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This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip-hop for the year 2013.

Events

January

• On January 6, 2013, 23 year old rapper originated from Seattle, Washington who went by the stage name Freddy E sent a series of dark, depressing tweets which then follows up with his very last tweets saying ‘I love you mum’, ‘I love you dad’ and ‘I love you Katherine’. He then proceeded to take his own life by shooting himself in the head with a rifle not long after. ^[1]
• T.I. completed his 10-year contract with Atlantic Records, and is seeking a deal around $75 million for him and his Grand Hustle Records artists.
• On January 20, 2013, Lupe Fiasco was removed from the stage by security after making anti-Obama comments in Washington D.C., during Obama's second presidential inauguration. ^[2]
• On January 23, 2013, Hit-Boy confirmed he signed with Interscope Records. ^[3]
• On January 25, 2013, Juelz Santana was sentenced to two years probation for threatening to kill his neighbor after his neighbor intervened and called the police when he heard Juelz assaulting his then girlfriend. ^[4]
• On January 28, 2013, Rick Ross crashed his car in Fort Lauderdale after his vehicle was shot at in a drive by shooting. ^[5]
• Jay-Z officially signed Timbaland to Roc Nation. ^[6]
• On January 30, 2013, Vado confirmed he signed with DJ Khaled's We the Best Music Group label. ^[7]

February

• On February 8, 2013, Paul Rosenberg confirmed Eminem's eighth album would be released in 2013, post Memorial Day. ^[8]
• Drake won his first Grammy Award for Best Rap Album at the 2013 Grammy Awards for Take Care . At the same night, Jay-Z and Kanye West would each take three Grammys; two for Niggas in Paris and one for No Church in the Wild.
• On February 18, 2013, Kollegah and Farid Bang topped the German album charts with their collabo album Jung, brutal, gutaussehend 2 selling 80,000 copies in the release week. It is the highest number for a hip-hop album in Germany for the last five years. ^[9]
• According to Billboard, Jay-Z and his Roc Nation imprint signed a "worldwide publishing administration deals with Warner/Chappell Music," giving Jay-Z the rights back to his music post-Def Jam ( The Blueprint 3 , Watch The Throne ) as well as future works, with most of his older catalog moving to the Warner umbrella within the year. A separate deal will put the past and future catalogs of Roc Nation's stable of artists on the publisher's roster immediately, including songwriters Philip Lawrence (Bruno Mars, Flo Rida, Cee-Lo Green), S1 (Kanye West, Beyoncé, 50 Cent), Carmen Key (Flo Rida, David Guetta), and British singer Rita Ora, among others. ^[10]
• C-Murder's appeal was rejected and he will remain in prison to serve out his life sentence due to a second degree murder committed in 2002. ^[11]
• Suge Knight has had two warrants for his arrest approved stating he can be arrested on the spot. ^[12]
• Ja Rule has been released from prison for his possession of an illegal firearm charge but still has time to serve for tax evasion. ^[13]
• Gunplay avoided his possible life sentence, and any jail time at all, due to the victim not cooperating and authenticating the video surveillance of him holding the victim up with a gun, and stealing a cellphone and gold chain. ^[14]
• On February 25, 2013, Atlanta rapper Young Vito, was acquitted of murdering 1017 Brick Squad rapper Slim Dunkin. However, he was given 25 years for aggravated assault and possession of a firearm. ^[15]

March

• On March 1, 2013, former No Limit Records rapper Mr. Magic and his wife were killed in a car accident in Mississippi, their daughter who was with them at the time survived the crash. Magic was 37 years old at the time of his death. ^[16]
• Gunshots were fired near French Montana's tour bus when he was parked and chilling with fans and rapper Meek Mill in Philadelphia, a 27-year-old male was fatally shot in the stomach and was rushed to the hospital being pronounced DOA.
• Method Man announced on stage that the Wu-Tang Clan are working on a sixth studio album, that will be released this year to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of their debut album, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) . ^[17]
• On March 12, 2013 Lil Wayne suffered multiple seizures after shooting a music video in Los Angeles. He would be released later the same day. ^[18] Three days later he would be hospitalized again after another seizure, Thus causing TMZ to state he was in a medically induced coma and being in critical condition. YMCMB members Mack Maine, Birdman, Jay Sean and a slew of industry friends such as T.I. would later deny these reports, and say he was in "good condition" and awake. ^{[19] [20]}
• On March 14, 2013, Chief Keef was released from a juvenile detention center after serving 60 days for violating his probation. ^[21]
• On March 16, 2013, Veteran California rapper Tone Loc collapsed on stage after finishing a song at the Bridge Bash concert in Des Moines, Iowa. ^[22]
• Cleveland Rapper Machine Gun Kelly took home the 2013 MtvU "Woodie of the Year" award at the 2013 MTV Woodie Awards. ^[23]
• On March 22, 2013, Atlanta Police issued an arrest warrant for Radric Davis, aka Gucci Mane, after he apparently assaulted a soldier with a champagne bottle. ^[24]
• On March 29, 2013, Crypt the Warchild of OuterSpace announced he was diagnosed with cancer. ^[25]
• Diddy was announced to be the musical guest for WrestleMania 29 at which he would perform a medley of songs on PPV inside New Jersey's MetLife Stadium on April 7.

