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This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2008.

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Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Albums

Release DateArtistAlbumNotes
January 15 Chino XL Something Sacred
  • Singles: "Chow Down"
January 22 Big Noyd Illustrious
February 19 Jim Jones Harlem's American Gangster
  • Debuts at No. 19 on the Billboard 200
  • Singles: "Love Me No More"
Pastor Troy Attitude Adjuster
February 26 Webbie Savage Life 2
Pete Rock NY's Finest
  • Debuts at No. 193 on the Billboard 200
  • Singles: "Till I Retire"
Shawty Lo Units in the City
March 4 Lil' Flip & Young Noble All Eyez on Us
  • Debuts at No. 137 on the Billboard 200
Rakim The Archive: Live, Lost & Found
Bizzy Bone Ruthless
Layzie Bone Thugz Nation
March 10 Braintax My Last and Best Album
March 11 Rick Ross Trilla
Snoop Dogg Ego Trippin'
Fat Joe The Elephant in the Room
Del the Funky Homosapien Eleventh Hour
  • Debuts at #78 on the Billboard 200
March 18 Flo Rida Mail on Sunday
Rocko Self-Made
Sheek Louch Silverback Gorilla
  • Debuts at No. 41 on the Billboard 200
  • Singles: "Good Love"
Bone Brothers Still Creepin on Ah Come Up
March 25 Baracuda Knucklebone
Bourgeois Cyborgs (Noah23 & Baracuda)Bourgeois Cyborgs
CRUNK23 (Noah23 & Crunk Chris)Dirty Bling
Guilty Simpson Ode to the Ghetto
  • Singles: "Getting Bitches", "She Won't Stay at Home"
eMC The Show
The Weird Apples (Noah23, Livestock & Madadam)The Big Crunch
April 1 Trina Still da Baddest
AZ Undeniable
  • Debuts at No. 141 on the Billboard 200
8Ball & E.D.I. Doin' It Big
A Tribe Called Quest The Best of A Tribe Called Quest
April 15 Dark Lotus The Opaque Brotherhood
April 22 Atmosphere When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold
  • Debuts at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
  • Singles: "Shoulda Known", "Guarantees", "You"
Prodigy H.N.I.C. Pt. 2
  • Debuts at No. 36 on the Billboard 200
  • Singles: "The Life", "New Yitty", "ABC's"
Bizzy Bone A Song For You
  • Debuts at No. 12 on the Billboard 200
  • Singles: "A Song For You"
April 29 The Roots Rising Down
  • Debuts at No. 6 on the Billboard 200
  • Singles: "Get Busy", "Rising Up"
9th Wonder & Buckshot The Formula
  • Singles: "Go All Out", "Hold It Down"
Lil Mama VYP (Voice of the Young People)
Baby D A-Town Secret Weapon
  • Singles: "I'm Bout Money"
MJG Pimp Tight
May 6 Krizz Kaliko Vitiligo
May 7 Sadistik The Balancing Act
  • Singles: "Searching for Some Beautiful"
May 13 Boondox Krimson Creek
Foxy Brown Brooklyn's Don Diva
May 20 Bun B II Trill
Frayser Boy Da Key
Grave Plott The Plott Thickens
May 27 Speedknot Mobstaz Mobstability II: Nation Business
June 3 Prozak Tales from the Sick
June 10 Lil Wayne Tha Carter III
Plies Definition of Real
N.E.R.D. Seeing Sounds
Tyga No Introduction
  • Debuts at No. 112 on the Billboard 200
  • Singles: "Coconut Juice", "Diamond Life", "AIM"
June 17 2 Pistols Death Before Dishonor
Blood Raw My Life: The True Testimony
  • Debuts at #29 on the Billboard 200
  • Singles: "Louie"
Craig G and Marley Marl Operation: Take Back Hip-Hop
June 24 Three 6 Mafia Last 2 Walk
Immortal Technique The 3rd World
  • Debuts at #99 on the Billboard 200
  • Singles: "The 3rd World", "Payback", "Reverse Pimpology", "Mistakes", "Golpe De Estado"
Danny! And I Love H.E.R.: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
RZA Digi Snacks
July 1 G-Unit T.O.S: Terminate on Sight
Tech N9ne Killer
  • Singles: "Everybody Move", "Like Yeah"
Byrd GangM.O.B.: The Album
  • Debuts at No. 29 on the Billboard 200
