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This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2020.

Events

January

On January 1, Saint Paul, Minnesota, rapper Lexii Alijai died of an accidental drug overdose.^[1]
On January 2, DaBaby was detained by Miami police for robbery investigations.^[2]
On January 6, G Herbo pled guilty to battery.^[3] On the same day, Florida rapper 9lokkNine was arrested for carrying a concealed firearm and potentially faces up to five years in prison.^[4]
On January 9, New Orleans bounce rapper 5thward Weebie died of a heart attack.^[5]
On January 17, Eminem released his eleventh studio album, Music to Be Murdered By, with no prior announcement and he became the first artist ever to have 10 consecutive albums debuting at number one on the Billboard 200. On the same day, New York rapper Pop Smoke was released from jail on a bond of $250,000 after having been arrested with a stolen Rolls-Royce vehicle worth $375,000. He was prohibited to leave the United States without the government's permission.^[6]
On January 26, Tyler, the Creator won a Grammy for Best Rap Album with Igor, and 21 Savage won a Grammy for Best Rap Song with "A Lot" featuring J. Cole.^[7] Nipsey Hussle posthumously won two Grammys for Best Rap/Sung Performance with "Higher" with DJ Khaled and John Legend, and Best Rap Performance for "Racks in the Middle" with Roddy Ricch and Hit-Boy.

February

On February 19, Pop Smoke was murdered in an apparent home invasion robbery in Hollywood Hills California.^[8]^[9]
On February 21, it was announced that Paul Rosenberg would be stepping down as CEO of Def Jam.^{[citation needed]}

March

On March 2, after 35 years with the group, Flavor Flav was fired from Public Enemy. It would later become a hoax.^[10]
On March 8, a person was shot at a Lil Baby concert in Birmingham.^[11]
On March 30, Kodak Black was sentenced to 12 months in prison.^[12]

April

On April 2, 6ix9ine was released from prison because of his health condition due to Coronavirus concerns. He was on house arrest for the remainder of his sentence which ended in August the same year. On the same day, YNW Melly told fans he was diagnosed with COVID-19 in a Florida jail.
On April 3, Playboi Carti was arrested on gun and drug charges in Georgia. Police found guns, 12 bags of marijuana, Xanax, codeine and oxycodone.^[13]
On April 6, Mac P Dawg, a frequent collaborator of Shoreline Mafia, was shot and killed.
On April 8, rapper and model Chynna died of an apparent drug overdose.
On April 16, French Montana and Jim Jones squashed their beef after 15 years.
On April 21, Lil Wayne launched Young Money Radio on Apple Music.^[14]
On April 23, Fred the Godson died of COVID-19 complications.^[15]
On April 28, Orlando, Florida, rapper LPB Poody and three other people were shot during a visual.

May

On May 7, rapper Richie Jerk was shot and killed in Chicago while driving with a friend.^[16]

June

On June 19, Chicago rapper Tray Savage was shot and killed.^[17] On the same day, Hurricane Chris was arrested for murder in Louisiana.^[18]
On June 25, rapper Huey was shot and killed in St Louis, Missouri.
On June 30, rapper Stepa J. Groggs from Injury Reserve died.^[19]

July

On July 4, Kanye West announced his 2020 presidential campaign.
On July 12, rapper Marlo was shot and killed.^[20]
On July 13, Tory Lanez was arrested for gun possession. He is also accused of shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the foot.^[21]
On July 16, Logic announced his new album No Pressure was releasing July 24, and he would retire later on.^[22]
On July 29, American rapper and singer Malik B. died. He was a founding member of hip hop group The Roots.^[23] On the same day, British rapper Wiley was permanently suspended from Twitter over antisemitism comments. He was banned from Facebook and Instagram just days prior.^[24]

August

On August 1, prior to the 25th anniversary of Only Built 4 Cuban Linx..., Raekwon announced the third installment.^[25]
On August 4, Chicago rapper FBG Duck was shot and killed at a shopping area in Chicago's Gold Coast.^[26]
On August 5, Juelz Santana was released from prison.
On August 6, rapper YBN Nahmir announced via Twitter that the YBN collective has officially disbanded. Rapper and member YBN Cordae subsequently dropped the "YBN" portion of his stage name.
On August 9, Rick Ross squashed his beef with 50 Cent.
On August 11, the XXL 2020 Freshman Class was revealed, in which rappers Polo G, Lil Tjay, Jack Harlow, Baby Keem, Lil Keed, Calboy, Fivio Foreign, Latto, NLE Choppa, 24kGoldn, Rod Wave, and Chika.
On August 29, Silentó was arrested for domestic violence in Santa Ana, California.^[27]

September

On September 8, Juicy J and DJ Paul sued Suicideboys for $6.4 million.
On September 15, Cardi B filed for divorced from Offset.^[28]
On September 30, Nicki Minaj gave birth to a son with her husband Kenneth Petty.^[29]

October

On October 1, 6ix9ine was hospitalized due to overdosing on caffeine and weight loss pills.
On October 7, Chip released two diss records directly aimed towards fellow UK rapper, Stormzy.
On October 8, Tory Lanez was arrested for the felony assault with a weapon in the shooting incident of Megan Thee Stallion.
On October 12, Blac Youngsta was arrested for possession of a firearm. On the same day, Fivio Foreign was arrested for assault.^{[citation needed]}
On October 13, Saint Dog was pronounced dead after being found unresponsive.^[30]
On October 14, Lil Xan was sued for pulling a gun on a man during a 2Pac argument.^[31]
On October 23, Young Buck was arrested for domestic assault.
On October 31, MF Doom died. His death wasn't publicly announced until December 31.

November

On November 4, Drakeo the Ruler was released from prison.^[32]
On November 4, Glenn Johnson, brother of DaBaby, committed suicide at the age of 34 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
On November 6, King Von was shot and killed in Atlanta, Georgia.^[33]
On November 11, MO3 was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas.^[34]
On November 12, it was announced that Jeezy would be senior advisor of Def Jam and signed a new deal.
On November 15, Benny the Butcher was shot in Houston outside of a Walmart.^[35]
On November 17, Lil Wayne was arrested and charged with possession of a firearm.
On November 19, Gucci Mane and Jeezy squashed their beef after 15 years during a Verzuz battle.
On November 23, the brother of 21 Savage was stabbed to death in London, England, the same day that the brother of YoungBoy Never Broke Again was shot in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
On November 28, Lil Yase was shot and killed in Alameda County, California.^[36]

December

On December 1, Casanova was charged by the FBI for racketeering murder, narcotics, firearms, and fraud offenses. Later on, he turned himself into the authorities.^[37]
On December 2, G Herbo was allegedly charged in fraud scheme for using fake identification.^{[citation needed]}
On December 4, Young M.A was arrested for reckless driving.^{[citation needed]}
On December 8, A Boogie wit da Hoodie was arrested for drug and gun possession.^[38]
On December 9, Zoey Dollaz was shot multiple times in Miami, Florida.^[39]
On December 11, Lil Wayne pled guilty to a firearm charge.^{[citation needed]}
On December 15, Rowdy Rebel was released from prison.^{[citation needed]}
On December 23, Ecstasy of the group Whodini died.^{[citation needed]}
On December 31, MF Doom's death was made public. He died on October 31.^{[citation needed]}