April

• Tyler, The Creator released his 2nd studio album Wolf (Tyler, the Creator album)
• Kid Cudi revealed that he left Kanye West's GOOD Music record label, on good terms.
• On April 3, 2013, at approximately 2 AM, Power 105.1's host DJ Clue was arrested for drug possession and traffic violations. ^[26]
• Logic signs to Def Jam Recordings. ^[27]
• Kurupt announced that Tha Dogg Pound and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony are working on a collaboration album that will include all members of both groups along with Snoop Dogg and Soopafly. ^[28]

May

• On May 1, Chris Kelly of hip hop duo Kris Kross died at the age of 34. ^[29]
• On May 3, record producer AraabMuzik was shot in an attempted robbery in his neighborhood, and taken to the hospital where he is recovering. ^[30]
• On May 6, 90s hip hop group Naughty By Nature announced that they were splitting up. ^[31]
• On May 8, Gucci Mane announced Chief Keef was officially signed to his 1017 Brick Squad Records. ^[32]
• Kanye West announced that his sixth studio album Yeezus would be released on June 18. J. Cole would move up the release date of his second album Born Sinner to that same date.
• On May 23, it was reported that rapper Tim Dog might have faked his death in order to not pay back money after being convicted of fraud. ^{[33] [34]}

June

• On June 2, Papoose "crashed" Hot 97's Summer Jam following Kendrick Lamar's set performing his single "Get At Me" with Ron Browz. ^[35]
• On June 9, 2 Chainz was robbed at gunpoint in San Francisco of his phone and wallet. Two days later while boarding a flight from LAX, TSA agents found that his checked bag contained marijuana and promethazine. He was arrested and booked on felony narcotics possession. ^[36]
• On June 14, Kanye West's Yeezus leaked online in its entirety. It was the last of the June 18 album releases to leak as Born Sinner and Mac Miller's Watching Movies with the Sound Off had leaked earlier in the month. ^[37]
• On June 16, through an advertisement for Samsung shown during the 2013 NBA Finals, Jay-Z announced that he will release a new album titled Magna Carta Holy Grail on July 4.
• On June 20, Dream Chasers Records artist Lil Snupe was murdered in Winnfield, Louisiana. ^[38]
• Kanye West's sixth studio album Yeezus debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200 with 328,800 copies, beating out J. Cole's Born Sinner which debuted at #2 with 297,922 copies and Mac Miller's Watching Movies with the Sound Off which debuted at #3 with 101,795 copies.
• On June 22, Drake released four new songs, and announced the release date for his third album Nothing Was the Same . ^[39]
• On June 28, Meek Mill was ordered to take etiquette classes in order to tighten up on his social media skills and better articulate his business dealings, after some of his fans threatened his PO on Twitter. ^[40]

July

• On July 8, rapper Wiz Khalifa officially married his girlfriend Amber Rose. ^[41]
• On July 25, DJ Khaled publicly "proposed" to fellow Cash Money artist Nicki Minaj via MTV. He supported his offer with a 10 karat diamond ring from Rafaello & Co., valued at about $500,000. ^[42] However it was later revealed it was all a ploy to debut his new single "I Wanna Be with You".

August

• On August 13, Big Sean released a leftover track from his sophomore album Hall of Fame , "Control" which features Kendrick Lamar and Jay Electronica. Kendrick's verse caused controversy as he "called out" J. Cole, Big K.R.I.T., Wale, Pusha T, Meek Mill, A$AP Rocky, Drake, Big Sean, Jay Electronica, Tyler, the Creator, and Mac Miller and called himself the "King of New York". ^[43] Many rappers took offense to the lines without even being mentioned by name. Rappers including Lupe Fiasco, Papoose, Joell Ortiz, Cassidy, Joe Budden, A$AP Ferg, J.R. Writer, Mickey Factz, Mysonne, Bizarre, and Fred the Godson all released a response or a diss song within a week. ^{[44] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50]}
• On August 25, it was announced during the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards that Eminem would release the sequel of the commercial and critically successful The Marshall Mathers LP , The Marshall Mathers LP 2 on November 5, 2013. ^[51]
• On August 26, Fat Joe reported federal prison in Florida to serve a 4-month sentence for tax evasion. ^[52]

September

• On September 16, Young Money Entertainment president Mack Maine was charged with sexual battery and assault in Oklahoma. According to court documents obtained by TMZ alleged that, Maine put his hand down one woman's shirt without her consent. Then while the women were trying to leave, Mack Maine reportedly held the door shut and also punched and broke one of the female's jaw. ^[53]
• On September 19, it was announced that the first theatrically released Tupac Shakur biopic will begin production in 2014. ^[54]
• On September 19, Greek rapper Pavlos Fyssas who went by the stage name Killah P, was stabbed to death. Riots broke out throughout Greece due to the assumed political influences in the killing. ^[55]
• On September 26, Chicago drill rapper LA Capone was shot and tragically bled out after leaving a recording studio.
• On September 27, former UGK Records artist, Ivory P was arrested on human trafficking and kidnapping charges, for kidnapping a 19-year-old woman to traffic out as sexual escort. ^[56]

October

• On October 8, Nipsey Hussle released his mixtape Crenshaw for free online, and in a limited 1,000 physical copies for $100 each. He sold out all the copies earning over 100,000 dollars in one day. ^[57]
• On October 12, The Game following his official release from Interscope Records signed to Cash Money Records. ^[58]
• On October 15, Future was dropped off of Drake's third headlining tour Would You like a Tour? after he made negative comments about Drake and his album in a Billboard interview. It was also reported he was demanding $1.5 million for lost wages, as he was set to get $40,000 per gig. He was subsequently replaced with Jhené Aiko on every date of the tour. Two days later, Future rejoined the tour and drops the lawsuit. ^{[59] [60]}

