2002 in hip hop music, the Glossary

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1. 414 relations: '03 Bonnie & Clyde, A Gangster and a Gentleman, A Ghetto Dream, Absolute Power (Tech N9ne album), Aesop Rock, Aftermath Entertainment, Aggro Berlin, Aim (musician), All I Want (PSD album), All of the Above (J-Live album), All or Nothin' (54th Platoon album), All That We Do, Alley: The Return of the Ying Yang Twins, Amaru Entertainment, Angie Martinez, Animal House (Angie Martinez album), Anticon, Arista Records, Ashanti (singer), Astralwerks, Asylum Records, Atlantic Records, Atmosphere (music group), Attack of the Attacking Things, AZ (rapper), Aziatic, Bacdafucup: Part II, Back 2 the Game, Ballers (album), Better Dayz, Beyoncé, Big Boi and Dre Present... Outkast, Big Dada, Big Mello, Big Syke, Big Tray Deee, Billboard (magazine), Billboard Hot 100, Birdman (album), Birdman (rapper), Blackalicious, Blazing Arrow, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Boom Bip, Boosie Badazz, Boot Camp Clik, Born to Reign, Bounce to This, Braintax, Bread & Barrels of Water, ... Expand index (364 more) »

2. 2000s in hip hop music
3. 2002 in music
4. Hip hop music by year

'03 Bonnie & Clyde

"03 Bonnie & Clyde" is a song recorded by American rapper Jay-Z, released on October 10, 2002 as the lead single from his seventh studio album The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse (2002).

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A Gangster and a Gentleman

A Gangster and a Gentleman is the debut studio album by American rapper Styles P. The album was released on July 9, 2002, through Ruff Ryders Entertainment and Interscope Records.

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A Ghetto Dream

A Ghetto Dream is the second album by female rapper Rasheeda.

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Absolute Power (Tech N9ne album)

Absolute Power is the fourth studio album by American rapper Tech N9ne from Kansas City, Missouri, and is officially his very first album released through his Strange Music label.

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Aesop Rock

Ian Matthias Bavitz (born June 5, 1976), better known by his stage name Aesop Rock, is an American rapper and producer from Long Island, New York.

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Aftermath Entertainment

Aftermath Entertainment is an American record label founded by hip hop producer and rapper Dr. Dre in 1996.

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Aggro Berlin

Aggro Berlin was a German hip-hop independent record label based in Berlin that existed from 1 January 2001 until 1 April 2009.

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Aim (musician)

Andrew Turner, known by the recording name Aim, is a British musician, DJ and producer.

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All I Want (PSD album)

All I Want is the fourth album by American rapper PSD.

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All of the Above (J-Live album)

All of the Above is the second studio album by American hip hop artist J-Live.

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All or Nothin' (54th Platoon album)

All or Nothin (stylized as All or N.O.thin) is an album by American rap group 54th Platoon.

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All That We Do

All That We Do is the sixth studio album by hip hop group Jungle Brothers.

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Alley: The Return of the Ying Yang Twins

Alley: The Return of the Ying Yang Twins is the second studio album by American hip hop duo Ying Yang Twins.

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Amaru Entertainment

Amaru Entertainment (formerly Amaru Records) was a record label founded in 1997 by Afeni Shakur after the death of her son Tupac Amaru Shakur.

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Angie Martinez

Angela Martinez (born January 9, 1971) is an American-Puerto Rican radio personality, podcaster, former rapper, and actress.

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Animal House (Angie Martinez album)

Animal House is the second and final studio album by American rapper Angie Martinez.

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Anticon

Anticon (often styled as anticon.) was an independent record label based in Los Angeles, California.

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Arista Records

Arista Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the American division of the Japanese conglomerate Sony.

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Ashanti (singer)

Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas-Haynes (born October 13, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter and actress.

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Astralwerks

Astralwerks (or Astralwerks Records) is an American record label primarily focused on electronic music that is now owned by Universal Music Group.

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Asylum Records

Asylum Records is an American record label, founded in 1971 by David Geffen and partner Elliot Roberts.

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Atlantic Records

Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson.

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Atmosphere (music group)

Atmosphere is an American hip-hop duo from Minneapolis, Minnesota, consisting of rapper Slug (Sean Daley) and DJ/producer Ant (Anthony Davis).

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Attack of the Attacking Things

Attack of the Attacking Things is the debut album by American rapper Jean Grae.

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AZ (rapper)

Anthony Cruz (born March 9, 1972), better known by his stage name AZ, is an American rapper.

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Aziatic

Aziatic is the fourth solo studio album by American rapper AZ.

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Bacdafucup: Part II

Bacdafucup: Part II is the fourth album from rap group Onyx, released on July 9, 2002, by Koch Records.

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Back 2 the Game

Back 2 the Game is the fourth studio album by American hip hop group Do Or Die.

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Ballers (album)

Ballers is the second studio album by American hip hop group, 504 Boyz.

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Better Dayz

Better Dayz is the eighth studio album and fourth posthumous album by the late American rapper 2Pac, and is his last to be a double-album.

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Beyoncé

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (Knowles; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and businesswoman.

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Big Boi and Dre Present... Outkast

Big Boi and Dre Present… Outkast is the only compilation album by the American Southern hip hop duo Outkast.

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Big Dada

Big Dada is a British independent record label imprint distributed by Ninja Tune.

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Big Mello

Curtis Donnell Davis (August 7, 1968 – June 15, 2002), better known by his stage name Big Mello, was an American rapper from Houston, Texas.

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Big Syke

Tyruss Gerald Himes (November 22, 1968 – December 5, 2016), better known by his stage names Big Syke and Mussolini, was an American rapper best known for his work with the American hip-hop groups Thug Life and Outlawz.

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Big Tray Deee

Tracy Lamar Davis (born April 27, 1966), better known as Big Tray Deee or simply Tray Deee, is an American rapper.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation.

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Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.

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Birdman (album)

Birdman is the debut studio album by American rapper Baby, who would later take the name of the album.

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Birdman (rapper)

Bryan Christopher Williams (Brooks; February 15, 1969), better known by his stage names Birdman or Baby, is an American rapper and record executive.

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Blackalicious

Blackalicious was an American hip-hop duo from Sacramento, California, made up of rapper Gift of Gab and DJ/producer Chief Xcel.

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Blazing Arrow

Blazing Arrow is the second studio album by American hip hop duo Blackalicious.

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Bone Thugs-n-Harmony

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony (formerly known as B.O.N.E. Enterpri$e and also known as Bone Thugs) is an American hip hop group composed of rappers Bizzy Bone, Wish Bone, Layzie Bone, Krayzie Bone, and Flesh-n-Bone.

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Boom Bip

Bryan Charles Hollon (born June 22, 1974), better known by his stage name Boom Bip, is an American record producer and musician.

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Boosie Badazz

Torence Ivy Hatch Jr. (born November 14, 1982), better known by his stage name Boosie BadAzz or simply Boosie (formerly Lil Boosie), is an American rapper.

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Boot Camp Clik

Boot Camp Clik is an American hip hop supergroup from Brooklyn, New York City, which is composed of Buckshot (of Black Moon), Smif-N-Wessun (Tek and Steele), Heltah Skeltah (Rockness Monsta and Sean Price) and O.G.C. (Starang Wondah, Top Dog, and Louieville Sluggah).

