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| Top Dawg Entertainment discography | |
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| Studio albums | 24 |
| Compilation albums | 2 |
| Music videos | 84 |
| EPs | 6 |
| Singles | 37 |
| Mixtapes | 17 |
The discography of Top Dawg Entertainment, an American independent record label, consists of 26 studio albums, 2 compilation album, 6 extended plays (EP), 17 mixtapes, 37 singles and 84 music videos. Overall the label has sold more than three million records in the US alone.
The following is a list of albums released through Top Dawg Entertainment. Additional record label involvement is also specified.
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| 2011 | ScHoolboy Q – Setbacks
| 100 | 25 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Ab-Soul – Longterm Mentality
| 189 | 73 | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
Kendrick Lamar – Section.80
| 113 | 21 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Jay Rock – Follow Me Home
| 83 | 18 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2012 | ScHoolboy Q – Habits & Contradictions
| 111 | 25 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Ab-Soul – Control System
| 91 | 12 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 57 | 7 | 38 | 16 | 2 |
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| 2014 | ScHoolboy Q – Oxymoron
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 123 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 4 |
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Ab-Soul – These Days...
| 11 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 96 | 7 |
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| 2015 | Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
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Jay Rock – 90059
| 16 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 |
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| 2016 | ScHoolboy Q – Blank Face LP
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 87 | 5 | — | 36 | 5 |
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Isaiah Rashad – The Sun's Tirade
| 17 | 4 | 2 | — | 39 | 199 | 21 | 62 | 116 | 16 |
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Lance Skiiiwalker – Introverted Intuition
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Ab-Soul – Do What Thou Wilt.
| 34 | 9 | 6 | — | — | — | 48 | — | — | — |
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| 2017 | Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
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SZA – Ctrl
| 3 | 2 | — | 40 | 11 | 166 | 15 | 96 | 50 | 11 |
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| 2018 | SiR – November
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Jay Rock – Redemption
| 13 | 9 | 8 | 37 | 20 | — | 33 | 68 | 72 | — |
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Reason – There You Have It
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| 2019 | ScHoolboy Q – CrasH Talk
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 50 | 6 | 17 | 27 | — | ||||||||
SiR – Chasing Summer
| 64 | 33 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 2020 | Reason – New Beginnings
| 167 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 2021 | Isaiah Rashad – The House Is Burning
| 7 | 4 | — | 32 | 13 | — | 12 | 28 | 55 | 36 | ||||||||
| 2022 | Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
SZA – SOS
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | RIAA: GOLD | US:500.000 | |||||||
Ab-Soul – Herbert
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| 2023 | Lance Skiiiwalker – Audiodidactic
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| 2024 | ScHoolboy Q – Blue Lips
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| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | ||||||||
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| US | US R&B | US Rap | AUS | CAN | NZ | SWI | UK | UK R&B | |||
| 2016 | Kendrick Lamar – untitled unmastered.
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 |
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| 2018 | Various Artists – Black Panther: The Album
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | - | - |
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| 2009 | Kendrick Lamar – Kendrick Lamar
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| 2014 | Isaiah Rashad – Cilvia Demo
| 40 | 9 | 6 | — | 30 |
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SZA – Z
| 39 | 9 | — | 197 | 32 |
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| 2016 | SiR – HER
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| 2017 | SiR – HER TOO
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| 2019 | Zacari – Run Wild Run Free
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| 2021 | Ray Vaughn – Peer Pressure
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| 2021 | Lance Skiiwalker – Tales From the Telescope Chapter 1: Rebirth
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| 2021 | Lance Skiiwalker – Tales From The Telescope Chapter 2: Internal Shine
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| 2022 | Doechii – she / her / black bitch
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| Year | Album details |
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| 2006 | Jay Rock - Watts Finest Vol. I
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Jay Rock - Watts Finest Vol. II: The Nickerson Files
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| 2007 | Kendrick Lamar - Training Day(as K.Dot)
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Jay Rock - Watts Finest Vol. III: The Watts Riots
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Jay Rock & Kendrick Lamar - No Sleep 'Til NYC
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| 2008 | Top Dawg - Do It Nigga Squad Vol. 1
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Jay Rock - Coming Soon to a Hood Near You
