2010_in_hip_hop_music
2010 in hip hop music
Overview of the events of 2010 in hip hop music
This article summarizes the events, album releases and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2010.
January
- Producer Shawty Redd was arrested on a murder charge.[1]
February
- Game signs a new record contract and returns to Aftermath Entertainment.
- Nujabes died on February 26, aged 36, in a traffic accident.
March
- Lil Wayne begins his one-year prison term. He shot over 30 music videos before his term.
- Ludacris becomes the first rapper in 2010 to be featured on 3 top 10 Billboard Hot 100 charted songs. (Justin Bieber's "Baby", Taio Cruz's "Break Your Heart", and "How Low")
- T.I. is officially released from prison and begins work on his seventh album.
- Lloyd Banks releases info via his Twitter that his new album will be called 'Hunger For More 2' and will attempt to take him back to his best work. However, the G-Unit label responded later that day stating that the title is tentative and not set in concrete.
- Ludacris' seventh studio album Battle of the Sexes becomes the first hip hop album of 2010 to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
- O.S.T.R.'s album Tylko dla dorosłych becomes the first hip hop album of 2010 to reach No. 1 on the OLiS.
April
- Dr. Dre announces the first single off his much anticipated Detox album. The track features Jay-Z.
- Lil Wayne's album Rebirth reaches gold, with 505,000 copies sold after two months of release.
- Eminem's album Relapse 2 is renamed to Recovery and confirmed to be released June 22, 2010.
- Guru died on April 19, aged 48, from multiple myeloma.
- 50 Cent announced The Invitation Tour to promote Black Magic and Before I Self Destruct.
- B.o.B's track "Nothin' on You" becomes the first Hip Hop song of the year to hit number one on the Hot 100. The single was also certified platinum.
May
- B.o.B becomes the second Hip Hop act to top the Billboard 200 in 2010 with his album B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray. It sold 85,000 copies in its first week.
- Gucci Mane is released from prison after spending 6 months behind bars for violating his probation. He announced that he has made a new label called 1017 Brick Squad Records and pushed back release date of his third album, The State vs. Radric Davis: The Appeal to a later date.
- Eminem's single "Not Afraid" debuts at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 becoming the first hip hop track to do so in 2010 and second hip hop song in history to debut at #1.
- Young Money's group album We Are Young Money was certified Gold.[2]
June
- Ludacris' single "My Chick Bad" is RIAA certified Platinum.[3]
- DJ Khaled's single All I Do Is Win is RIAA certified Gold.[4]
- Ludacris' album Battle of the Sexes becomes the second hip hop album released in 2010 to be certified Gold.[5]
- Lil Boosie is indicted on murder charges.
- DonGuralesko's album Totem Leśnych Ludzi becomes the second hip hop album of 2010 to reach No. 1 on the OLiS.
- Fat Joe and his entourage are questioned for sexual assault in Wisconsin.[6]
- Drake's debut album Thank Me Later sold about 449,000 copies in its first week giving it a No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200.
- Eminem's new album Recovery debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and sold more copies than any album in one week during 2010.
- Hip Hop Pioneer Rammellzee died on June 29.
- Lil Wayne's single "Drop the World" is certified Platinum.
- Kid Cudi was arrested in Manhattan, New York and charged with felony criminal mischief and possession of a controlled substance. Despite his arrest, he was released and made it to Manchester, Tennessee in time to headline the Bonnaroo fest.
July
- The rumored track list for Kanye West's "Good Ass Job" leaks.
- Eminem's album Recovery passes 1,000,000 copies sold in its second week.
- Eldo's album Zapiski z 1001 Nocy becomes the third hip hop album of 2010 to reach No. 1 on the OLiS.
- It was officially announced that pending good behavior, rapper Lil Wayne will be released from prison on November 4, 2010
- Eminem's single Love the Way You Lie tops the Billboard Hot 100, making it Eminem's fourth overall No. 1 single.
August
- Drake hosted the first annual Ovo (October's Very Own) Festival which included the VIP list of rap stars including: Jay-Z, Eminem, Rick Ross, Young Jeezy, Bun B and Fabolous.[7]
- The music videos for Kanye West's hit single Power and Eminem's hit single Love the Way You Lie debut the same day on MTV.
- DJ Khaled's single All I Do Is Win is RIAA certified Platinum.[8]
- Kanye West's and Nicki Minaj's upcoming studio albums are titles are revealed to be "Dark Twisted Fantasy" and "Pink Friday" respectively.