November

• On November 7, Eminem became the first artist since The Beatles, to be the lead artist with four songs in the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 during the same week ("The Monster" at #3, "Berzerk" at #15, "Survival" at #16, "Rap God" at #17). ^[61]
• On November 15, it was revealed that after Kendrick Lamar was named GQ 's "Rapper of the Year" and interviewed for the issue, Top Dawg Entertainment's CEO Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith took issue with the article and the interview, then pulling Kendrick Lamar from his performance at GQ's annual Man Of The Year party that took place on, November 12, 2013. ^[62]
• On November 22, T.I. announced his signing to Columbia Records. ^[63]

December

• Jay-Z has the most Grammy nominations for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards with 9. Kendrick Lamar, Macklemore, and Pharrell each have 7 nominations while Drake has 5 nominations. Also, T.I. and Kanye West each have 2 Grammy nominations. ^[64]
• Eminem is now tied with the record of most Billboard Hot 100 #1's among rappers with Diddy and Ludacris with 5, with "The Monster" peaking at #1. ^[65]
• On December 17, Pharrell signed to Columbia Records as a solo artist and announced that he would release his second album on the label during 2014. ^[66]
• On December 20, Three 6 Mafia member and DJ Paul's brother Lord Infamous died from a heart attack. ^[67]
• On December 28, Grand Hustle Records and Interscope Records artist Doe B was shot and killed outside of a nightclub in his home state of Alabama along with two other bystanders being killed and six others injured. ^[68]
• On December 29, Waka Flocka Flame's little brother and Brick Squad Monopoly artist KayO Redd died from an apparent suicide in Atlanta. ^{[69] [70]}