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| 2009 | Ab-Soul - Longterm [10]
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Kendrick Lamar - C4 (as K.Dot)
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Jay Rock - Coming Soon 2 a Hood Near You
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Schoolboy Q - Gangsta & Soul [11]
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Top Dawg - All Rize to tha Top [12]
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Jay Rock - Gudda Muzik
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| 2010 | Jay Rock - From Hood Tales to the Cover of XXL
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Ab-Soul - Longterm 2: Lifestyles of the Broke and Almost Famous [13]
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Kendrick Lamar – Overly Dedicated
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Jay Rock – Black Friday
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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| US | US R&B | US Rap | AUS | BEL (FL) | CAN | FRA | NZ | UK | UK R&B | ||||
| "All My Life (In the Ghetto)" Jay Rock (featuring Lil Wayne & will.i.am) | 2008 | — | 110 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Follow Me Home | |
| "Hood Gone Love It" Jay Rock (featuring Kendrick Lamar) | 2011 | — | 118 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "HiiiPower" Kendrick Lamar | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Section.80 | ||
| "Druggy's wit Hoes Again" Schoolboy Q (featuring Ab-Soul) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Habits & Contradictions | ||
| "Hands on the Wheel" Schoolboy Q (featuring A$AP Rocky) | 2012 | — | 105 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "The Recipe" Kendrick Lamar (featuring Dr. Dre) | 103 | 38 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | good kid, m.A.A.d city | ||
| "Swimming Pools (Drank)" Kendrick Lamar | 17 | 3 | 1 | 67 | — | 99 | 59 | — | 57 | 11 |
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| "Backseat Freestyle" Kendrick Lamar | 2013 | 106 | 29 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | 79 | 17 | ||
| "Poetic Justice" Kendrick Lamar (featuring Drake) | 26 | 8 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "You're Gone" Ab-Soul (featuring JMSN) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single | ||
| "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe" Kendrick Lamar | 32 | 9 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 178 | 28 | good kid, m.A.A.d city | ||
| "Yay Yay" Schoolboy Q | — | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Oxymoron | ||
| "Collard Greens" Schoolboy Q (featuring Kendrick Lamar) | 92 | 28 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | 184 | — | |||
| "Man of the Year" Schoolboy Q | 62 | 16 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Break the Bank" Schoolboy Q | 2014 | 115 | 32 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Studio" Schoolboy Q (featuring BJ The Chicago Kid) | 38 | 10 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "i" Kendrick Lamar | 39 | 11 | 8 | 48 | — | 61 | 68 | 31 | 20 | 3 | To Pimp a Butterfly | ||
| "Hell of a Night" Schoolboy Q | — | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Oxymoron | ||
| "Pay for It" Jay Rock (featuring Kendrick Lamar) | — | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single | ||
| "The Blacker the Berry" Kendrick Lamar | 2015 | 66 | 25 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | 83 | 13 | To Pimp a Butterfly | |
| "King Kunta" Kendrick Lamar | 58 | 20 | 11 | 32 | 15 | 52 | 80 | 24 | 56 | 9 | |||
| "Money Trees Deuce" Jay Rock | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 90059 | ||
| "Gumbo" Jay Rock | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Alright" Kendrick Lamar | 81 | 24 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | 109 | 20 | To Pimp a Butterfly | ||
| "90059" Jay Rock (featuring Lance Skiiiwalker) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 90059 | ||
| "Nelly" Isaiah Rashad | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single | ||
| "These Walls" Kendrick Lamar | 94 | 34 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | 77 | — | To Pimp a Butterfly | ||
| "Smile" Isaiah Rashad | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single | |
| "untitled 07 - levitate" Kendrick Lamar | 90 | 27 | 16 | — | — | — | 197 | — | 93 | 20 | Untitled Unmastered | ||
| "Groovy Tony" Schoolboy Q | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Blank Face | ||
| "That Part" Schoolboy Q (featuring Kanye West) | 40 | 13 | 8 | — | — | 51 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Free Lunch" Isaiah Rashad | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Sun's Tirade | ||
| "Huey Knew" Ab-Soul (featuring Da$H) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Do What Thou Wilt. | ||
| "Braille" Ab-Soul (featuring Bas) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "All The Stars" Kendrick Lamar & SZA | 2018 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Black Panther: The Album | |
| "King's Dead" Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Future & James Blake | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Pray For Me" Kendrick Lamar (featuring The Weeknd) | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
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Johnny Reed McKinzie Jr., better known by his stage name Jay Rock, is an American rapper. Born and raised in Los Angeles, he signed to the local independent label Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) in 2005. Through the label, he secured a major label deal with Warner Bros. Records and Asylum Records to release his 2008 debut single, "All My Life ". Failing to chart, the mergers fell through and Rock departed from both of the latter labels shortly after. He then signed with Missouri rapper Tech N9ne's label Strange Music, in a joint venture deal with TDE in 2011.