- Hip-Hop's Cash Kings 2010 list comes out August 17, 2010. Jay-Z ($63 Million), Diddy ($30 Million), & Akon ($21 Million) come on as the Hip-Hop Cash Kings in 2010. The rest follow as Lil Wayne ($20 Million), Dr. Dre ($17 Million), Ludacris ($16 Million), Snoop Dogg ($15 Million), Timbaland ($14 Million), Pharrell Williams ($13 Million), Drake ($10 Million), T.I. ($9 Million), Swizz Beatz ($9 Million), Eminem ($8 Million), 50 Cent ($8 Million).
- DJ Khaled signs a record contract with Cash Money Records and Bizzy Bone says he may sign also.[9]
- Eminem Recovery sold 2,000,000 copies in two months.
October
- On October 13, Harlem World member Huddy 6 was killed in a car accident at the George Washington Bridge in New York, aged 34.[10]
- T.I.'s pending drug charges were dropped, but due to a violation of his parole, he was sentenced to 11 months in FCC Forrest City, the prison facility where he previously served time for weapons-possession charges. These recent events likely caused him to change his upcoming album's title from "King Uncaged" to "No Mercy".[11]
November
- Lil Wayne is released from prison
- Dr. Dre releases the first official single off Detox titled "Kush" which features Snoop Dogg and Akon. The song has peaked within the top 50 on the Billboard Hot 100.
- After 58 weeks on the charts, in November 2010, Kid Cudi's debut album Man on the Moon: The End of Day was certified Gold for selling over 500,000 copies in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA),[12]
- Atlanta, Georgia rapper Waka Flocka Flame received his first gold plaque for the single "No Hands" produced by Memphis, Tennessee's Drumma Boy, off his debut album Flockaveli.[13]
- Nicki Minaj Releases her debut Album Pink Friday It sells 375,000 copies the first week
December
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania rapper Sam Willis's single "Peso" is certified Gold.[14]
- Following an arrest for a probation violation, DMX was sentenced to a year in prison in Arizona.[15]
- Lil Wayne released his first single since being released from jail called "6 Foot 7 Foot". The single will be the first single off Tha Carter IV.
- Former Bad Boy artist G. Dep confesses to police regarding a cold case murder he committed in 1993, reportedly due to a want of "making amends" with his past.[16]
- Former Cash Money Records hip hop artist Magnolia Shorty shot and killed in a homicide murder on December 20.
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Notes |
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| January 5 | Kanye West | VH1 Storytellers: Kanye West |
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| January 19 | RJD2 | The Colossus | |
| Dessa | A Badly Broken Code | ||
| January 26 | Strong Arm Steady | In Search of Stoney Jackson | |
| DMX | The Best of DMX | ||
| January 29 | Maino | Unstoppable – The EP | |
| February 2 | Lil Wayne | Rebirth |
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| Styles P & DJ Green Lantern | The Green Ghost Project | ||
| Statik Selektah | 100 Proof: The Hangover | ||
| February 8 | SwinDoe | SwinDoe |
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| February 9 | Canibus | Melatonin Magik | |
| DJ Kay Slay | More Than Just a DJ |
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| February 16 | Freeway & Jake One | The Stimulus Package |
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| Pastor Troy | G.I. Troy – Strictly 4 My Soldiers | ||
| February 19 | Bushido | Zeiten ändern dich |
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| February 24 | MellowHype | YelloWhite |
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| February 26 | O.S.T.R. | Tylko dla dorosłych |
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| March 2 | DJ Khaled | Victory[17] |
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| March 4 | Sam Adams | Boston's Boy | |
| March 9 | Ludacris | Battle of the Sexes[18] |
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| Kidz in the Hall | Land of Make Believe | ||
| Freeway & Beanie Sigel | The Roc Boys |
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| March 13 | Gucci Mane | Burrrprint (2) HD |
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| March 23 | Brotha Lynch Hung | Dinner and a Movie |
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| Snoop Dogg | More Malice |
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| Outlawz | The Lost Songs Vol. 1, The Lost Songs Vol. 2, The Lost Songs Vol. 3 | ||
| Young Noble | Noble Justice: The Lost Songs | ||
