# 2013 in hip-hop

This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip-hop for the year 2013.

## Events
### January

* On January 6, 2013, 23 year old rapper originated from Seattle, Washington who went by the stage name Freddy E sent a series of dark, depressing tweets which then follows up with his very last tweets saying ‘I love you mum’, ‘I love you dad’ and ‘I love you Katherine’. He then proceeded to take his own life by shooting himself in the head with a rifle not long after.
* T.I. completed his 10-year contract with Atlantic Records, and is seeking a deal around $75 million for him and his Grand Hustle Records artists.
* On January 20, 2013, Lupe Fiasco was removed from the stage by security after making anti-Obama comments in Washington D.C., during Obama's second presidential inauguration.
* On January 23, 2013, Hit-Boy confirmed he signed with Interscope Records.
* On January 25, 2013, Juelz Santana was sentenced to two years probation for threatening to kill his neighbor after his neighbor intervened and called the police when he heard Juelz assaulting his then girlfriend.
* On January 28, 2013, Rick Ross crashed his car in Fort Lauderdale after his vehicle was shot at in a drive by shooting.
* Jay-Z officially signed Timbaland to Roc Nation.
* On January 30, 2013, Vado confirmed he signed with DJ Khaled's We the Best Music Group label.

### February

* On February 8, 2013, Paul Rosenberg confirmed Eminem's eighth album would be released in 2013, post Memorial Day.
* Drake won his first Grammy Award for Best Rap Album at the 2013 Grammy Awards for Take Care. At the same night, Jay-Z and Kanye West would each take three Grammys; two for Niggas in Paris and one for No Church in the Wild.
* On February 18, 2013, Kollegah and Farid Bang topped the German album charts with their collabo album Jung, brutal, gutaussehend 2 selling 80,000 copies in the release week. It is the highest number for a hip-hop album in Germany for the last five years.
* According to Billboard, Jay-Z and his Roc Nation imprint signed a "worldwide publishing administration deals with Warner/Chappell Music," giving Jay-Z the rights back to his music post-Def Jam (The Blueprint 3, Watch The Throne) as well as future works, with most of his older catalog moving to the Warner umbrella within the year. A separate deal will put the past and future catalogs of Roc Nation's stable of artists on the publisher's roster immediately, including songwriters Philip Lawrence (Bruno Mars, Flo Rida, Cee-Lo Green), S1 (Kanye West, Beyoncé, 50 Cent), Carmen Key (Flo Rida, David Guetta), and British singer Rita Ora, among others.
* C-Murder's appeal was rejected and he will remain in prison to serve out his life sentence due to a second degree murder committed in 2002.
* Suge Knight has had two warrants for his arrest approved stating he can be arrested on the spot.
* Ja Rule has been released from prison for his possession of an illegal firearm charge but still has time to serve for tax evasion.
* Gunplay avoided his possible life sentence, and any jail time at all, due to the victim not cooperating and authenticating the video surveillance of him holding the victim up with a gun, and stealing a cellphone and gold chain.
* On February 25, 2013, Atlanta rapper Young Vito, was acquitted of murdering 1017 Brick Squad rapper Slim Dunkin. However, he was given 25 years for aggravated assault and possession of a firearm.

### March

* On March 1, 2013, former No Limit Records rapper Mr. Magic and his wife were killed in a car accident in Mississippi, their daughter who was with them at the time survived the crash. Magic was 37 years old at the time of his death.
* Gunshots were fired near French Montana's tour bus when he was parked and chilling with fans and rapper Meek Mill in Philadelphia, a 27-year-old male was fatally shot in the stomach and was rushed to the hospital being pronounced DOA.
* Method Man announced on stage that the Wu-Tang Clan are working on a sixth studio album, that will be released this year to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of their debut album, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers).
* On March 12, 2013 Lil Wayne suffered multiple seizures after shooting a music video in Los Angeles. He would be released later the same day. Three days later he would be hospitalized again after another seizure, Thus causing TMZ to state he was in a medically induced coma and being in critical condition. YMCMB members Mack Maine, Birdman, Jay Sean and a slew of industry friends such as T.I. would later deny these reports, and say he was in "good condition" and awake.
* On March 14, 2013, Chief Keef was released from a juvenile detention center after serving 60 days for violating his probation.
* On March 16, 2013, Veteran California rapper Tone Loc collapsed on stage after finishing a song at the Bridge Bash concert in Des Moines, Iowa.
* Cleveland Rapper Machine Gun Kelly took home the 2013 MtvU "Woodie of the Year" award at the 2013 MTV Woodie Awards.
* On March 22, 2013, Atlanta Police issued an arrest warrant for Radric Davis, aka Gucci Mane, after he apparently assaulted a soldier with a champagne bottle.
* On March 29, 2013, Crypt the Warchild of OuterSpace announced he was diagnosed with cancer.
* Diddy was announced to be the musical guest for WrestleMania 29 at which he would perform a medley of songs on PPV inside New Jersey's MetLife Stadium on April 7.

