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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 Bank Records
January 27 Twista Kamikaze Atlantic Records
February 3 Micranots The Emperor & the Assassin Rhymesayers Entertainment
February 10 Kanye West The College Dropout Roc-A-Fella Records, Def Jam Recordings
Drag-On Hell and Back Ruff Ryders, Virgin Records
February 24 Z-Ro The Life of Joseph W. McVey Rap-a-Lot Records
Royce da 5'9 Death is Certain E1 Music
Trillville and Lil Scrappy The King of Crunk & BME Recordings Present: Trillville & Lil Scrappy Warner Bros. Records, Black Market Records, Warner Records, Reprise Records
Young Gunz Tough Luv 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 Arista Records
Beans Now Soon Someday [EP]
March 3 Tunnel Rats Tunnel Rats Uprok Records
March 16 cLOUDDEAD Ten
March 23 Blockhead Music by Cavelight Ninja Tune
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, Virgin Records
Skatterman & Snug Brim Urban Legendz Strange Music
March 30 Lil Flip U Gotta Feel Me Sucka Free, Clover G, Columbia, Sony Urban
April 6 Dark Lotus Black Rain Psychopathic Records
Dilated Peoples Neighborhood Watch Capitol Records
Non Phixion The Green CD/DVD Uncle Howie Records
April 13 Illogic Celestial Clockwork Weightless Recordings
Plague Language Farewell Archetypes Legendary Entertainment, Plague Language[2]
April 20 Automato Automato
Ghostface Killah The Pretty Toney Album Def Jam Recordings
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
MF Grimm Special Herbs + Spices Volume 1 Day by Day Entertainment
Pete Rock Soul Survivor II BBE Records
May 18 Method Man Tical 0: The Prequel Def Jam Recordings
The Streets A Grand Don't Come for Free
Twiztid Cryptic Collection Vol. 3 Psychopathic Records
May 20 Lecrae Real Talk Reach Records
June 1 Masta Killa No Said Date Nature Sounds
June 8 The X-Ecutioners The Revolutions Sony Music
Spice 1 The Ridah
June 15 Beastie Boys To the 5 Boroughs Capitol Records
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 Records
Jadakiss Kiss of Death Ruff Ryders Entertainment, Interscope Records
Phat Kat The Undeniable LP Barak Records
June 27 Noah23 Sigma Octantis Legendary Entertainment, Plague Language[3]
Mitochondrial Blues
June 29 Goodie Mob One Monkey Don't Stop No Show Koch Records
Headset Space Settings
Lloyd Banks The Hunger For More G-Unit Records, Interscope Records
Slum Village Detroit Deli: A Taste of Detroit Capitol Records
Lil Wayne Tha Carter Cash Money Records
July 13 Leak Bros. Waterworld Eastern Conference Records
The Pharcyde Humboldt Beginnings
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 Records
August 3 Masta Ace A Long Hot Summer M3 Records
MF Doom VV:2 Insomniac, Inc.
Theodore Unit 718
August 10 Brand Nubian Fire in the Hole Babygrande Records
Kutt Calhoun B.L.E.V.E. Strange Music
Mobb Deep Amerikaz Nightmare Jive Records
Mr. Hyde Barn of the Naked Dead Psycho+Logical-Records
Shyne Godfather Buried Alive Def Jam Recordings
August 17 Northern State All City
213 The Hard Way Doggystyle Records, G-Funk Entertainment, Dogg Foundation, TVT 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 Records
Ma$e Welcome Back Bad Boy Entertainment
MC Breed The New Prescription Psychopathic Records
Young Buck Straight Outta Ca$hville G-Unit Records, Interscope Records
August 31 Insane Clown Posse The Wraith: Hell's Pit Psychopathic Records
LL Cool J The DEFinition Def Jam Recordings
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 Babygrande Records
k-os Joyful Rebellion
Lil' Romeo Romeoland The New No Limit Records, Koch Records
Necro The Pre-Fix for Death Psycho+Logical-Records
Saul Williams Saul Williams Fader Label
September 28 Heiruspecs A Tiger Dancing
Shawnna Worth tha Weight Disturbing tha Peace, Def Jam Recordings
Guerilla Black Guerilla City Virgin Records
Talib Kweli The Beautiful Struggle Rawkus Records
October 5 De La Soul The Grind Date AOI Records
I-20 Self Explanatory Disturbing tha Peace, Capitol Records
October 12 Gold Chains And Curly Cie When The World Was Our Friend
Mos Def The New Danger Rawkus Records, Geffen Records
October 19 Beans Shock City Maverick
Bizzy Bone Alpha and Omega
Blaze Ya Dead Homie Colton Grundy: The Undying Psychopathic Records
Lil Wyte Phinally Phamous Hypnotize Minds
Q-Unique Vengeance is Mine Uncle Howie Records
October 26 Afrika Bambaataa Dark Matter Moving at the Speed of Light Tommy Boy Records
Goretex The Art of Dying Psycho+Logical-Records
Lateef & the Chief Maroons: Ambush Quannum Projects
Trick Daddy Thug Matrimony: Married to the Streets Atlantic Records
November 1 Noah23 Jupiter Sajitarius 2nd Rec[4]
November 9 Ed O.G. My Own Worst Enemy
Fabolous Real Talk Desert Storm Records, Elektra Records
Handsome Boy Modeling School White People Elektra Records
Ja Rule R.U.L.E. Murder Inc. Records, Def Jam Recordings
November 12 Eminem Encore Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records, Web Entertainment
November 16 Chingy Powerballin' Full Dekk Music Group, Capitol Records
Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz Crunk Juice BME Recordings, TVT Records
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 Doggystyle Records, Star Trak Entertainment, Geffen Records
November 23 Apathy Where's Your Album?!!
Axe Murder Boyz The Unforgiven Forest Canonize Productions
The Diplomats Diplomatic Immunity 2 Diplomat Records, Koch Records
November 30 Nas Street's Disciple Ill Will Records, Columbia Records
T.I. Urban Legend Grand Hustle Records, Atlantic Records
December 7 Cam'ron Purple Haze Roc-A-Fella Records, Diplomat Records, Def Jam Recordings
Ludacris The Red Light District Disturbing tha Peace, Def Jam Recordings
December 14 Xzibit Weapons of Mass Destruction Open Bar Entertainment, Columbia Records, Sony Music
2Pac Loyal to the Game Amaru Entertainment, Interscope Records