| EDIDON | The Stash Spot | ||
| Inspectah Deck | Manifesto | ||
| J-Kwon | J-Kwon | ||
| Marco Polo & Ruste Juxx | The eXXecution | ||
| Donwill | Don Cusack In High Fidelity | ||
| March 26 | Spider Loc | Be About Your Money At All Costs (B.A.Y.M.A.A.C.) | |
| March 30 | Army of the Pharaohs | The Unholy Terror | |
| E-40 | Revenue Retrievin': Day Shift |
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| Revenue Retrievin': Night Shift |
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| Tech N9ne | The Lost Scripts of K.O.D. |
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| Meth, Ghost & Rae | Wu-Massacre |
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| Sho Baraka | Lions and Liars |
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| Manafest | The Chase | ||
| Masta Killa | Masta Killa Live | ||
| March 31 | Earl Sweatshirt | EARL (Mixtape) | |
| April 4 | Cuete Yeska | Love Stories, Part 2 -The Notebook | |
| April 6 | Too Short | Still Blowin' |
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| Insane Clown Posse | Bang! Pow! Boom! (Nuclear Version) | ||
| Diabolic | Liar & a Thief | ||
| April 13 | Murs & 9th Wonder | Fornever |
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| April 14 | Wiz Khalifa | Kush and Orange Juice (Mixtape) | |
| April 16 | Chakuza | Monster in mir |
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| April 20 | Little Brother | Leftback LP |
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| Cypress Hill | Rise Up |
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| Devin The Dude | Suite 420 |
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| Andre Nickatina | Khan! The Me Generation | ||
| Cognito | Automatic | ||
| Kurupt | Streetlights |
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| Kottonmouth Kings | Long Live The Kings |
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| April 27 | B.o.B | B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray |
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| Daddy Yankee | Mundial | ||
| May 4 | Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | Uni-5: The World's Enemy |
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| 8Ball & MJG | Ten Toes Down |
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| Ayatollah | The Quixotic | ||
| Trina | Amazin' |
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| Lil Cuete | The Only & Only | ||
| May 7 | Kay One | Kenneth allein zu Haus |
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| May 11 | Boondox | South of Hell | |
| Sage Francis | Life | ||
| May 12 | KRS-One | Back to the L.A.B. | |
| May 18 | Nas & Damian Marley | Distant Relatives |
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| Reflection Eternal | Revolutions Per Minute |
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| Styles P | The Ghost Dub-Dime | ||
| Necro | Die! | ||
| Guilty Simpson | O.J. Simpson | ||
| Bizarre | Friday Night At St. Andrew's | ||
| Madlib | Madlib Medicine Show No. 5: The History Of Loop Digga | ||
| Tha Dogg Pound | Keep on Ridin |
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| Esoteric | Fly Casualties | ||
| Jermside & Danny Diggs | Middle Classic | ||
| PackFM | I Fucking Hate Rappers | ||
| Common | Go! Common Classics |
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| Keak da Sneak | Mob Boss | ||
| Roc Marciano | Marcberg | ||
| May 25 | Scarface | Dopeman Music | |
| Pastor Troy | Zero Tolerence | ||
| Royce da 5'9" | Street Hop (Deluxe Edition) | ||
| Cam’ron & The U.N. | Heat In Here Vol. 1 |
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| Apollo Brown | The Reset | ||
| May 26 | Noah23 & Vinyl Blight | Vermin vs Noah23 EP | |
| June 1 | Yukmouth | Free at Last | |
| Kokane | Gimme All Mine | ||
| Homeboy Sandman | The Good Sun | ||
| June Marx | Body Of God | ||
| June 4 | Noah23 & Playpad Circus | Noah23 / Playpad Circus | |
| June 8 | Plies | Goon Affiliated |
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| Lil Jon | Crunk Rock |
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| Travis McCoy | Lazarus |
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| Rhymefest | El Che | ||
| Ratatat | LP4 |
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| Kutt Calhoun | Raw and Un-Kutt |
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| Reef the Lost Cauze | Fight Music | ||
| MF Grimm | You Only Live Twice: The Audio Graphic Novel | ||
| DJ Clay | Book of the Wicked, Chapter One | ||
| June 11 | DonGuralesko | Totem Leśnych Ludzi |
