Die | Headz or Tailz [7] |
| Fat Pat | Throwed in da Game |
| Goodie Mob | Still Standing |
| Various Artists | I Got the Hook Up (soundtrack) |
| April 13 | Mark B | Hitmen for Hire |
| April 14 | Aceyalone | A Book of Human Language |
| April 20 | Massive Attack | Mezzanine |
| Souls of Mischief | Focus |
| April 21 | Allfrumtha I | Allfrumtha I |
| Marvaless | Fearless |
| Various Artists | Bulworth (soundtrack) [8] |
| April 28 | Big Daddy Kane | Veteranz Day |
| Big Pun | Capital Punishment [9] |
| Mac Dre | Stupid Doo Doo Dumb |
| Public Enemy | He Got Game (soundtrack) |
| WC | The Shadiest One |
| May 1 | Shades of Culture | Mindstate |
| May 5 | Various Artists | Woo (soundtrack) [10] |
| Fiend | There's One in Every Family |
| Rawkus Records | Lyricist Lounge, Volume One |
| May 12 | Various Artists | Streets Is Watching (soundtrack) |
| May 19 | DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince | Greatest Hits |
| DMX | It's Dark and Hell Is Hot |
| Snoop Dogg | Smokefest Underground |
| Soulja Slim | Give It 2 'Em Raw |
| Too Short | Nationwide: Independence Day |
| Eightball | Lost |
| May 24 | Show and A.G. | Full Scale (EP) |
| May 26 | Mo Thugs | Chapter II: Family Reunion |
| June 1 | Jurassic 5 | Jurassic 5 |
| All Natural | No Additives, No Preservatives |
| June 2 | Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz | Make It Reign [11] |
| Master P | MP Da Last Don |
| Onyx | Shut 'Em Down |
| June 9 | Various Artists | Hav Plenty (soundtrack) |
| June 15 | Lewis Parker | Masquerades & Silhouettes |
| June 16 | Devin the Dude | The Dude |
| Queen Latifah | Order in the Court |
| Various Artists | Dr. Dolittle (soundtrack) |
| Z-Ro | Look What You Did to Me |
| June 23 | Andre Nickatina | Raven in My Eyes |
| John Forte | Poly Sci |
| Ka'Nut | Look At 'Em Now |
| Lil' Troy | Sittin' Fat Down South |
| June 30 | Black Eyed Peas | Behind the Front |
| Def Squad | El Niño |
| Ganksta N-I-P | Interview with a Killa |
| MC Ren | Ruthless for Life |
| July 7 | Kane & Abel | Am I My Brother's Keeper |
| Noreaga | N.O.R.E. |
| July 14 | Beastie Boys | Hello Nasty |
| Celly Cel | The G Filez |
| July 21 | 69 Boyz | The Wait Is Over |
| Cam'ron | Confessions of Fire |
| Nate Dogg | G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1 & 2 |
| Jermaine Dupri | Life in 1472 |
| Mac | Shell Shocked |
| Mix Master Mike | Anti-Theft Device |
| Rasco | Time Waits for No Man |
| Sunz of Man | The Last Shall Be First |
| Wu-Tang Killa Beez | The Swarm |
| July 28 | Delinquent Habits | Here Come the Horns |
| August 4 | Snoop Dogg | Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told |
| Twiztid | Mostasteless |
| August 11 | Crime Boss | Still at Large |
| E-40 | The Element of Surprise |
| Funkmaster Flex | The Mix Tape, Vol. III |
| Killarmy | Dirty Weaponry |
| M.O.P. | First Family 4 Life |
| August 15 | Aesop Rock | Music for Earthworms |
| August 18 | Kid Rock | Devil Without a Cause |
| MC Lyte | Seven & Seven |
| Styles of Beyond | 2000 Fold |
| August 25 | A.D.O.R. | Shock Frequency |
| Various Artists | Blade (soundtrack) |
| Biz Markie | On the Turntable |
| Lauryn Hill | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill |
| Xzibit | 40 Dayz & 40 Nightz |
| September 1 | Big Ed the Assassin | The Assassin |
| Bizarre | Attack of the Weirdos |
| Fat Joe | Don Cartagena |
| Flipmode Squad | The Imperial |
| Herschelwood Hardheadz | A Million Dollar$ Later |