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Born to Reign

Born to Reign is the third studio album released by American actor and rapper Will Smith.

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Bounce to This

Bounce to This is an album by Karl Gordon, also known as K-Gee.

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Braintax

Joe Christie, better known as Braintax, is a British rapper and record producer.

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Bread & Barrels of Water

Bread & Barrels of Water is the second album by Outlandish.

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Break Ya Neck

"Break Ya Neck" is a song by American rapper Busta Rhymes.

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Built from Scratch

Built from Scratch is the second studio album by New York City DJ group The X-Ecutioners.

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Bushido (rapper)

Anis Mohamed Youssef Ferchichi (born 28 September 1978), better known by his alias Bushido, is a German rapper, hip-hop producer, and entrepreneur.

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Busta Rhymes

Trevor George Smith Jr. (born May 20, 1972), known professionally as Busta Rhymes, is an American rapper and actor.

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C-Bo

Shawn Thomas (born 1971/1972), better known by his stage name C-Bo, is an American rapper from Sacramento, California.

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Cage (rapper)

Christian Palko (born May 4, 1973), better known by his stage name Cage, is an American rapper from Middletown, New York.

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Cam'ron

Cam'ron Giles (born February 4, 1976), better known by his stage name Cam'ron, is an American rapper.

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Camp Lo

Camp Lo is an American hip hop duo, formed in 1995, which hails from The Bronx, New York.

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Camu Tao

Tero Smith (June 26, 1977 – May 25, 2008), better known by his stage name Camu Tao, was an American rapper, singer, and producer.

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Canibus

Germaine Williams (born December 9, 1974), better known by his stage name Canibus, is a Jamaican-American rapper.

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Capitol Christian Music Group

Capitol Christian Music Group (Capitol CMG) (formerly known as EMI Christian Music Group) is an American music group that, since 2013, is under the ownership of Universal Music Group.

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Capitol Records

Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007), and simply known as Capitol, is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint.

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Carlo Cokxxx Nutten

Carlo Cokxxx Nutten ("Carlo Colucci, Coke, Hookers") is an album by German rappers Bushido (alias Sonny Black) and Fler (alias Frank White).

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Cash Money Records

Cash Money Records is an American record label founded in 1991 by brothers Ronald "Slim" Williams and Bryan "Baby" Williams.

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Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections

Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Cee Lo Green, released on April 23, 2002.

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CeeLo Green

Thomas DeCarlo Callaway-Burton (born May 30, 1975), known professionally as CeeLo Green (or Cee Lo Green or simply Cee-Lo), is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor.

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Choose One

Choose One is the debut studio album from Australian hip hop group 1200 Techniques, released in June 2002.

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Choppa

Darwin Turner, better known by his stage name Choppa, is an American rapper and singer.

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Choppa Style

Choppa Style is the debut album by rapper Choppa.

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Chronicles of the Juice Man

Chronicles of the Juice Man is the debut studio album by American rapper Juicy J, released on July 16, 2002 via North North with manufacturing and distribution from Hypnotize Minds.

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Cleanin' Out My Closet

"Cleanin' Out My Closet" is a song by American rapper Eminem from his album The Eminem Show (2002).

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Clipse

Clipse, also known as the Clipse, is an American hip hop duo, mainly active from 1994 to 2010.

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Collaborations (KJ-52 album)

Collaborations is rapper KJ-52's second studio album, and his first distributed by BEC Recordings.

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Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the American division of multinational conglomerate Sony.

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Come Home with Me

Come Home With Me is the third studio album by American rapper Cam'ron, released on May 14, 2002, by Cam'ron's Diplomats Records and Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella Records.

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Common (rapper)

Lonnie Rashid Lynn (born March 14, 1972), known professionally as Common (formerly known as Common Sense), is an American rapper and actor from Chicago, Illinois.

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Coolio

Artis Leon Ivey Jr. (August 1, 1963 – September 28, 2022), known by his stage name Coolio, was an American rapper.

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Cormega

Cory McKay, better known by his stage name Cormega, is an American rapper.

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Count Bass D

Dwight Conroy Farrell (born August 25, 1973), better known by his stage name Count Bass D, is an American rapper, record producer and multi-instrumentalist who resides in Millheim, Pennsylvania.

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Dangerous Connection

Dangerous Connection is the second studio album by American underground hip hop duo 7L & Esoteric.

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Dat's How It Happen to'M

Dat's How It Happen to'M is the only studio album by Da Headbussaz, a collaboration between Three 6 Mafia and Fiend.

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Daylight (EP)

Daylight is an EP by American hip hop artist Aesop Rock.

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Death Row Records

Death Row Records is an American record label that was founded in 1991 by The D.O.C., Dr. Dre, Suge Knight, and Dick Griffey.

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Deep Puddle Dynamics

Deep Puddle Dynamics was a collaborative group featuring underground hip hop artists Sole, Doseone, Alias and Slug.

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Deepspace5

Deepspace5 is an underground hip hop supergroup formed in 1997 and currently composed of Beat Rabbi, Manwell?, Freddie Bruno, Listener, Mars ILL (a stand-alone duo consisting of Manchild and DJ Dust), Playdough, Sintax.the.Terrific, Sivion, and Sev Statik.

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Def Jam Recordings

Def Jam Recordings (also simply known as Def Jam) is an American multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group.

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Def Jam South

Def Jam South was a music division of Def Jam Recordings.

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Definitive Jux

Definitive Jux was a record label based in New York City.

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Desert Eagle (album)

Desert Eagle is the eighth studio album by American rapper C-Bo, released November 19, 2002 on Warlock Records.

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Devin the Dude

Devin Derico Copeland (born June 4, 1970), better known by his stage name Devin the Dude, is an American rapper known for his unique rapping style and his 2002 songs "Lacville '79" and "Doobie Ashtray" (sometimes "Doubie Ashtray").

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Diamond Princess (album)

Diamond Princess is the second album by American rapper Trina.

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Dilemma (Nelly song)

"Dilemma" is a song by American rapper Nelly featuring American singer Kelly Rowland.

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Diplomat Records

Diplomat Records is an American hip hop record label co-founded by Harlem rappers Jim Jones and Cam'ron.

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DJ Jazzy Jeff

Jeffrey Allen Townes (born January 22, 1965), known professionally as DJ Jazzy Jeff (or simply Jazz), is an American DJ, record producer and actor.

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DJ Vadim

Vadim Alexandrovich Peare (Vadim Aleksandrovich Pir), known professionally as DJ Vadim, is a Russian-English DJ and record producer.

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Do or Die (group)

Do or Die is an American rap trio originally from the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago, consisting of N.A.R.D., Belo Zero, and AK-47.

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Doggy Style Records

Doggy Style Records (formerly known as Dogghouse Records) is an American record label founded by the rapper Snoop Dogg in 1995.

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Double Dose (Tela album)

Double Dose is the fourth studio album by American rapper Tela.

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Dub Come Save Me

Dub Come Save Me is a remix album by English hip hop musician Roots Manuva.

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Duck Down Music

Duck Down Music Inc is a New York City based record label, talent management, music-marketing, and consulting company founded by Drew "Dru-Ha" Friedman and Kenyatta "Buckshot" Blake in 1995.

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Dwight Spitz

Dwight Spitz is the third album by the American hip hop artist and multi-instrumentalist Count Bass D, released in 2002.