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| Fler | Flersguterjunge |
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| June 15 | C-Murder | Tomorrow | |
| Nappy Roots | The Pursuit Of Nappyness | ||
| Drake | Thank Me Later |
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| Crooked I | Hood Star | ||
| H-Ryda | Half Dead, Half Livin | ||
| Pastor Troy | Attitude Adjuster 2 | ||
| Mr. Capone-E | The Blue Album | ||
| Black C | 70's Baby | ||
| Dirty Circus | Alive and Well | Sweatshop Union side project[20] | |
| Pigeon Hole | Age Like Astronauts | Sweatshop Union side project[20] | |
| Trillionaire$ | By Hook or by Crook | Sweatshop Union side project[20] | |
| June 21 | Eminem | Recovery |
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| The Roots | How I Got Over |
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| Z-Ro | Heroin |
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| June 22 | Blaze Ya Dead Homie | Gang Rags |
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| Madlib | Madlib Medicine Show No. 6: Brain Wreck Show | ||
| Vinnie Paz | Season of the Assassin | ||
| Trip Lee | Between Two Worlds |
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| Super Chron Flight Brothers | Cape Verde | ||
| June 24 | Tede | FuckTede / Glam Rap |
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| Bumpy Knuckles | Music From The Man… Volume One | ||
| June 29 | 3OH!3 | Streets of Gold |
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| Marco Polo | The Stupendous Adventures | ||
| Eternia & MoSS | At Last | ||
| A.G. | Everything's Berri | ||
| Eldo | Zapiski z 1001 Nocy |
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| July 6 | Big Boi | Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty |
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| Juvenile | Beast Mode |
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| Lil' Flip | Ahead of My Time | ||
| Rick Ross | The Albert Anastasia EP | ||
| July 13 | Capone-N-Noreaga | The War Report 2 |
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| Paul Wall | Heart of a Champion |
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| Stat Quo | Statlanta | ||
| Curren$y | Pilot Talk |
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| Pro | Redemption | ||
| Snoop Dogg | My No. 1 Priority | ||
| Sam Adams | Boston's Boy (Deluxe Edition) | ||
| Mr. Criminal | Death Before Dishonor | ||
| July 20 | Rick Ross | Teflon Don |
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| Ron Browz | Etherlibrium | ||
| Ayatollah | Cocoon | ||
| Rakaa | Crown Of Thorns | ||
| Ras Kass & DJ Rhettmatic | A.D.I.D.A.S. (All Day I Dream About Spittin’) | ||
| Potluck | Greatest Hits with Our Buds | ||
| July 27 | Tech N9ne | The Gates Mixed Plate |
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| Fat Joe | The Darkside Vol. 1 |
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| Slum Village | Villa Manifesto |
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| Madlib | Madlib Medicine Show No. 7: High Jazz | ||
| Killah Priest | The 3 Day Theory | ||
| Cut Chemist | Sound Of The Police | ||
| Bizzy Bone | Crossover: 2010 EP | ||
| Krayzie Bone | The Fixtape Volume 3: Lyrical Paraphernalia | ||
| Trek Life | Everything Changed Nothing | ||
| Zo! | SunStorm | ||
| Willie the Kid & Lee Bannon | Never A Dull Moment: The EP | ||
| August 1 | Mistachuck | Don’t Rhyme For The Sake Of Riddlin’ | |
| August 3 | Bun B | Trill O.G. |
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| Freddie Gibbs | Str8 Killa |
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| Pastor Troy | King of All Kings | ||
| Esham | Suspended Animation | ||
| El-P | Weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixxx3 | ||
| Lil' Keke | The Don Ke Chronicles | ||
| Roc C | Scapegoat | ||
| King Gordy | Xerxes The God-King | ||
| Messy Marv, The Jacka & Blanco | Jonestown | ||
| August 5 | Del the Funky Homosapien | It Ain't Illegal Yet | |
| August 10 | Dirt Nasty | Nasty As I Wanna Be | |
| Ahmad | The Death Of Me | ||
| DJ Screw | Forever | ||
| GRITS | Quarantine | ||
| LMNO | Tripping On This Journey | ||
| Ayatollah | Live From The MPC 60 (Box Set) | ||
| Messy Marv | Thizz City | ||
| Buck 65 | 20 Odd Years Volume 3: Albuquerque | ||
| Bun B & DJ Michael “5000” Watts | Trill O.G. (Screwed & Chopped) | ||
| Lord Infamous | Futuristic Rowdy Bounty Hunter | ||
| August 13 | Mac Miller | K.I.D.S. | |
| August 17 | D-Loc | Made For Kings | |
| Camu Tao | King Of Hearts | ||