  • Singles: "Splash", "ByrdGang Money"
July 8 Jean Grae Jeanius
Killer Mike I Pledge Allegiance to the Grind II
T.H.U.G. Angelz Welcome to Red Hook Houses
July 15 Nas Untitled
  • Debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
  • Singles: "Hero", "Make the World Go Round"
  • Certified Gold
David Banner The Greatest Story Ever Told
MJG This Might Be the Day
July 22 Skillz The Million Dollar Backpack
  • Singles: "So Far So Good"
Hell Rell Black Mask, Black Gloves
  • Debuts at No. 131 on the Billboard 200
Khia Nasti Muzik
  • Singles: "What They Do", "Be Your Lady"
July 23 Murs & 9th Wonder Sweet Lord
August 5 Re-Up Gang Clipse Presents: Re-Up Gang
  • Debuts at No. 55 on the Billboard 200
  • Singles: "Fast Life"
Nappy Roots The Humdinger
Outlawz We Want In: The Street LP
August 12 Daz Dillinger Only on the Left Side
eLZhi The Preface
Skatterman & Snug Brim Word on tha Streets
Yung Berg Look What You Made Me
August 19 Ice Cube Raw Footage
GZA Pro Tools
  • Debuts at No. 52 on the Billboard 200
  • Singles: "Paper Plate"
August 26 The Game LAX
V.I.C. Beast
  • Debuts at No. 73 on the Billboard 200
  • Singles: "Get Silly", "Wobble", "Flawless"
Esham Sacrificial Lambz
  • Singles: "World Hustle"
September 2 Jeezy The Recession
Boss Hogg Outlawz Back by Blockular Demand: Serve & Collect II
  • Debuts at No. 48 on the Billboard 200
  • Singles: "Keep It Playa"
September 9 LL Cool J Exit 13
  • Debuts at No. 9 on the Billboard 200
  • Singles: "Rocking with the G.O.A.T.", Baby", "Feel My Heart Beat", "Mr. President"
Kardinal Offishall Not 4 Sale
  • Debuts at No. 40 on the Billboard 200
  • Singles: "Dangerous", "Burnt", "Set It Off", "Numba 1 (Tide is High)"
September 16 Axe Murder Boyz God's Hand
  • Debuts at No. 11 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart & No. 36 on the Top Independent Albums chart
DJ Khaled We Global
DJ Muggs and Planet Asia Pain Language
Ill Bill The Hour of Reprisal
Nelly Brass Knuckles
September 23 Gucci Mane Hood Classics
  • Debuts at #197 on the Billboard 200
Noah23 Rock Paper Scissors
September 30 Big Kuntry King My Turn to Eat
Dem Franchize Boyz Our World, Our Way
Heltah Skeltah DIRT
Madlib WLIB AM: King of the Wigflip
MURS MURS for President
T.I. Paper Trail
Termanology Politics as Usual
October 7 Devin the Dude Landing Gear
  • Debuts at No. 47 on the Billboard 200
  • Singles: "Can't Make It Home"
Kutt Calhoun Feature Presentation
October 14 Diamond D The Huge Hefner Chronicles
October 17 M Trill Number One
  • Singles: "Bounce"
October 28 Joe Budden Halfway House
Paris Acid Reflex
November 2 Noah23 Upside Down Bluejay
November 4 Illa J Yancey Boys
  • Singles: "We Here", "Sounds Like Love"
Q-Tip The Renaissance
Unk 2econd Season
  • Debuts at No. 104 on the Billboard 200
  • Singles: "Show Out"
November 11 Jedi Mind Tricks A History of Violence
November 18 Ace Hood Gutta
South Park Mexican The Last Chair Violinist
  • Debuts at No. 59 on the Billboard 200
November 24 E-40 The Ball Street Journal
  • Debuts at No. 42 on the Billboard 200
  • Singles: "Wake It Up"
Kanye West 808's and Heartbreak
  • Debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
  • Singles: "Love Lockdown", "Heartless", "Amazing", "Paranoid"
  • Certified Platinum
  • Does not contain the "parental advisory" sticker
November 25 Anybody Killa Mudface
Jim Jones & Skull Gang Jim Jones & Skull Gang Present A Tribute To Bad Santa Starring Mike Epps
  • Singles: "Bad Santa Intro", "Jingle Bellz"
December 9 Common Universal Mind Control
EPMD We Mean Business
December 16 Plies Da REAList
Soulja Boy iSouljaBoyTellEm
December 24 Ludacris Theater of the Mind