| September 8 | Canibus | Can-I-Bus |
| Digital Underground | Who Got the Gravy? |
| Skull Duggery | These Wicked Streets |
| September 15 | Various Artists | Why Do Fools Fall in Love (soundtrack) [12] |
| Magic | Sky's the Limit |
| The Kaze | Kamakazie Timez Up |
| Various Artists | Rush Hour (soundtrack) [13] |
| September 22 | Big Tymers | How You Luv That Vol. 2 |
| Ghetto Twiinz | No Pain No Gain |
| Ras Kass | Rasassination |
| Trick Daddy | www.thug.com |
| September 29 | Bad Azz | Word on tha Streets |
| Black Star | Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star |
| Brand Nubian | Foundation |
| Gangsta Boo | Enquiring Minds |
| Jay-Z | Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life |
| No Limit Records | Mean Green |
| OutKast | Aquemini |
| A Tribe Called Quest | The Love Movement |
| October 6 | Bizzy Bone | Heaven'z Movie |
| Cypress Hill | Cypress Hill IV |
| Kurupt | Kuruption! |
| Mack 10 | The Recipe |
| P.M. Dawn | Dearest Christian, I'm So Very Sorry for Bringing You Here. Love, Dad |
| Prime Suspects | Guilty 'til Proven Innocent |
| Tela | Now or Never |
| Twista & the Speedknot Mobstaz | Mobstability |
| Various Artists | So So Def Bass All-Stars Vol. III |
| October 13 | Heltah Skeltah | Magnum Force |
| Various Artists | Slam: The Soundtrack |
| The Dynospectrum | The Dynospectrum |
| October 17 | Beat Junkies | World Famous Beat Junkies Vol. 2 [14] |
| October 19 | Ex-Prez | 1019 |
| October 20 | Deadly Venoms | The Antidote [15] |
| Ghetto Mafia | On da Grind |
| Vanilla Ice | Hard to Swallow |
| Gambino Family | Ghetto Organized |
| Kool G Rap | Roots of Evil |
| October 27 | Bushwick Bill | No Surrender No Retreat |
| Mia X | Mama Drama |
| M-Doc | Young, Black, Rich and Famous |
| Pras | Ghetto Supastar |
| November 3 | Various Artists | Belly (soundtrack) [16] |
| Crucial Conflict | Good Side, Bad Side |
| Juvenile | 400 Degreez |
| All City | Metropolis Gold [17] |
| GRITS | Factors of the Seven |
| Kid Capri | Soundtrack to the Streets |
| Various Artists | Straight Outta Compton: N.W.A 10th Anniversary Tribute |
| Yukmouth | Thugged Out: The Albulation |
| November 10 | The Coup | Steal This Album |
| Ghetto Commission | Wise Guys |
| Pete Rock | Soul Survivor |
| Spice 1 | Hits |
| Various Artists | The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits, Vol. 2 |
| November 17 | Geto Boys | Da Good da Bad & da Ugly |
| Ice Cube | War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc) |
| Method Man | Tical 2000: Judgement Day |
| LA the Darkman | Heist of the Century |
| Various Artists | Fakin' da Funk (soundtrack) |
| November 24 | Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | The Collection, Vol. 1 |
| DJ Quik | Rhythm-al-ism |
| RZA | Bobby Digital in Stereo |
| Steady Mobb'n | Black Mafia |
| 2Pac | Greatest Hits |
| Timbaland | Tim's Bio: Life From Da Bassment |
| November 30 | Trinity Garden Cartel | I'd Rather Be Judged by 12 Than Carried by 6 |
| December 1 | Full Blooded | Memorial Day |
| December 8 | No Limit Records | We Can't Be Stopped |
| Redman | Doc's da Name 2000 |
| December 15 | Busta Rhymes | E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front [18] |
| Mystikal | Ghetto Fabulous |
| DJ Clue | The Professional |
| December 22 | DMX | Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood |
| Southside Playaz | You Got Us Fuxxed Up |
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