| Mac Dre | G.A.M.E. | ||
| Messy Marv & Berner | Blow: Blocks And Boat Docks | ||
| Crooked I | Planet C.O.B. Vol. 1 | ||
| Husalah | Tha Furly Ghost Volume 3 | ||
| Tha Dogg Pound | 100 Wayz | ||
| Raekwon | Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt. II (Gold Deluxe Edition) | ||
| Bizzy Bone | The Best Of Bizzy Bone Vol. 2 | ||
| August 24 | Blu | Her Favorite Colo(u)r (Re-Release) | |
| Messy Marv | Thizz City | ||
| The Pack | Wolfpack Party | ||
| Bizzy Bone | Crossroads: 2010 | ||
| Tek | 24KT Smoke | ||
| Apollo Brown | The Reset (Instrumentals) | ||
| Jneiro Jarel | Fauna (International Release) | ||
| Cassidy | Face 2 Face Ep | ||
| August 31 | Big L | 139 & Lenox | |
| Common Sense | Resurrection (Deluxe Edition) | ||
| DJ Muggs & Ill Bill | Kill Devil Hills | ||
| Fabolous | There Is No Competition 2: The Grieving Music EP |
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| KRS-One & True Master | Meta-Historical | ||
| Godfather Don | Properties Of Steel: The Hydra Records Singles | ||
| Madlib | Madlib Medicine Show No. 8: Advanced Jazz | ||
| Tela | Gators & Suits | ||
| Kano | Method To The Maadness (International Release) | ||
| Whodini | Whodini (Re-Release) | ||
| Exile | Radio: AM/FM | ||
| Fes Taylor | I’m Not A Rapper! | ||
| September 7 | Chingy | Success & Failure | |
| Young Buck | The Rehab |
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| Q-Unique | Between Heaven & Hell | ||
| Nate Dogg | G-Funk Mix | ||
| Dorrough | Get Big |
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| Rock & Suge White | Rockin Out West | ||
| Atmosphere | To All My Friends, Blood Makes The Blade Holy: The Atmosphere EP's |
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| September 10 | Harlem 6 | The New Breed | |
| September 14 | Krizz Kaliko | Shock Treatment |
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| Huey | Redemption | ||
| Black Milk | Album of the Year |
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| J Dawg | Still Behind Tint | ||
| MF Doom & Big Benn Klingon | Expektoration Live | ||
| Watchmen | Wu-Tang Management Presents Watchmen | ||
| Rah Digga | Classic | ||
| Pete Rock & CL Smooth | Mecca and the Soul Brother (Deluxe Edition) | ||
| September 15 | Dirt Platoon | Deeper Than Dirt | |
| September 20 | Witchdoctor | Dracula “Transylvania” | |
| September 21 | Twiztid | Heartbroken & Homicidal |
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| MC Eiht | The Best Of MC Eiht | ||
| Prospect | First Blood | ||
| Ski Beatz | 24 Hour Karate School | ||
| Spice 1 | The Best Of Spice 1 Vol. 2 | ||
| September 27 | Lil Wayne | I Am Not a Human Being |
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| September 28 | Hell Razah | Heaven Razah | |
| Lecrae | Rehab |
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| Kane & Abel | Back On Money | ||
| Group Home | G.U.R.U. (Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal) | ||
| Gucci Mane | The Appeal: Georgia's Most Wanted |
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| Timbo King | From Babylon To Timbuktu | ||
| Boogie Down Productions | Criminal Minded (Elite Edition) | ||
| Boosie Badazz | Incarcerated |
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| Ice Cube | I Am the West |
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| Trae Tha Truth, Evil Empire, & DJ Folk | Can’t Ban Tha Truth | ||
| Thug Lordz | Thug Money | ||
| Big Remo | Entrapment | ||
| B-Real | The Harvest Vol. 1: The Mixtape | ||
| Brown Study | Brown Study | ||
| Count Bass D & DJ Pocket | Activity | ||
| DJ Spinna & BBE Soundsystem | Strange Games & Funky Things Volume 5 | ||
| Donnis | Fashionably Late | ||
| J-Bo | Herringbone Jones | ||
| Koopsta Knicca | A Murder In Room 8 | ||
| Madlib & Nitti | Madlib Medicine Show No. 9: High Fi Sounds For Smokers And Drinkers | ||
| September 29 | Noah23 | Heart of Rock | |
| September 30 | Black Knights | West Coast Killa Beez (The Stolen Legacy Vol. 1) | |
| October 1 | Tinie Tempah | Disc-Overy |
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| Bag Raiders | Bag Raiders | ||
| October 4 | Soprano | La Colombe |
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| October 5 | B.G. | Hollyhood | |
| Canibus | C of Tranquility | ||
| Pimp C | The Naked Soul of Sweet Jones |
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| Skyzoo & Illmind | Live from the Tape Deck |
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| Savage | The Tribal Council | ||
| Waka Flocka Flame | Flockaveli |
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| 8Ball & MJG | From the Bottom 2 the Top | ||
| Hezekiah | Conscious Porn | ||
| Bone Brothers | The Best of Bone Brothers | ||
| October 10 | The Gaslamp Killer | Death Gate | |
| LMNO | James Kelly (Box Set) | ||
| October 12 | ¡Mayday! | Stuck On An Island | |
| Pac Div | Grown Kid Syndrome | ||
| Cali Swag District | The Kickback |
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| Illmind | Behind The Curtain | ||
| 9th Prince | One Man Army | ||
| El Da Sensei & The Returners | GT2: Nu World | ||
| GLC | Love, Life & Loyalty | ||
| Lord Jamar | Known Associates | ||
| Pigeon John | Dragon Slayer | ||
| 7L & Esoteric | 1212 | ||
| Chiddy Bang | Chiddy Bang: The Preview |
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| Tha Chill | Chillafornia EP | ||
| Far East Movement | Free Wired | ||
| Vado | Slime Flu | ||
| The HoodStarz | Controversy | ||
| Kaz Kyzah & Ammbush | Deadly Operation | ||
| Nems | Prezident’s Day | ||
| October 19 | Pastor Troy | The Best Of Pastor Troy Vol. 1 | |
| Pastor Troy | The Best Of Pastor Troy Vol. 2 | ||
| The Jacka & Ampichino | Devilz Rejectz 2: House Of The Dead | ||
| Kokayi | Robots & Dinosaurs | ||
| Von Pea | Pea’s Gotta Have It | ||
| The Lost Children of Babylon | Zeitgeist: The Spirit Of The Age | ||
| Lil' Keke | Seven 13 Vol. 4 | ||
| Lil Scrappy | Prince of the South 2 | ||
| LMNO, KeyKool & 2Mex | Blessing In Disguise | ||
| Pimp C & DJ Michael “5000” Watts | The Naked Soul of Sweet Jones (Screwed & Chopped) | ||
| Anybody Killa | Medicine Bag |
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| Kinto Sol | El Ultimo Suspiro | ||
| October 20 | Ski Beatz | 24 Hour Karate School Japan | |
| John Forté | The Bloomingdales Acoustics | ||
| October 22 | Berlins Most Wanted | Berlins Most Wanted | |
| October 25 | Tech N9ne | Seepage EP |
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| Lyrics Born | As U Were | ||
| Various Artists | Stomp The Yard: Homecoming OST | ||
| Skillz | The World Needs More Skillz | ||
| Cap D | PolyMath | ||
| October 26 | 1982 | 1982 | |
| 9th Wonder | 9th's Opus: It's A Wonderful World Music Group Volume 1 | ||
| Celph Titled & Buckwild | Nineteen Ninety Now | ||
| Chaundon | No Excuses | ||
| Greg Nice | The Popcycle | ||
| Madlib | Madlib Medicine Show No. 10: Black Soul | ||
| Vinnie Paz | Prayer For The Assassin | ||
| Doc Ish | The First Treatment | ||
| 2Mex | My Fanbase Will Destroy | ||
| No One | The Substance | ||
| Wisemen | Children of a Lesser God | ||
| Lord Infamous & Black Rain Ent. | Helloween Part 2: The Rise Of Satan | ||
| Nottz | You Need This Music | ||
| The Left | Gas Mask | ||
| October 31 | Koopsta Knicca | Da Devil's Playground 2 | |
| Spice 1 | Hallowpoint | ||
| Outlawz | Killuminati 2K10 | ||
| November 2 | Devin the Dude | Gotta Be Me | |
| Pitbull | Armando |
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| J-Live | Undivided Attention | ||
| Diplo | Blow Your Head: Dubstep | ||
| Psycho Les | Psycho Therapy: The Remixes | ||
| Gangrene | Sawblade EP | ||
| San Quinn & Loyal-T | Never Say Die | ||
| Trigganometry | Trigga Happy 3 | ||
| November 4 | Nocando | Unlocked | |
| November 5 | Ghostface Killah | Supreme Clientele (Special Edition) | |
| November 9 | Eligh | GreyCrow | |
| Kid Cudi | Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager |
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| Custom Made | Hi-Def | ||
| Knoc-turn'al | Knoc's Ville | ||
| Watchmen | Power | ||
| Twista | The Perfect Storm |
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| Lil Boosie, Webbie, Lil' Trill & Trill Fam | Trill Entertainment Presents: All or Nothing |
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| DJ Felli Fel | Thump Ridaz Mix | ||
| Zion I | Atomic Clock | ||
| Lord Jamar | Known Associates | ||
| Lil' Keke | 713: The Album | ||
| Joe Budden | Mood Muzik 4: A Turn 4 The Worst |
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| Smoke DZA | George Kush Da Button (The Deluxe Edition) | ||
| Buckwild | Presents… | ||
| Criminal Manne | Got That Work | ||
| Stan Sly | Anutha World | ||
| Various Artists | Super Jerkin’ Vol. 2 | ||
| Gucci Mane | La Flare | ||
| Bomb Zombies | Sincerely Yours | ||
| The Boy Boy Young Me$$ | Paystyle Flow: No Pen Vol. 2 | ||
| San Quinn & Loyal-T | Never Say Die | ||
| November 12 | Mystro | Digmund Freud E.P. | |
| November 16 | Nelly | Nelly 5.0 |
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| Berner & Ampichino | Traffic 2 | ||
| Cutthroat | The Takeova | ||
