1994 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 1994.

Nas' landmark Illmatic album is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential albums of all time.

Released albums

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Release Date[1] Artist Album
January 4 Frankie Cutlass The Frankie Cutlass Show
5ive-O If U R Not Part Uv Da Solution...
January 8 Natas Blaz4me
January 11 No Description Given Game and the Player
Shadz of Lingo A View to a Kill
Sham & The Professor Split Personalities
January 18 Kurious A Constipated Monkey
Yaggfu Front Action Packed Adventure
January 21 DJ Krush Krush
Mysterme & DJ 20/20 Let Me Explain
January 25 The U.M.C.'s Unleashed
Spark 950 & Timbo King United We Slam
January 28 Insane Clown Posse Ringmaster
February 1 Casual Fear Itself
Coughee Brothaz Fadanuf Fa Erybody!!
E.S.G. Ocean of Funk
Fugees Blunted on Reality
Schoolly D Welcome to America
February 8 Beastie Boys Some Old Bullshit
Down South Lost In Brooklyn
A.D.O.R. The Concrete
February 18 Kish A Nation Of Hoods
February 21 Treacherous Three Old School Flava
February 22 5th Ward Boyz Gangsta Funk
Nefertiti L.I.F.E. (Living in Fear of Extinction)
Original Flavor Beyond Flavor
March 1 MC Hammer The Funky Headhunter
March 8 Gang Starr Hard to Earn
S.N.O.P. (Some Nuts Outtha Projects) Nuttin' All Over Your Face
March 15 Kronic Da 4 Foot Attack (The EP)
March 22 DFC Things in tha Hood
Dred Scott Breakin' Combs
Various Artists Above the Rim (soundtrack)
Vanilla Ice Mind Blowin'
Main Source Fuck What You Think
March 29 Kool G Rap Killer Kuts
April 5 The Roots From the Ground Up
M.O.P. To the Death
April 12 Kokane Funk Upon a Rhyme
Mystidious Misfitss A Who Dat?
Mad Flava From Tha Ground Unda
April 16 Maestro Fresh Wes Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be from Canada?!!
April 18 DJ Kool 20 Minute Workout
April 19 Nas Illmatic
Shyheim AKA the Rugged Child
April 26 Ghetto Mafia Draw the Line
Volume 10 Hip-Hopera
Outkast Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
Anotha Level On Anotha Level
May 10 Ant Banks The Big Badass
Saafir Boxcar Sessions
South Central Cartel 'N Gatz We Truss
The Backyard Rangers Head for the Hills!!!
May 17 Papa Chuk The Badlands
Kirk Makin' Moves
Tha Mexakinz Zig Zag
May 20 12 Gauge 12 Gauge
Kwest tha Madd Lad This Is My First Album
May 24 Ahmad Ahmad
Heavy D & the Boyz Nuttin' but Love
Jeru the Damaja The Sun Rises in the East
Master P The Ghetto's Tryin' to Kill Me!
Top Quality Magnum Opus
May 31 69 Boyz 199Quad
Beastie Boys Ill Communication
Seagram Reality Check
June 7 MC Breed Funkafied
Warren G Regulate... G Funk Era
Villain Skanless but True
June 14 Arrested Development Zingalamaduni
June 21 The Beatnuts The Beatnuts: Street Level
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony Creepin' on ah Come Up
Terminator X Super Bad
Big Mello Wegonefunkwichamind
Grand Daddy I.U. Lead Pipe
June 28 Nice & Smooth Jewel of the Nile
Da Brat Funkdafied
Big Mike Somethin' Serious
House of Pain Same as It Ever Was
June 30 Marvaless Ghetto Blues
July 1 Biz Markie Biz's Baddest Beats
July 5 Fesu War with No Mercy
July 12 Above the Law Uncle Sam's Curse
Luke Freak for Life
July 19 Coolio It Takes a Thief
Fesu War With No Mercy
MC Eiht We Come Strapped
Sir Mix-a-Lot Chief Boot Knocka
July 26 Lighter Shade of Brown Layin' in the Cut
Kwamé Incognito
Rappin' 4-Tay Don't Fight the Feelin'
August 2 Ill Al Skratch Creep Wit' Me
Sinister Mobbin' 4 Life
August 5 Insane Clown Posse The Terror Wheel
August 9 Gravediggaz 6 Feet Deep
Boogiemonsters Riders of the Storm: The Underwater Album
August 16 Organized Konfusion Stress: The Extinction Agenda
Champ MC Ghetto Flava
Bustin' Melonz Watch Ya Seeds Pop Out
Funk Daddy Funk U Right on Up
August 23 Public Enemy Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age
Menajahtwa Cha-licious
August 30 UGK Super Tight
The Legion Theme + Echo = Krill
September 3 G-Slimm Four Deuces & Trays
September 6 Dru Down Explicit Game
Flatlinerz U.S.A.
Society Yes N' Deed (The E.P.)
September 13 Blac Monks Secrets of the Hidden Temple
Bloods & Crips Bangin' on Wax 2... The Saga Continues
Big Daddy Kane Daddy's Home
Freak Nasty Freak Nasty
The Notorious B.I.G. Ready to Die
Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock Break of Dawn
September 20 Craig Mack Project Funk da World
Da Youngsta's No Mercy
The Goats No Goats, No Glory
September 26 Thug Life Thug Life: Volume 1
September 27 Eightball & MJG On the Outside Looking In
PMD Shade Business
October 4 College Boyz Nuttin' Less Nuttin' Mo'
Common Sense Resurrection
Dream Warriors Subliminal Simulation
Paris Guerrilla Funk
KSquad Realmz Of Da Bushez
October 11 Celly Cel Heat 4 Yo Azz
Simple E Colouz Uv Sound
October 18 Digable Planets Blowout Comb
Various Artists Murder Was the Case
O.C. Word...Life
The Coup Genocide & Juice
Scarface The Diary
Twista Resurrection
Scientifik Criminal
October 25 Artifacts Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Fu-Schnickens Nervous Breakdown
Extra Prolific Like It Should Be
Lil' ½ Dead The Dead Has Arisen
Willie D Play Witcha Mama
Boogie Under da Influenz
Quo Quo
Blak Czer Tales from da Blak Side
November 1 Brand Nubian Everything Is Everything
Da Lench Mob Planet of da Apes
Lords of the Underground Keepers of the Funk
November 8 Doctor Dré & Ed Lover Back Up Off Me!
Goldy In the Land of Funk
Keith Murray The Most Beautifullest Thing in This World
Kool Moe Dee Interlude
Pete Rock & CL Smooth The Main Ingredient
Shaquille O'Neal Shaq Fu: Da Return
November 15 Method Man Tical
N2Deep 24-7-365
K-Dee Ass, Gas, or Cash (No One Rides for Free)
RBL Posse Ruthless by Law
November 17 Bushwackass How Real Israel?
Al Kapone Sinista Funk
November 22 Esham Closed Casket
Ice Cube Bootlegs & B-Sides
Redman Dare Iz a Darkside
Sha-Key A Head Nadda's Journey To Adidi Skizm
Slick Rick Behind Bars
Spice 1 AmeriKKKa's Nightmare
November 25 Three 6 Mafia Smoked Out, Loced Out
December 6 Black Sheep Non-Fiction
Da Bush Babees Ambushed
Insane Clown Posse A Carnival Christmas
Various Artists Street Fighter (soundtrack)
Unknown Pooh-Man Ain't No Love
Unknown Michael Peace Outta Control
Unknown San Quinn Live N Direct
Unknown Gangsta Blac Breakin' the Law
Unknown Gangsta Shorties Point of No Return
Unknown Hard 2 Obtain Ism & Blues
Unknown Bottom Posse 2 Saggin' Straight From Hell
Unknown Blackalicious Melodica
Unknown Blak Czar Tales From Da Blak Side