Released albums

Release Date	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Notes
January 4	MC Eiht	Keep It Hood	Bluestamp Music Group [71]
	Penny	Twenties Hungry: The Unbound Anthems of Yesteryear	Fake Four Inc. [72]
January 15	ASAP Rocky	Long. Live. ASAP	A$AP Worldwide, Polo Grounds, RCA Records [73]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Goldie", "Fuckin' Problems", "Wild for the Night"
	DJ Muggs	Bass for Your Face	Ultra Records [74]
	Sho Baraka	Talented 10th	Lions and Liars [75]	Debuted at No. 94 on the Billboard 200 Singles include: "Chapter 6: Ali", "Chapter 9: Jim Crow"
	Wax	Continue	Scrublife [76]	Debuted at #3 on the Billboard Heatseekers Album Chart Singles include: "Toothbrush", "Lewis & Clark", "We Can't All Be Heroes"
January 22	Young Fathers	Tape One	Anticon [77]
January 29	Slum Village & Mick Boogie	Dirty Slums 2	Synchronization [78]
	Oh No	Disrupted Ads	Kash Roc Entertainment [79]
	Vast Aire	A Space Iliad EP	Man Bites Dog Records [80]
February 4	Devlin	A Moving Picture	Island, Universal Music Group [81]	Debuted at No. 19 on the UK Albums Chart Singles: "Watchtower", "Off With Their Heads", "Rewind"
February 5	Brotha Lynch Hung	Mannibalector	Strange Music [82]	Debuted at No. 67 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Meat Cleaver", "Krocadil"
	Edo G	Intelligence & Ignorance	Envision Entertainment [83]
	Joe Budden	No Love Lost	Mood Muzik Entertainment, E1 Music [84]	Debuted at No. 15 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "She Don't Put It Down", "NBA"
	Young Noble & Deuce Deuce	Fast Life	Concrete Enterprises, Outlaw Recordz [85]
February 8	Kollegah & Farid Bang	Jung, brutal, gutaussehend 2	Selfmade Records [86]	Debuted at No. 1 on the German Charts, Austrian Charts, Swiss Charts [87] Singles include: "Dynamit", "Drive-By", "Du kennst den Westen", "Stiernackenkommando" Certified Gold in Germany [88]
February 10	Noah23	Tropical Fruit	Plague Language / Legendary Entertainment [89]
February 12	Chamillionaire	Elevate EP	Chamillitary Entertainment [90]	Only released 1,000 hard copies which sold out in 10 hours prior to announcement.
	Kay the Aquanaut & Factor Chandelier	Letters from Laika	Circle Into Square [91]
	Ras Kass	Barmageddon	Cre8yte Corporation [92]
	Serengeti	Saal	Graveface [93]
February 13	Hussein Fatal	The Interview: It's Not a Gimmik 2 Me	Thugtertainment [94]
February 15	Araabmuzik	For Professional Use Only	Duke Productions [95]
February 19	Czarface	Czarface	Brick Records [96]	Debuted at #34 on US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
	Sadistik	Flowers for My Father	Fake Four Inc. [97]	Singles: "Micheal","City in Amber", "Kill the King", "Russian Roulette"
	MED, Blu & Madlib	The Burgundy	Stones Throw Records [98]
February 22	Fard	Bellum et Pax	Code Rouge [99]	Debuted at No. 2 on the German Charts, #14 Austrian Charts, #7 Swiss Charts [100] Singles include: "Madar"
February 25	Killah Priest	The Psychic World of Walter Reed	Proverbs Records [101]
February 26	Cappadonna	Eyrth, Wynd and Fyre	RBC Records [102]
	Gensu Dean & Planet Asia	Abrasions	Mello Music Group [103]
	Ill Bill	The Grimy Awards	Fat Beats Records [104]
	Kutt Calhoun	Black Gold	Strange Music [105]	Debuted at No. 120 on US Billboard 200 Singles: "Self Preservation", "I Been Dope"
	The Regime	The Last Dragon	Smoke-A-Lot Records, City Hall Records [106]
	Tonedeff	Glutton	QN5 Inc. [107]
March 4	Johnny Polygon	The Nothing	Johnny Polygon [108]
March 5	Demigodz	Killmatic	Dirty Version LLC [109]
March 12	Krayzie Bone	QuickFix: Less Drama. More Music	TheLifeApparel [110]
March 19	Ra Scion	Adding to the Extra	SCIONtific Records [111]
	The Regime	Dragon Gang	Smoke-A-Lot Records, RBC Records [112]
	Swollen Members	Beautiful Death Machine	Suburban Noize, Battle Axe Records [113]	Debuted at No. 137 on the Billboard Hot 100.
March 22	Adil Omar	The Mushroom Cloud Effect	Serpents of Eden [114]	Singles: "Off The Handle", "Paki Rambo"
	Tede	Elliminati	Wielkie Joł [115]	Debuted at No. 3 on the Polish Charts [116] Singles include: "Mainstream", "Nie banglasz" Certified Gold in Poland [117]
March 26	Blu	York	Nature Sounds [118]
	Ces Cru	Constant Energy Struggles	Strange Music [119]
	Durag Dynasty	360 Waves	Nature Sounds [120]
	Lil Wayne	I Am Not a Human Being II	Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, Republic Records [121]	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. Singles: "My Homies Still", "No Worries", "Bitches Love Me", "Rich As Fuck". Certified Gold by the RIAA.
	Papoose	The Nacirema Dream	Honor B4 Money Records, Fontana Distribution [122]	Debuted at No. 97 on the Billboard 200. Singles: "On Top of My Game", "What's My Name", "Get At Me".
March 29	Binary Star	Binary Star EP	Infinite Rhythm Network, Subterraneous Records [123]
March 31	Hell Razah	Living After Death	Hell Razah Music [124]
April 1	Wiley	The Ascent	Warner Music Group [125]
April 2	Kidz in the Hall	Wishful Drinking	March Records [126]
	Tyler, The Creator	Wolf	Odd Future Records, RED Distribution, Sony Music Entertainment [127]	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Domo23"
April 9	Tyga	Hotel California	Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, Republic Records [128]	Debuted at No. 7 on Billboard 200 Singles: "Dope", "Molly", "For the Road", "Show You"
	Rich Boy	Break the Pot	Vice Records, E1 Music [129]	Singles: "Break the Pot"
	Goondox (Snowgoons, PMD & Sean Strange)	Welcome to the Goondox	RBC Records [130]
April 16	Andy Mineo	Heroes For Sale	Reach [131]	Debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200
	Ghostface Killah	Twelve Reasons to Die	Soul Temple Records, RED Distribution [132]	Debuted at No. 27 on the Billboard 200
	Homeboy Sandman	Kool Herc: Fertile Crescent	Stones Throw [133]
	Illogic & Blockhead	Capture the Sun	Man Bites Dog Records [134]
	Kid Cudi	Indicud	Wicked Awesome, GOOD Music, Republic Records [135]	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Just What I Am", "King Wizard", "Immortal", "Girls"