| LMNO & DJ Babu | No Apologies | ||
| Cassidy | C.A.S.H. (Cass A Straight Hustla) |
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| Bizzy Bone | The Greatest Rapper Alive | ||
| Masta Killa | Wu-Tang: The Next Chamber | ||
| John Regan | Sorry I'm Late | ||
| Messy Marv | D.I.N.O.S.A.U.R. The Collection Volume One | ||
| J-Zone | A Job Ain’t Nuthin But Work (Deluxe Edition) | ||
| November 19 | Hopsin | Raw | |
| The Beatnuts | Street Level (Deluxe Edition) | ||
| November 22 | Kanye West | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy |
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| Nicki Minaj | Pink Friday |
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| Yelawolf | Trunk Muzik 0-60 |
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| Phanatik | Party Over Here | ||
| Jay-Z | The Hits Collection, Volume One | ||
| Gangrene | Gutter Water | ||
| Duke Da God | The D.I.P. Agenda | ||
| Curren$y | Pilot Talk II |
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| Lloyd Banks | H.F.M. 2 (The Hunger for More) |
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| Bronze Nazareth | School For The Blindman | ||
| Rye Rye | Sunshine Remix EP | ||
| Tabi Bonney | Fre$h | ||
| Booba | Lunatic | ||
| Calle 13 | Entren Los Que Quieran | ||
| November 23 | Inspectah Deck | Manifesto Redux | |
| Mr. Capone-E | Gang Stories | ||
| Big L | Return of the Devil's Son | ||
| Damu the Fudgemunk | Supply For Demand | ||
| Maestro Fresh-Wes | The Black Tie Affair (Re-Release) | ||
| Bubba Sparxxx | Miracle On Gamble Road | ||
| Esham | Suspended Extended (Subatomic Jetpack Edition) | ||
| November 25 | Various Artists | Free Leonard Peltier: Hip Hop's Contribution To The Freedom Campaign | |
| November 30 | Slim Thug | Tha Thug Show |
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| Soulja Boy Tell 'Em | The DeAndre Way |
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| Nu Jerzey Devil | Behind Closed Doors | ||
| Flo Rida | Only One Flo (Part 1) |
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| Haystak | Easy 2 Hate | ||
| Daz Dillinger | Matter of Dayz | ||
| AZ | Doe or Die 15th Anniversary | ||
| Sleepy D & DJ Fresh | The Tonite Show: Sleep Walking | ||
| MC Mr. Napkins | The Album | ||
| Big Hutch | Ef U Hutch | ||
| Ali Vegas | AutoVegography | ||
| Bad Seed | Intelligently Ignant | ||
| Big Hutch | Ef U Hutch | ||
| Deacon The Villain & Sheisty Khrist | Niggaz With Latitude (N.W.L.) | ||
| JR & PH7 | The Update | ||
| Copywrite | The Life And Times Of Peter Nelson | ||
| Big Rich | Built To Last | ||
| December 7 | Snowgoons | Kraftwerk | |
| Large Professor & Neek The Exotic | Exotic Species | ||
| DJ Premier & Year Round Records | Get Used To Us | ||
| Redman | Redman Presents... Reggie |
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| T.I. | No Mercy |
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| Crown Royale | Crown Royale | ||
| Philthy Rich & DJ Fresh | My Block: Welcome To Sem City 2 | ||
| Remedy | It All Comes Down To This | ||
| Madlib | Madlib Medicine Show No. 11: Low Budget High Fi Music | ||
| DJ Clay | Book Of The Wicked: The Mixtape Vol. 2 | ||
| Father MC | My (Digitally Remastered) | ||
| Messy Marv | Collabos | ||
| December 14 | Sheek Louch | Donnie G: Don Gorilla | |
| LMNO | LMNO Is Dead | ||
| Various Artists | Lost Tapes Of Suave House | ||
| The Untouchables | Al Capone’s Vault | ||
| J Stalin | The Real World Part 3 | ||
| Too Short | Respect the Pimpin' | ||
| Doc Ish | The First Treatment | ||
| Andre Nickatina & The Jacka | My Middle Name Is Crime EP | ||
| Andre Nickatina & Smoov-E | The King And Mr. Biscuits | ||
| December 20 | WC | That’s What I’m Talking About | |
| Gorilla Zoe | I Am Atlanta 3 | ||
| December 21 | Brand Nubian | Enter The Dubstep Volume 2 | |
| David Banner & 9th Wonder | Death of a Pop Star | ||
| Dru Down | Chronicles Of A Pimp | ||
| Ghostface Killah | Apollo Kids |
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| Cyssero | Destined for Greatness | ||
| Statik Selektah | The Left-Overs (Of What’s To Come…) (EP) | ||
| Messy Marv | Shooting Range Part 2 | ||
| Mikkey Halsted | The Darkroom | ||
| Illa J | 4 Past Midnite | ||
| December 28 | Flame | Captured |
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| Planet Asia | Crack Belt Theatre | ||
| Sha Stimuli | Unsung Vol. 1: The Garden Of Eden | ||
| December 31 | Statik Selektah & Termanology | The Evening News EP |
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More information Song, Artist ...
