2004 in hip hop music
This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2004.
Released albums
Release Date |
Artist |
Album |
Label |
January 20 |
Dizzee Rascal |
Boy in da Corner |
January 27 |
Twista |
Kamikaze |
February 3 |
Danger Mouse |
The Grey Album |
February 10 |
Kanye West |
The College Dropout |
Roc-A-Fella Records, Def Jam Recordings |
March 1 |
Noah23 & Jaffa Gate |
Ancient Israelites Older Than Anorthosite |
Northstar Imprint[1] |
March 2 |
Cee-Lo Green |
Cee-Lo Green Is The Soul Machine |
Beans |
Now Soon Someday [EP] |
March 3 |
Tunnel Rats |
Tunnel Rats |
Uprok Records |
March 16 |
cLOUDDEAD |
Ten |
March 23 |
Blockhead |
Music By Cavelight |
Cypress Hill |
Till Death Do Us Part |
Columbia Records |
Eyedea & Abilities |
E&A |
Rhymesayers Entertainment |
Madvillain |
Madvillainy |
Stones Throw Records |
MURS & 9th Wonder |
Murs 3:16 The 9th Edition |
Definitive Jux |
N*E*R*D |
Fly or Die |
Star Trak Entertainment |
Skatterman & Snug Brim |
Urban Legendz |
Strange Music |
Usher |
Confessions |
April 6 |
Dark Lotus |
Black Rain |
Psychopathic Records |
Dilated Peoples |
Neighborhood Watch |
Non Phixion |
The Green CD/DVD |
Uncle Howie Records |
April 13 |
Illogic |
Celestial Clockwork |
|
Plague Language |
Farewell Archetypes |
Legendary Entertainment, Plague Language[2] |
April 20 |
Automato |
Automato |
Ghostface Killah |
The Pretty Toney Album |
Def Jam |
April 27 |
D12 |
D12 World |
Shady Records, Interscope Records |
May 4 |
Ill Bill |
What's Wrong with Bill? |
Psycho+Logical-Records |
May 11 |
Gift of Gab |
4th Dimensional Rocketships Going Up |
Quannum Projects |
Pete Rock |
Soul Survivor II |
|
May 18 |
The Streets |
A Grand Don't Come for Free |
Method Man |
Tical 0: The Prequel |
Def Jam |
May 20 |
Lecrae |
Real Talk |
Reach Records |
June 1 |
Masta Killa |
No Said Date |
Nature Sounds |
June 8 |
The X-Ecutioners |
The Revolutions |
Spice 1 |
The Ridah |
June 15 |
Beastie Boys |
To the 5 Boroughs |
Proof |
I Miss the Hip Hop Shop |
Iron Fist Records |
Sabac Red |
Sabacolypse: A Change Gon' Come |
Psycho+Logical-Records |
June 22 |
Erick Sermon |
Chilltown, New York |
Motown |
Jadakiss |
Kiss of Death |
Ruff Ryders Entertainment, Interscope |
June 27 |
Noah23 |
Sigma Octantis |
Legendary Entertainment, Plague Language[3] |
Mitochondrial Blues |
June 29 |
Goodie Mob |
One Monkey Don't Stop No Show |
Headset |
Space Settings |
Lloyd Banks |
The Hunger For More |
G-Unit Records |
Slum Village |
Detroit Deli: A Taste of Detroit |
July 13 |
Project: Deadman |
Self Inflicted |
Strange Music |
The Roots |
The Tipping Point |
Geffen Records |
7L & Esoteric |
DC2: Bars of Death |
Babygrande Records |
July 27 |
Anybody Killa |
Dirty History |
Psychopathic Records |
Bigg Jus |
Black Mamba Serums v2.0 |
Big Dada Recordings |
OuterSpace |
Blood and Ashes |
Babygrande |
August 3 |
Masta Ace |
A Long Hot Summer |
M3 Macmil Music |
MF DOOM |
Venomous Villain [VV:2] |
Insomniac, Inc. |
Theodore Unit |
718 |
|
August 10 |
Brand Nubian |
Fire in the Hole |
Kutt Calhoun |
B.L.E.V.E. |
Strange Music |
Mobb Deep |
Amerikaz Nightmare |
Mr. Hyde |
Barn of the Naked Dead |
Psycho+Logical-Records |
Shyne |
Godfather Buried Alive |
Def Jam |
August 17 |
Northern State |
All City |
213 |
The Hard Way |
Doggystyle Records |
August 24 |
The Foreign Exchange |
Connected |
Barely Breaking Even |