Released albums

January

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
1	Brother N.I.P	Conversation with the Gangstas	Psych Ward Ent^[40]
3	Famous Dex	Dexter 2031	Rich Forever Music^[41]
10	Big Ghost Ltd	Carpe Noctem	Big Ghost Ltd. Music
	Mick Jenkins	The Circus	Free Nation, Cinematic^[42]^[43]
	Moneybagg Yo	Time Served	N-Less, Interscope^[44]	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
	Quando Rondo	QPac	Never Broke Again, Atlantic	Debuted at No. 22 on the Billboard 200
17	070 Shake	Modus Vivendi	GOOD Music, Def Jam
	Eminem	Music to Be Murdered By	Shady, Aftermath, Interscope	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Mac Miller	Circles	Warner^[45]	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
	The Professionals (Oh No and Madlib)	The Professionals	Madlib Invazion^[46]
	Stunna 4 Vegas	Rich Youngin	Billion Dollar Baby, Interscope	Debuted at No. 29 on the Billboard 200
	Various artists	Bad Boys for Life – The Soundtrack	We The Best, Epic	Debuted at No. 63 on the Billboard 200
24	J Hus	Big Conspiracy	Black Butter^[47]	Debuted at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart
	M Huncho	Huncholini the 1st	Island^[48]	Debuted at No. 5 on the UK Albums Chart
	Sy Ari Da Kid	It Was Unwritten	Self-released^[49]
27	Cardo	Game Related	EI$G, TFM, BYLUG^[50]
31	DJ Fresh and Curren$y	The Tonite Show with Currensy	The Flesh, RBC^[51]
	Key Glock	Yellow Tape	Paper Route, Empire^[52]	Debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard 200
	Lil Wayne	Funeral	Young Money, Republic^[53]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Russ	Shake the Snow Globe	Russ My Way Inc., Columbia	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
	Yo Gotti	Untrapped	Inevitable II Records, CMG, Epic	Debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200
	Plies	The Real Testament II	Slip-N-Slide Records^[54]

February

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
2	Esham	She Loves Me	Reel Life Productions^[55]
4	Marv Won	Until...	^[56]
7	2 Chainz and T.R.U	No Face No Case	T.R.U., Atlantic^[57]	Debuted at No. 182 on the Billboard 200
	Boldy James and The Alchemist	The Price of Tea in China	Boldy James, ALC Records, EMPIRE^[58]
	Denzel Curry and Kenny Beats	Unlocked	PH Recordings, Loma Vista^[59]	Debuted at No. 105 on the Billboard 200
	D Smoke	Black Habits	WoodWork Records, EMPIRE^[60]
	Jaz-O	The Warmup	Kingz Kounty Media Group^[61]
	Pop Smoke	Meet the Woo 2	Victor Victor, Republic^[62]	Debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200
	Toosii	Platinum Heart	South Coast Music Group	Debuted at No. 196 on the Billboard 200
14	A Boogie wit da Hoodie	Artist 2.0	Highbridge The Label, Atlantic	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
	Fetty Wap	Trap & B	RGF, 300
	Lil' Flip	Feelings	GT Digital, Clover G^[63]
	Lil' Flip	No Feelings	GT Digital, Lil Flip^[64]
	$uicideBoy$	Stop Staring at the Shadows	G*59 Records	Debuted at No. 30 on the Billboard 200
	Twista	Lifetime	GMG Entertainment^[65]
	Vinnie Paz	As Above So Below	Enemy Soil^[66]
	Yung Gravy and bbno$	Baby Gravy 2	Baby Gravy	Debuted at No. 188 on the Billboard 200
20	Esham	She Loves Me Not	Reel Life Productions
21	Calboy	Long Live the Kings - EP	RCA	Debuted at No. 136 on the Billboard 200
	Money Man	Epidemic	Black Circle, EMPIRE	Debuted at No. 121 on the Billboard 200
	Royce Da 5'9"	The Allegory	Heaven Studios, eOne	Debuted at No. 58 on the Billboard 200
	YoungBoy Never Broke Again	Still Flexin, Still Steppin	Never Broke Again, Atlantic	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
24	Young Nudy	Anyways...	Young Nudy LLC, Same Plate Entertainment, RCA^[67]	Debuted at No. 109 on the Billboard 200
25	Bones	Offline	TeamSESH
28	G Herbo	PTSD	Machine, Epic Records^[68]	Debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200
	Lil Baby	My Turn	4PF, Wolfpack, Quality Control, Motown^[69]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Planet Asia and 38 Spesh	Trust the Chain	T.C.F.^[70]
	Smoke DZA	A Closed Mouth Don't Get Fed	RFC, Cinematic^[71]
	The Jacka	Murder Weapon	EMPIRE
	Scarlxrd	Scarhxurs	Island Records, Lxrd Records, Universal Music Group
	Zaytoven, Lil Yachty, Lil Gotit and Lil Keed	A-Team	Familiar Territory, Opposition^[72]

March

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
4	Bankroll Fresh	In Bank We Trust	Street Money^[73]
4	Larry June	Adjust to the Game	The Freeminded^[74]
6	CJ Fly	Rudebwoy	Pro Era^[75]
	Jadakiss	Ignatius	So Raspy, D-Block, Def Jam^[76]	Debuted at No. 31 on the Billboard 200
	King Von	LeVon James	Only the Family, EMPIRE^[77]	Debuted at No. 63 on the Billboard 200
	Lil Uzi Vert	Eternal Atake	Generation Now, Atlantic^[78]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	R.A.P. Ferreira	Purple Moonlight Pages	Ruby Yacht^[79]
	Riz Ahmed	The Long Goodbye	Mongrel^[80]
	Megan Thee Stallion	Suga	1501 Certified, 300^[81]	Debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200
	KXNG Crooked	The Sixteen Chapel	Hitmaker Music Group, New Wave Distro^[82]
13	Blueface	Find the Beat	Cash Money West, Cash Money, Republic^[83]	Debuted at No. 64 on the Billboard 200
	Curren$y and Fendi P	Smokin' Potnas	Jet Life, EMPIRE^[84]
	DJ Esco and Doe Boy	56 Birdz	Freebandz, Epic^[85]
	Don Toliver	Heaven or Hell	We Run It, Cactus Jack, Atlantic^[86]	Debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200
	Jack Harlow	Sweet Action	Generation Now, Atlantic	Debuted at No. 36 on the Billboard 200
	Jay Electronica	A Written Testimony	Roc Nation^[87]	Debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200
	Jelly Roll	A Beautiful Disaster	War Dog^[88]	Debuted at No. 97 on the Billboard 200
	King Iso	World War Me	Strange Music^[89]
	Lil Uzi Vert	Lil Uzi Vert vs. the World 2	Generation Now, Atlantic^[90]
	Rich the Kid	Boss Man	Rich Forever Music, Republic^[91]	Debuted at No. 24 on the Billboard 200
17	Lil' Flip	The Leprechaun 2	GT Digital, Clover G^[92]
18	ZelooperZ	Gremlin	Bruiser Brigade^[93]
20	Money Man	State of Emergency	Black Circle, EMPIRE	Debuted at No. 56 on the Billboard 200
	Paul Wall	Mind over Matter	Oiler Mobb Ent^[94]
	Sada Baby	Skuba Sada 2	Asylum	Debuted at No. 125 on the Billboard 200
	The Weeknd	After Hours	XO, Republic^[95]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
22	Childish Gambino	3.15.20	RCA^[96]	Debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard 200
26	Trevor Daniel	Nicotine	Alamo, Internet Money, Interscope	Debuted at No. 79 on the Billboard 200
27	42 Dugg	Young & Turnt, Vol. 2	4PF, CMG, EMPIRE	Debuted at No. 70 on the Billboard 200
	Comethazine	Pandemic	Alamo, EMPIRE^[97]	Debuted at No. 151 on the Billboard 200
	Jeezy	Twenty/20 Pyrex Vision	Agency 99^[98]	Debuted at No. 115 on the Billboard 200
	Joyner Lucas	ADHD	Twenty Nine Music Group	Debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200
	Quin NFN	Quincho	10K Projects^[99]
	Knxwledge	1988	Stones Throw^[100]
	PartyNextDoor	Partymobile	OVO Sound, Warner^[101]	Debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200
	Skepta, Chip and Young Adz	Insomnia	SKC M29^[102]	Debuted at No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart
	Slim Thug	Thug Life	Hogg Life^[103]
30	Conway the Machine and The Alchemist	Lulu	ALC Records, Griselda Records, EMPIRE^[104]