	Mathematics	Prelude to the Answer	Money Maker Entertainment [136]
	N.O.R.E.	Student of the Game	Militainment Business, Conglomerate, E1 Music [137]	Debuted at No. 116 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Tadow", "Fowl Niggaz", "The Problem (Lawwddd)"
	Styles P	Float	Nature Sounds, High Times Records [138]	Debuted at No. 124 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Hater Love"
	Slaine	The Boston Project	Suburban Noize Records [139]	Debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard Heatseekers Album Chart
April 20	Wiz Khalifa & Currensy	Live in Concert	Jet life, Rostrum [140]	Debuted at No. 30 on the Billboard 200 iTunes exclusive
April 23	k-os	Black on Blonde	Crown Loyalist, EMI [141]
	Mitchy Slick, The Worlds Freshest	Feet Match the Paint	Fresh In The Flesh, Wrongkind Records [142]
	Slim Thug	Welcome to Texas EP	Hogg Life Entertainment [143]
	Snoop Lion	Reincarnated	Berhane Sound System, Mad Decent, Vice Records, RCA Records [144]	Debuted at No. 16 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "La La La", "No Guns Allowed", "Ashtrays and Heartbreaks"
	will.i.am	#willpower	Interscope Records [145]	Debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "This is Love", "Scream and Shout", "#thatPOWER"
April 30	LL Cool J	Authentic	S-BRO Music Group, 429 Records [146]	Debuted at No. 23 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Take It", "Whaddup" and "We Came to Party"
	Prolyphic & Buddy Peace	Working Man	Strange Famous [147]
	R.A. the Rugged Man	Legends Never Die	Nature Sounds [148]	Debuted at No. 121 on the Billboard 200 Singles include: "The Peoples Champ", "Learn Truth"
	Rittz	The Life and Times of Jonny Valiant	Strange Music [149]	Debuted at No. 25 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Switch Lanes"
May 1	Sole	No Wising Up No Settling Down	Black Canyon [150]
May 7	Havoc	13	Nature Sounds [151]	Singles: "Tell Me To My Face", "Gone", "Life We Chose"
	Qwel & Maker	Beautiful Raw	Galapagos4 [152]
	Talib Kweli	Prisoner of Conscious	Javotti Media, EMI Music, Capitol Records [153]	Debuted at No. 48 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Push Thru", "Upper Echelon", "Come Here"
	Young Noble & Gage Gully	The Year of the Underdogz	A.G.E. Entertainment [154]
May 13	Mike Stud	Relief	Electric Pop [155]	Debuted at No. 109 on the Billboard 200
May 14	Eve	Lip Lock	From The Rib, RED Distribution [156]	Debuted at No. 46 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "She Bad Bad", "Make It Out This Town", "Eve"
May 21	French Montana	Excuse My French	Coke Boys, Bad Boy Records, Maybach Music Group, Interscope Records [157]	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Pop That", "Freaks", "Ain't Worried About Nothin'
	P-Money	Gratitude	Dirty Records, Dawn Raid Ent., Duck Down Music Inc. [158]
	EDIDON	O.G. Est. 1992	O4L Digital [159]	Singles: "No Lights On"
	Gucci Mane	Trap House III	1017 Brick Squad, 101 Distribution [160]	Debuted at No. 175 on the Billboard 200
May 23	Noah23	Lotus Deities	Plague Language [161]
May 27	Kool Keith & Big Sche Eastwood	Magnetic Pimp Force Field	Junkadelic Music [162]
	Akala	The Thieves Banquet	lla State Records [163]
May 28	Aceyalone	Leanin' on Slick	Decon [164]
	Kid Ink	Almost Home	Tha Alumni Music Group, RCA Records [165]	Debuted at No. 27 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Bad Ass"
June 11	Action Bronson	Saaab Stories	Vice Records, Atlantic Records [166]	Debuted at No. 63 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Strictly 4 My Jeeps"
	Jarren Benton	My Grandma's Basement	Funk Volume [167]	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums [168] Singles: "Go Off"
	Prodigy & The Alchemist	Albert Einstein	Infamous Records [169]	Debuted at No. 175 on the Billboard 200
	Young Fathers	Tape Two	Anticon [170]
June 18	Daz Dillinger & WC	West Coast Gangsta Shit	DPG Online, Dub C Online, Empire Distribution [171]	Singles: "Wha'cha Gon Do"
	Gregory Pepper & Madadam	Big Huge Truck	Fake Four Inc. [172]
	J. Cole	Born Sinner	Roc Nation, Columbia Records [173]	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, peaked at No. 1 Singles: "Power Trip", "Crooked Smile" Certified Gold by the RIAA.
	Kanye West	Yeezus	Def Jam Recordings [174]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Black Skinhead", "Bound 2" Certified Platinum by the RIAA.
	Mac Miller	Watching Movies with the Sound Off	Rostrum Records [175]	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "S.D.S.", "Watching Movies", "Goosebumpz"
	Quasimoto	Yessir Whatever	Stones Throw Records [176]
	Statik Selektah	Extended Play	Showoff Records, Duck Down Music Inc. [177]	Debuted at No. 121 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Bird's Eye View", "21 & Over"
June 20	Freddie Gibbs	ESGN	ESGN, Empire Distribution [178]	Debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums Singles: "One Eighty Seven"
June 23	Factor Chandelier	Woke Up Alone	Fake Four Inc. [179]
June 25	Dessa	Parts of Speech	Doomtree Records [180]	Debuted at No. 74 on the Billboard 200
	Serengeti	Kenny Dennis LP	Anticon [181]
	Slum Village	Evolution	Ne'Astra Music [182]
	Wale	The Gifted	Maybach Music Group, Atlantic Records [183]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Bad", "LoveHate Thing"
	Wrekonize	The War Within	Strange Music [184]	Debuted at No. 88 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Anxiety Attacks", "Freak", "We Got Soul", "Neon Skies"
June 26	Run the Jewels	Run the Jewels	Fool's Gold Records [185]
July 2	Billy Woods	Dour Candy	Backwoodz Studioz [186]
	Jon Connor	Unconscious State	All Varsity Music
July 4	Jay-Z	Magna Carta... Holy Grail	Roc-A-Fella Records, Roc Nation, Universal [187]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Holy Grail", "Tom Ford" Certified Platinum by the RIAA.
July 7	Open Mike Eagle	Sir Rockabye	Open Mike Eagle [188]
July 9	Greenhouse (Blueprint & Illogic)	Bend But Don't Break	OCF Music [189]
	Kurupt	Kurupt Confidential	OCF Music [190]