Highest-charting singles

Hip hop singles from any year which charted in the 2008 Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 [83]
SongArtistProjectPeak position
"Whatever You Like" T.I. Paper Trail 1
"Live Your Life"T.I. featuring Rihanna
"Lollipop" Lil Wayne featuring Static Major Tha Carter III
"Low" Flo Rida featuring T-Pain Mail on Sunday
"Love Lockdown" Kanye West 808s & Heartbreak 3
"Swagga Like Us" Jay-Z & T.I. featuring Kanye West & Lil WaynePaper Trail5
"A Milli"Lil WayneTha Carter III6
"Can't Believe It"T-Pain featuring Lil Wayne Thr33 Ringz 7
"Sensual Seduction" Snoop Dogg Ego Trippin'
"In the Ayer"Flo Rida featuring will.i.am Mail on Sunday9
"Got Money"Lil Wayne featuring T-PainTha Carter III10
"Superstar" Lupe Fiasco featuring Matthew Santos The Cool
"Put On" Jeezy featuring Kanye West The Recession 12
"Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)" Wyclef Jean featuring Akon, Lil Wayne & Niia Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant
"Mrs. Officer"Lil Wayne featuring Bobby Valentino & Kidd Kidd Tha Carter III16
"Elevator"Flo Rida featuring Timbaland Mail on Sunday
"The Boss" Rick Ross featuring T-Pain Trilla 17
"Lolli Lolli (Pop That Body)" Three 6 Mafia featuring Project Pat, Yung D & SuperPower Last 2 Walk 18
"See You in My Nightmares"Kanye West featuring Lil Wayne808s & Heartbreak21
"My Life" The Game featuring Lil Wayne LAX
"Flashing Lights"Kanye West featuring Dwele Graduation 29
"I Won't Tell" Fat Joe featuring J. Holiday The Elephant in the Room 37
"Pop Bottles" Birdman featuring Lil Wayne 5 * Stunna 38
"Out Here Grindin'" DJ Khaled featuring Akon, Plies, Jeezy, Rick Ross, Ace Hood, Trick Daddy & Boosie BadAzz We Global 39
"Party People" Nelly featuring Fergie Brass Knuckles 40

Highest first week sales

As of December 31, 2008. [84] [85] [86] [87] [88] [89] [90] [91]

NumberArtistAlbum1st week sales1st week position
1 Lil Wayne Tha Carter III 1,086,000#1
2 T.I. Paper Trail 568,000#1
3 Kanye West 808s & Heartbreak 450,000#1
4 Young Jeezy The Recession 260,000#1
5 The Game LAX 240,000#2
6 Plies Definition of Real 215,000#2
7 Ludacris Theater of the Mind 214,000#5
8 Rick Ross Trilla 198,000#1
9 Nas Untitled 187,000#1
10 Snoop Dogg Ego Trippin' 137,000#3

Highest critically reviewed albums (Metacritic)

NumberArtistAlbumAverage scoreNumber of reviewsReference
1 Lil Wayne Tha Carter III 8426 reviews [92]
2 Q-Tip The Renaissance 8224 reviews [93]
3 Bun B II Trill 8217 reviews [94]
4 The Roots Rising Down 8027 reviews [95]
5 Gnarls Barkley The Odd Couple 7635 reviews [96]
6 Why? Alopecia 7621 reviews [97]
7 Roots Manuva Slime & Reason 7616 reviews [98]
8 Kanye West 808s & Heartbreak 7536 reviews [99]
9 T.I. Paper Trail 7419 reviews [100]
10 Murs Murs for President 7415 reviews [101]

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