# 2005 in hip-hop

This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2005.

## Released albums

| Release Date | Artist | Album | Label |
| January 18 | The Game | The Documentary | Aftermath Entertainment, G-Unit Records, Interscope Records |
| January 25 | Buck 65 | This Right Here Is Buck 65 | V2 |
| January 25 | Geto Boys | The Foundation | Rap-a-Lot Records, Asylum Records |
| January 25 | Paul Wall & Chamillionaire | Controversy Sells | Paid In Full |
| January 25 | Spice 1 | Dyin' 2 Ball | Triple X Entertainment |
| January 31 | Pete Rock | The Surviving Elements: From Soul Survivor II Sessions | BBE Records |
| February 8 | Krayzie Bone | Gemini: Good vs. Evil | Ball'r Records, ThugLine Records |
| February 8 | Mike Ladd | Negrophilia: The Album | |
| February 8 | One Be Lo | S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M. (Sounds Of Nahshid Originate Good Rhymes And Music) | Subterraneous Records, Fat Beats Records |
| February 8 | Rapper Big Pooh | Sleepers | 6 Hole Records, Caroline Distribution |
| February 8 | Sage Francis | A Healthy Distrust | Epitaph Records |
| February 15 | Suburban Noize Records | Sub Noize Souljaz | Suburban Noize |
| February 22 | A Gun Called Tension | A Gun Called Tension | Cold Crush Records |
| February 22 | Aesop Rock | Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives | Definitive Jux |
| February 22 | Bone Brothers | Bone Brothers | Koch Records |
| February 22 | Busdriver | Fear of a Black Tangent | Mush |
| February 22 | Jumpsteady | Master of the Flying Guillotine | Psychopathic Records |
| February 22 | Sole | Live from Rome | Anticon |
| February 22 | TRU | The Truth | The New No Limit Records, Koch Records |
| March 1 | Pimp C | The Sweet James Jones Stories | Rap-a-Lot Records, Asylum Records |
| March 3 | 50 Cent | The Massacre | G-Unit Records, Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records |
| March 7 | Sev Statik | Slow Burn | Pitch Control, Pointman |
| March 8 | Boom Bip | Blue Eyed in the Red Room | Lex Records |
| March 8 | Celly Cel | It'z Real Out Here | 33rd Street Records |
| March 8 | Tame One | O.G. Bobby Johnson | Eastern Conference Records |
| March 12 | Evidence | Another Sound Mission Vol. 1 | Audio Fidelity |
| March 22 | Anybody Killa | Road Fools | Psychopathic Records |
| March 22 | C-Murder | The Truest Shit I Ever Said | Bossalinie Records, Koch Records |
| March 22 | M.I.A. | Arular | XL Recordings, Interscope Records |
| March 22 | The Perceptionists | Black Dialogue | Definitive Jux |
| March 22 | Prefuse 73 | Surrounded By Silence | Warp |
| March 29 | Blueprint | 1988 | Rhymesayers Entertainment |
| March 29 | Beanie Sigel | The B. Coming | Dame Dash Music Group, Def Jam Recordings |
| March 29 | Edan | Beauty and the Beat | Lewis Recordings |
| March 29 | Fat Killahz | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? | No Tyze Entertainment |
| March 29 | Will Smith | Lost and Found | Interscope Records |
| April 12 | Z-Ro | Let the Truth Be Told | Rap-a-Lot Records |
| April 19 | Esham | A-1 Yola | Psychopathic Records |
| April 19 | Mike Jones | Who is Mike Jones? | Swishahouse/Asylum/Warner Bros. |
| April 19 | Roots Manuva | Awfully Deep | Big Dada |