April

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
2	Code Kunst	People	AOMG^[105]	Debuted at No. 10 on the Gaon Album Chart
3	A$AP Twelvyy	Before Noon	Last Year Being Broke(n)^[106]
	Headie One and Fred Again	Gang	Relentless Records^[107]
	Kerser	Roll the Dice	ABK, Warner Music Australia	Debuted at No. 3 on the ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums
	Rod Wave	Pray 4 Love	Alamo	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
8	Z-Ro	Quarantine: Social Distancing	1 Deep Entertainment, EMPIRE^[108]
10	22Gz	Growth & Development	Sniper Gang, Atlantic^[109]
	Cadet	The Rated Legend	Underrated Legends	Debuted at No. 13 on the UK Albums Chart
	Curren$y and Cardo	The Green Tape	Jet Life Recordings^[110]
	DJ Drama and 24hrs	12 AM in Atlanta	Private Club, Rostrum^[111]
	Killarmy	Full Metal Jackets	Granddaddy Flow Ent.^[112]
	Kool Keith and Thetan	Space Goretex	Anti-Corp^[113]
	Tory Lanez	The New Toronto 3	Mad Love, Interscope^[114]	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
17	Berner and B-Real	Los Meros	Bern One Entertainment^[115]
	DaBaby	Blame It on Baby	SCMG, Interscope^[116]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	dvsn	A Muse in Her Feelings	OVO Sound, Warner^[117]	Debuted at No. 23 on the Billboard 200
	Fredo Bang	Most Hated	Bang Biz Ent., Def Jam	Debuted at No. 110 on the Billboard 200
	Khujo	Echoes of a Legend	^[118]
	R.A. the Rugged Man	All My Heroes Are Dead	Nature Sounds Records^[119]
	RJD2	The Fun Ones	RJ's Electrical Connections^[120]
	Tech N9ne	Enterfear	Strange Music^[121]	Debuted at No. 92 on the Billboard 200
	Westside Gunn	Pray for Paris	Griselda, EMPIRE^[122]	Debuted at No. 67 on the Billboard 200
19	Daz Dillinger and Big Gipp	A.T.L.A.	Dilly Records^[123]
20	Smino	She Already Decided	Zero Fatigue^[124]
	Twiztid	Mad Season	Majik Ninja Entertainment
	Upchurch	Everlasting Country	RHEC, Stonebaby Sounds	Debuted at No. 61 on the Billboard 200
	Wiz Khalifa	The Saga of Wiz Khalifa	Taylor Gang, Atlantic^[125]	Debuted at No. 48 on the Billboard 200
	Bones and Drew The Architect	DamagedGoods	TeamSESH
24	Fivio Foreign	800 BC	RichFish, Columbia	Debuted at No. 159 on the Billboard 200
	Jackboy	Jackboy	Sniper Gang, Empire^[126]	Debuted at No. 96 on the Billboard 200
	K Camp	Kiss Five	Rare Sound, Interscope^[127]	Debuted at No. 29 on the Billboard 200
	K.A.A.N. and FloFilz	Lost in Translation	Redefinition Records^[128]
	Lil Gotit	Hood Baby 2	Alamo Records, EMPIRE^[129]	Debuted at No. 200 on the Billboard 200
	Quelle Chris and Chris Keys	Innocent Country 2	Mello Music Group^[130]
	Trouble	Thug Luv	EarDrummers, Def Jam^[131]
	YoungBoy Never Broke Again	38 Baby 2	Never Broke Again, Atlantic^[132]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
27	Jon Connor	SOS	All Varsity Music Group^[133]

May

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
1	Ace Hood	Self Preservation	Hood Nation, EMPIRE^[134]
	Casual	Big Head Science	Mystery School Audio^[135]
	Dee-1	Timeless	Mission Vision Music^[136]
	Drake	Dark Lane Demo Tapes	OVO, Republic^[137]	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
	E.D.I. Mean	O.G. Volume II: Classics in Session	O4L Digital^[138]
	Lil' Flip and Tum Tum	Made in Texas	Music Access, Inc.^[139]
	Jay Worthy and Harry Fraud	Eat When You're Hungry Sleep When You're Tired	SRFSCHL, GDF^[140]
	Ka	Descendants of Cain	Iron Works Records
	Mozzy	Beyond Bulletproof	Mozzy Records, EMPIRE^[141]	Debuted at No. 43 on the Billboard 200
	Nef the Pharaoh	Changszn 2	Kilfmb, Sick Wid It, EMPIRE^[142]
	Rasheed Chappell and 38 Spesh	Ways & Means	T.C.F. Music Group^[143]
	Sha Money XL	Chain on the Bike Vol. 1	Teamwork Music^[144]
	Yxng Bane	Quarantime: The Lost Files	London Records^[145]	Debuted at No. 11 on the UK Albums Chart
5	Chris Brown and Young Thug	Slime & B	CBE, YSL, 300, Atlantic, RCA^[146]	Debuted at No. 55 on the Billboard 200
8	E-40	The Curb Commentator Channel 1	Sick Wid It^[147]
	Larry June and Cardo	Cruise USA	The Freeminded^[148]
	Lil Durk	Just Cause Y'all Waited 2	OTF, Alamo, Geffen^[149]	Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200
	Lil Tjay	State of Emergency	Columbia^[150]	Debuted at No. 31 on the Billboard 200
	Nav	Good Intentions	XO, Republic^[151]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Sad Frosty	Happy Cult	EMPIRE
	Yella Beezy and Trapboy Freddy	I'm My Brother's Keeper	HITCO, 300^[152]
11	Nav	Brown Boy 2	XO, Republic^[153]
12	Fatt Father	King Father	Fueled by Life^[154]
15	City Morgue	CITY MORGUE VOL 2: AS GOOD AS DEAD (DELUXE)	Republic
	Conway the Machine and Big Ghost LTD	No One Mourns the Wicked	Griselda, Big Ghost Limited, De Rap Winkel^[155]
	Future	High Off Life	Freebandz, Epic^[156]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Polo G	The Goat	Columbia^[157]	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
	$crim	A Man Rose from the Dead	G*59 Records
	Roy Wood$	Dem Times	OVO Sound, Warner^[158]
	Sheff G	One and Only	Winners Circle, EMPIRE	Debuted at No. 99 on the Billboard 200
	Tha Chill	Fohead	Bump Johnson Inc.^[159]
	Yung Lean	Starz	YEAR0001	Debuted at No. 39 on the Sverigetopplistan
20	Young Buck	Outbreak	Cashville Records^[160]
22	Dej Loaf	It's a Set Up!	Yellow World, The Dispensary^[161]
	Gunna	Wunna	YSL, 300^[162]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Ill Bill and Nems	Gorilla Twins	Uncle Howie Records^[163]
	Key Glock	Son of a Gun	Paper Route, EMPIRE^[164]	Debuted at No. 37 on the Billboard 200
	Kota the Friend	Everything	Fltbys LLC	Debuted at No. 162 on the Billboard 200
	KSI	Dissimulation	RBC Records, BMG Rights Management^[165]	Debuted at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart Debuted at No. 149 on the Billboard 200
	Styles P	Styles David: Ghost Your Enthusiasm	The Phantom Entertainment, Empire^[166]
	Young M.A	Red Flu	M.A Music^[167]
25	Gorilla Zoe	Vaccine	^[168]
27	Rittz	White Jesus Loosies Collection	CNT Records^[169]
28	Backxwash	God Has Nothing to Do with This Leave Him Out of It	Grimalkin
29	Ace Hood	Mr. Hood	Hood Nation, Empire^[170]
	Dej Loaf	No Saint EP	Yellow World^[168]
	Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist	Alfredo	ESGN, ALC Records^[171]	Debuted at No. 15 on the Billboard 200
	Joell Ortiz and KXNG Crooked	H.A.R.D.	Mello Music Group^[172]
	Lil Yachty	Lil Boat 3	Quality Control Music, Motown Records^[173]	Debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard 200
	LUCKI	Almost There	Empire^[174]
	Powfu	Poems of the Past EP	Columbia Records	Debuted at No. 138 on the Billboard 200
	Problem	Coffee & Kush, Vol. 1	Diamond Lane Music Group^[175]
31	Bones	REMAINS	TeamSESH
31	Killah Priest	Rocket to Nebula	Proverbs Records^[176]