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E.D.I. Mean

Malcolm Greenidge (born July 7, 1974), known as E.D.I Mean and EDIDON, is an American hip hop artist and a member of the Outlawz.

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Eastern Conference Records

Eastern Conference Records is an independent record label based in New York City.

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Eazy-E

Eric Lynn Wright (September 7, 1964 – March 26, 1995), known professionally as Eazy-E, was an American rapper who propelled West Coast rap and gangsta rap by leading the group N.W.A and its label, Ruthless Records.

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Edan (musician)

Edan Portnoy (born 1978), better known mononymously as Edan, is an American hip hop artist from Rockville, Maryland.

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El Cool Magnifico

El Cool Magnifico is the fifth studio album by rapper Coolio.

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El-P

Jaime Meline (born March 2, 1975), better known by the stage name El-P (shortened from his previous stage name El Producto), is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer.

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Electric Circus (album)

Electric Circus is the fifth studio album by American rapper Common, released on December 10, 2002, on the now-defunct MCA Records.

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Elektra Records

Elektra Records (or Elektra Entertainment) is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, founded in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickolt.

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Emergency Rations (EP)

Emergency Rations is the second EP by American rapper Mr. Lif, released on June 25, 2002, by Definitive Jux.

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EMI

EMI Group Limited (formerly EMI Group plc until 2007; originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London.

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Eminem

Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known professionally as Eminem (stylized as EMINƎM), is an American rapper, music producer and songwriter.

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Epic Records

Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony.

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Erick Sermon

Erick Sermon (born November 25, 1968) is an American rapper and producer.

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Eternal Affairs

Eternal Affairs is the second album released by Heather B. It was released on February 12, 2002 through independent label Sai Records.

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Eve (rapper)

Eve Jihan Cooper (Jeffers; born November 10, 1978) is an American rapper, singer, and actress from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Eve-Olution

Eve-Olution is the third studio album by American rapper Eve, released by Ruff Ryders Entertainment on August 27, 2002 and distributed through Interscope Records.

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Exit (k-os album)

Exit is the debut album of underground hip-hop artist k-os, released 26 March 2002 in Canada and 28 January 2003 in the United States by Astralwerks.

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Eyedea

Micheal David Larsen (November 9, 1981 – October 16, 2010), better known by his stage name Eyedea, was an American musician, rapper, and poet.

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Fabolous

John David Jackson (born November 18, 1977), better known by his stage name Fabolous, is an American rapper.

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Fantastic Damage

Fantastic Damage is the first solo studio album by American hip hop artist El-P. It was released through Definitive Jux on May 14, 2002.

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Fat Joe

Joseph Antonio Cartagena (born August 19, 1970), better known by his stage name Fat Joe, is an American rapper.

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Felt (hip hop group)

Felt is an American hip hop duo, consisting of Slug of Atmosphere and Murs of Living Legends.

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Felt: A Tribute to Christina Ricci

Felt: A Tribute to Christina Ricci is the first studio album by Felt, an American hip hop duo made up of Murs and Slug.

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Fettes Brot

Fettes Brot was a German hip hop group that formed in 1992.

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Field Mob

Field Mob is an American hip hop duo from Albany, Georgia, composed of artists Shawn Timothy "Shawn Jay" Johnson and Darion "Smoke" Crawford.

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Fiend (rapper)

Richard Anthony Jones (born May 13, 1976), better known by his stage name Fiend (or International Jones), is an American rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Fler

Patrick Losenský (born 3 April 1982), known professionally as Fler, is a German rapper and the CEO of Maskulin Music Group.

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For My Thugz

For My Thugz is the second studio album by American rapper Lil Boosie.

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Freekey Zekey

Ezekiel Giles (born October 13, 1975), better known by his stage name Freekey Zekey, is an American rapper and music executive best known as a founding member of the Diplomats, a group he helped form in Harlem in 1997 alongside his childhood friend Jim Jones and cousin Cam'ron.

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From tha Roota to tha Toota

From tha Roota to tha Toota is the second album from the hip hop duo Field Mob released under the now defunct recording label MCA Records, currently distributed by Geffen Records.

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Game Recordings

Game Recordings was a New York–based record label best known for its artists featured on the soundtrack of the video game Grand Theft Auto III.

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Game Time

Game Time is the second studio album by American rapper Lil' Romeo.

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Geffen Records

Geffen Records (formerly Geffen Records Inc. until 2004) is an American record label, founded in 1980 by David Geffen.

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Genesis (Busta Rhymes album)

Genesis is the fifth studio album by American rapper Busta Rhymes.

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Ghetto Fabolous

Ghetto Fabolous is the debut studio album by American rapper Fabolous.

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Ghetto Heisman

Ghetto Heisman is the second solo studio album by American rapper WC.

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God Loves Ugly

God Loves Ugly is the second studio album by American hip hop group Atmosphere.

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God's Favorite (album)

God's Favorite is the third studio album by American rapper N.O.R.E..

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God's Son (album)

God's Son is the sixth studio album by American rapper Nas.

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Gotee Records

Gotee Records is a record label of Christian hip-hop, based in Franklin, Tennessee in the United States.

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Grand Central Records

Grand Central Records was an independent record label based in the Northern Quarter of Manchester, England.

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Greatest Hits (Will Smith album)

Greatest Hits is a compilation album released by Will Smith.

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Grindin'

"Grindin'" is the debut single from Virginia Beach rap duo Clipse.

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GRITS

Grits is a Christian hip hop group from Nashville, Tennessee.

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Guess Who's Back?

Guess Who's Back? is the debut official mixtape by American rapper 50 Cent, released May 21, 2002 on independent label Full Clip Records in the United States.

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GZA

Gary Eldridge Grice (born August 22, 1966), better known by his stage names GZA and The Genius, is an American rapper.

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Heather B. Gardner

Heather B. Gardner (born November 13, 1971), billed professionally as Heather B., is an American rapper, reality television personality, and a radio host who first gained fame as a member of the hip hop group Boogie Down Productions before becoming a cast member on The Real World: New York, the 1992 inaugural season of MTV's reality show The Real World.

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Hey Ma (Cam'ron song)

"Hey Ma" is a song by American rapper Cam'ron, released through Cam'ron's Diplomats Records and Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella Records as the second single from his third album Come Home with Me.

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High Caliber

High Caliber is an album by Vallejo, California rapper Jay Tee, from N2Deep/Latino Velvet.

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Hinterland (Aim album)

Hinterland is the second studio album by British musician Aim, released on 26 February 2002 by Grand Central Records.

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Hip hop music

Hip hop or hip-hop, also known as rap and formerly as disco rap, is a genre of popular music that originated in the early 1970s from the African American community.

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Honduras

Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America.

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Hot in Herre

"Hot in Herre" is a song by American rapper Nelly, released as the lead single from his second album Nellyville (2002).

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Hypnotize Minds

Hypnotize Minds, known by the stage name Hypnotize Camp Posse or HCP, was an American record label created by DJ Paul and Juicy J of Three 6 Mafia in 1997, in Memphis, Tennessee.

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I Phantom

I Phantom is the debut studio album by American rapper Mr. Lif.

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IIcons

IIcons is the sixth studio album by American hip hop group Naughty by Nature.

