1992 in hip hop music

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This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 1992.

Released albums[edit]

Release Date[1] Artist Album
January 22 South Central Cartel South Central Madness
January 28 Brothers Uv Da Blakmarket Ruff Life
February 4 Sir Mix-a-Lot Mack Daddy
True Culture Rude Boys Come to Play
February 11 Lord Finesse Return of the Funky Man
Luke I Got Shit on My Mind
February 16 Natas Life after Death
February 25 Boogie Down Productions Sex and Violence
Fu-Schnickens F.U. Don't Take It Personal
Original Flavor This Is How It Is
February 26 Ganksta N-I-P The South Park Psycho
March 3 The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury
The A.T.E.E.M. A Hero Ain't Nuttin' But a Sandwich
March 10 Da Youngsta's Somethin 4 Da Youngsta's
Hard Knocks School of Hard Knocks
March 17 Ultramagnetic MCs Funk Your Head Up
Crusaders For Real Hip-Hop Deja Vu, It's '82
Sister Souljah 360 Degrees of Power
March 24 Arrested Development 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of...
Chi-Ali The Fabulous Chi-Ali
March 27 Divine Styler Spiral Walls Containing Autumns of Light
March 31 Kris Kross Totally Krossed Out
April 4 Various Artists Deep Cover
April 7 College Boyz Radio Fusion Radio
Das EFX Dead Serious
Poison Clan Poisonous Mentality
The Future Sound The Whole Shabang, Vol. 1
Red Hot Lover Tone Red Hot Lover Lover Tone
April 9 Esham Judgement Day
April 14 Spice 1 Spice 1
April 16 X-Raided Psycho Active
Totally Insane Direct from the Backstreet
April 20 Pooh-Man Funky As I Wanna Be
April 21 Beastie Boys Check Your Head
Kid Frost East Side Story
Master P Mama's Bad Boy
April 28 Doug E. Fresh Doin' What I Gotta Do
Kid Sensation The Power of Rhyme
Penthouse Players Clique Paid the Cost
UGK The Southern Way
May 5 Gang Starr Daily Operation
May 7 The Click Down and Dirty
May 12 MC Breed 20 Below
Basehead Play with Toys
May 19 Father MC Close to You
X Clan Xodus
June 1 Prince Johnny C It's Been a Long Rhyme Coming
Raheem The Invincible
Seagram The Dark Roads
June 2 Mellow Man Ace The Brother with Two Tongues
K-Solo Time's Up
June 9 Pete Rock & CL Smooth Mecca and the Soul Brother
Tung Twista Runnin' Off at da Mouth
June 22 Busy Bee Starski Thank God for Busy Bee
June 23 Eric B. & Rakim Don't Sweat the Technique
N2Deep Back to the Hotel
Yo-Yo Black Pearl
June 30 MC Ren Kizz My Black Azz
July 14 Too Short Shorty the Pimp
July 15 Fresh Kid Ice The Chinaman
July 21 DJ Quik Way 2 Fonky
House of Pain House of Pain
July 28 EPMD Business Never Personal
August 1 UGK Banned
August 3 Brand New Heavies Heavy Rhyme Experience, Vol. 1
August 4 The Poetess Simply Poetry
August 11 Prince Markie Dee Free
Double X Posse Put Ya Boots On
August 25 MC Serch Return of the Product
September 1 Chubb Rock I Gotta Get Mine Yo
September 4 Big Mello Bone Hard Zaggin
September 8 Bushwick Bill Little Big Man
Willie D I'm Goin' Out Lika Soldier
September 10 JT the Bigga Figga Don't Stop til We Major
September 14 Funky Aztecs Chicano Blues
September 15 Public Enemy Greatest Misses
September 16 RBL Posse A Lesson to Be Learned
September 22 Da Lench Mob Guerillas in tha Mist
Redman Whut? Thee Album
Diamond D Stunts, Blunts & Hip Hop
Showbiz & A.G. Runaway Slave
September 29 Compton's Most Wanted Music to Driveby
Lighter Shade Of Brown Hip Hop Locos
September 30 Little Shawn The Voice In the Mirror
October 6 Common Sense Can I Borrow a Dollar?
October 18 Insane Clown Posse Carnival of Carnage
October 20 Grand Puba Reel to Reel
October 21 Paperboy The Nine Yards
October 25 Roxanne Shante The Bitch Is Back
November 3 Positive K The Skills Dat Pay da Bills
The Goats Tricks of the Shade
November 10 UGK Too Hard to Swallow
November 17 Geto Boys Uncut Dope: Geto Boys' Best
Ice Cube The Predator
The Dogs K-9 Bass
November 20 O.F.T.B. Straight Up Watts
November 24 Kool G Rap & DJ Polo Live and Let Die
Paris Sleeping with the Enemy
The Pharcyde Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
December 12 Heavy D & the Boyz Blue Funk
December 15 Dr. Dre The Chronic
Eazy-E 5150: Home 4 tha Sick
Proper Dos Mexican Power
Unknown Whistle Get the Love
Unknown Choice Stick-n-Moove
Unknown C-Funk I'm Out 2 Stoages
Unknown Toddy Tee Living on the Edge of Insanity (The Life Album)
Unknown Hard Knocks School Of Hard Knocks
Unknown Mac Dre Back n da Hood
Unknown A.L.T. Another Latin Timebomb
Unknown Bronx Style Bob Grandma's Ghost
Unknown Insane Poetry Grim Reality
Unknown Gregory D The Real Deal
Unknown Lifers Group Living Proof
Unknown Grandmaster Caz The Grandest of Them All
Unknown Point Blank Prone to Bad Dreams

Highest-charting singles[edit]

Hip hop singles from any year which charted in the 1992 Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100[2]
Song Artist Project Peak position
"Jump" Kris Kross Totally Krossed Out 1
"Baby Got Back" Sir Mix-a-Lot Mack Daddy
"Jump Around" House of Pain House of Pain 3
"2 Legit 2 Quit" MC Hammer Too Legit to Quit 5
"Tennessee" Arrested Development 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of... 6
"Addams Groove" MC Hammer The Addams Family 7
"People Everyday" Arrested Development 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of... 8
"Warm It Up" Kris Kross Totally Krossed Out 13
"Mind Playing Tricks on Me" Geto Boys We Can't Be Stopped 23

See also[edit]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Top 100 Hip-Hop Albums of 1992".
  2. ^ "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.
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