Highest-charting singles

Hip hop singles from any year which charted in the 2004 Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100[5]
Song Artist Project Peak position
"Slow Jamz" Twista & Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx Kamikaze and The College Dropout 1
"Drop It Like It's Hot" Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell Williams R&G: The Masterpiece
"The Way You Move" OutKast featuring Sleepy Brown Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
"Slow Motion" Juvenile featuring Soulja Slim Juve the Great
"Over and Over" Nelly featuring Tim McGraw Suit 3
"My Place" Nelly featuring Jaheim 4
"Dirt off Your Shoulder" Jay-Z The Black Album 5
"Just Lose It" Eminem Encore 6
"My Band" D12 D-12 World
"Overnight Celebrity" Twista Kamikaze
"All Falls Down" Kanye West featuring Syleena Johnson The College Dropout 7
"Let's Go" Trick Daddy featuring Lil Jon & Twista Thug Matrimony: Married to the Streets
"On Fire" Lloyd Banks feat. 50 Cent The Hunger For More 8
"Roses" OutKast Speakerboxxx/The Love Below 9
"Breathe" Fabolous Real Talk 10
"Jesus Walks" Kanye West The College Dropout 11
"Why?" Jadakiss featuring Anthony Hamilton Kiss of Death
"Go D.J." Lil Wayne Tha Carter 14
"Through The Wire" Kanye West The College Dropout 15
"Headsprung" LL Cool J The DEFinition 16
"U Make Me Wanna" Jadakiss featuring Mariah Carey Kiss of Death 21
"So Sexy" Twista featuring R. Kelly Kamikaze 25
"Hush" LL Cool J featuring 7 Aurelius The DEFinition 26
"How Come" D12 D-12 World 27
"Breathe, Stretch, Shake" Mase featuring P. Diddy Welcome Back 28
"99 Problems" Jay-Z The Black Album 30
"Rubber Band Man" T.I. Trap Muzik
"What's Happ'nin!" Ying Yang Twins featuring Trick Daddy Me & My Brother
"Nolia Clap" UTP The Beginning of the End.... 31
"Welcome Back" Mase Welcome Back 32
"Gangsta Nation" Westside Connection featuring Nate Dogg Terrorist Threats 33
"Let Me In" Young Buck featuring 50 Cent Straight Outta Cashville 34
"Let's Get Away" T.I. Trap Muzik 35
"I Can't Wait" Sleepy Brown featuring OutKast Barbershop 2: Back in Business (soundtrack) 40

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)

Number Artist Album Average score Number of reviews Reference
1 Madvillain Madvillainy 93 20 reviews [6]
2 Dizzee Rascal Boy In Da Corner 92 28 reviews [7]
3 The Streets A Grand Don't Come For Free 91 30 reviews [8]
4 Dizzee Rascal Showtime 87 28 reviews [9]
5 Kanye West The College Dropout 87 25 reviews [10]
6 Cee-Lo Green Cee-Lo Green Is The Soul Machine 86 19 reviews [11]
7 MF Doom Mm..Food 81 22 reviews [12]
8 De La Soul The Grind Date 80 21 reviews [13]
9 Nas Street's Disciple 80 16 reviews [14]
10 Masta Ace A Long Hot Summer 78 10 reviews [15]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Noah23 & Jaffa Gate - Ancient Israelites Older Than Anorthosite". Discogs.
  2. ^ DigitalCavalry. "Legendary Entertainment – Farewell Archetypes". legendaryentertainment.com. Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2013-11-14.
  3. ^ "Sigma Octantis by Noah23". iTunes. 27 July 2004.
  4. ^ "Jupiter Sajitarius by Noah23". iTunes. 1 November 2004.
  5. ^ "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.
  6. ^ "Madvillainy by Madvillain". Metacritic.
  7. ^ "Boy In Da Corner by Dizzee Rascal". Metacritic.
  8. ^ "A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets". Metacritic.
  9. ^ "Showtime by Dizzee Rascal". Metacritic.
  10. ^ "College Dropout by Kanye West". Metacritic.
  11. ^ "Cee-Lo: Cee-Lo Green Is The Soul Machine (2004): Reviews". Metacritic. 11 June 2008. Archived from the original on 11 June 2008.
  12. ^ "MM..Food by MF Doom". Metacritic.
  13. ^ "The Grind Date by De La Soul". Metacritic.
  14. ^ Street's Disciple by Nas, Metacritic, retrieved 2023-08-14
  15. ^ "A Long Hot Summer by Masta Ace". Metacritic.
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