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Ill Bill

William Braunstein (born July 14, 1972), professionally known by his stage name Ill Bill, is an American rapper and record producer from Brooklyn, New York City.

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Ill Will Records

Ill Will Records was an American vanity record label founded by Nasir "Nas" Jones.

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Impact of a Legend

Impact of a Legend is the third and final extended play by American rapper Eazy-E. It was released posthumously on March 26, 2002, the seventh anniversary of his death.

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In Search of... (N.E.R.D. album)

In Search of... is the debut studio album by American funk rock band N.E.R.D. The group originally released the album on August 6, 2001 in Europe, where Kelis' Wanderland—produced by The Neptunes, consisting of N.E.R.D members Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo—was better received.

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Indo G

Tobian Tools, known professionally as Indo G, is an American rapper from Memphis, Tennessee.

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Informal Introduction

Informal Introduction is the debut studio album by American rapper Shade Sheist.

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Insane Clown Posse

Insane Clown Posse, often abbreviated as ICP, is an American hip hop duo.

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Instant Karma (record label)

Instant Karma is an independent record label created by former Warner Music Group chairman and head of the BPI, Rob Dickins, in 1999.

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Instructions (album)

Instructions is the second studio album by American producer and rapper Jermaine Dupri, released by So So Def Recordings and Columbia Records on October 30, 2001.

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Interscope Records

Interscope Records is an American record label based in Santa Monica, California, owned by Universal Music Group through its Interscope Geffen A&M imprint.

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It Ain't Safe No More...

It Ain't Safe No More... is the sixth studio album by American rapper Busta Rhymes.

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J Records

J Records was an American record label owned and operated by Bertelsmann Music Group until it was transferred to Sony Music Entertainment when they acquired all of BMG's record labels in late 2008 at the end of their merger.

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J-Live

Jean-Jacques Cadet (born February 22, 1976), better known by his stage name J-Live, is an American rapper, DJ, and record producer.

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Ja Rule

Jeffrey Bruce Atkins Sr. (born February 29, 1976), better known by his stage name Ja Rule, is an American rapper, singer, and actor.

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Jagged Edge (American group)

Jagged Edge is an American R&B group from Atlanta, Georgia.

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Jam Master Jay

Jason William Mizell (January 21, 1965 – October 30, 2002), better known by his stage name Jam Master Jay, was an American musician and DJ.

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Jay Tee

James Trujillo, better known by his stage name Jay Tee, is an American rapper from Vallejo, California.

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Jay-Z

Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), known professionally as Jay-Z, is an American rapper and entrepreneur.

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Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.)

Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.) is the fourth studio album by American rapper Fat Joe.

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Jean Grae

Tsidi Ibrahim (born November 26, 1976), known professionally as Jean Grae (formerly What? What?), is an American rapper.

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Jehst

William G. Shields (born 21 August 1979), better known by his stage name Jehst, is an English rapper and co-founder of hip hop label YNR Productions.

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Jel (music producer)

Jeffrey James Logan (born May 7, 1978), better known by his stage name Jel, is an American hip hop producer and rapper.

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Jermaine Dupri

Jermaine Dupri Mauldin (born September 23, 1972) is an American record producer, rapper, singer, songwriter, and record executive.

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Jive Records

Jive Records (later stylized as JIVE Records) was a British-American independent record label founded by Clive Calder in 1981 as a subsidiary of the Zomba Group.

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Juelz Santana

LaRon Louis James (born February 18, 1982), better known by his stage name Juelz Santana, is an American rapper and member of East Coast hip hop group, the Diplomats (also known as Dipset).

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Juicy J

Jordan Michael Houston III (born April 5, 1975), known professionally as Juicy J, is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer.

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Jungle Brothers

Jungle Brothers are an American hip hop duo composed of Michael Small (Mike Gee), Sammy Burwell (DJ Sammy B) & Nathaniel Hall (Afrika Baby Bam).

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Jurassic 5

Jurassic 5 is an American alternative hip hop group formed by rappers Charles Stewart (Chali 2na), Dante Givens (Akil), Courtenay Henderson (Soup aka Zaakir), Marc Stuart (Marc 7); and disc jockeys Mark Potsic (DJ Nu-Mark) and Lucas Macfadden (Cut Chemist).

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Just Tryin' ta Live

Just Tryin' ta Live is the second solo studio album by American rapper Devin the Dude.

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K-Gee

Karl Clive Gordon, known by the stage name K-Gee, is a British DJ, producer, rapper and songwriter and former member of the Outlaw Posse.

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K-os

Kevin Brereton (born February 20, 1972), better known by his stage name k-os ("chaos"), is a Canadian alternative rapper, singer, songwriter and producer.

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Kastro (rapper)

Katari Terrance Cox (born December 30, 1976) better known by his stage name Kastro, is an American rapper.

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Kelly Rowland

Kelendria Trene Rowland (born February 11, 1981) is an American singer, actress, and television personality.

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Killer Mike

Michael Santiago Render (born April 20, 1975), better known by his stage name Killer Mike, is an American rapper and activist.

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Kings of Crunk

Kings of Crunk is the fourth studio album by American Southern hip hop group Lil' Jon & the East Side Boyz.

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KJ-52

Jonah Kirsten Sorrentino (born June 26, 1975), better known by his stage name KJ-52, is a Christian rapper from Tampa, Florida.

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Knoc-turn'al

Royal Rosheam Harbor (born May 12, 1975), more commonly known by the stage name, is an American rapper.

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Kool G Rap

Nathaniel Thomas Wilson (born July 20, 1968), better known by his stage name Kool G Rap (or simply G Rap), is an American rapper.

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KRS-One

Lawrence "Kris" Parker (born August 20, 1965), better known by his stage names KRS-One (an abbreviation of "Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone") and Teacha, is an American rapper from The Bronx.

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L.A. Confidential presents: Knoc-turn'al

L.A. Confidential Presents: is the debut extended play by American rapper.

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Large Professor

William Paul Mitchell (born March 21, 1972), better known by the stage name of Large Professor (also Extra P. and Large Pro), is an American rapper and music producer.

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Layin' da Smack Down

Layin' da Smack Down is the third studio album by rapper Project Pat, released on August 6, 2002, by Hypnotize Minds, Loud Records, Columbia Records, and Sony Music.

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Legend of the Liquid Sword (album)

Legend of the Liquid Sword is the fourth solo studio album by American hip hop artist GZA, a member of the Wu-Tang Clan.

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Let's Do It Again (Camp Lo album)

Let's Do It Again is the second album from hip hop group Camp Lo.

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Lewis Recordings

Founded by Mike Lewis, Lewis Recordings is an underground record label that currently has eight artists signed to it.

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Lex Records

Lex Records is a British independent record label.

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Life as a Rider

Life as a Rider is the seventh studio album by American rapper C-Bo, released January 29, 2002, on West Coast Mafia and Warlock Records.

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Lil Jon

Jonathan H. Smith (born January 17, 1972), better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American rapper, DJ, and record producer.

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Lil Keke discography

This is the discography of American rapper Lil' Keke from Houston, Texas.

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Lil Wayne

Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. (born September27, 1982), known professionally as Lil Wayne, is an American rapper.

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Lil' Flip

Wesley Eric Weston Jr. (born March 3, 1981), better known by his stage name Lil' Flip, is an American rapper.