Jedi Mind Tricks |
Legacy of Blood |
Babygrande Records |
Jim Jones |
On My Way to Church |
Diplomat Records, Koch |
Ma$e |
Welcome Back |
Bad Boy Records |
MC Breed |
The New Prescription |
Psychopathic Records |
Young Buck |
Straight Outta Ca$hville |
G-Unit Records |
August 31 |
Insane Clown Posse |
The Wraith: Hell's Pit |
Psychopathic Records |
LL Cool J |
The DEFinition |
Def Jam |
September 7 |
Rob Sonic |
Telicatessen |
Definitive Jux |
September 14 |
Dizzee Rascal |
Showtime |
Nelly |
Sweat |
Derrty Entertainment, Universal Records |
Suit |
September 21 |
Jean Grae |
This Week |
k-os |
Joyful Rebellion |
Lil' Romeo |
Romeoland |
Necro |
The Pre-Fix for Death |
Psycho+Logical-Records |
September 28 |
Heiruspecs |
A Tiger Dancing |
|
Shawnna |
Worth tha Weight |
Disturbing tha Peace, Def Jam |
Talib Kweli |
The Beautiful Struggle |
Rawkus Records |
October 5 |
De La Soul |
The Grind Date |
|
I-20 |
Self Explanatory |
Disturbing tha Peace, Capitol |
October 12 |
Gold Chains And Curly Cie |
When The World Was Our Friend |
Mos Def |
The New Danger |
Rawkus, Geffen |
October 19 |
Beans |
Shock City Maverick |
Bizzy Bone |
Alpha and Omega |
|
Blaze Ya Dead Homie |
Colton Grundy: The Undying |
Psychopathic Records |
Q-Unique |
Vengeance is Mine |
Uncle Howie Records |
October 26 |
Afrika Bambaataa |
Dark Matter: Moving At The Speed Of Light |
Goretex |
The Art of Dying |
Psycho+Logical-Records |
Lateef & the Chief |
Maroons: Ambush |
Quannum Projects |
Trick Daddy |
Thug Matrimony: Married to the Streets |
November 1 |
Noah23 |
Jupiter Sajitarius |
2nd Rec[4] |
November 9 |
Ed O.G. |
My Own Worst Enemy |
Fabolous |
Real Talk |
Handsome Boy Modeling School |
White People |
Ja Rule |
R.U.L.E. |
November 12 |
Eminem |
Encore |
Aftermath Entertainment, Shady Records |
November 16 |
Chingy |
Powerballin' |
Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz |
Crunk Juice |
MF DOOM |
MM..Food |
Rhymesayers Entertainment |
Monoxide Child |
Chainsmoker LP |
Psychopathic Records |
R.A. the Rugged Man |
Die, Rugged Man, Die |
Nature Sounds |
Snoop Dogg |
R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece |
Star Trak Entertainment |
November 23 |
Apathy |
Where's Your Album?!! |
|
The Diplomats |
Diplomatic Immunity 2 |
Diplomat, Koch |
November 30 |
Nas |
Street's Disciple |
Ill Will Records, Columbia |
T.I. |
Urban Legend |
Grand Hustle Records, Atlantic |
December 7 |
Cam'ron |
Purple Haze |
Roc-A-Fella, Diplomat, Def Jam |
Ludacris |
The Red Light District |
Disturbing tha Peace, Def Jam |
December 14 |
Xzibit |
Weapons of Mass Destruction |
Sony Music Urban, Columbia Records |
2Pac |
Loyal to the Game |
Amaru Entertainment |
Highest first-week sales
List of top ten albums released in 2004, according to first-week home market sales.
Number |
Album |
Artist |
1st-week sales |
1st-week position |
1 |
Encore |
Eminem |
710,000 |
1 |
2 |
D12 World |
D12 |
544,000 |
1 |
3 |
The College Dropout |
Kanye West |
441,000 |
2 |
4 |
The Hunger for More |
Lloyd Banks |
433,000 |
1 |
5 |
Suit |
Nelly |
396,000 |
1 |
6 |
Straight Outta Cashville |
Young Buck |
361,000 |
3 |
7 |
To the 5 Boroughs |
Beastie Boys |
360,000 |
1 |
8 |
Sweat |
Nelly |
342,000 |
2 |
9 |
Loyal to the Game |
2Pac |
330,000 |
1 |
10 |
The Red Light District |
Ludacris |
322,000 |
1 |
Highest critically reviewed albums (Metacritic)
See also
References