| Song | Artist | Project | Peak position |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Love the Way You Lie" | Eminem featuring Rihanna | Recovery | 1 |
| "Not Afraid" | Eminem | ||
| "Just A Dream" | Nelly | 5.0 | 3 |
| "Down on Me" | Jeremih featuring 50 Cent | All About You | 4 |
| "Right Above It" | Lil Wayne featuring Drake | I Am Not a Human Being | 6 |
| "Young Forever" | Jay-Z featuring Mr Hudson | The Blueprint 3 | 10 |
| "My Chick Bad" | Ludacris featuring Nicki Minaj | Battle of the Sexes | 11 |
| "Carry Out" | Timbaland featuring Justin Timberlake | Shock Value II | |
| "Runaway" | Kanye West featuring Pusha T | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | 12 |
| "Your Love" | Nicki Minaj | Pink Friday | 14 |
| "Over" | Drake | Thank Me Later | |
| "Miss Me" | Drake featuring Lil Wayne | Thank Me Later | 15 |
| "Gonnorhea" | Lil Wayne featuring Drake | I Am Not A Human Being | 17 |
| "Monster" | Kanye West featuring Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Bon Iver & Nicki Minaj | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | 18 |
| "Drop the World" | Lil Wayne featuring Eminem | Rebirth | |
| "That's All She Wrote" | T.I. featuring Eminem | No Mercy | |
| "I Made It (Cash Money Heroes)" | Kevin Rudolf featuring Birdman, Jay Sean & Lil Wayne | To the Sky | 21 |
| "POWER" | Kanye West | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | 22 |
| "Erase Me" | Kid Cudi featuring Kanye West | Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager | |
| "Say Something" | Timbaland featuring Drake | Shock Value II | 23 |
| "No Love" | Eminem featuring Lil Wayne | Recovery | |
| "Check It Out" | will.i.am & Nicki Minaj | Pink Friday | 24 |
| "All I Do Is Win" | DJ Khaled featuring T-Pain, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg & Rick Ross | Victory | |
| "Fancy" | Drake featuring T.I. & Swizz Beatz | Thank Me Later | 25 |
| "Right Thru Me" | Nicki Minaj | Pink Friday | 26 |
| "Hello Good Morning" | Diddy & Dirty Money featuring T.I. | Last Train to Paris | 27 |
| "Hell Breaks Loose" | Eminem featuring Dr. Dre | Relapse: Refill | 29 |
| "Aston Martin Music" | Rick Ross featuring Drake & Chrisette Michele | Teflon Don | 30 |
| "Kush" | Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg & Akon | — | 34 |
| "Lose My Mind" | Jeezy featuring Plies | Thug Motivation 103: Hustlerz Ambition | 35 |
| "On to the Next One" | Jay-Z featuring Swizz Beatz | The Blueprint 3 | 37 |
| "Got Your Back" | T.I. featuring Keri Hilson | No Mercy | 38 |
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As of December 31, 2010.[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]
More information Number, Artist ...
| Number | Artist | Album | 1st week sales | 1st week position |
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| 1 | Eminem | Recovery | 741,000 | #1 |
| 2 | Kanye West | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | 496,000 | #1 |
| 3 | Drake | Thank Me Later | 447,000 | #1 |
| 4 | Nicki Minaj | Pink Friday | 375,000 | #2 |
| 5 | Lil Wayne | Rebirth | 176,000 | #2 |
| 6 | Rick Ross | Teflon Don | 176,000 | #2 |
| 7 | Kid Cudi | Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager | 169,000 | #3 |
| 8 | T.I. | No Mercy | 159,000 | #4 |
| 9 | Ludacris | Battle of the Sexes | 137,000 | #1 |
| 10 | Lil Wayne | I Am Not a Human Being | 125,000 | #1 |
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More information Number, Artist ...
| Number | Artist | Album | Average score | Number of reviews | Reference |
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| 1 | Kanye West | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | 94 | 45 reviews | [30] |
| 2 | Big Boi | Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty | 90 | 33 reviews | [31] |
| 4 | The Roots | How I Got Over | 86 | 23 reviews | [32] |
| 5 | Ghostface Killah | Apollo Kids | 84 | 17 reviews | [33] |
| 6 | CeeLo Green | The Lady Killer | 80 | 33 reviews | [34] |
| 7 | Rick Ross | Teflon Don | 79 | 18 reviews | [35] |
| 8 | Gil Scott-Heron | I'm New Here | 78 | 28 reviews | [36] |
| 9 | Freeway & Jake One | The Stimulus Package | 78 | 15 reviews | [37] |
| 10 | John Legend & The Roots | Wake Up! | 77 | 22 reviews | [38] |
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