June

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
3	Run the Jewels	RTJ4	Jewel Runners, BMG Records	Debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200
5	Armand Hammer	Shrines	Backwoodz Studios^[177]
	Flatbush Zombies	Now, More Than Ever	Glorious Dead Records^[178]	Debuted at No. 168 on the Billboard 200
	JayDaYoungan	Baby23	Self-released	Debuted at No. 46 on the Billboard 200
	Paul Wall and Lil' Keke	Slab Talk	SoSouth^[179]
	Sleepy Hallow	Sleepy for President	Winners Circle, EMPIRE^[180]	Debuted at No. 48 on the Billboard 200
	Wiley	The Godfather III	CTA Records
12	Iann Dior	I'm Gone	Internet Money, Caroline^[181]	Debuted at No. 45 on the Billboard 200
	Scarlxrd	Fantasy Vxid	Lxrd Records, Island
	RMR	Drug Dealing Is a Lost Art	CMNTY CULTURE, Warner^[182]
17	Lex "The Hex" Master	Episode 1, Party Castle	Majik Ninja Entertainment^[183]
19	Black Eyed Peas	Translation	Epic^[184]	Debuted at No. 52 on the Billboard 200
	Curren$y and Fuse	Spring Clean	808 Mafia, Jet Life, EMPIRE^[185]
	Skyzoo	Milestones	Mello Music Group^[186]
	Smokepurpp	Florida Jit	Alamo, Geffen
	Tee Grizzley	The Smartest	300	Debuted at No. 22 on the Billboard 200
	Teyana Taylor	The Album	GOOD Music, Def Jam	Debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200
	Wale	The Imperfect Storm	Maybach, Warner^[187]
20	City Girls	City on Lock	Quality Control, Motown^[188]	Debuted at No. 29 on the Billboard 200
21	MIKE	Weight of the World	10k^[189]
25	ProfJam and Benji Price	System	Think Music Records, Sony Music^[190]
26	6lack	6pc Hot EP	Interscope^[191]	Debuted at No. 15 on the Billboard 200
	88Glam	New Mania	^[192]
	August Alsina	The Product III: State of Emergency	Shake the World, EMPIRE^[192]	Debuted at No. 48 on the Billboard 200
	CeeLo Green	CeeLo Green Is Thomas Callaway	Easy Eye Sound, BMG^[192]
	G-Eazy	Everything's Strange Here	BPG, RVG, RCA^[192]	Debuted at No. 143 on the Billboard 200
	IDK	IDK & Friends 2 (Basketball County Soundtrack)	Clue No Clue, Warner^[192]
	Max B	Charly	Eloquent Music, Phase One Network^[193]
	Nasty C and DJ Whoo Kid	Zulu	Def Jam^[194]
	Nick Grant and Tae Beast	God Bless the Child	21 Grams, Tae Beast Music, Nick Grant Music^[192]
	Yungeen Ace	Don Dada	Cinematic Music Group^[192]
	Bankrol Hayden	Pain Is Temporary	Atlantic, Warner Music Group	Debuted at No. 197 on the Billboard 200
	Z-Ro	Rohammad Ali	1 Deep Entertainment, EMPIRE^[195]
27	Iron Wigs (Vic Spencer, Verbal Kent and Sonnyjim)	Your Birthday's Cancelled	Mello Music Group^[196]

July


Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record Label(s)	Entering chart position
1	Buckwild	Fully Loaded	Kurrup Music Ent.^[197]
3	Chevy Woods	Since Birth	Taylor Gang^[198]
	Gucci Mane	So Icy Summer	GUWOP, Atlantic^[197]	Debuted at No. 29 on the Billboard 200
	RARE Sound and K Camp	RARE Family	RARE SOUND^[197]
	Pop Smoke	Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon	Victor Victor, Republic^[197]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Westside Gunn	Flygod is an Awesome God II	Griselda Records, EMPIRE^[197]
8	SahBabii	Barnacles	Casting Bait Music Group^[199]
10	Apollo Brown and Che' Noir	As God Intended	Mello Music Group^[200]
	Casey Veggies and Rockie Fresh	Fresh Veggies 2	PNCINTL^[201]
	Juice Wrld	Legends Never Die	Grade A Productions, Interscope^[202]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Quinn XCII	A Letter to My Younger Self	Columbia^[203]	Debuted at No. 56 on the Billboard 200
	Summer Walker	Life on Earth	LVRN, Interscope^[204]	Debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200
16	NoCap	Steel Human	Never Broke Again, Atlantic^[205]	Debuted at No. 31 on the Billboard 200
17	Blu & Exile	Miles: From an Interlude Called Life	Dirty Science^[206]
	J.I the Prince of N.Y	Welcome to GStarr Vol. 1	G*Starr Ent., Interscope, Geffen^[207]
	Joey Bada$$	The Light Pack	Pro Era, Cinematic, Columbia^[208]
	Oddisee	Odd Cure	Outer Note Label^[209]
	StaySolidRocky	Fallin'	Columbia^[210]	Debuted at No. 65 on the Billboard 200
	Kyle	See You When I Am Famous	Independently Popular, Atlantic	Debuted at No. 124 on the Billboard 200
	Young Noble and Deuce Deuce	Watch the Signs	Concrete Enterprises^[211]
22	Boldy James and Sterling Toles	Manger on McNichols	Sector 7-G Recordings^[212]
24	Curren$y and Harry Fraud	The OutRunners	Jet Life Recordings^[213]
	Logic	No Pressure	Def Jam Recordings^[214]	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
	The Kid Laroi	Fck Love*	Grade A Productions, Columbia	Debuted at No. 3 on the ARIA Top 100 Albums Chart Debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200
	Lupe Fiasco and Kaelin Ellis	House	1st and 15th, Thirty Tigers^[215]
	Flo Milli	Ho, Why Is You Here?	Self-released	Debuted at No. 78 on the Billboard 200
	Slim Thug and Killa Kyleon	Down in Texas	Hogg Life, Team Run It, SoSouth^[216]
31	DJ Drama, Benny the Butcher & Black Soprano Family	The Respected Sopranos	BSF, Gangsta Grillz, Griselda Records^[217]
	Dominic Fike	What Could Possibly Go Wrong	Sandy Boys, Columbia Records^[218]	Debuted at No. 41 on the Billboard 200
	E-40	The Curb Commentator Channel 2	Sick Wid It Records^[219]
	Flee Lord and Pete Rock	The People's Champ	Loyalty Or Death^[220]
	Hit-Boy and Dom Kennedy	Also Known As	Half-A-Mil
	Shoreline Mafia	Mafia Bidness	Atlantic^[220]	Debuted at No. 27 on the Billboard 200
	City Morgue	Toxic Boogaloo	Republic	Debuted at No. 96 on the Billboard 200

August


Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record Label(s)	Entering chart position
7	Aminé	Limbo	Republic Records^[221]	Debuted at No. 16 on the Billboard 200
	L'Orange and Solemn Brigham	Marlowe 2	Mello Music Group^[222]
	Lil Keed	Trapped on Cleveland 3	YSL^[223]	Debuted at No. 41 on the Billboard 200
	NLE Choppa	Top Shotta	Warner, Atlantic, No Love^[224]	Debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200
	DC the Don	Come as You Are	Self-released
	Stevie Stone	Black Lion	Strange Music
8	Mach-Hommy	Mach's Hard Lemonade	Self-released^[225]
14	03 Greedo and Ron-Ron the Producer	Load It Up, Vol 01	Golden Grenade Empire, Alamo^[226]
	Boldy James	The Versace Tape	Griselda Records^[227]
	Dave East	Karma 3	Mass Appeal Records, Def Jam^[228]	Debuted at No. 36 on the Billboard 200
	Kaash Paige	Teenage Fever	Se Lavi, Def Jam^[229]
	Young Dolph	Rich Slave	Paper Route Empire^[230]	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
	Various artists	Madden NFL 21 soundtrack	EA Music^[231]^[232]
21	Blackbear	Everything Means Nothing	Beartrap, Alamo, Interscope	Debuted at No. 15 on the Billboard 200
	Duckwrth	SuperGood	Republic
	Lecrae	Restoration	Cross Movement, Reach, Columbia^[233]	Debuted at No. 69 on the Billboard 200
	Mulatto	Queen of Da Souf	RCA Records	Debuted at No. 44 on the Billboard 200
	Nas	King's Disease	Mass Appeal^[234]	Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200
26	Quando Rondo	Diary of a Lost Child	Self-released^[235]
28	Internet Money	B4 the Storm	Internet Money^[236]	Debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200
	Jaden Smith	CTV3: Cool Tape Vol. 3	MSFTSMusic / Roc Nation Records, LLC	Debuted at No. 44 on the Billboard 200
	Nines	Crabs in a Bucket	Zino, Warner	Debuted at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart
	Nasty C	Zulu Man with Some Power	Def Jam^[237]
	The Lox	Living Off Xperience	D-Block, Roc Nation^[238]	Debuted at No. 154 on the Billboard 200
	Radamiz	Synonyms of Strength	Payday, Ultra^[239]
	Wifisfuneral	Pain?	Alamo^[240]