	Tony Touch	The Piece Maker 3: Return of the 50 MC's	Touch Entertainment, Inc., Red River Entertainment [191]
July 10	Jesse Jagz	Jagz Nation, Vol.1. Thy Nation Come	Jagz Nation	Singles: "Redemption", "Bad Girl"
July 13	Ka	The Night's Gambit	Iron Works [192]
July 16	Ace Hood	Trials & Tribulations	We the Best Music Group, Cash Money Records, Republic Records [193]	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Bugatti", "We Outchea"
	Kevin Gates	Stranger Than Fiction	Atlantic Records [194]	Debuted at No. 37 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "4:30"
	¡Mayday!	Believers	Strange Music [195]
	Hieroglyphics	The Kitchen	Hieroglyphics Imperium Recordings [196]
	Lil Wyte & Jelly Roll	No Filter	Phixieous Entertainment [197]
July 23	Rich Gang	Rich Gang	Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, Republic Records [198]	Debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Tapout", "We Been On", "50 Plates"
	U-God	The Keynote Speaker	Soul Temple Records [199]	Debuted at No. 58 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.
	Chamillionaire	Reignfall	Chamillitary Entertainment [200]	Debuted at No. 40 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.
July 30	Crooked I	Apex Predator	Treacherous C.O.B., Empire Distribution [201]	Debuted at No. 33 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.
	Tech N9ne	Something Else	Strange Music [202]	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200. Singles: "So Dope (They Wanna)"
August 6	Homeboy Sandman	All That I Hold Dear	Stones Throw [203]
	Madchild	Lawn Mower Man	Battle Axe, Suburban Noize Records [204]	Debuted at No. 149 on the Billboard 200
August 12	Sifu Hotman	Sifu Hotman	Stashin Records [205]
August 13	Stevie Stone	2 Birds 1 Stone	Strange Music [206]	Debuted at No. 76 on the Billboard 200
	Terrace Martin	3ChordFold	AKAI Music [207]
August 18	No Malice	Hear Ye Him	Reinvision [208]
	Bones	SCUMBAG	TeamSESH
August 20	ASAP Ferg	Trap Lord	ASAP Worldwide, Polo Grounds Music, RCA Records [209]	Debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Work (Remix)", "Shabba", "Hood Pope"
	Earl Sweatshirt	Doris	Tan Cressida, Columbia Records [210]	Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Chum", "Whoa", "Hive"
	Jel	Late Pass	Anticon [211]
	Noah23	Occult Trill III: Blast Master Therion	Plague Language [212]
August 27	Almighty	2nd Coming	RBC Records [213]
	Big Sean	Hall of Fame	GOOD Music, Def Jam Recordings [214]	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Guap", "Switch Up", "Beware", "Fire"
	Goodie Mob	Age Against the Machine	The Right Records [215]	Debuted at No. 30 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Special Education"
	Juicy J	Stay Trippy	Kemosabe Records, Columbia Records [216]	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Bandz a Make Her Dance", "Show Out", "Bounce It", "Talkin' Bout"
	Krizz Kaliko	Son of Sam	Strange Music [217]	Debuted at No. 56 on the Billboard 200
	Rapzilla	King Kulture: Stop the Traffic	Rapzilla [218]
August 30	Wordburglar	Welcome to Cobra Island	Props Dept. [219]
September 5	Brother Ali	Left in the Deck	Rhymesayers Entertainment [220]
September 10	2 Chainz	B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time	Def Jam Recordings [221]	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Feds Watching", "Used 2"
	Derek Minor	Minorville	Reach Records, RMG [222]
	Young Chop	Precious	8 Tray Music Group [223]
September 17	Grayskul	Zenith	Fake Four Inc. [224]
	Maybach Music Group	Self Made Vol. 3	Maybach Music Group, Atlantic Records [225]	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Poor Decisions", "Levels", "God Is Great", "Know You Better"
	Prozak	We All Fall Down	Strange Music [226]
	Whitenoise (Sole)	No More Dystopias	Black Canyon [227]	Instrumental project Released under the moniker Whitenoise
	Stalley	Honest Cowboy	Maybach Music Group, Atlantic Records [228]
September 24	Drake	Nothing Was the Same	OVO Sound, Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, Republic Records [229]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Started from the Bottom", "Hold On, We're Going Home", "All Me", "Pound Cake", "The Language", "Too Much" Certified Platinum by the RIAA.
	Guilty Simpson & Small Professor	Highway Robbery	Beat Goliath, Coalmine Records [230]
	Natti	Still Motion	APOS Music [231]
September 30	Dizzee Rascal	The Fifth	Dirtee Stank, Universal Music Group [232]	Singles: "Goin' Crazy", "Something Really Bad"
	Nelly	M.O.	Republic Records [233]	Debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Hey Porsche", "Get Like Me", "Heaven"
	Deltron 3030	Event 2	Deltron Partners, Bulk Recordings [234]	Debuted at No. 41 on the Billboard 200
October 1	Blue Sky Black Death	Glaciers	Fake Four Inc. [235]
	Oddisee	The Beauty in All	Mello Music Group [236]
October 8	Danny Brown	Old	Fool's Gold Records [237]	Debuted at No. 17 on the Billboard 200
	Pusha T	My Name Is My Name	GOOD Music, Def Jam Recordings [238]	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Pain", "Numbers on the Boards", "Sweet Serenade"
	Termanology	Goya	Brick Records [239]
October 11	MJG	Too Pimpin	Space Age Entertainment, Born Star Entertainment [240]
October 15	Shad	Flying Colours	Black Box Recordings Inc. [241]
	Black Milk	No Poison No Paradise	Fat Beats Records [242]	Singles: "Sunday's Best/Monday's Worst"
	Boldy James	My 1st Chemistry Set	Decon [243]	Singles: "Moochie", "Reform School"
	Bubba Sparxxx	Pain Management	BackRoad Records, Average Joes Entertainment [244]
	Cashis	The County Hound 2	Bogish Brand Ent. [245]	Singles: "Layin' in the Cut", "Mind On Money", "Imma Hustla", "Look At Me", "Hi"
	Devin the Dude	One for the Road	Coughee Brothaz Music, E1 Music [246]	Singles: "Probably Should Have"
	Dom Kennedy	Get Home Safely	The Other Peoples Money Company [247]	Debuted at No. 29 on the Billboard 200
	Young Dro	High Times	Grand Hustle Records, E1 Music, Atlantic Records [248]	Debuted at No. 57 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "FDB", "Strong"
October 22	Armand Hammer (Billy Woods & Elucid)	Race Music	Backwoodz Studioz [249]