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Lil' Keke

Marcus Lakee Edwards (born March 29, 1976), better known by his stage name Lil' Keke, is an American rapper and original member of the Southern hip hop collective Screwed Up Click.

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Lisa Lopes

Lisa Nicole Lopes (May 27, 1971 – April 25, 2002), better known by her stage name Left Eye, was an American rapper and singer.

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LL Cool J

James Todd Smith (born January 14, 1968), known professionally as LL Cool J (short for Ladies Love Cool James), is an American rapper and actor.

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Locked On Records

Locked On Records is a British record label, concentrating on UK garage and grime music.

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Lord Willin'

Lord Willin is the major label debut and second studio album by hip hop duo Clipse.

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Lose Yourself

"Lose Yourself" is a song by American rapper Eminem from the soundtrack to the 2002 motion picture 8 Mile.

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Loud Records

Loud Records, LLC. (a backronym for Listeners of Urban Dialect) is a record label founded by Steve Rifkind and Rich Isaacson in 1991.

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Loyalty (Fat Joe album)

Loyalty is the fifth studio album by American rapper Fat Joe.

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Ludacris

Christopher Brian Bridges (born September 11, 1977), known professionally as Ludacris (spoken as 'ludicrous' in American English), is an American rapper and actor.

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Luniz

Luniz (pronounced Loonies) (formerly Luniz Toons and LuniTunes) is an American hip hop duo from Oakland, California, formed by West Coast rappers Yukmouth and Numskull.

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Luv U Better

"Luv U Better" is a song by LL Cool J, released as the lead single from his ninth studio album, 10 (2002).

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Man vs. Machine

Man vs.

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Masquerade (Wyclef Jean album)

Masquerade is the third studio album released by Haitian hip hop musician Wyclef Jean.

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Matador Records

Matador Records is an independent record label, with a roster of mainly indie rock, but also punk rock, experimental rock, alternative rock, and electronic acts.

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MCA Records

MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc. established in 1972, though MCA had released recordings under that name in the UK from the 1960s.

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Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of films, television shows, music albums, video games, and formerly books.

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Mic Club: The Curriculum

Mic Club: The Curriculum is the fourth studio album by American rapper Canibus, released on November 19, 2002 through Canibus' own label, Mic Club Music.

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Mirror Mirror (EP)

Mirror Mirror is the first extended play and third major release by American hip hop duo Twiztid.

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Missy Elliott

Melissa Arnette Elliott (born July 1, 1971), also known as Misdemeanor, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer.

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MNRK Music Group

MNRK Music Group, (pronounced "monarch") formerly known as Koch Records and Entertainment One (eOne) Music/Records, is an American independent record label and music management company based in New York City.

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Monsters in the Closet (Swollen Members album)

Monsters in the Closet is Swollen Members' third studio album released on Battleaxe Records.

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Motown

Motown is an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group.

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Movies for the Blind

Movies for the Blind is the debut solo studio album by American rapper Cage.

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Mr. Lif

Jeffrey Michael Haynes (born December 28, 1977), better known by his stage name Mr.

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Murder Inc. Records

Murder Inc.

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Mush Records

Mush Records is an American independent record label.

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Muzyka Klasyczna

Muzyka Klasyczna is the first collaborative album by Polish rapper Pezet, a member of Płomień 81; and Polish producer Noon, a member of Grammatik.

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N.E.R.D.

N.E.R.D. (a backronym of No-one Ever Really Dies) is an American rock and hip hop band, formed in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in 1999.

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N.O.R.E.

Victor James Santiago, Jr. (born September 6, 1977), better known by his stage names N.O.R.E. and Noreaga, is an American rapper and broadcaster.

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Nas

Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (born September 14, 1973), known professionally as Nas, is an American rapper and entrepreneur.

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Naughty by Nature

Naughty by Nature is an American hip hop trio from East Orange, New Jersey, consisting of Treach (Anthony Criss), Vin Rock (Vincent Brown), and DJ Kay Gee (born Keir Lamont Gist).

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Nelly

Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. (born November 2, 1974), better known by his stage name Nelly, is an American rapper, singer, and actor.

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Nellyville

Nellyville is the second studio album by American rapper Nelly.

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New Breed (music duo)

New Breed is a Christian Latin hip hop duo from Boston, Massachusetts, consisting of brother and sister Rosario "Macho" and Elsie Ortega.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Nighthawks (Nighthawks album)

Nighthawks is the only studio album by American hip hop duo Nighthawks, which consisted of rappers Cage and Camu Tao.

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Ninja Tune

Ninja Tune is an English independent record label based in London with a satellite office in Los Angeles.

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Noah23

Noah Raymond Brickley (born February 10, 1978), better known by his stage name Noah23, is a Canadian-American hip hop artist from Guelph, Ontario.

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Non Phixion

Non Phixion (pronounced Non-Fiction) is an American hip-hop group from Brooklyn, New York City.

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Noon (musician)

Noon is a pseudonym of Polish electronic musician and producer Mikołaj Bugajak.

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Nothin' (song)

"Nothin" is the lead single from American rapper N.O.R.E.'s third studio album, God's Favorite (2002).

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O.S.T. (album)

O.S.T. is the third album by the People Under the Stairs.

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O.S.T.R.

Adam Andrzej Ostrowski (born 15 May 1980 in Łódź, Poland), better known as O.S.T.R., is a Polish rapper, musician, audio engineer and record producer, famous for his freestyle rap skills, ambitious lyrics and unique beats.

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Oh Boy (Cam'ron song)

"Oh Boy" is a 2002 Grammy-nominated hip hop single by Cam'ron from his album Come Home with Me, and features Juelz Santana.

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Om Records

Om Records is an American record label, established in 1995, which releases electronic music, dance music and hip hop.

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Onyx (hip hop group)

Onyx is an American hardcore hip hop group from New York City, formed in 1988 by Fredro Starr, Suavé (also known as Sonny Seeza) and the late Big DS.

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Open Bar Entertainment

Open Bar Entertainment (also known as Almighty Open Bar Entertainment) is an American record label founded in 2000 by American rapper Xzibit.

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Original Pirate Material

Original Pirate Material is the debut studio album by English hip hop project the Streets, released on 25 March 2002.

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Orpheus Music

Orpheus Music is an independent record label that is part of Hush Management and is dedicated to R&B and jazz music, and home of recording artist Freddie Jackson.

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Outkast

Outkast (sometimes written as OutKast) was an American hip hop duo formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1992, consisting of rappers Big Boi (Antwan Patton) and André 3000 (André Benjamin, formerly known as Dré).

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Outlandish

Outlandish is a hip-hop music group based in Denmark.

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Outlawz

Outlawz are an American hip hop group.

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Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss

Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss (stylized as Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$) is the sixth studio album by American rapper Snoop Dogg.

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Paktofonika

Paktofonika was a Polish hip hop group from Katowice and Mikołów, which debuted with the album Kinematografia in 2000.

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Pass the Courvoisier, Part II

"Pass the Courvoisier, Part II" is a song by American rapper Busta Rhymes featuring fellow American rapper P. Diddy and American singer-songwriter Pharrell Williams.

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Penny (rapper)

Penny Dahl, better known mononymously as Penny, is an alternative hip hop artist based in San Francisco, California and formerly affiliated with the Plague Language collective.