Follow Me Home is the debut studio album by American hip hop recording artist Jay Rock; it was released on July 26, 2011, under Top Dawg Entertainment and Strange Music. The album was preceded by two singles; "All My Life " and "Hood Gone Love It".
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Black Friday is the eighth mixtape by American hip hop recording artist Jay Rock. It was released on November 26, 2010, for free download and then on December 7, 2010, via iTunes and Amazon.com, under Top Dawg Entertainment. It was Jay Rock's last mixtape before the release of his debut studio album Follow Me Home.
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Black Hippy was an American hip hop supergroup from South Los Angeles, California, formed in 2008. The group consisted of West Coast rappers Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar and ScHoolboy Q. Black Hippy was constructed after all of its members had signed to Carson-based indie record label, Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE).
Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) is an American independent record label. Specializing in hip hop and R&B artists, TDE is based in Carson, California. The label was founded in 2004 by record producer Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith, who is the chief executive officer. His son, Anthony "Moosa" Tiffith Jr., and Terrence "Punch" Henderson are the presidents of the label.
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Herbert Anthony Stevens IV, better known by his stage name Ab-Soul, is an American rapper. Raised in Carson, California, he signed to indie record label Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) in 2007, where he eventually formed West Coast hip hop group Black Hippy, alongside fellow California-based rappers Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar and Schoolboy Q. He is perhaps most known for his introspective lyrics and his five independent albums under TDE, Longterm Mentality, Control System, These Days..., Do What Thou Wilt., and Herbert, which were all released to positive reviews and commercial success.
Longterm Mentality is the debut studio album by American hip hop recording artist Ab-Soul. It was released on April 5, 2011, by Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE), exclusively to digital retailers, serving as Ab-Soul's debut retail release. The album features guest appearances from Jhené Aiko, Schoolboy Q, Kendrick Lamar, Punch, Alori Joh, JaVonté, MURS, BJ the Chicago Kid and Pat Brown, with the production from American hip hop record producers such as Tae Beast, Ayiro, Sounwave, AAyhasis, Context, Alexis Carrington and Tommy Black. Upon its release, the album was highly acclaimed by music critics.
Overly Dedicated is the fourth solo mixtape by American rapper Kendrick Lamar, released on September 14, 2010, via Top Dawg Entertainment. The album features guest appearances from Dash Snow, Jhené Aiko, Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, Ash Riser, Dom Kennedy and Murs, among others. The album's production was handled by several TDE in-house producers, including King Blue, Sounwave, Tae Beast and Willie B; other producers such as Tommy Black, Jairus "J-Mo" Mozee, and Wyldfyer, also contributed production. The mixtape had sold a total of 12,000 copies as of October 2012.
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Digi+Phonics is an African American hip hop production team, composed of California-based record producers Tae Beast, Sounwave, Dave Free and Willie B. They currently serve as the main in-house producers for Carson-based record label, Top Dawg Entertainment. Digi+Phonics work significantly on projects from all the members of hip hop supergroup Black Hippy, who are also signed to Top Dawg and is composed of rappers Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Schoolboy Q, and Ab-Soul. Their best known productions include "Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe" by Kendrick Lamar, "There He Go" by Schoolboy Q, and "Terrorist Threats" by Ab-Soul. They frequently co-produce songs together and put the finishing touches on the projects released by Top Dawg Entertainment.
"The Heart Part 4" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Kendrick Lamar. It was released on March 23, 2017, by Top Dawg Entertainment. The track features uncredited vocals from American singer Khalid. The song contains samples from "Don't Tell a Lie about Me and I Won't Tell the Truth on You" by James Brown and "I Love You" by Faith Evans.
Terrence Louis Henderson Jr., better known by his stage name Punch, is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer and record executive from Carson, California. He is best known for being the president of independent record label Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE). He has also executive produced several successful albums, including Kendrick Lamar's Section.80 (2011), Schoolboy Q's Habits & Contradictions (2012), Terrace Martin's 3ChordFold, (2013) and more. Aside from his solo musical career, Punch is a member of hip hop collective A Room Full of Mirrors, alongside fellow rappers Daylyt, Nick Grant, The Ichiban Don, Lyric Michelle, Hari, and more.
Zacari Moses Pacaldo I, known mononymously as Zacari, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, and multi-instrumentalist. He is signed to Top Dawg Entertainment and released his EP Run Wild Run Free on March 15, 2019.
Derek Ali, better known by his moniker MixedByAli, is an American mixing engineer. His career began in Los Angeles in the late 2000s recording and mixing for Top Dawg Entertainment artists Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, SZA and more recently Bas, Nipsey Hussle, Snoop Dogg and many others.