	Blu & Nottz	Gods in the Spirit	Coalmine Records [250]
	Cage	Kill the Architect	Eastern Conference Records, KGMG [251]
	David Dallas	Falling into Place	Outlier, Dawn Raid Entertainment, Dirty Records, Duck Down Music Inc. [252]
	DJ Khaled	Suffering from Success	We the Best Music Group, Cash Money Records, Republic Records [253]	Debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "No New Friends", "I Wanna Be with You"
October 25	Kerser	S.C.O.T.	Kerser N Nebs Records	Debuted at No. 5 on the ARIA Albums Chart Singles: "Scott vs Kers"
October 28	Ice Prince	Fire of Zamani	Chocolate City [254]	Singles: "Aboki", "More", "Gimme Dat", "I Swear"
October 29	Beautiful Eulogy	Instruments of Mercy	Humble Beast [255]	Singles: "Vital Lens"
	Joey Badass	Summer Knights EP	Cinematic Music Group, Pro Era Records, RED Distribution [256]
	Josh Martinez	Blotto	Camobear Music [257]
	Vinnie Paz	Carry on Tradition	Pazmanian Devil Music [258]
	Yancey Boys	Sunset Blvd.	Delicious Vinyl, Yancey Media Group [259]
October 31	Blaq Poet	Blaq Death	Man Bites Dog Records [260]
	Fredo Santana	Trappin Ain't Dead	Savage Squad Records [261]
	MellowHigh	MellowHigh	Odd Future Records [262]	Debuted at No. 89 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Yu"
	Ra Scion	The Sickle and the Sword	SCIONtific Records [263]
	Swamp Thing (Chokeules, Savillion & Timbuktu)	Firedogs	URBNET [264]
November 4	Shady Blaze	Green Ova's Most Hated	Green Ova [265]
	Tinie Tempah	Demonstration	Parlophone, Disturbing London [266]	Singles: "Trampoline", "Children of the Sun"
	Troy Ave	New York City: The Album	BSB Records [267]
November 5	Eminem	The Marshall Mathers LP 2	Aftermath Entertainment, Shady Records, Interscope Records [268]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Berzerk", "Survival", "Rap God", "The Monster", "Headlights" Certified Double Platinum by the RIAA
	Ghettosocks	For You Pretty Things	Droppin' Science Productions [269]
	Latyrx	The Second Album	Latyramid, Inc [270]
	Sole	Crimes Against Totality	Black Canyon [271]
	Tech N9ne	Therapy	Strange Music [272]
November 11	Bun B	Trill OG: The Epilogue	Rap-A-Lot Records [273]	Debuted at No. 30 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Fire"
November 12	Built to Fade	To Dust	APOS Music [274]
	Chris Webby	Homegrown	Homegrown, E1 Music [275]
	Eddie B. & Harry Fraud	Paper, Piff & Polo	Man Bites Dog Records [276]
	Louis Logic	Look on the Blight Side	Fake Four Inc. [277]
	Marco Polo	PA2: The Director's Cut	Soulspazm, Inc. [278]	Singles: "3-O-Clock"
	No Bird Sing	Definition Sickness	Strange Famous Records [279]
November 19	The Godfathers	Once Upon a Crime	Psycho+Logical-Records, RBC Records [280]
	Slim Thug	Boss Life	Hogg Life [281]
	Sammy Adams	Homecoming	RCA Records [282]
	Webbie	Savage Life 4	Trill Entertainment [283]	Singles: "What I Do", "Bad Bitch 2"
	Yo Gotti	I Am	CMG, Epic [284]	Debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Act Right", "King Shit", "Cold Blood"
	Yonas	The Transition Deluxe	YONAS, LLC [285]
November 24	Hopsin	Knock Madness	Funk Volume, Empire Distribution [286]	Peaked at No. 78 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Old Friend", "Hop Is Back", "Rip Your Heart Out"
November 25	Pitbull	Meltdown	Mr. 305, Polo Grounds, RCA Records [287]	Debuted at No. 95 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Timber"
November 26	Chinx	I'll Take It from Here	NuSense Music Group, Coke Boys [288]
	Esoteric & Stu Bangas	Machete Mode	Man Bites Dog Records [289]
	Rich Homie Quan	I Promise I Will Never Stop Going In		debuted at No. 110 on the Billboard 200
November 29	Sido	30–11–80	Vertigo, Capitol Records [290]
December 3	Smif-n-Wessun	Born and Raised	Duck Down Music Inc. [291]	Singles: "Solid Ground"
	Jim Jones	We Own the Night	Vampire Life [292]	Singles: "Nasty Girl"
December 6	Master P	The Gift	NLF Digital Media [293]	Singles: "Two Three"
December 10	Childish Gambino	Because the Internet	Glassnote Records, Island Records [294]	debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "3005"
	Dice Raw	Jimmy's Back	Rawlife, Soul Spazm [295]
	E-40	The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 4	Heavy on the Grind Entertainment [296] [297] [298]	Debuted at No. 136 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Episode"
		The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 5		Debuted at No. 140 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "All My Niggaz"
		The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 6		Debuted at No. 151 on the Billboard 200
	Paul Wall	#Checkseason	Paul Wall Music [299]
	Problem	Understand Me	Diamond Lane Music Group [300]	Singles: "Like Whaaat", "Say That Then"
	Roc Marciano	Marci Beaucoup	Man Bites Dog Records [301]
	Snoopzilla & Dâm-Funk	7 Days of Funk	Stones Throw Records [302]	Singles: "Faden Away"
	Tonedeff	Demon	QN5 Music [303]
	Twista	Back to the Basics	GMG Entertainment [304]
December 11	Doseone	The Samurai Gunn EP	Doseone [305]
	Serengeti	C.A.B.	Anticon [306]
December 13	Snowgoons	Black Snow 2	Goon MuSick [307]
December 15	Talib Kweli	Gravitas	Javotti Media [308]
December 17	B.o.B	Underground Luxury	Rebel Rock, Grand Hustle Records, Atlantic Records [309]	Debuted at No. 22 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "We Still in This Bitch", "HeadBand", "Ready", "All I Want", "John Doe"
	Mac Miller	Live from Space	Rostrum Records [310]
	Sean Price & M-Phazes	Land of the Crooks	Coalmine Records [311]
December 18	The Lox	The Trinity	D-Block Records [312]	Debuted at No. 141 on the Billboard 200
December 19	D-Sisive & Tone Mason	Raging Bull	The Desolate Collective [313]
December 25	The Alchemist	The Cutting Room Floor 3	ALC [314]
	Gucci Mane	The State vs. Radric Davis II: The Caged Bird Sings	1017 Brick Squad, 101 Distribution [315]
	Wolves (Bix, D-Sisive, Ghettosocks, Muneshine & Timbuktu)	Wolves	Droppin' Science Productions [316]
December 30	Angel Haze	Dirty Gold	Island Records, Republic Records [317]	Singles: "Echelon (It's My Way)"