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People Under the Stairs

People Under the Stairs was an American hip hop duo from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1997 and disbanded in 2019.

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Personal Journals

Personal Journals is the first solo studio album by American rapper Sage Francis.

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Pezet

For the French politician, see Michel Pezet. Jan Paweł Kapliński (born April 18, 1980), better known by his stage name Pezet, is a Polish rapper.

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Pharrell Williams

Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (born April 5, 1973), often known mononymously as Pharrell, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and fashion designer.

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Phrenology (album)

Phrenology is the fifth studio album by American hip hop band the Roots, released on November 26, 2002, by MCA Records.

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Power in Numbers

Power in Numbers is the third studio album by American hip hop group Jurassic 5, released on October 8, 2002 by Interscope Records.

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Primitive Plus

Primitive Plus is the official debut studio album by American hip hop musician Edan.

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Priority Records

Priority Records is an American distribution company and record label known for artists including N.W.A, Ice Cube, MC Ren, Eazy-E, Master P, Snoop Dogg, Silkk the Shocker, Jay-Z, Paris, Mack 10, 504 Boyz, Brotha Lynch Hung, C-Murder, Mia X, Westside Connection, and Ice-T. It also distributed hip hop record labels including Death Row Records, Hoo-Bangin' Records, No Limit Records, Posthuman Records, Rap-A-Lot Records, Rawkus Records, Roc-A-Fella Records, Ruthless Records Duck Down Records, and Wu-Tang Records.

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Project Pat

Patrick Earl Houston (born February 8, 1973), known professionally as Project Pat, is an American rapper from Tennessee.

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Proof (rapper)

DeShaun Dupree Holton (October 2, 1973 – April 11, 2006), known professionally as Proof, was an American rapper from Detroit, Michigan.

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Prosto

Prosto Sp.

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PSD (rapper)

Steve Davison, better known as PSD, PSD Tha Drivah or Stevie Dee, is a rapper and producer from Vallejo, California, who is closely associated with the late Mac Dre.

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Psychopathic Records

Psychopathic Records is an American independent record label headquartered in Farmington Hills, Michigan.

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Public Enemy

Public Enemy is an American hip hop group formed by Chuck D and Flavor Flav on Long Island, New York, in 1985.

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Quality (Talib Kweli album)

Quality is the first studio album by American rapper Talib Kweli.

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Quicksand (Noah23 album)

Quicksand is a 2002 album by Canadian-American alternative hip hop artist Noah23.

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R. Kelly

Robert Sylvester Kelly (born January 8, 1967), known as R. Kelly, is an American former singer, songwriter, and record producer.

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Rap-A-Lot Records

Rap-A-Lot is a hip hop record label co-founded by James Prince and Cliff Blodget in 1986.

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Rasheeda

Rasheeda Widad Buckner-Frost (often stylized as RaSheeda) is an American businesswoman, rapper, and television personality.

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Rawkus Records

Rawkus Records was an American hip hop record label, owned by James Murdoch, known for starting the careers of many rappers.

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RCA Records

RCA Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America.

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React (Erick Sermon album)

React is the fifth solo studio album by American rapper and producer Erick Sermon.

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React (Erick Sermon song)

"React" is the lead single from Erick Sermon's fifth studio album, React.

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Redman (rapper)

Reginald Noble (born April 17, 1970), better known by his stage name Redman, is an American rapper, DJ, record producer, and actor.

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Revolverlution

Revolverlution is the eighth studio album by American hip hop group Public Enemy, released July 23, 2002 on Koch Records in the United States.

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Rhymesayers Entertainment

Rhymesayers Entertainment (sometimes abbreviated RSE) is an American independent hip-hop record label based in Minneapolis.

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Richie Rich (rapper)

Richard Serrell (born June 25, 1967), better known by his stage name Richie Rich, is a rapper from Oakland, California.

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Robert Bruce (rapper)

Robert Bruce (born August 9, 1970) is an American retired rapper and professional wrestler who would go on to become a Don for Psychopathic Records.

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Roc-A-Fella Records

Roc-A-Fella Records was an American hip hop record label and music management company founded by record executives and entrepreneurs Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter, Damon Dash, and Kareem "Biggs" Burke in 1994.

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Rock City (Royce da 5′9″ album)

Rock City (subtitled or alternative titled Rock City - Version 2.0) is the debut studio album by American rapper Royce da 5'9".

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Rockland Records

Rockland Records was an American record label founded by singer, songwriter and record producer R. Kelly in 1997.

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Romeo Miller

Percy Romeo Miller Jr. (born August 19, 1989), also known by his stage name Romeo (formerly Lil' Romeo), is an American rapper, actor, and television personality.

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Roots Manuva

Rodney Hylton Smith, better known by his stage name Roots Manuva (born 9 September 1972), is a British rapper and producer.

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Royce da 5′9″

Ryan Daniel Montgomery (born July 5, 1977), known professionally as Royce da 5'9" (or simply Royce 5'9"), is an American rapper.

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Ruff Ryders Entertainment

Ruff Ryders Entertainment is an American hip hop record label and management company founded by siblings and record executives Joaquin "Waah", Darrin "Dee" and Chivon Dean in 1988.

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Ruthless Records

Ruthless Records was an American Independent record label founded by Eric "Eazy-E" Wright and Jerry Heller in Compton, California in 1987.

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Sage Francis

Paul William "Sage" Francis (born November 18, 1976) is an American independent underground rapper from Providence, Rhode Island.

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Scarface (rapper)

Brad Terrence Jordan (born November 9, 1970), better known by his stage name Scarface, is an American rapper and record producer best known as a member of the Geto Boys, a hip-hop group from Houston, Texas.

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Sean Combs

Sean Love Combs (born Sean John Combs; November 4, 1969), also known by his stage name Diddy, formerly Puff Daddy and P. Diddy, is an American rapper, record producer and record executive.

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Seed to Sun

Seed to Sun is the first solo studio album by Boom Bip.

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Sev Statik

Joseph T. Evans (born December 11, 1971), known professionally as Sev Statik and Stu Dent, is a hip hop musician and promoter from Albany, New York.

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Shade Sheist

Tramayne Rayel Thompson (born October 22, 1979), known by his stage name Shade Sheist, is an American rapper from Inglewood, California.

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Shady Records

Shady Records is an American record label founded by rapper Eminem and his manager Paul Rosenberg in 1999, following the commercially successful release of The Slim Shady LP that same year.

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Silver & Black (album)

Silver & Black is the third studio album by American hip hop duo Luniz.

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Slip-n-Slide Records

Slip-N-Slide Records is an American record label, founded in 1994 by Ted Lucas.

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Slum Village

Slum Village is an American hip hop group from Detroit, Michigan.

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Snoop Dogg

Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. (born October 20, 1971), known professionally as Snoop Dogg (previously Snoop Doggy Dogg and briefly Snoop Lion), is an American rapper, record producer, and actor.

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Sony BMG

Sony BMG Music Entertainment was an American record company owned as a 50–50 joint venture between Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann.

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Soul-Junk

Soul-Junk is an experimental genre-hopping Christian rock and hip hop group from San Diego, California.

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Souljahz

Souljahz was a Christian hip hop group, consisting of siblings Joshua, Jekob, and Rachael Washington, all from San Diego.

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Speak Life

Speak Life is the debut studio album by Albany, New York-based hip hop musician Sev Statik, released on November 9, 2002, through Uprok Records.