| April 19 | Zion I | True & Livin' | Live Up Records |
| May | Nelly | Sweatsuit | Derrty, Fo' Reel, Universal |
| May 3 | Quasimoto | The Further Adventures of Lord Quas | Stones Throw Records |
| May 3 | 13 & God | 13 & God | Alien Transistor, Anticon |
| May 10 | Fannypack | See You Next Tuesday | Tommy Boy Records |
| May 10 | Jus Allah | All Fates Have Changed | Babygrande Records |
| May 17 | The Away Team | National Anthem | 6 Hole Records, Caroline Distribution |
| May 17 | Insane Clown Posse | The Calm | Psychopathic Records |
| May 17 | Memphis Bleek | 534 | Get Low Records, Roc-A-Fella Records, Def Jam Recordings |
| May 17 | Nobody | And Everything Else... | Plug Research |
| May 24 | Common | Be | GOOD Music, Geffen Records |
| May 24 | Gorillaz | Demon Days | Virgin Records |
| May 24 | Young Gunz | Brothers from Another | Roc-A-Fella Records, Def Jam Recordings |
| May 31 | The High & Mighty | The 12th Man | Eastern Conference Records |
| May 31 | M.E.D. | Push Comes to Shove | Stones Throw Records |
| May 31 | Sean Price | Monkey Barz | Duck Down Music |
| May 31 | Ya Boy | Rookie of the Year | SMC, Done Deal Ent. |
| June 14 | Afu-Ra | State of the Arts | Life Force Records, Decon Records |
| June 14 | Fat Joe | All or Nothing | Terror Squad, Atlantic |
| June 21 | 9th Wonder & Buckshot | Chemistry | Duck Down Music |
| June 21 | Canibus | Mind Control | Tommy Boy Records |
| June 21 | Guru | Version 7.0: The Street Scriptures | 7 Grand Records |
| June 21 | Ol' Dirty Bastard | A Son Unique | Dame Dash Music Group, UMG, Def Jam Recordings |
| June 27 | Kano | Home Sweet Home | 679 |
| June 28 | Bizarre | Hannicap Circus | Sanctuary Urban |
| June 28 | Twiztid | Man's Myth (Vol. 1) | Psychopathic Records |
| June 28 | Ying Yang Twins | USA (United State Of Atlanta) | TVT Records |
| July 4 | Missy Elliott | The Cookbook | The Goldmind Inc., Atlantic Records |
| July 12 | Felt | Felt, Vol. 2: A Tribute to Lisa Bonet | Rhymesayers Entertainment |
| July 12 | Frayser Boy | Me Being Me | Hypnotize Minds |
| July 12 | Slim Thug | Already Platinum | Star Trak Entertainment, Geffen Records |
| July 26 | Buck 65 | Secret House Against the World | WEA |
| July 26 | Jeezy | Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 | CTE World, Def Jam Recordings |
| July 26 | Trey Songz | I Gotta Make It | Atlantic |
| July 26 | Twiztid | Mutant (Vol. 2) | Psychopathic Records |
| July 26 | 7L & Esoteric | Moment of Rarities | Babygrande Records |
| August 2 | Necro | The Sexorcist | Psycho+Logical-Records |
| August 9 | Proof | Searching for Jerry Garcia | Iron Fist Records |
| August 16 | Vanilla Ice | Platinum Underground | Ultrax Records |
| August 16 | Pras Michel | Win Lose Or Draw | Universal Music Group |
| August 23 | Jim Jones | Harlem: Diary of a Summer | Diplomat, Koch |
| August 23 | Kurupt | Against the Grain | Death Row Records, Koch Records |
| August 23 | Pumpkinhead | Orange Moon Over Brooklyn | Soulspazm Records, Rawkus Records |
| August 23 | Skrapz | The 12 Step Program | Genetic Soil LLC |
| August 30 | Kanye West | Late Registration | Roc-A-Fella Records, Def Jam Recordings |
| August 30 | Tony Yayo | Thoughts of a Predicate Felon | G-Unit Records, Interscope Records |
| September 6 | AZ | A.W.O.L. | Quiet Money Records |