### April

* Tyler, The Creator released his 2nd studio album Wolf (Tyler, the Creator album)
* Kid Cudi revealed that he left Kanye West's GOOD Music record label, on good terms.
* On April 3, 2013, at approximately 2 AM, Power 105.1's host DJ Clue was arrested for drug possession and traffic violations.
* Logic signs to Def Jam Recordings.
* Kurupt announced that Tha Dogg Pound and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony are working on a collaboration album that will include all members of both groups along with Snoop Dogg and Soopafly.

### May

* On May 1, Chris Kelly of hip hop duo Kris Kross died at the age of 34.
* On May 3, record producer AraabMuzik was shot in an attempted robbery in his neighborhood, and taken to the hospital where he is recovering.
* On May 6, 90s hip hop group Naughty By Nature announced that they were splitting up.
* On May 8, Gucci Mane announced Chief Keef was officially signed to his 1017 Brick Squad Records.
* Kanye West announced that his sixth studio album Yeezus would be released on June 18. J. Cole would move up the release date of his second album Born Sinner to that same date.
* On May 23, it was reported that rapper Tim Dog might have faked his death in order to not pay back money after being convicted of fraud.

### June

* On June 2, Papoose "crashed" Hot 97's Summer Jam following Kendrick Lamar's set performing his single "Get At Me" with Ron Browz.
* On June 9, 2 Chainz was robbed at gunpoint in San Francisco of his phone and wallet. Two days later while boarding a flight from LAX, TSA agents found that his checked bag contained marijuana and promethazine. He was arrested and booked on felony narcotics possession.
* On June 14, Kanye West's Yeezus leaked online in its entirety. It was the last of the June 18 album releases to leak as Born Sinner and Mac Miller's Watching Movies with the Sound Off had leaked earlier in the month.
* On June 16, through an advertisement for Samsung shown during the 2013 NBA Finals, Jay-Z announced that he will release a new album titled Magna Carta Holy Grail on July 4.
* On June 20, Dream Chasers Records artist Lil Snupe was murdered in Winnfield, Louisiana.
* Kanye West's sixth studio album Yeezus debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200 with 328,800 copies, beating out J. Cole's Born Sinner which debuted at #2 with 297,922 copies and Mac Miller's Watching Movies with the Sound Off which debuted at #3 with 101,795 copies.
* On June 22, Drake released four new songs, and announced the release date for his third album Nothing Was the Same.
* On June 28, Meek Mill was ordered to take etiquette classes in order to tighten up on his social media skills and better articulate his business dealings, after some of his fans threatened his PO on Twitter.

### July

* On July 8, rapper Wiz Khalifa officially married his girlfriend Amber Rose.
* On July 25, DJ Khaled publicly "proposed" to fellow Cash Money artist Nicki Minaj via MTV. He supported his offer with a 10 karat diamond ring from Rafaello & Co., valued at about $500,000. However it was later revealed it was all a ploy to debut his new single "I Wanna Be with You".

### August

* On August 13, Big Sean released a leftover track from his sophomore album Hall of Fame, "Control" which features Kendrick Lamar and Jay Electronica. Kendrick's verse caused controversy as he "called out" J. Cole, Big K.R.I.T., Wale, Pusha T, Meek Mill, A$AP Rocky, Drake, Big Sean, Jay Electronica, Tyler, the Creator, and Mac Miller and called himself the "King of New York". Many rappers took offense to the lines without even being mentioned by name. Rappers including Lupe Fiasco, Papoose, Joell Ortiz, Cassidy, Joe Budden, A$AP Ferg, J.R. Writer, Mickey Factz, Mysonne, Bizarre, and Fred the Godson all released a response or a diss song within a week.
* On August 25, it was announced during the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards that Eminem would release the sequel of the commercial and critically successful The Marshall Mathers LP, The Marshall Mathers LP 2 on November 5, 2013.
* On August 26, Fat Joe reported federal prison in Florida to serve a 4-month sentence for tax evasion.

### September

* On September 16, Young Money Entertainment president Mack Maine was charged with sexual battery and assault in Oklahoma. According to court documents obtained by TMZ alleged that, Maine put his hand down one woman's shirt without her consent. Then while the women were trying to leave, Mack Maine reportedly held the door shut and also punched and broke one of the female's jaw.
* On September 19, it was announced that the first theatrically released Tupac Shakur biopic will begin production in 2014.
* On September 19, Greek rapper Pavlos Fyssas who went by the stage name Killah P, was stabbed to death. Riots broke out throughout Greece due to the assumed political influences in the killing.
* On September 26, Chicago drill rapper LA Capone was shot and tragically bled out after leaving a recording studio.
* On September 27, former UGK Records artist, Ivory P was arrested on human trafficking and kidnapping charges, for kidnapping a 19-year-old woman to traffic out as sexual escort.

### October

* On October 8, Nipsey Hussle released his mixtape Crenshaw for free online, and in a limited 1,000 physical copies for $100 each. He sold out all the copies earning over 100,000 dollars in one day.
* On October 12, The Game following his official release from Interscope Records signed to Cash Money Records.
* On October 15, Future was dropped off of Drake's third headlining tour Would You like a Tour? after he made negative comments about Drake and his album in a Billboard interview. It was also reported he was demanding $1.5 million for lost wages, as he was set to get $40,000 per gig. He was subsequently replaced with Jhené Aiko on every date of the tour. Two days later, Future rejoined the tour and drops the lawsuit.

### November

* On November 7, Eminem became the first artist since The Beatles, to be the lead artist with four songs in the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 during the same week ("The Monster" at #3, "Berzerk" at #15, "Survival" at #16, "Rap God" at #17).
* On November 15, it was revealed that after Kendrick Lamar was named GQ's "Rapper of the Year" and interviewed for the issue, Top Dawg Entertainment's CEO Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith took issue with the article and the interview, then pulling Kendrick Lamar from his performance at GQ's annual Man Of The Year party that took place on, November 12, 2013.
* On November 22, T.I. announced his signing to Columbia Records.

### December

* Jay-Z has the most Grammy nominations for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards with 9. Kendrick Lamar, Macklemore, and Pharrell each have 7 nominations while Drake has 5 nominations. Also, T.I. and Kanye West each have 2 Grammy nominations.
* Eminem is now tied with the record of most Billboard Hot 100 #1's among rappers with Diddy and Ludacris with 5, with "The Monster" peaking at #1.
* On December 17, Pharrell signed to Columbia Records as a solo artist and announced that he would release his second album on the label during 2014.
* On December 20, Three 6 Mafia member and DJ Paul's brother Lord Infamous died from a heart attack.
* On December 28, Grand Hustle Records and Interscope Records artist Doe B was shot and killed outside of a nightclub in his home state of Alabama along with two other bystanders being killed and six others injured.
* On December 29, Waka Flocka Flame's little brother and Brick Squad Monopoly artist KayO Redd died from an apparent suicide in Atlanta.

## Released albums

| Release Date | Artist(s) | Album | Record label(s) | Notes |
| January 4 | MC Eiht | Keep It Hood | Bluestamp Music Group | |
| January 4 | Penny | Twenties Hungry: The Unbound Anthems of Yesteryear | Fake Four Inc. | |
| January 15 | ASAP Rocky | Long. Live. ASAP | A$AP Worldwide, Polo Grounds, RCA Records | Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Goldie", "Fuckin' Problems", "Wild for the Night" |
| January 15 | DJ Muggs | Bass for Your Face | Ultra Records | |
| January 15 | Sho Baraka | Talented 10th | Lions and Liars | Debuted at No. 94 on the Billboard 200 Singles include: "Chapter 6: Ali", "Chapter 9: Jim Crow" |
| January 15 | Wax | Continue | Scrublife | Debuted at #3 on the Billboard Heatseekers Album Chart Singles include: "Toothbrush", "Lewis & Clark", "We Can't All Be Heroes" |
| January 22 | Young Fathers | Tape One | Anticon | |
| January 29 | Slum Village & Mick Boogie | Dirty Slums 2 | Synchronization | |
| January 29 | Oh No | Disrupted Ads | Kash Roc Entertainment | |
| January 29 | Vast Aire | A Space Iliad EP | Man Bites Dog Records | |
| February 4 | Devlin | A Moving Picture | Island, Universal Music Group | Debuted at No. 19 on the UK Albums Chart Singles: "Watchtower", "Off With Their Heads", "Rewind" |
| February 5 | Brotha Lynch Hung | Mannibalector | Strange Music | Debuted at No. 67 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Meat Cleaver", "Krocadil" |
| February 5 | Edo G | Intelligence & Ignorance | Envision Entertainment | |
| February 5 | Joe Budden | No Love Lost | Mood Muzik Entertainment, E1 Music | Debuted at No. 15 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "She Don't Put It Down", "NBA" |
| February 5 | Young Noble & Deuce Deuce | Fast Life | Concrete Enterprises, Outlaw Recordz | |
| February 8 | Kollegah & Farid Bang | Jung, brutal, gutaussehend 2 | Selfmade Records | Debuted at No. 1 on the German Charts, Austrian Charts, Swiss Charts Singles include: "Dynamit", "Drive-By", "Du kennst den Westen", "Stiernackenkommando" Certified Gold in Germany |
| February 10 | Noah23 | Tropical Fruit | Plague Language / Legendary Entertainment | |
| February 12 | Chamillionaire | Elevate EP | Chamillitary Entertainment | Only released 1,000 hard copies which sold out in 10 hours prior to announcement. |
| February 12 | Kay the Aquanaut & Factor Chandelier | Letters from Laika | Circle Into Square | |
| February 12 | Ras Kass | Barmageddon | Cre8yte Corporation | |
| February 12 | Serengeti | Saal | Graveface | |
| February 13 | Hussein Fatal | The Interview: It's Not a Gimmik 2 Me | Thugtertainment | |
| February 15 | Araabmuzik | For Professional Use Only | Duke Productions | |
| February 19 | Czarface | Czarface | Brick Records | Debuted at #34 on US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums |
| February 19 | Sadistik | Flowers for My Father | Fake Four Inc. | Singles: "Micheal","City in Amber", "Kill the King", "Russian Roulette" |
| February 19 | MED, Blu & Madlib | The Burgundy | Stones Throw Records | |
| February 22 | Fard | Bellum et Pax | Code Rouge | Debuted at No. 2 on the German Charts, #14 Austrian Charts, #7 Swiss Charts Singles include: "Madar" |
| February 25 | Killah Priest | The Psychic World of Walter Reed | Proverbs Records | |
| February 26 | Cappadonna | Eyrth, Wynd and Fyre | RBC Records | |
| February 26 | Gensu Dean & Planet Asia | Abrasions | Mello Music Group | |
| February 26 | Ill Bill | The Grimy Awards | Fat Beats Records | |
| February 26 | Kutt Calhoun | Black Gold | Strange Music | Debuted at No. 120 on US Billboard 200 Singles: "Self Preservation", "I Been Dope" |
| February 26 | The Regime | The Last Dragon | Smoke-A-Lot Records, City Hall Records | |
| February 26 | Tonedeff | Glutton | QN5 Inc. | |
| March 4 | Johnny Polygon | The Nothing | Johnny Polygon | |
| March 5 | Demigodz | Killmatic | Dirty Version LLC | |
| March 12 | Krayzie Bone | QuickFix: Less Drama. More Music | TheLifeApparel | |
| March 19 | Ra Scion | Adding to the Extra | SCIONtific Records | |
| March 19 | The Regime | Dragon Gang | Smoke-A-Lot Records, RBC Records | |
| March 19 | Swollen Members | Beautiful Death Machine | Suburban Noize, Battle Axe Records | Debuted at No. 137 on the Billboard Hot 100. |
| March 22 | Adil Omar | The Mushroom Cloud Effect | Serpents of Eden | Singles: "Off The Handle", "Paki Rambo" |
| March 22 | Tede | Elliminati | Wielkie Joł | Debuted at No. 3 on the Polish Charts Singles include: "Mainstream", "Nie banglasz" Certified Gold in Poland |
| March 26 | Blu | York | Nature Sounds | |
| March 26 | Ces Cru | Constant Energy Struggles | Strange Music | |
| March 26 | Durag Dynasty | 360 Waves | Nature Sounds | |
| March 26 | Lil Wayne | I Am Not a Human Being II | Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, Republic Records | Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. Singles: "My Homies Still", "No Worries", "Bitches Love Me", "Rich As Fuck". Certified Gold by the RIAA. |
| March 26 | Papoose | The Nacirema Dream | Honor B4 Money Records, Fontana Distribution | Debuted at No. 97 on the Billboard 200. Singles: "On Top of My Game", "What's My Name", "Get At Me". |
| March 29 | Binary Star | Binary Star EP | Infinite Rhythm Network, Subterraneous Records | |
| March 31 | Hell Razah | Living After Death | Hell Razah Music | |
| April 1 | Wiley | The Ascent | Warner Music Group | |
| April 2 | Kidz in the Hall | Wishful Drinking | March Records | |
| April 2 | Tyler, The Creator | Wolf | Odd Future Records, RED Distribution, Sony Music Entertainment | Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Domo23" |
| April 9 | Tyga | Hotel California | Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, Republic Records | Debuted at No. 7 on Billboard 200 Singles: "Dope", "Molly", "For the Road", "Show You" |
| April 9 | Rich Boy | Break the Pot | Vice Records, E1 Music | Singles: "Break the Pot" |
| April 9 | Goondox (Snowgoons, PMD & Sean Strange) | Welcome to the Goondox | RBC Records | |
| April 16 | Andy Mineo | Heroes For Sale | Reach | Debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200 |
| April 16 | Ghostface Killah | Twelve Reasons to Die | Soul Temple Records, RED Distribution | Debuted at No. 27 on the Billboard 200 |
| April 16 | Homeboy Sandman | Kool Herc: Fertile Crescent | Stones Throw | |
| April 16 | Illogic & Blockhead | Capture the Sun | Man Bites Dog Records | |
| April 16 | Kid Cudi | Indicud | Wicked Awesome, GOOD Music, Republic Records | Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Just What I Am", "King Wizard", "Immortal", "Girls" |
| April 16 | Mathematics | Prelude to the Answer | Money Maker Entertainment | |
| April 16 | N.O.R.E. | Student of the Game | Militainment Business, Conglomerate, E1 Music | Debuted at No. 116 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Tadow", "Fowl Niggaz", "The Problem (Lawwddd)" |
| April 16 | Styles P | Float | Nature Sounds, High Times Records | Debuted at No. 124 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Hater Love" |
| April 16 | Slaine | The Boston Project | Suburban Noize Records | Debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard Heatseekers Album Chart |
| April 20 | Wiz Khalifa & Currensy | Live in Concert | Jet life, Rostrum | Debuted at No. 30 on the Billboard 200 iTunes exclusive |
| April 23 | k-os | Black on Blonde | Crown Loyalist, EMI | |
| April 23 | Mitchy Slick, The Worlds Freshest | Feet Match the Paint | Fresh In The Flesh, Wrongkind Records | |
| April 23 | Slim Thug | Welcome to Texas EP | Hogg Life Entertainment | |
| April 23 | Snoop Lion | Reincarnated | Berhane Sound System, Mad Decent, Vice Records, RCA Records | Debuted at No. 16 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "La La La", "No Guns Allowed", "Ashtrays and Heartbreaks" |
| April 23 | will.i.am | #willpower | Interscope Records | Debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "This is Love", "Scream and Shout", "#thatPOWER" |
| April 30 | LL Cool J | Authentic | S-BRO Music Group, 429 Records | Debuted at No. 23 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Take It", "Whaddup" and "We Came to Party" |
| April 30 | Prolyphic & Buddy Peace | Working Man | Strange Famous | |
| April 30 | R.A. the Rugged Man | Legends Never Die | Nature Sounds | Debuted at No. 121 on the Billboard 200 Singles include: "The Peoples Champ", "Learn Truth" |
| April 30 | Rittz | The Life and Times of Jonny Valiant | Strange Music | Debuted at No. 25 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Switch Lanes" |
| May 1 | Sole | No Wising Up No Settling Down | Black Canyon | |
| May 7 | Havoc | 13 | Nature Sounds | Singles: "Tell Me To My Face", "Gone", "Life We Chose" |
| May 7 | Qwel & Maker | Beautiful Raw | Galapagos4 | |
| May 7 | Talib Kweli | Prisoner of Conscious | Javotti Media, EMI Music, Capitol Records | Debuted at No. 48 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Push Thru", "Upper Echelon", "Come Here" |
| May 7 | Young Noble & Gage Gully | The Year of the Underdogz | A.G.E. Entertainment | |
| May 13 | Mike Stud | Relief | Electric Pop | Debuted at No. 109 on the Billboard 200 |
| May 14 | Eve | Lip Lock | From The Rib, RED Distribution | Debuted at No. 46 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "She Bad Bad", "Make It Out This Town", "Eve" |
| May 21 | French Montana | Excuse My French | Coke Boys, Bad Boy Records, Maybach Music Group, Interscope Records | Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Pop That", "Freaks", "Ain't Worried About Nothin' |
| May 21 | P-Money | Gratitude | Dirty Records, Dawn Raid Ent., Duck Down Music Inc. | |
| May 21 | EDIDON | O.G. Est. 1992 | O4L Digital | Singles: "No Lights On" |
| May 21 | Gucci Mane | Trap House III | 1017 Brick Squad, 101 Distribution | Debuted at No. 175 on the Billboard 200 |
| May 23 | Noah23 | Lotus Deities | Plague Language | |
| May 27 | Kool Keith & Big Sche Eastwood | Magnetic Pimp Force Field | Junkadelic Music | |
| May 27 | Akala | The Thieves Banquet | lla State Records | |
| May 28 | Aceyalone | Leanin' on Slick | Decon | |
| May 28 | Kid Ink | Almost Home | Tha Alumni Music Group, RCA Records | Debuted at No. 27 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Bad Ass" |
| June 11 | Action Bronson | Saaab Stories | Vice Records, Atlantic Records | Debuted at No. 63 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Strictly 4 My Jeeps" |
| June 11 | Jarren Benton | My Grandma's Basement | Funk Volume | Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums Singles: "Go Off" |
| June 11 | Prodigy & The Alchemist | Albert Einstein | Infamous Records | Debuted at No. 175 on the Billboard 200 |
| June 11 | Young Fathers | Tape Two | Anticon | |
| June 18 | Daz Dillinger & WC | West Coast Gangsta Shit | DPG Online, Dub C Online, Empire Distribution | Singles: "Wha'cha Gon Do" |
| June 18 | Gregory Pepper & Madadam | Big Huge Truck | Fake Four Inc. | |
| June 18 | J. Cole | Born Sinner | Roc Nation, Columbia Records | Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, peaked at No. 1 Singles: "Power Trip", "Crooked Smile" Certified Gold by the RIAA. |
| June 18 | Kanye West | Yeezus | Def Jam Recordings | Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Black Skinhead", "Bound 2" Certified Platinum by the RIAA. |
| June 18 | Mac Miller | Watching Movies with the Sound Off | Rostrum Records | Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "S.D.S.", "Watching Movies", "Goosebumpz" |
| June 18 | Quasimoto | Yessir Whatever | Stones Throw Records | |
| June 18 | Statik Selektah | Extended Play | Showoff Records, Duck Down Music Inc. | Debuted at No. 121 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Bird's Eye View", "21 & Over" |
| June 20 | Freddie Gibbs | ESGN | ESGN, Empire Distribution | Debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums Singles: "One Eighty Seven" |
| June 23 | Factor Chandelier | Woke Up Alone | Fake Four Inc. | |
| June 25 | Dessa | Parts of Speech | Doomtree Records | Debuted at No. 74 on the Billboard 200 |
| June 25 | Serengeti | Kenny Dennis LP | Anticon | |
| June 25 | Slum Village | Evolution | Ne'Astra Music | |
| June 25 | Wale | The Gifted | Maybach Music Group, Atlantic Records | Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Bad", "LoveHate Thing" |
| June 25 | Wrekonize | The War Within | Strange Music | Debuted at No. 88 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Anxiety Attacks", "Freak", "We Got Soul", "Neon Skies" |
| June 26 | Run the Jewels | Run the Jewels | Fool's Gold Records | |
| July 2 | Billy Woods | Dour Candy | Backwoodz Studioz | |
| July 2 | Jon Connor | Unconscious State | All Varsity Music | |
| July 4 | Jay-Z | Magna Carta... Holy Grail | Roc-A-Fella Records, Roc Nation, Universal | Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Holy Grail", "Tom Ford" Certified Platinum by the RIAA. |
| July 7 | Open Mike Eagle | Sir Rockabye | Open Mike Eagle | |
| July 9 | Greenhouse (Blueprint & Illogic) | Bend But Don't Break | OCF Music | |
| July 9 | Kurupt | Kurupt Confidential | OCF Music | |
| July 9 | Tony Touch | The Piece Maker 3: Return of the 50 MC's | Touch Entertainment, Inc., Red River Entertainment | |
| July 10 | Jesse Jagz | Jagz Nation, Vol.1. Thy Nation Come | Jagz Nation | Singles: "Redemption", "Bad Girl" |
| July 13 | Ka | The Night's Gambit | Iron Works | |
| July 16 | Ace Hood | Trials & Tribulations | We the Best Music Group, Cash Money Records, Republic Records | Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Bugatti", "We Outchea" |
| July 16 | Kevin Gates | Stranger Than Fiction | Atlantic Records | Debuted at No. 37 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "4:30" |
| July 16 | ¡Mayday! | Believers | Strange Music | |
| July 16 | Hieroglyphics | The Kitchen | Hieroglyphics Imperium Recordings | |
| July 16 | Lil Wyte & Jelly Roll | No Filter | Phixieous Entertainment | |
| July 23 | Rich Gang | Rich Gang | Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, Republic Records | Debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Tapout", "We Been On", "50 Plates" |
| July 23 | U-God | The Keynote Speaker | Soul Temple Records | Debuted at No. 58 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. |
| July 23 | Chamillionaire | Reignfall | Chamillitary Entertainment | Debuted at No. 40 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. |
| July 30 | Crooked I | Apex Predator | Treacherous C.O.B., Empire Distribution | Debuted at No. 33 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. |
| July 30 | Tech N9ne | Something Else | Strange Music | Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200. Singles: "So Dope (They Wanna)" |
| August 6 | Homeboy Sandman | All That I Hold Dear | Stones Throw | |
| August 6 | Madchild | Lawn Mower Man | Battle Axe, Suburban Noize Records | Debuted at No. 149 on the Billboard 200 |
| August 12 | Sifu Hotman | Sifu Hotman | Stashin Records | |
| August 13 | Stevie Stone | 2 Birds 1 Stone | Strange Music | Debuted at No. 76 on the Billboard 200 |
| August 13 | Terrace Martin | 3ChordFold | AKAI Music | |
| August 18 | No Malice | Hear Ye Him | Reinvision |
| August 18 | Bones | SCUMBAG | TeamSESH | |
| August 20 | ASAP Ferg | Trap Lord | ASAP Worldwide, Polo Grounds Music, RCA Records | Debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Work (Remix)", "Shabba", "Hood Pope" |
| August 20 | Earl Sweatshirt | Doris | Tan Cressida, Columbia Records | Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Chum", "Whoa", "Hive" |
| August 20 | Jel | Late Pass | Anticon | |
| August 20 | Noah23 | Occult Trill III: Blast Master Therion | Plague Language | |
| August 27 | Almighty | 2nd Coming | RBC Records | |
| August 27 | Big Sean | Hall of Fame | GOOD Music, Def Jam Recordings | Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Guap", "Switch Up", "Beware", "Fire" |
| August 27 | Goodie Mob | Age Against the Machine | The Right Records | Debuted at No. 30 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Special Education" |
| August 27 | Juicy J | Stay Trippy | Kemosabe Records, Columbia Records | Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Bandz a Make Her Dance", "Show Out", "Bounce It", "Talkin' Bout" |
| August 27 | Krizz Kaliko | Son of Sam | Strange Music | Debuted at No. 56 on the Billboard 200 |
| August 27 | Rapzilla | King Kulture: Stop the Traffic | Rapzilla | |
| August 30 | Wordburglar | Welcome to Cobra Island | Props Dept. | |
| September 5 | Brother Ali | Left in the Deck | Rhymesayers Entertainment | |