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Spice 1

Robert Lee Greene Jr. (born July 2, 1970), better known by his stage name Spice 1 (an acronym for "Sex, Pistols, Indo, Cash and Entertainment"), is an American rapper from Hayward, California.

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Spiceberg Slim

Spiceberg Slim is the eighth studio album by American rapper Spice 1.

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Spiritual Minded

Spiritual Minded is the fifth solo studio album by American rapper and record producer KRS-One.

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Star Trak Entertainment

Star Trak was an American record label, founded by the Neptunes and Rob Walker in 2001.

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State Property (band)

State Property is a hip hop group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, led by rapper Beanie Sigel with fellow Philadelphia rappers Freeway, Peedi Crakk, Oschino Vasquez, and Omillio Sparks, and the duo Young Gunz (Young Chris and Neef Buck).

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State Property (soundtrack)

State Property is the soundtrack to the 2002 film, State Property, as well as the debut album by the rap group, State Property.

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Stop the Music (album)

Stop the Music is the debut album by Christian Latin hip hop brother-sister duo New Breed, a Tunnel Rats affiliate, released on March 12, 2002, through Uprok Records in the United States and through EMI Christian Music Group in the United Kingdom.

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Strange Music

Strange Music is an American independent record label specializing in hip hop music and founded by Tech N9ne and Travis O'Guin in 1999.

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Styles P

David R. Styles (born November 28, 1974), better known by his stage name Styles P (also known mononymously as Styles), is an American rapper, best known as a member of hip hop group the Lox, alongside childhood friends Sheek Louch and Jadakiss.

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Sucka Free

Sucka Free is the second mixtape by rapper Nicki Minaj.

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Supastition

Supastition is an American underground hip hop artist from Greenville, North Carolina.

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Tabasko

Tabasko is an album released by O.S.T.R. in 2002.

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Take Fo' Records

Take Fo' Records is an independent record label from New Orleans and the first to specialize in bounce music.

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Talib Kweli

Talib Kweli Greene (born October 3, 1975) is an American rapper.

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Tech N9ne

Aaron Dontez Yates (born November 8, 1971), better known by his stage name Tech N9ne (pronounced "tech nine"), is an American rapper and singer.

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Tela (rapper)

Winston Rogers III, professionally known by his stage name Tela, is an American rapper from Memphis, Tennessee.

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Terror Squad Entertainment

Terror Squad Productions (later Terror Squad Entertainment) is an American Hip hop and Rap record company founded by Fat Joe in 1997.

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Tetragammoth

Tetragammoth is the 2002 debut album by alternative hip hop artist Baracuda72.

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The Art of Translation

The Art of Translation is the fourth studio album by Christian hip hop duo GRITS.

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The Beatnuts

The Beatnuts is an American hip hop group and production duo from New York City.

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The Best of Both Worlds (Jay-Z and R. Kelly album)

The Best of Both Worlds is the first collaborative album by Jay-Z and R. Kelly.

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The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse

The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse (stylized as The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse) is the seventh studio album by American rapper Jay-Z. A double album, it was released on November 12, 2002, by Roc-A-Fella Records and Island Def Jam Music Group.

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The Chaos Theory

The Chaos Theory is the only EP by American rapper Jumpsteady.

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The Chosen Few (Boot Camp Clik album)

The Chosen Few is the second studio album by American hip hop collective Boot Camp Clik.

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The Clockforth Movement

The Clockforth Movement is the 2002 debut album by alternative hip hop artist Penny.

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The Compilation (UTP album)

The Compilation is a compilation album by UTP, released on October 8, 2002 through Orpheus Records.

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The Eminem Show

The Eminem Show is the fourth studio album by the American rapper Eminem.

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The Fault Is History

The Fault is History is an album by Christian R&B Group Souljahz.

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The Fix (album)

The Fix is the seventh studio album by American rapper Scarface.

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The Future Is Now

The Future Is Now is the only studio album by the American hip hop group Non Phixion.

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The General's List

The General's List is a compilation presented by American rapper Big Tray Deee, released August 20, 2002 on Empire Music Werks.

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The Giancana Story

The Giancana Story is the third solo album by American rapper Kool G Rap, released by Koch Records on November 26, 2002.

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The Gift (Big Mello album)

The Gift is the fourth studio album by American rapper Big Mello from Houston, Texas.

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The Goldmind Inc.

The Goldmind, Inc. is an American record label founded in 1997 by rapper Missy Elliott.

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The High & Mighty

The High & Mighty is an American hip hop duo from Philadelphia, composed of rapper Mr.

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The Last Temptation (Ja Rule album)

The Last Temptation is the fourth studio album by American rapper Ja Rule.

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The Lost Tapes (Nas album)

The Lost Tapes is a compilation album by American rapper Nas.

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The Magnificent (DJ Jazzy Jeff album)

The Magnificent is the first studio album by DJ Jazzy Jeff.

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The Many Faces of Oliver Hart

The Many Faces of Oliver Hart or: How Eye One the Write Too Think is the debut solo studio album by Eyedea, released under the pseudonym Oliver Hart.

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The Mix Tape (KRS-One album)

The Mix Tape is a mixtape by American rapper and producer KRS-One.

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The Night We Called It a Day (album)

The Night We Called It a Day is the debut studio album by underground hip hop supergroup Deepspace5, released on January 8, 2002, through Uprok Records.

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The Originators

The Originators is the fifth studio album by American hip hop duo The Beatnuts.

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The Return of the Drifter

The Return of the Drifter is the debut studio album by English rapper Jehst, originally released in 2002 via Low Life Records.

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The Roots

The Roots are an American hip hop band formed in 1987 by Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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The Streets

The Streets is an English musical project led by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Mike Skinner.

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The True Meaning

The True Meaning is the second solo studio album by American rapper Cormega.

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The Whole World

"The Whole World" is the first single released from American hip hop duo Outkast's first compilation album, Big Boi and Dre Present... Outkast (2001).

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The Wraith: Shangri-La

The Wraith: Shangri-La is the eighth studio album by American hip hop group Insane Clown Posse, released on November 5, 2002, by Psychopathic Records.

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The X-Ecutioners

The X-Ecutioners, originally known as X-Men, are a group of American hip hop DJs/turntablists from New York City, New York.

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Three 6 Mafia

Three 6 Mafia is an American hip hop group from Memphis, Tennessee, formed in 1991.

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Thug World Order

Thug World Order is the fifth studio album by American hip hop group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, released on October 29, 2002, and the group's final album for Ruthless Records.

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Thugz Mansion

"Thugz Mansion" is a song by 2Pac, released as a posthumous single with two known popular versions both released on the 2002 album Better Dayz.

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Tooth & Nail Records

Tooth & Nail Records is a record label founded by Brandon Ebel in California in November 1993.

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Top 40

In the music industry, the Top 40 is a list of the 40 currently most popular songs in a particular genre.

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Toya (singer)

LaToya "Toya" Martin (born LaToya Lacole Rodriguez; July 22, 1983), better known by her mononym, Toya, is an American R&B singer from St. Louis, Missouri, best known for her 2001 song, "I Do!!", which reached number 16 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

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Trina

Katrina Laverne Taylor (born December 3, 1978), known professionally as Trina, is an American rapper.