| September 13 | Big Shug | Who's Hard? | Sure Shot Recordings |
| September 13 | DJ Quik | Trauma | Mad Science Records |
| September 13 | Little Brother | The Minstrel Show | ABB Records, Atlantic Records |
| September 13 | Paul Wall | The Peoples Champ | Swishahouse, Asylum, Atlantic |
| September 13 | Smif-n-Wessun | Smif 'n' Wessun: Reloaded | Duck Down Music |
| September 13 | U-God | Mr. Xcitement | Free Agency Recordings |
| September 20 | Cage | Hell's Winter | Definitive Jux |
| September 20 | David Banner | Certified | SRC Records, Universal Records |
| September 20 | Pimp Squad Click | 25 to Life | Grand Hustle, Atlantic |
| September 26 | Why? | Elephant Eyelash | Anticon |
| September 27 | Bizzy Bone | Speaking in Tongues | 845 Entertainment |
| September 27 | Blackalicious | The Craft | Anti- |
| September 27 | Three 6 Mafia | Most Known Unknown | Hypnotize Minds, Sony Urban Music, Columbia Records |
| September 27 | Lil' Kim | The Naked Truth | International Rock Star Records, Atlantic Records |
| October 3 | Ms. Dynamite | Judgement Days | Polydor |
| October 4 | Twista | The Day After | Atlantic Records |
| October 4 | Atmosphere | You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having | Rhymesayers Entertainment |
| October 4 | Spice 1 | The Truth | High Powered Entertainment |
| October 4 | Tragedy Khadafi | Thug Matrix | Fastlife |
| October 6 | DJ Muggs and GZA | Grandmasters | Angeles Records |
| October 11 | DANGERDOOM | The Mouse and the Mask | Epitaph Records |
| October 11 | Warren G | In the Mid-Nite Hour | G-Funk Entertainment |
| October 18 | Black Milk | Sound of the City | Music House, Fat Beats |
| October 18 | Bun B | Trill | Rap-a-Lot Records, Asylum Records |
| October 18 | Circle of Tyrants | The Circle of Tyrants | Psycho+Logical-Records |
| October 18 | Ninja High School | Young Adults Against Suicide | Tomlab |
| October 18 | Rev. Run | Distortion | Def Jam Recordings |
| November 1 | Canibus | Hip-Hop for Sale | Babygrande Records |
| November 1 | Fatlip | The Loneliest Punk | Delicious Vinyl |
| November 1 | Public Enemy | New Whirl Odor | Slam Jamz Records |
| November 1 | Tha Dogg Pound | Dillinger & Young Gotti II: Tha Saga Continuez... | Gangsta Advisory Records |
| November 8 | Bigg Jus | Poor People's Day | Mush |
| November 8 | Sheek Louch | After Taxes | D-Block Records, Koch Records |
| November 15 | Mike Ladd | Father Divine | ROIR |
| November 22 | Talib Kweli | Right About Now | Koch Records |
| November 22 | Chamillionaire | The Sound of Revenge | Universal |
| November 22 | Juelz Santana | What the Game's Been Missing! | Diplomat Records, Roc-A-Fella Records, Def Jam Recordings |
| November 22 | Rich Boyz | Young Ballers: The Hood Been Good to Us | Guttar Music |
| December 6 | Eminem | Curtain Call: The Hits | Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records, Web Entertainment |
| December 6 | Flame | Rewind | Cross Movement Records |
| December 6 | Lil Wayne | Tha Carter II | Cash Money Records, Universal Records |
| December 13 | Snoop Dogg | Bigg Snoop Dogg Presents...Welcome to tha Chuuch: Da Album | Doggystyle Records, Koch Records |
| December 27 | Trick-Trick | The People vs. | Motown Records |

## Highest-charting singles

Hip hop singles from any year which charted in the 2005 Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 :
| Song | Artist | Project | Peak position |
| "Gold Digger" | Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx | Late Registration | 1 |
| "Candy Shop" | 50 Cent featuring Olivia | The Massacre | 1 |
| "Hate It Or Love It" | The Game featuring 50 Cent | The Documentary | 2 |
| "Disco Inferno" | 50 Cent | The Massacre | 3 |
| "Just a Lil Bit" | 50 Cent | The Massacre | 3 |
| "How We Do" | The Game featuring 50 Cent | The Documentary | 4 |
| "Soul Survivor" | Jeezy featuring Akon | Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 | 4 |
| "Outta Control (Remix)" | 50 Cent featuring Mobb Deep | The Massacre | 6 |
| "When I'm Gone" | Eminem | Curtain Call: The Hits | 8 |
| "Get It Poppin'" | Fat Joe featuring Nelly | All or Nothing | 9 |
| "Bring Em Out" | T.I. | Urban Legend | 9 |
| "Mockingbird" | Eminem | Encore | 11 |
| "Stay Fly" | Three 6 Mafia featuring Young Buck & 8Ball & MJG | Most Known Unknown | 13 |
| "Girl Tonite" | Twista featuring Trey Songz | The Day After | 14 |
| "I Think They Like Me" | Dem Franchize Boyz featuring Jermaine Dupri, Da Brat & Bow Wow | Dem Franchize Boyz | 15 |
| "Wait (The Whisper Song)" | Ying Yang Twins | U.S.A. (United State of Atlanta) | 15 |
| "Karma" | Lloyd Banks featuring Avant | The Hunger For More | 17 |
| "Shorty Wanna Ride" | Young Buck | Straight Outta Cashville | 17 |
| "Window Shopper" | 50 Cent | Get Rich or Die Tryin' (soundtrack) | 20 |
| "Sugar (Gimme Some)" | Trick Daddy featuring Ludacris, Lil Kim & Cee-Lo Green | Thug Matrimony: Married to the Streets | 20 |
| "U Don't Know Me" | T.I. | Urban Legend | 23 |
| "Errtime" | Nelly featuring Jung Tru & King Jacob | The Longest Yard (soundtrack) | 24 |
| "Encore" | Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent | Encore | 25 |
| "Heard 'Em Say" | Kanye West featuring Adam Levine | Late Registration | 26 |
| "New York" | Ja Rule featuring Fat Joe & Jadakiss | R.U.L.E. | 27 |
| "Badd" | Ying Yang Twins featuring Mike Jones & Mr. ColliPark | U.S.A. (United State of Atlanta) | 29 |
| "Hope" | Twista featuring Faith Evans | Coach Carter (soundtrack) | 31 |
| "Fireman" | Lil Wayne | Tha Carter II | 32 |
| "Dreams" | The Game | The Documentary | 32 |
| "Like Toy Soldiers" | Eminem | Encore | 34 |

## Highest first-week sales

List of top ten albums with the highest first-week :
| Number | Album | Artist | 1st-week sales | 1st-week position |
| 1 | The Massacre | 50 Cent | 1,140,000 | 1 |
| 2 | Late Registration | Kanye West | 860,000 | 1 |
| 3 | The Documentary | The Game | 586,000 | 1 |
| 4 | Curtain Call: The Hits | Eminem | 441,000 | 1 |
| 5 | Get Rich Or Die Tryin' OST | G-Unit Records | 317,000 | 2 |
| 6 | Tha Carter II | Lil Wayne | 254,000 | 2 |
| 7 | Thoughts Of A Predicate Felon | Tony Yayo | 214,000 | 2 |
| 8 | U.S.A. (United State of Atlanta) | Ying Yang Twins | 201,000 | 2 |
| 9 | Be | Common | 185,000 | 2 |
| 10 | The Cookbook | Missy Elliott | 176,000 | 2 |

## Highest critically reviewed albums (Metacritic)

| Number | Artist | Album | Average score | Number of reviews |
| 1 | M.I.A. | Arular | 88 | 33 reviews |
| 2 | Kanye West | Late Registration | 85 | 31 reviews |
| 3 | Edan | Beauty And The Beat | 85 | 18 reviews |
| 4 | Common | Be | 83 | 26 reviews |
| 5 | Gorillaz | Demon Days | 82 | 37 reviews |
| 6 | DangerDoom | The Mouse And The Mask | 81 | 34 reviews |
| 7 | Blackalicious | The Craft | 80 | 22 reviews |
| 8 | 13 & God | 13 & God | 80 | 20 reviews |
| 9 | Roots Manuva | Awfully Deep | 80 | 19 reviews |
| 10 | Quasimoto | The Further Adventures of Lord Quas | 79 | 23 reviews |