September

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
4	6ix9ine	TattleTales	Scumgang, Create Music Group^[241]	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
4	Big Sean	Detroit 2	GOOD Music, Def Jam^[242]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
11	B.o.B	Somnia	Label No Genre^[243]
	Conway the Machine	From King to a God	Drumwork, Griselda, EMPIRE^[244]	Debuted at No. 126 on the Billboard 200
	YoungBoy Never Broke Again	Top	Atlantic, Never Broke Again	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
12	Bizzy Bone	The Mantra	Self-released^[245]
16	Berner	Russ Bufalino: The Quiet Don	Bern One Entertainment, Taylor Gang Entertainment^[246]
18	Blac Youngsta and Moneybagg Yo	Code Red	N-Less, Interscope, Epic, CMG^[247]	Debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200
	Curren$y and Harry Fraud	The Director's Cut	Jet Life, SRFSCHL^[248]
	Dee-1 and Murs	He's the Christian, I'm the Rapper	Mission Vision Music, Murs 316^[249]
	Dizzy Wright	My Hustle Unmatched	Dizzy Wright^[250]
	Kamaiyah and Capolow	Oakland Nights	Grnd.Wrk.^[251]
	Krizz Kaliko	Legend	Strange Music, Ingrooves^[252]
	Lil Tecca	Virgo World	Republic Records^[253]	Debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200
	MC Eiht	Lessons	Blue Stamp Music, Year Round^[254]
	Problem	Coffee & Kush, Vol. 2	Diamond Lane Music Group, Rostrum Records^[255]
	Shy Glizzy	Young Jefe 3	300, Glizzy Gang^[256]	Debuted at No. 118 on the Billboard 200
	Toosii	Poetic Pain	South Coast Music Group / UMG	Debuted at No. 17 on the Billboard 200
	Wise Intelligent and Snowgoons	Omnicide	Goon Musick^[257]
23	Mozzy	Occupational Hazard	Mozzy Music, Empire^[258]	Debuted at No. 190 on the Billboard 200
25	Action Bronson	Only for Dolphins	Loma Vista, Concord^[259]
	Arrested Development	Don't Fight Your Demons	Vagabond Productions^[260]
	A$AP Ferg	Floor Seats II	A$AP Worldwide, Polo Grounds Music, RCA Records	Debuted at No. 143 on the Billboard 200
	Elzhi	Seven Times Down Eight Times Up	Fat Beats^[261]
	Fredo Bang	In the Name of Gee	Bang Biz, Def Jam^[262]	Debuted at No. 93 on the Billboard 200
	Joji	Nectar	88Rising, 12Tone	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
	Machine Gun Kelly	Tickets to My Downfall	Bad Boy, Interscope	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Nappy Roots	40RTY	Not Regular^[263]
	Public Enemy	What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down?	Def Jam^[264]
	Spillage Village	Spilligion	Dreamville, Interscope, SinceThe80s^[265]	Debuted at No. 141 on the Billboard 200
	Tory Lanez	Daystar	One Umbrella^[266]	Debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200

October

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
2	21 Savage and Metro Boomin	Savage Mode II	Slaughter Gang, Boominati, Epic^[267]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	The Alchemist	A Doctor, Painter & an Alchemist Walk into a Bar	ALC Records^[268]
	Ben Kenobe	The Return of the Jedi	made by GOD
	Bryson Tiller	Anniversary	RCA^[269]	Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200
	Celly Cel	Focused	Realside
	Larry June and Harry Fraud	Keep Going	TFM, SRFSCHL^[270]
	Sa-Roc	The Sharecropper's Daughter	Rhymesayers^[271]
	Smoke DZA	Homegrown	RFC, Cinematic^[272]
	Westside Gunn	Who Made the Sunshine	Griselda, Shady Records, Interscope^[273]
	Willie the Kid	Capital Gains	The Fly, LLC^[274]
	YG	My Life 4Hunnid	4Hunnid, Def Jam^[275]	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
	Yung Gravy	Gasanova	Republic	Debuted at No. 52 on the Billboard 200
	Paul Wall	Subculture	Paul Wall Music^[276]
6	Cassidy	Da Science	Mayhem Music^[277]
9	BlocBoy JB	FatBoy	Foundation, Interscope^[278]
	D-Block Europe	The Blue Print: Us vs. Them	Self-released^[279]	Debuted at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart
	Famous Dex	Diana	Rich Forever Music, 300^[280]
	Headie One	Edna	Relentless^[281]	Debuted at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart
	Papoose	Endangered Species	Honorable Records, Empire Distribution^[282]
	Reason	New Beginnings	Top Dawg Entertainment^[283]	Debuted at No. 167 on the Billboard 200
	Rittz	Picture Perfect	CNT Records^[284]
	Roc Nation	Reprise	Roc Nation^[285]
16	Benny the Butcher	Burden of Proof	Griselda, Empire^[286]	Debuted at No. 29 on the Billboard 200
	Black Thought	Streams of Thought Vol 3: Cane & Able	Republic^[287]
	Gucci Mane and the New 1017	So Icy Gang, Vol. 1	1017, Atlantic^[288]	Debuted at No. 46 on the Billboard 200
	Homeboy Sandman	Don't Feed the Monster	Mello Music Group^[289]
	Jelly Roll	Self Medicated	War Dog	Debuted at No. 110 on the Billboard 200
	Open Mike Eagle	Anime, Trauma and Divorce	Auto Reverse^[289]
	PartyNextDoor	Partypack	OVO, Warner^[290]	Debuted at No. 117 on the Billboard 200
	Serial Killers	Summer of Sam	Open Bar, Empire^{[citation needed]}
	T.I.	The L.I.B.R.A.	Grand Hustle, Empire^[291]	Debuted at No. 18 on the Billboard 200
20	Ras Kass	I'm Not Clearing Shit	Blackhouse
21	Ghostemane	ANTI-ICON	Blackmage Records
23	Beastie Boys	Beastie Boys Music	Capitol Records	Debuted at No. 64 on the Billboard 200
	KXNG Crooked	Flag	Hitmaker Music Group^[292]
	clipping.	Visions of Bodies Being Burned	Sub Pop^[293]
	Comethazine	Bawskee 4	Alamo Records^[294]	Debuted at No. 177 on the Billboard 200
	Dej Loaf	Sell Sole II The Album	Yellow World, BMG^[295]
	Joyner Lucas	Evolution	Twenty Nine Music Group^[296]	Debuted at No. 49 on the Billboard 200
	Ty Dolla $ign	Featuring Ty Dolla $ign	4Hunnid Records, Taylor Gang, Atlantic^[297]	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
25	The Alchemist	The Food Villain	ALC^[298]
30	Atmosphere	The Day Before Halloween	Rhymesayers^[298]
	Busta Rhymes	Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of God	Conglomerate, Empire^[299]	Debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200
	Common	A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 1	Loma Vista, Concord^[300]
	B.o.B	Murd and Mercy	Bobby Ray Music
	Dizzee Rascal	E3 AF	Island^[301]	Debuted at No. 13 on the UK Albums Chart
	Ill Bill	La Bella Medusa	Uncle Howie Records
	King Von	Welcome to O'Block	Only the Family, Empire^[302]	Debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard 200
	MadeinTYO	Never Forgotten	Privateclub, Commission^[303]
	M Huncho and Nafe Smallz	DNA	HunchOzone^[304]	Debuted at No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart
	Omarion	The Kinection	Omarion Worldwide
	Ray West and A.G.	Nyluv	HHV
	$NOT	Beautiful Havoc	300 Entertainment	Debuted at No. 172 on the Billboard 200
	Trippie Redd	Pegasus	TenThousand Projects^[305]	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200

November

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
1	NLE Choppa	From Dark to Light	NLE Choppa Entertainment, Warner^[306]	Debuted at No. 115 on the Billboard 200
6	Doe Boy and Southside	Demons R Us	Epic, Freebandz^[307]
	Dutchavelli	Dutch from the 5th	2up2down, Parlophone^[308]	Debuted at No. 8 on the UK Albums Chart
	Giggs	Now or Never	No BS Music, Island^[309]	Debuted at No. 15 on the UK Albums Chart
	King Gordy and Jimmy Donn	The House	Sicfux^[310]
	Nav	Emergency Tsunami	XO Records, Republic Records^[311]	Debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200
	N.B.S. and Snowgoons	Still Trapped in America	Goon Musick^[312]
	Phora	With Love 2	Phora LLC	Debuted at No. 160 on the Billboard 200
	The Kid Laroi	Fck Love (Savage)*	Grade A Productions, Columbia	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Wrekonize	Pressure Point	Strange Music, ingrooves^[313]
7	Bones	FromBeyondTheGrave	TeamSESH
11	Kodak Black	Bill Israel	Dollaz N Dealz, Sniper Gang, Atlantic^[314]	Debuted at No. 52 on the Billboard 200
11	YoungBoy Never Broke Again	Until I Return	Artist Partner Group, Never Broke Again, Atlantic	Debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200
13	2 Chainz	So Help Me God!	Def Jam^[315]	Debuted at No. 15 on the Billboard 200
	Aesop Rock	Spirit World Field Guide	Rhymesayers^[316]	Debuted at No. 54 on the Billboard 200
	Blac Youngsta	Fuck Everybody 3	Heavy Camp, Collective Music Group, Epic Records^[317]	Debuted at No. 143 on the Billboard 200
	DJ Kay Slay	Homage	Streetsweepers^[318]
	Future and Lil Uzi Vert	Pluto x Baby Pluto	Freebandz, Epic Records, Generation Now, Atlantic Records^[319]	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
	Father	Come Outside, We Not Gone Jump You	Awful Records^[320]
	Goodie Mob	Survival Kit	The Right Records^[321]
	K-Trap	Street Side Effects	Black Butter^[322]	Debuted at No. 26 on the UK Albums Chart
	Onefour	Against All Odds	Onefour^[323]	Debuted at No. 7 on the ARIA Albums Chart
	Pa Salieu	Send Them to Coventry	Warner Music UK
15	Billy Danze	WeBusy: #TheListeningSession	WeBusy^[324]
16	Roc Marciano	Mt. Marci	Art That Kills, Marci Enterprises^[325]
17	Russ	Chomp	Russ My Way^[326]
19	Glaive	Cypress Grove	Interscope
20	DaBaby	My Brother's Keeper (Long Live G)	Interscope Records	Debuted at No. 40 on the Billboard 200
	French Montana	CB5	Montana Entertainment, Empire Distribution^[327]	Debuted at No. 51 on the Billboard 200
	Frosty	Under Surveillance	Relentless Records
	Horseshoe Gang	Music to Riot To	COB, LLC^[328]
	Jeezy	The Recession 2	CTE World, Def Jam^[329]	Debuted at No. 19 on the Billboard 200
	Loski	Music, Trial and Trauma: A Drill Story	Since '93^[330]	Debuted at No. 39 on the UK Albums Chart
	Meek Mill	Quarantine Pack	Dreamchasers, Maybach Music Group, Atlantic	Debuted at No. 44 on the Billboard 200
	Megan Thee Stallion	Good News	1501 Certified Entertainment, 300 Entertainment^[331]	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
	Rich the Kid and YoungBoy Never Broke Again	Nobody Safe	Rich Forever, EMPIRE^[332]	Debuted at No. 43 on the Billboard 200
	Saint Jhn	While the World Was Burning	GODD COMPLEXx, Hitco Music^[333]	Debuted at No. 34 on the Billboard 200
27	AJ Tracey	Secure the Bag! 2	AJ Tracey^[334]	Debuted at No. 75 on the UK Albums Chart
	Curren$y and Harry Fraud	Bonus Footage	SRFSCHL, Jet Life^[335]
	Jim Jones and Heatmakerz	El Capo (Deluxe)	Vamplife, Heatmakerz, EMPIRE^[336]
	Juicy J	The Hustle Continues	Trippy Music, E1 Records^[337]	Debuted at No. 68 on the Billboard 200
	Lil Wayne	No Ceilings 3 (A Side)	Young Money^[338]
	Lil Yachty	Lil Boat 3.5	Quality Control Music, Motown Records ^[339]
	Rimzee	Upper Clapton Dream 2	Ricardo Miles Entertainment^[340]	Debuted at No. 96 on the UK Albums Chart
	Rylo Rodriguez	G.I.H.F.	Four Pockets Full^[341]	Debuted at No. 37 on the Billboard 200
	Statik Selektah	The Balancing Act	ShowOff, Mass Appeal^[342]
	Stunna 4 Vegas	Welcome to 4 Vegas	Billion Dollar Baby, Interscope^[343]
	Twiztid	Revelashen	Majik Ninja Entertainment

December

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
4	Bernz	Sorry for the Mess	Strange Music, ingrooves^[344]
	DJ Scheme	Family	EMPIRE, Scheme Records
	Jet Life	Welcome to Jet Life Recordings	Jet Life^[345]
	Rico Nasty	Nightmare Vacation	Atlantic, Sugar Trap^[346]
	Rittz	Rittzmas	CNT^[347]
	Your Old Droog	Dump YOD: Krutoy Edition	Mongoloid Banks^[348]
	YFN Lucci	Wish Me Well 3	Think It's A Game, Warner Records Inc.	Debuted at No. 49 on the Billboard 200
8	Killah Priest & Jordan River Banks	The Third Eye in Technicolor	Proverbs, Riversound^[349]
8	Cassidy	Da Formula	Mayhem Music^[350]
9	Balt Getty and Chino XL	Chino vs. Balt	Purplehaus Records^[351]
11	Bia	For Certain	BIA, Epic Records	Debuted at No. 64 on the Billboard 200
	Boldy James & Real Bad Man	Real Bad Boldy	Real Bad Man Records^[352]
	Jack Harlow	Thats What They All Say	Generation Now, Atlantic Records^[353]	Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200
	Kid Cudi	Man on the Moon III: The Chosen	Wicked Awesome, Republic Records^[354]	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
	Pete Rock & The Soul Brothers	PeteStrumentals 3	Tru Soul^[355]
16	Sheff G	Proud of Me Now	Winners Circle, RCA^[356]
18	Berner & Cozmo	Respect the Connect	Bern One Entertainment^[357]
	J.I the Prince of N.Y	Hood Life Krisis, Vol. 3 - EP	G*STARR ENT, Geffen/Interscope Records	Debuted at No. 191 on the Billboard 200
	K-Rino	A Long Short Way	P.U.D. Empire LLC^[358]
	Eminem	Music to Be Murdered By: Side B	Shady, Aftermath, Interscope^[359]
	SpotemGottem	Final Destination	SpotemGottem	Debuted at No. 194 on the Billboard 200
	Too $hort & E-40	Ain't Gone Do It / Terms and Conditions	Trunk Productions, Heavy on the Grind Ent., 3T Ent., Empire^[360]
21	KRS-One	Between da Protests	R.A.M.P Ent Agency^[361]
22	Tory Lanez	Loner	One Umbrella Records^[362]
22	Havoc and Flee Lord	In the Name of Prodigy	LordMobb, LLC^[363]
23	J. Stone	The Definition of Pain	All Money In Records^[364]
23	Larry June	Numbers	The Freeminded^[365]
24	Lil' Flip	Flip Mayweather	GT Digital, Lil' Flip^[366]
24	Lil Durk	The Voice	Alamo Records, Geffen Records^[367]	Debuted at No. 46 on the Billboard 200
25	Playboi Carti	Whole Lotta Red	AWGE, Interscope Records^[368]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Tyga & DJ Drama	Well Done Fever	Last Kings Records, Gangsta Grillz

Highest-charting songs

United States

Hip hop songs from any year which charted in the 2020 Top 40 of the *Billboard* Hot 100^[369]
Song	Artist	Project	Peak position
"Franchise"	Travis Scott featuring Young Thug and M.I.A.	—	1
"Mood"	24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior	El Dorado
"Rockstar"	DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch	Blame It on Baby
"Savage"	Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé	Suga
"Say So"	Doja Cat featuring Nicki Minaj	Hot Pink
"The Box"	Roddy Ricch	Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial
"The Scotts"	The Scotts (Travis Scott and Kid Cudi)	—
"Toosie Slide"	Drake	Dark Lane Demo Tapes
"Trollz"	6ix9ine and Nicki Minaj	TattleTales
"WAP"	Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion	—
"Come & Go"	Juice Wrld and Marshmello	Legends Never Die	2
"Laugh Now Cry Later"	Drake featuring Lil Durk	—
"Life Is Good"	Future featuring Drake	High Off Life
"Whats Poppin"	Jack Harlow featuring DaBaby, Tory Lanez and Lil Wayne	Thats What They All Say
"Godzilla"	Eminem featuring Juice Wrld	Music to Be Murdered By	3
"Gooba"	6ix9ine	TattleTales
"Popstar"	DJ Khaled featuring Drake	Khaled Khaled
"The Bigger Picture"	Lil Baby	My Turn
"Wishing Well"	Juice Wrld	Legends Never Die	5
"Baby Pluto"	Lil Uzi Vert	Eternal Atake	6
"For the Night"	Pop Smoke featuring Lil Baby and DaBaby	Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon
"Lemonade"	Internet Money and Gunna featuring Don Toliver and Nav	B4 the Storm
"Conversations"	Juice Wrld	Legends Never Die	7
"Pain 1993"	Drake featuring Playboi Carti	Dark Lane Demo Tapes	7
"Blueberry Faygo"	Lil Mosey	Certified Hitmaker	8
"Greece"	DJ Khaled featuring Drake	Khaled Khaled
"Lo Mein"	Lil Uzi Vert	Eternal Atake
"Smile"	Juice Wrld and the Weeknd	Legends Never Die
"Life's a Mess"	Juice Wrld and Halsey	Legends Never Die	9
"Runnin"	21 Savage and Metro Boomin	Savage Mode II
"Silly Watch"	Lil Uzi Vert	Eternal Atake
"Hate the Other Side"	Juice Wrld and Marshmello featuring Polo G and the Kid Laroi	Legends Never Die	10
"Mr. Right Now"	21 Savage and Metro Boomin featuring Drake	Savage Mode II
"We Paid"	Lil Baby and 42 Dugg	My Turn
"Ballin'"	Mustard featuring Roddy Ricch	Perfect Ten	11
"Hot Girl Bummer"	Blackbear	Everything Means Nothing
"P2"	Lil Uzi Vert	Eternal Atake
"Righteous"	Juice Wrld	Legends Never Die
"The Woo"	Pop Smoke featuring 50 Cent and Roddy Ricch	Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon
"Blood on My Jeans"	Juice Wrld	Legends Never Die	12
"Body"	Megan Thee Stallion	Good News
"Rags2Riches"	Rod Wave featuring ATR Son Son	Pray 4 Love
"Myron"	Lil Uzi Vert	Lil Uzi Vert vs. the World 2	13
"Chicago Freestyle"	Drake featuring Giveon	Dark Lane Demo Tapes	14
"Titanic"	Juice Wrld	Legends Never Die	14
"Woah"	Lil Baby	My Turn	15
"Bad Energy"	Juice Wrld	Legends Never Die	16
"Sum 2 Prove"	Lil Baby	My Turn	16
"Falling"	Trevor Daniel	Nicotine	17
"Good News"	Mac Miller	Circles
"Jump"	DaBaby featuring YoungBoy Never Broke Again	Blame It on Baby
"Mood Swings"	Pop Smoke featuring Lil Tjay	Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon
"Said Sum"	Moneybagg Yo	Code Red
"Turks"	Nav and Gunna featuring Travis Scott	Good Intentions
"Heatin Up"	Lil Baby and Gunna	My Turn	18
"Bean (Kobe)"	Lil Uzi Vert featuring Chief Keef	Lil Uzi Vert vs. the World 2	19
"D4L"	Future, Drake and Young Thug	Dark Lane Demo Tapes
"Glock in My Lap"	21 Savage and Metro Boomin	Savage Mode II
"Move Ya Hips"	ASAP Ferg featuring Nicki Minaj and MadeinTYO	Floor Seats II
"High Fashion"	Roddy Ricch featuring Mustard	Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial	20
"Suicidal"	YNW Melly featuring Juice Wrld	Melly vs. Melvin
"Tap In"	Saweetie	Pretty Bitch Music
"That Way"	Lil Uzi Vert	Eternal Atake
"Party Girl"	StaySolidRocky	Fallin'	21
"Dior"	Pop Smoke	Meet the Woo 2	22
"Find My Way"	DaBaby	Blame It on Baby
"Homecoming"	Lil Uzi Vert	Eternal Atake
"The Adventures of Moon Man & Slim Shady"	Kid Cudi and Eminem	—
"Commercial"	Lil Baby featuring Lil Uzi Vert	My Turn	23
"Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head)"	Powfu featuring Beabadoobee	Poems of the Past
"Numbers"	A Boogie wit da Hoodie featuring Roddy Ricch, Gunna and London on da Track	Artist 2.0
"Yikes"	Nicki Minaj	—
"Heart on Ice"	Rod Wave	PTSD	25
"Not You Too"	Drake featuring Chris Brown	Dark Lane Demo Tapes
"Prices"	Lil Uzi Vert	Eternal Atake
"Rich Nigga Shit"	21 Savage and Metro Boomin featuring Young Thug	Savage Mode II	26
"Ritmo (Bad Boys for Life)"	Black Eyed Peas and J Balvin	Translation
"Yessirskiii"	Lil Uzi Vert and 21 Savage	Lil Uzi Vert vs. the World 2
"Desires"	Drake featuring Future	Dark Lane Demo Tapes	27
"Darkness"	Eminem	Music to Be Murdered By	28
"Girls in the Hood"	Megan Thee Stallion	Good News
"Lil Top"	YoungBoy Never Broke Again	Still Flexin, Still Steppin
"Live Off My Closet"	Lil Baby featuring Future	My Turn
"Pop"	Lil Uzi Vert	Eternal Atake
"Don't Stop"	Megan Thee Stallion featuring Young Thug	Good News	30
"Flex"	Polo G featuring Juice Wrld	The Goat
"Time Flies"	Drake	Dark Lane Demo Tapes
"B.I.T.C.H."	Megan Thee Stallion	Suga	31
"Drankin n Smokin"	Future and Lil Uzi Vert	Pluto x Baby Pluto
"Emotionally Scarred"	Lil Baby	My Turn
"Got It on Me"	Pop Smoke	Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon
"Those Kinda Nights"	Eminem featuring Ed Sheeran	Music to Be Murdered By
"Deep Pockets"	Drake	Dark Lane Demo Tapes	32
"Slidin"	21 Savage and Metro Boomin	Savage Mode II
"Solitaires"	Future featuring Travis Scott	High Off Life
"Bigger Than Life"	Lil Uzi Vert	Eternal Atake	33
"I Do It"	Lil Wayne featuring Big Sean and Lil Baby	Funeral
"Many Men"	21 Savage and Metro Boomin	Savage Mode II
"Aim for the Moon"	Pop Smoke featuring Quavo	Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon	34
"Celebration Station"	Lil Uzi Vert	Eternal Atake
"Demons"	Drake featuring Fivio Foreign and Sosa Geek	Dark Lane Demo Tapes
"Stay High"	Juice Wrld	Legends Never Die
"Trillionaire"	Future featuring YoungBoy Never Broke Again	High Off Life
"Tyler Herro"	Jack Harlow	Thats What They All Say
"@ Meh"	Playboi Carti	—	35
"Fighting Demons"	Juice Wrld	Legends Never Die
"My Window"	YoungBoy Never Broke Again featuring Lil Wayne	Top
"What That Speed Bout!?"	Mike Will Made It, Nicki Minaj and YoungBoy Never Broke Again	Michael
"When to Say When"	Drake	Dark Lane Demo Tapes
"Whole Lotta Choppas"	Sada Baby featuring Nicki Minaj	—
"Unaccommodating"	Eminem featuring Young M.A	Music to Be Murdered By	36
"You Better Move"	Lil Uzi Vert	Eternal Atake	36
"Gangstas"	Pop Smoke	Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon	37
"Holiday"	Lil Nas X	—
"I'm Sorry"	Lil Uzi Vert	Eternal Atake
"Blue World"	Mac Miller	Circles	38
"Dollaz on My Head"	Gunna featuring Young Thug	Wunna
"Out West"	JackBoys and Travis Scott featuring Young Thug	JackBoys
"PTSD"	G Herbo featuring Juice Wrld, Lil Uzi Vert and Chance the Rapper	PTSD
"Tell Me U Luv Me"	Juice Wrld and Trippie Redd	Legends Never Die
"Walk Em Down"	NLE Choppa featuring Roddy Ricch	Top Shotta
"44 Bulldog"	Pop Smoke	Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon	39
"Landed"	Drake	Dark Lane Demo Tapes
"Venetia"	Lil Uzi Vert	Eternal Atake

United Kingdom

Hip hop songs from any year which charted in the 2020 Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart^[370]
Song	Artist	Project	Peak position
"Ain't It Different"	Headie One featuring Stormzy and AJ Tracey	Edna	2
"Rain"	Aitch and AJ Tracey	Polaris	3
"Really Love"	KSI featuring Craig David and Digital Farm Animals	All Over the Place
"Rover"	S1mba featuring DTG	Good Time Long Time
"See Nobody"	Wes Nelson featuring Hardy Caprio	—
"Dinner Guest"	AJ Tracey featuring MoStack	Flu Game	5
"West Ten"	AJ Tracey featuring Mabel	Flu Game
"Only You Freestyle"	Headie One and Drake	Edna
"Houdini"	KSI featuring Swarmz and Tion Wayne	Dissimulation	6
"I Dunno"	Tion Wayne featuring Dutchavelli and Stormzy	—	7
"Ei8ht Mile"	DigDat featuring Aitch	Ei8ht Mile	9

Highest first-week consumption

List of albums with the highest first-week consumption (sales + streaming + track equivalent), as of December 2020 in the United States
Number	Album	Artist	1st-week consumption	1st-week position	Refs
1	Legends Never Die	Juice Wrld	497,000	1	^[371]
2	Eternal Atake	Lil Uzi Vert	288,000	1	^[372]
3	Music to Be Murdered By	Eminem	279,000	1	^[373]
4	Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon	Pop Smoke	251,000	1	^[374]
5	Dark Lane Demo Tapes	Drake	223,000	2	^[375]
6	No Pressure	Logic	221,000	2	^[376]
7	My Turn	Lil Baby	197,000	1	^[377]
8	Savage Mode II	21 Savage and Metro Boomin	171,000	1	^[378]
9	Circles	Mac Miller	164,000	3	^[373]
10	JackBoys	JackBoys and Travis Scott	154,000	1	^[379]

All critically reviewed albums ranked

Metacritic

Number	Artist	Album	Average score	Number of reviews	Reference
1	Pa Salieu	Send Them to Coventry	90	8 reviews	^[380]
2	Run the Jewels	RTJ4	89	26 reviews	^[381]
3	Freddie Gibbs x The Alchemist	Alfredo	88	9 reviews	^[382]
4	Headie One	Edna	87	7 reviews	^[383]
5	J Hus	Big Conspiracy	86	10 reviews	^[384]
6	Megan Thee Stallion	Good News	85	14 reviews	^[385]
7	Ka	Descendants of Cain	85	4 reviews	^[386]
8	Lil Uzi Vert	Eternal Atake	84	9 reviews	^[387]
9	Childish Gambino	3.15.20	83	16 reviews	^[388]
10	Mac Miller	Circles	83	14 reviews	^[389]
11	Jay Electronica	A Written Testimony	83	11 reviews	^[390]
12	Polo G	The GOAT	83	5 reviews	^[391]
13	Conway The Machine	From King to a God	82	8 reviews	^[392]
14	Open Mike Eagle	Anime, Trauma and Divorce	82	7 reviews	^[393]
15	Benny The Butcher	Burden of Proof	82	6 reviews	^[394]
16	Skepta x Chip x Young Adz	Insomnia	82	6 reviews	^[395]
17	Jadakiss	Ignatius	82	4 reviews	^[396]
18	Dave East	Karma 3	82	4 reviews	^[397]
19	21 Savage & Metro Boomin	Savage Mode II	81	10 reviews	^[398]
20	Denzel Curry & Kenny Beats	UNLOCKED	81	9 reviews	^[399]
21	Duckwrth	SuperGood	81	4 reviews	^[400]
22	Rico Nasty	Nightmare Vacation	80	12 reviews	^[401]
23	070 Shake	Modus Vivendi	80	10 reviews	^[402]
24	Knxwledge	1988	80	5 reviews	^[403]
25	clipping.	Visions of Bodies Being Burned	79	14 reviews	^[404]
26	Dizzee Rascal	E3 AF	79	10 reviews	^[405]
27	Royce da 5'9"	The Allegory	79	7 reviews	^[406]
28	Wiley	The Godfather 3	79	7 reviews	^[407]
29	Ty Dolla $ign	Featuring Ty Dolla $ign	79	7 reviews	^[408]
30	Tory Lanez	The New Toronto 3	79	4 reviews	^[409]
31	Logic	No Pressure	78	5 reviews	^[410]
32	Loski	Music, Trial and Trauma	77	4 reviews	^[411]
33	Mozzy	Beyond Bulletproof	77	4 reviews	^[412]
34	Westside Gunn	Who Made the Sunshine	76	5 reviews	^[413]
35	Public Enemy	What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down?	75	13 reviews	^[414]
36	Juice WRLD	Legends Never Die	75	10 reviews	^[415]
37	Playboi Carti	Whole Lotta Red	75	7 reviews	^[416]
38	Aminé	Limbo	75	7 reviews	^[417]
39	Pop Smoke	Meet the Woo, Vol. 2	75	5 reviews	^[418]
40	Black Thought	Streams of Thought, Vol. 3: Cane & Able	74	5 reviews	^[419]
41	Action Bronson	Only for Dolphins	73	4 reviews	^[420]
42	Nas	King's Disease	72	9 reviews	^[421]
43	Dej Loaf	Sell Sole II	72	4 reviews	^[422]
44	Kid Cudi	Man on the Moon III: The Chosen	71	10 reviews	^[423]
45	Big Sean	Detroit 2	71	8 reviews	^[424]
46	Busta Rhymes	Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of God	71	6 reviews	^[425]
47	Pop Smoke	Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon	70	13 reviews	^[426]
48	Future	High Off Life	70	9 reviews	^[427]
49	T.I.	The L.I.B.R.A.	70	4 reviews	^[428]
50	2 Chainz	So Help Me God!	68	4 reviews	^[429]
51	Gunna	WUNNA	67	6 reviews	^[430]
52	Future x Lil Uzi Vert	Pluto x Baby Pluto	67	5 reviews	^[431]
53	Lil Baby	My Turn	66	5 reviews	^[432]
54	Eminem	Music To Be Murdered By	64	17 reviews	^[433]
55	Lil Wayne	Funeral	62	10 reviews	^[434]
56	DaBaby	Blame It On Baby	62	9 reviews	^[435]
57	Drake	Dark Lane Demo Tapes	61	10 reviews	^[436]
58	Lil Yachty	Lil Boat 3	59	4 reviews	^[437]
59	NAV	Good Intentions	54	4 reviews	^[438]

AnyDecentMusic?

Number	Artist	Album	Average score	Number of reviews	Reference
1	Run the Jewels	RTJ4	8.8	27 reviews	^[439]
2	Open Mike Eagle	Anime, Trauma and Divorce	8.2	7 reviews	^[440]
3	Megan Thee Stallion	Good News	8.1	14 reviews	^[441]
4	J Hus	Big Conspiracy	8.1	11 reviews	^[442]
5	Childish Gambino	3.15.20	7.9	16 reviews	^[443]

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