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Trinity (Past, Present and Future)

Trinity (Past, Present and Future) is the third studio album by American hip hop group Slum Village.

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Tupac Shakur

Tupac Amaru Shakur (born Lesane Parish Crooks; June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper, actor, activist, poet, and songwriter.

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TVT Records

TVT Records, originally Tee-Vee Toons, was an American record label founded by Steve Gottlieb in 1984.

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Twiztid

Twiztid is an American hip hop duo from Livonia, Michigan, known for both their horror-themed lyrics and rock-influenced sound.

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U.S.S.R. The Art of Listening

U.S.S.R. The Art of Listening is a 2002 studio album by DJ Vadim, released on Ninja Tune.

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Undaground Legend

Undaground Legend is the second solo studio album by American rapper Lil' Flip.

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Under Construction (album)

Under Construction is the fourth studio album by American rapper Missy Elliott, released by The Goldmind Inc. and Elektra Records on November 12, 2002, in the United States.

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Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as Universal Music Group or Universal Music) is a Dutch–American multinational music corporation under Dutch law.

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Universal Records (1995−2006)

Universal Records was a record label owned by Universal Music Group and operated as part of the Universal Motown Republic Group.

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UTP (group)

UTP were an American hip hop group composed of Southern rappers Juvenile, Soulja Slim, Young Buck, Wack, Skip and Corey Cee.

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Virgin Records

Virgin Records is a British record label owned by Universal Music Group.

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Warlock Records

Warlock Records is a record label based in New York City that was founded in 1985 by Adam Levy (born 1962), whose father was record producer Morris Levy.

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WC (rapper)

William LaShawn Calhoun Jr. (born February 3, 1970), better known by his stage name WC (pronounced "dub-c"), is an American rapper and actor.

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We Ain't Fessin' (Double Quotes)

We Ain't Fessin' (Double Quotes) is an EP by Deep Puddle Dynamics and Anticon.

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We Thuggin'

"We Thuggin'" is a single by American rapper Fat Joe featuring American singer R. Kelly.

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Welcome to Atlanta

"Welcome to Atlanta" is a song by American record producer Jermaine Dupri, featuring American rapper Ludacris.

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What's Luv?

"What's Luv?" is a song by American rapper Fat Joe, released through Atlantic Records and Fat Joe's Terror Squad Productions as the second single from his fourth studio album, Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.) (2001).

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When the Last Time

"When the Last Time" is the second official single from the Clipse's album Lord Willin'.

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Will Smith

Willard Carroll Smith II (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, rapper and film producer.

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Without Me (Eminem song)

"Without Me" is a song by American rapper Eminem from his fourth studio album The Eminem Show (2002).

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WWO

WWO is a Polish hip hop group.

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Wyclef Jean

Nel Ust Wyclef Jean (born October 17, 1969) is a Haitian rapper and record producer.

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X-Raided

Anerae Veshaughn Brown (born July 30, 1974), better known by his stage name X-Raided, is an American rapper from Sacramento, California.

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Xzibit

Alvin Nathaniel Joiner (born September 18, 1974), better known by his stage name Xzibit (pronounced "exhibit"), is an American rapper, actor, television presenter, and radio personality.

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Ying Yang Twins

The Ying Yang Twins are an American hip hop duo consisting of Kaine (born Eric Jackson on December 16, 1978) and D-Roc (born Deongelo/D'Angelo Holmes on February 23, 1979).

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Young Buck

David Darnell Brown (born March 15, 1980), better known by his stage name Young Buck, is an American rapper.

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Young Buck discography

American rapper Young Buck has released two studio albums, three independent albums, 6 collaborative albums, 32 mixtapes, 20 singles (including seven as a featured artist), and 27 music videos.

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Young'n (Holla Back)

"Young'n (Holla Back)" is the second single from Fabolous' debut album Ghetto Fabolous.

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10 (LL Cool J album)

10 is the ninth studio album by American rapper LL Cool J. It was released by Def Jam Recordings on October 15, 2002 in the United States.

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10 Seconds (album)

10 Seconds is the first studio album by American hip hop producer Jel.

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1200 Techniques

1200 Techniques are an Australian hip hop group formed in 1997 in Melbourne, Australia, consisting of DJ Peril (Jason Foretti) as producer, percussionist, DJ; N'fa Forster-Jones as lead vocalist (under the name Nfamas) and Kemstar (DJ Peril's brother, Simon Foretti) as lead guitarist.

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1957 (album)

1957 is the eighth studio album by the experimental band Soul-Junk.

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1st Class (album)

1st Class is the second full-length studio album by American rapper and producer the Large Professor.

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2001 in hip hop music

This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2001. 2002 in hip hop music and 2001 in hip hop music are 2000s in hip hop music and hip hop music by year.

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2003 in hip hop music

This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2003. 2002 in hip hop music and 2003 in hip hop music are 2000s in hip hop music and hip hop music by year.

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50 Cent

Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), known professionally as 50 Cent, is an American rapper, actor, television producer, and businessman.

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500 Degreez

500 Degreez is the third studio album by American rapper Lil Wayne.

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504 Boyz

504 Boyz were an American hip hop group from New Orleans, Louisiana, named for the New Orleans area code.

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54th Platoon

The 54th Platoon are an American rap group who were the only artists signed to the short-lived FUBU Records.

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679 Artists

679 Artists (formally known as Sixsevenine and 679 Recordings) was a Warner Music Group-owned record label based in London, England.

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7 Years of Bad Luck

7 Years of Bad Luck is the debut album from North Carolina Hip Hop artist Supastition.

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7L & Esoteric

7L & Esoteric (7LES) are an American underground hip hop duo from Boston, Massachusetts, known for battle rhymes and boom bap production.

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8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture

8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture is the official soundtrack album to the 2002 film of the same name.

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See also

2000s in hip hop music

• 2000 in hip hop music
• 2001 in hip hop music
• 2002 in hip hop music
• 2003 in hip hop music
• 2004 in hip hop music
• 2005 in hip hop music
• 2006 in hip hop music
• 2007 in hip hop music
• 2008 in hip hop music
• 2009 in hip hop music
• List of Billboard number-one rap singles of the 2000s
• Louisville Project

2002 in music

• 2002 in Latin music
• 2002 in Norwegian music
• 2002 in country music
• 2002 in heavy metal music
• 2002 in hip hop music
• 2002 in music
• Eurovision Young Musicians 2002
• Popstars: The Rivals
• Stars in Their Eyes European Championships 2002

Hip hop music by year

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References

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The Art of Listening, Undaground Legend, Under Construction (album), Universal Music Group, Universal Records (1995−2006), UTP (group), Virgin Records, Warlock Records, WC (rapper), We Ain't Fessin' (Double Quotes), We Thuggin', Welcome to Atlanta, What's Luv?, When the Last Time, Will Smith, Without Me (Eminem song), WWO, Wyclef Jean, X-Raided, Xzibit, Ying Yang Twins, Young Buck, Young Buck discography, Young'n (Holla Back), 10 (LL Cool J album), 10 Seconds (album), 1200 Techniques, 1957 (album), 1st Class (album), 2001 in hip hop music, 2003 in hip hop music, 50 Cent, 500 Degreez, 504 Boyz, 54th Platoon, 679 Artists, 7 Years of Bad Luck, 7L & Esoteric, 8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture.