2005 in hip hop music

List of years in hip hop music

This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2005.

Released albums

Release Date Artist Album
January 18 The Game The Documentary
January 25 Buck 65 This Right Here Is Buck 65
Geto Boys The Foundation
Spice 1 Dyin' 2 Ball
February 8 Sage Francis A Healthy Distrust
Krayzie Bone Gemini: Good vs. Evil
Mike Ladd Negrophilia: The Album
February 22 A Gun Called Tension A Gun Called Tension
Aesop Rock Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives
Busdriver Fear of a Black Tangent
Jumpsteady Master of the Flying Guillotine
Sole Live from Rome
TRU The Truth
March 1 Pimp C Sweet James Jones Stories
March 3 50 Cent The Massacre
March 7 Sev Statik Slow Burn
March 8 Boom Bip Blue Eyed In The Red Room
March 22 Anybody Killa Road Fools
M.I.A. Arular
The Perceptionists Black Dialogue
Prefuse 73 Surrounded By Silence
March 29 Blueprint 1988
Beanie Sigel The B. Coming
Edan Beauty And The Beat
Will Smith Lost and Found
April 19 Esham A-1 Yola
Roots Manuva Awfully Deep
May 3 Quasimoto The Further Adventures Of Lord Quas
13 & God 13 & God
May 10 Fannypack See You Next Tuesday
May 17 Insane Clown Posse The Calm
Memphis Bleek 534
Nobody And Everything Else...
May 24 Common Be
Gorillaz Demon Days
May 31 Sean Price Monkey Barz
June 14 Odd Nosdam Burner
June 21 9th Wonder & Buckshot Chemistry
Canibus Mind Control
June 27 Kano Home Sweet Home
June 28 Bizarre Hannicap Circus
Twiztid Man's Myth (Vol. 1)
Ying Yang Twins USA (United State Of Atlanta)
July 5 Missy Elliott The Cookbook
July 12 Felt Felt, Vol. 2: A Tribute to Lisa Bonet
July 26 Buck 65 Secret House Against The World
Jeezy Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101
Twiztid Mutant (Vol. 2)
7L & Esoteric Moment of Rarities
August 2 Necro The Sexorcist
August 9 Proof Searching for Jerry Garcia
August 23 Kurupt Against the Grain
Pumpkinhead Orange Moon Over Brooklyn
August 30 Kanye West Late Registration
Tony Yayo Thoughts of a Predicate Felon
September 13 Big Shug Who's Hard?
Bun B Trill
DJ Quik Trauma
Little Brother The Minstrel Show
Smif-n-Wessun Smif 'n' Wessun: Reloaded
U-God Mr. Xcitement
September 20 Cage Hell's Winter
David Banner Certified
September 27 Lil' Kim The Naked Truth
Blackalicious The Craft
October 3 Ms. Dynamite Judgement Days
October 4 Twista The Day After
Atmosphere You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having
Why? Elephant Eyelash
Spice 1 The Truth
Tragedy Khadafi Thug Matrix
October 11 DANGERDOOM The Mouse and the Mask
Warren G In the Mid-Nite Hour
October 18 Black Milk Sound of the City
Circle of Tyrants The Circle of Tyrants
Ninja High School Young Adults Against Science
Rev. Run Distortion
October 25 DJ Muggs and GZA Grandmasters
November 1 Canibus Hip-Hop for Sale
Fatlip The Loneliest Punk
Public Enemy New Whirl Odor
November 8 Bigg Jus Poor People's Day
November 15 Mike Ladd Father Divine
November 22 Talib Kweli Right About Now
Rich Boyz Young Ballers: The Hood Been Good to Us
December 6 Eminem Curtain Call: The Hits
Lil Wayne Tha Carter II

Highest first-week sales

List of top ten albums with the highest first-week
Number Album Artist 1st-week sales 1st-week position Refs
1 The Massacre 50 Cent 1,140,000 1
2 Late Registration Kanye West 860,000 1
3 The Documentary The Game 586,000 1
4 Curtain Call: The Hits Eminem 441,000 1
5 Get Rich Or Die Tryin' OST Various Artists 317,000 2
6 Tha Carter II Lil Wayne 254,000 2
7 Thoughts Of A Predicate Felon Tony Yayo 214,000 2
8 U.S.A. (United State of Atlanta) Ying Yang Twins 201,000 2
9 Be Common 185,000 2
10 The Cookbook Missy Elliott 176,000 2

Highest critically reviewed albums (Metacritic)

Number Artist Album Average score Number of reviews Reference
1 M.I.A. Arular 88 33 reviews [1]
2 Kanye West Late Registration 85 31 reviews [2]
3 Edan Beauty And The Beat 85 18 reviews [3]
4 Common Be 83 26 reviews [4]
5 Gorillaz Demon Days 82 37 reviews [5]
6 DangerDoom The Mouse And The Mask 81 34 reviews [6]
7 Blackalicious The Craft 80 22 reviews
8 13 & God 13 & God 80 20 reviews
9 Roots Manuva Awfully Deep 80 19 reviews
10 Quasimoto The Further Adventures of Lord Quas 79 23 reviews

See also

References

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