1994 in hip hop music

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.
1994 in music
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List of years in hip hop music

Released albums
Release Date[1] Artist Album
January 4 Frankie Cutlass The Frankie Cutlass Show
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
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 22 5th Ward Boyz Gangsta Funk
Nefertiti Living in Fear of Extinction
Original Flavor Beyond Flavor
March 1 Hammer The Funky Headhunter
March 8 Gang Starr Hard to Earn
Insane Clown Posse Ringmaster
March 15 Maestro Fresh-Wes Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be from Canada?!!
Kronic Da 4 Foot Attack (The EP)
March 22 DFC Things in tha Hood
Dred Scott Breakin' Combs
Vanilla Ice Mind Blowin'
Main Source F*ck 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?
April 18 DJ Kool 20 Minute Workout
April 19 Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five Message from Beat Street: The Best of Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & the Furious Five
Nas Illmatic
Shyheim AKA the Rugged Child
April 26 Volume 10 Hip-Hopera
OutKast Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
May 10 Saafir Boxcar Sessions
South Central Cartel 'N Gatz We Truss
The Backyard Rangers Head for the Hills!!!
Mad Lion Real Ting
May 17 Papa Chuk The Badlands
Kirk Makin' Moves
May 20 12 Gauge 12 Gauge
Ghetto Mafia Draw the Line
Kwest tha Madd Lad This Is My First Album
May 24 8Ball & MJG On the Outside Looking In
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
June 7 MC Breed Funkafied
Warren G Regulate...G Funk Era
June 14 Ant Banks The Big Badass
Da Bush Babees Ambushed
June 21 The Beatnuts Street Level
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony Creepin on ah Come Up
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 12 Above the Law Uncle Sam's Curse
Luke Freak for Life
July 19 Coolio It Takes a Thief
MC Eiht We Come Strapped
July 23 Lighter Shade Of Brown Layin' In The Cut
August 2 Ill Al Skratch Creep Wit' Me
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
August 23 Public Enemy Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age
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.
September 13 Blac Monks Secrets of the Hidden Temple
Bloods & Crips Bangin' on Wax 2... The Saga Continues
Big Daddy Kane Daddy's Home
The Notorious B.I.G. Ready to Die
Rappin' 4-Tay Don't Fight the Feelin'
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
Keith Murray The Most Beautifullest Thing in This World
September 27 PMD Shade Business
October 4 College Boyz Nuthin' Less Nuthin' Mo
Common Resurrection
Paris Guerrilla Funk
October 11 Celly Cel Heat 4 Yo Azz
Thug Life Thug Life: Volume 1
October 18 Death Row Records Murder Was the Case
Digable Planets Blowout Comb
JT the Bigga Figga Dwellin' in tha Labb
O.C. Word...Life
The Coup Genocide & Juice
Twista Resurrection
Scientifik Criminal
Scarface The Diary
October 25 Artifacts Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Fu-Schnickens Nervous Breakdown
Willie D Play Witcha Mama
November 1 Brand Nubian Everything is Everything
Da Lench Mob Planet of da Apes
Lords of the Underground Keepers of the Funk
November 8 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
RBL Posse Ruthless by Law
November 17 Bushwackass How Real Israel?
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
November 25 Triple 6 Mafia Smoked Out, Loced Out
December 6 Black Sheep Non-Fiction
Insane Clown Posse A Carnival Christmas
Unknown Goldy In the Land of Funk
Unknown Seagram Reality Check
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 Indo G and Lil' Blunt The Antidote
Unknown Gangsta Shorties Point of No Return
Unknown Ill All Skratch Creep Wit' Me
Unknown Bottom Posse 2 Saggin' Straight From Hell
Unknown The Legion Theme + Echo = Krill
Unknown Blak Czar Tales From Da Blak Side

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

Highest first-week sales
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

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