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This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 1997.

LL Cool J released Phenomenon , his seventh album in 1997, which earned an RIAA platinum certification.

Released albums

Release Date[1] Artist Album Notes
January 14 Various Artists Rhyme & Reason: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
January 28 Camp Lo Uptown Saturday Night
Various Artists West Coast Bad Boyz II
February 4 Kool Keith Sex Style
C-Bo One Life 2 Live
February 11 Frankie Cutlass Politics & Bullshit
Funkmaster Flex The Mix Tape, Vol. II
February 18 Luniz Bootlegs & B-Sides
TRU Tru 2 da Game
March 11 Ghetto Mafia Straight from the Dec
Scarface The Untouchable
  • Certified Platinum
March 25 The Notorious B.I.G. Life After Death
Warren G Take a Look Over Your Shoulder
Tracey Lee Many Facez
April 8 3X Crazy Stackin' Chips
Big Mike Still Serious
Crime Boss Conflicts & Confusion
Us3 Broadway & 52nd
April 15 Artifacts That's Them
April 22 Ill Al Skratch Keep It Movin'
May 6 Steady Mobb'n Pre-Meditated Drama
May 13 Juvenile Solja Rags
May 20 Boot Camp Clik For the People
KRS-One I Got Next
Various Artists I'm Bout It
June Esham Bruce Wayne: Gothom City 1987
June 3 Wu-Tang Clan Wu-Tang Forever
Jungle Brothers Raw Deluxe
World-famous Beat Junkies The World Famous Beat Junkies Volume 1
Teflon My Will
June 10 Mike Ladd Easy Listening 4 Armageddon
June 17 Capone-N-Noreaga The War Report
Lil' Keke Don't Mess wit Texas
The Lost Boyz Love, Peace & Nappiness
Boogiemonsters God Sound
June 24 The Beatnuts Stone Crazy
Craig Mack Operation: Get Down
Cru Da Dirty 30
Insane Clown Posse The Great Milenko
Twista Adrenaline Rush
Mia X Unlady Like
The Lady of Rage Necessary Roughness
July 1 B.G. It's All on U, Vol. 1
Ghetto Twiinz In That Water
July 15 DJ Pooh Bad Newz Travels Fast
Missy Elliott Supa Dupa Fly
July 22 Company Flow Funcrusher Plus[2]
Puff Daddy & the Family No Way Out
July 29 Bone Thugs-n-Harmony The Art of War
D-Shot Six Figures
Rampage Scout's Honor... By Way of Blood
Trick Daddy Based On A True Story
August 5 Atmosphere Overcast!
Killarmy Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars
Mr. Serv-On Life Insurance
Various Artists How to Be a Player
August 12 Hed PE Hed PE
August 15 Aesop Rock Music for Earthworms
August 19 O.C. Jewelz
Royal Flush Ghetto Millionaire
August 26 Coolio My Soul
Diamond D Hatred, Passions and Infidelity
Latryx The Album
The Mossie Have Heart Have Money
Tha Alkaholiks Likwidation
September 2 Master P Ghetto D
September 16 Gravediggaz The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel
Mack 10 Based on a True Story
Busta Rhymes When Disaster Strikes...
September 23 EPMD Back in Business
MC Breed Flatline
Organized Konfusion The Equinox
The X-Ecutioners X-Pressions
No I.D. Accept Your Own and Be Yourself (The Black Album)
September 30 Common One Day It'll All Make Sense
RBL Posse An Eye for an Eye
October Natas Multikillionaire: The Devil's Contract
October 14 Kinfusion Da Unhatched Breed
Jurassic 5 Jurassic 5
LL Cool J Phenomenon
Rawkus Records Soundbombing
October 21 The Firm The Album
Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz Get Crunk, Who U Wit: Da Album
Salt-n-Pepa Brand New
October 28 Hot Boys Get It How U Live!
Luniz Lunitik Muzik[3]
Mase Harlem World
Mood Doom
Psycho Realm The Psycho Realm
Spice 1 The Black Bossalini
November 4 Jay-Z In My Lifetime, Vol. 1
Jedi Mind Tricks The Psycho-Social, Chemical, Biological & Electro-Magnetic Manipulation of Human Consciousness
Mic Geronimo Vendetta
Rakim The 18th Letter
  • Certified Gold
Three 6 Mafia Chapter 2: World Domination
November 10 MC Lyte Badder Than B-Fore
November 11 B.G. It's All on U, Vol. 2
Luniz Lunitik Muzik
  • Certified Gold
Luke Changin' the Game
MC Eiht Last Man Standing
Mystikal Unpredictable
Timbaland & Magoo Welcome to Our World
November 18 5th Ward Boyz Usual Suspects
Del the Funky Homosapien Future Development
MJG No More Glory
November 25 DFC The Whole World's Rotten
Twiztid Mostasteless
Will Smith Big Willie Style
2Pac R U Still Down? (Remember Me)
December 16 Eminem Slim Shady EP
Ice Cube Featuring...Ice Cube
December 23 8Ball & MJG Lyrics of a Pimp

Highest-charting singles

Hip hop singles which charted in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100
Title Artist Peak position
"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" P. Diddy feat. Mase 1
"I'll Be Missing You" P. Diddy feat. Faith Evans & 112
"Hypnotize" The Notorious B.I.G.
"Mo Money Mo Problems" The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy & Mase
"It's All About the Benjamins" P. Diddy feat. Lil' Kim, The Lox & The Notorious B.I.G. 2
"Look into My Eyes" Bone Thugs-n-Harmony 4
"Feel So Good" Mase 5
"Dangerous" Busta Rhymes 9
"C U When U Get There" Coolio featuring 40 Thevz 12
"Smile" Scarface featuring 2Pac & Johnny P.
"Ghetto Love" Da Brat ft. T-Boz
"Up Jumps da Boogie" Timbaland & Magoo featuring Aaliyah & Missy Elliott
"I Shot The Sheriff" Warren G 20
"Street Dreams" Nas 22
"I Miss My Homies" Master P ft. Silkk the Shocker, Pimp C & Sons of Funk 25
"Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" Busta Rhymes 27
"If I Could Teach the World" Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
"What They Do" The Roots 34
"Smokin' Me Out" Warren G ft. Ronald Isley 35
"ATLiens" OutKast
"Backyard Boogie" Mack 10 38
"Gangstas Make the World Go Round" Westside Connection 40

Highest first-week sales

List of top ten albums with the highest first-week home market sales
Number Album Artist 1st-week sales 1st-week position Genre
1 Life After Death The Notorious B.I.G. 690,000 1 East Coast Hip Hop
2 Wu-Tang Forever Wu-Tang Clan 612,000 1 East Coast Hip Hop
3 No Way Out Puff Daddy & the Bad Boy Family 561,000 1 East Coast Hip Hop
4 R U Still Down? (Remember Me) 2Pac 549,000 2 West Coast Hip Hop
5 The Art Of War Bone Thugs-n-Harmony 394,000 1 Midwest Hip Hop
6 Harlem World Mase 270,000 1 East Coast Hip Hop
7 Ghetto D Master P 260,000 1 Southern Hip Hop

See also

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References

  1. ^ "The Top 100 Hip-Hop Albums of 1997".
  2. ^ "Funcrusher Plus - Company Flow | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  3. ^ "Lunitik Muzik - The Luniz | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
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