Highest-charting songs

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis released the hit singles "Thrift Shop", "Can't Hold Us", "Same Love" and "White Walls" during 2013.

Jay-Z released the hit singles "Holy Grail" and "Tom Ford" during 2013.

During 2013, Drake released the hit singles "Started from the Bottom" and "All Me", along with being featured on "Fuckin' Problems", "Love Me", "Poetic Justice" and "No New Friends".

Hip hop singles which peaked in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100

Title	Artist	Peak position
"Thrift Shop"	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz	1
"Can't Hold Us"	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton
"The Monster"	Eminem feat. Rihanna
"Berzerk"	Eminem	3
"Holy Grail"	Jay-Z feat. Justin Timberlake	4
"Started from the Bottom"	Drake	6
"Rap God"	Eminem	7
"Fuckin' Problems"	ASAP Rocky feat. Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar	8
"Love Me"	Lil Wayne feat. Drake and Future	9
"Same Love"	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Mary Lambert	11
"23"	Mike WiLL Made-It featuring Miley Cyrus, Wiz Khalifa & Juicy J
"Bound 2"	Kanye West	12
"White Walls"	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. ScHoolboy Q & Hollis	15
"We Own It (Fast & Furious)"	2 Chainz & Wiz Khalifa	16
"Survival"	Eminem
"Gone"	Kanye West feat. Cam'ron and Consequence	18
"Power Trip"	J. Cole feat. Miguel	19
"My Nigga"	YG feat. Young Jeezy and Rich Homie Quan
"U.O.E.N.O."	Rocko feat. Future and Rick Ross	20
"All Me"	Drake feat. 2 Chainz and Big Sean
"Bad"	Wale feat. Tiara Thomas	21
"Poetic Justice"	Kendrick Lamar feat. Drake	26
"I'm Different"	2 Chainz	27
"Crooked Smile"	J. Cole feat. TLC
"Gas Pedal"	Sage the Gemini feat. Iamsu!	29
"Show Me"	Kid Ink feat. Chris Brown
"No Worries"	Lil Wayne featuring Detail
"Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe"	Kendrick Lamar	32
"Bugatti"	Ace Hood feat. Future and Rick Ross	33
"Don't Drop That Thun Thun!"	FiNaTTicZ	35
"All Gold Everything"	Trinidad James	36
"No New Friends"	DJ Khaled feat. Drake, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne	37
"Rich As Fuck"	Lil Wayne feat. 2 Chainz	38
"Beware"	Big Sean feat. Lil Wayne and Jhené Aiko
"Tom Ford"	Jay-Z	39

Highest first-week sales

Eminem's eighth studio album The Marshall Mathers LP 2 sold 793,000 copies in the United States during its first week of release.

List of top ten albums released in 2013 according to first-week home market sales, as of November 13, 2013

Number	Album	Artist	1st-week sales	1st-week position	Refs
1	The Marshall Mathers LP 2	Eminem	793,000	1	[318]
2	Nothing Was the Same	Drake	658,000	1	[319]
3	Magna Carta Holy Grail	Jay-Z	527,000	1	[320]
4	Yeezus	Kanye West	328,000	1	[321]
5	Born Sinner	J. Cole	298,000	2	[321]
6	I Am Not a Human Being II	Lil Wayne	217,000	2	[322]
7	The Gifted	Wale	158,000	1	[323]
8	Long. Live. ASAP	ASAP Rocky	139,000	1	[324]
9	Indicud	Kid Cudi	139,000	2	[325]
10	Watching Movies with the Sound Off	Mac Miller	102,000	3	[321]

Highest critically reviewed albums

Metacritic

Number	Artist	Album	Average score	Number of reviews	Reference
1	Run the Jewels	Run the Jewels	86	25 reviews	[326]
2	Chance the Rapper	Acid Rap	86	21 reviews	[327]
3	Kanye West	Yeezus	84	46 reviews	[328]
4	Danny Brown	Old	83	30 reviews	[329]
5	Earl Sweatshirt	Doris	82	32 reviews	[330]
6	Pusha T	My Name Is My Name	81	27 reviews	[331]
7	Drake	Nothing Was the Same	79	33 reviews	[332]
8	Ghostface Killah	Twelve Reasons to Die	78	27 reviews	[333]
9	Czarface	Czarface	77	7 reviews	[334]
10	ASAP Rocky	Long. Live. ASAP	75	40 reviews	[335]

AnyDecentMusic?

Number	Artist	Album	Average score	Number of reviews	Reference
1	Danny Brown	Old	8.3	22 reviews	[336]
2	Kanye West	Yeezus	8.2	38 reviews	[337]
3	Chance the Rapper	Acid Rap	8.1	11 reviews	[338]
4	Earl Sweatshirt	Doris	8.0	22 reviews	[339]
5	Ka	The Night's Gambit	7.9	6 reviews	[340]

See also

• Previous article: 2012 in hip-hop
• Next article: 2014 in hip-hop

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