Highest-charting singles

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Hip hop singles which charted in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100
Title Artist Peak position
"Regulate" Warren G featuring Nate Dogg 2
"Fantastic Voyage" Coolio 3
"What a Man" Salt-N-Pepa feat. En Vogue
"Funkdafied" Da Brat 6
"Getto Jam" Domino 7
"Gin and Juice" Snoop Dogg 8
"Who Am I? (What's My Name?)"
"Tootsee Roll" 69 Boyz
"Flava in Ya Ear" Craig Mack 9
"This D.J." Warren G
"Keep Ya Head Up" 2Pac 12
"U Better Recognize" Sam Sneed 16
"Got Me Waiting" Heavy D 20
"Thuggish Ruggish Bone" Bone Thugs-n-Harmony 22
"Bop Gun (One Nation)" Ice Cube featuring George Clinton 23
"Born to Roll" Masta Ace Incorporated
"Back in the Day" Ahmad 26
"Pumps and a Bump" MC Hammer
"Juicy" The Notorious B.I.G. 27
"Sweet Potatoe Pie" Domino
"You Know How We Do It" Ice Cube 30
"None of Your Business" Salt-N-Pepa 32
"Heaven 'n Hell"
"Give It Up" Public Enemy 33
"Playaz Club" Rappin' 4-Tay 36
"Get Down" Craig Mack 37
"Fa All Y'all" Da Brat
"I Seen a Man Die" Scarface
"Player's Ball" Outkast
"Nuttin' But Love" Heavy D 40

Highest first-week sales

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List of top ten albums with the highest first-week home market sales of 1994
Number Album Artist 1st-week sales 1st-week position Refs
1 Murder Was the Case Various Artist 329,000 1 West Coast Hip Hop
2 Creepin on ah Come Up Bone Thugs-N-Harmony 220,000 12 Midwest Hip Hop
3 Regulate... G Funk Era Warren G 176,000 2 West Coast Hip Hop
4 Tical Method Man 120,000 4 East Coast Hip Hop

See also

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1994 hip hop records.

References

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  1. ^ "The Top 125 Hip-Hop Albums of 1994".
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