List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1998 These are the Billboard magazine R&B albums that reached number one in 1998. Chart history[edit] Issue date Album Artist January 3 Live Erykah Badu January 10 My Way Usher January 17 January 24 January 31 Money, Power & Respect The Lox February 7 My Balls and My Word Young Bleed February 14 Anytime Brian McKnight February 21 February 28 March 7 Charge It 2 da Game Silkk the Shocker March 14 March 21 My Homies Scarface March 28 April 4 Life or Death C-Murder April 11 The Pillage Cappadonna April 18 Moment of Truth Gang Starr April 25 I Got the Hook-Up Soundtrack / various artists May 2 May 9 May 16 Capital Punishment Big Pun May 23 There's One in Every Family Fiend May 30 Capital Punishment Big Pun June 6 It's Dark and Hell Is Hot DMX June 13 June 20 June 27 July 4 MP da Last Don Master P July 11 July 18 El Niño Def Squad July 25 Am I My Brother's Keeper Kane & Abel August 1 N.O.R.E. Noreaga August 8 Life in 1472 Jermaine Dupri August 15 August 22 Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told Snoop Dogg August 29 September 5 September 12 The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill September 19 September 26 October 3 October 10 October 17 Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life Jay-Z October 24 October 31 November 7 November 14 R. R. Kelly November 21 Tical 2000: Judgement Day Method Man November 28 Greatest Hits 2Pac December 5 December 12 December 19 December 26 Doc's da Name 2000 Redman See also[edit] 1998 in music R&B number-one hits of 1998 (USA) vteLists of Billboard number-one R&B/hip-hop albums1965–1979 1960 · 1961 · 1962 · 1963 · 1964 · 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980–1999 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000–2019 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020–present 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024