| September 10 | 2 Chainz | B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time | Def Jam Recordings | Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Feds Watching", "Used 2" |
| September 10 | Derek Minor | Minorville | Reach Records, RMG | |
| September 10 | Young Chop | Precious | 8 Tray Music Group | |
| September 17 | Grayskul | Zenith | Fake Four Inc. | |
| September 17 | Maybach Music Group | Self Made Vol. 3 | Maybach Music Group, Atlantic Records | Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Poor Decisions", "Levels", "God Is Great", "Know You Better" |
| September 17 | Prozak | We All Fall Down | Strange Music | |
| September 17 | Whitenoise (Sole) | No More Dystopias | Black Canyon | Instrumental project Released under the moniker Whitenoise |
| September 17 | Stalley | Honest Cowboy | Maybach Music Group, Atlantic Records | |
| September 24 | Drake | Nothing Was the Same | OVO Sound, Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, Republic Records | Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Started from the Bottom", "Hold On, We're Going Home", "All Me", "Pound Cake", "The Language", "Too Much" Certified Platinum by the RIAA. |
| September 24 | Guilty Simpson & Small Professor | Highway Robbery | Beat Goliath, Coalmine Records | |
| September 24 | Natti | Still Motion | APOS Music | |
| September 30 | Dizzee Rascal | The Fifth | Dirtee Stank, Universal Music Group | Singles: "Goin' Crazy", "Something Really Bad" |
| September 30 | Nelly | M.O. | Republic Records | Debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Hey Porsche", "Get Like Me", "Heaven" |
| September 30 | Deltron 3030 | Event 2 | Deltron Partners, Bulk Recordings | Debuted at No. 41 on the Billboard 200 |
| October 1 | Blue Sky Black Death | Glaciers | Fake Four Inc. | |
| October 1 | Oddisee | The Beauty in All | Mello Music Group | |
| October 8 | Danny Brown | Old | Fool's Gold Records | Debuted at No. 17 on the Billboard 200 |
| October 8 | Pusha T | My Name Is My Name | GOOD Music, Def Jam Recordings | Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Pain", "Numbers on the Boards", "Sweet Serenade" |
| October 8 | Termanology | Goya | Brick Records | |
| October 11 | MJG | Too Pimpin | Space Age Entertainment, Born Star Entertainment | |
| October 15 | Shad | Flying Colours | Black Box Recordings Inc. | |
| October 15 | Black Milk | No Poison No Paradise | Fat Beats Records | Singles: "Sunday's Best/Monday's Worst" |
| October 15 | Boldy James | My 1st Chemistry Set | Decon | Singles: "Moochie", "Reform School" |
| October 15 | Bubba Sparxxx | Pain Management | BackRoad Records, Average Joes Entertainment | |
| October 15 | Cashis | The County Hound 2 | Bogish Brand Ent. | Singles: "Layin' in the Cut", "Mind On Money", "Imma Hustla", "Look At Me", "Hi" |
| October 15 | Devin the Dude | One for the Road | Coughee Brothaz Music, E1 Music | Singles: "Probably Should Have" |
| October 15 | Dom Kennedy | Get Home Safely | The Other Peoples Money Company | Debuted at No. 29 on the Billboard 200 |
| October 15 | Young Dro | High Times | Grand Hustle Records, E1 Music, Atlantic Records | Debuted at No. 57 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "FDB", "Strong" |
| October 22 | Armand Hammer (Billy Woods & Elucid) | Race Music | Backwoodz Studioz | |
| October 22 | Blu & Nottz | Gods in the Spirit | Coalmine Records | |
| October 22 | Cage | Kill the Architect | Eastern Conference Records, KGMG | |
| October 22 | David Dallas | Falling into Place | Outlier, Dawn Raid Entertainment, Dirty Records, Duck Down Music Inc. | |
| October 22 | DJ Khaled | Suffering from Success | We the Best Music Group, Cash Money Records, Republic Records | Debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "No New Friends", "I Wanna Be with You" |
| October 25 | Kerser | S.C.O.T. | Kerser N Nebs Records | Debuted at No. 5 on the ARIA Albums Chart Singles: "Scott vs Kers" |
| October 28 | Ice Prince | Fire of Zamani | Chocolate City | Singles: "Aboki", "More", "Gimme Dat", "I Swear" |
| October 29 | Beautiful Eulogy | Instruments of Mercy | Humble Beast | Singles: "Vital Lens" |
| October 29 | Joey Badass | Summer Knights EP | Cinematic Music Group, Pro Era Records, RED Distribution | |
| October 29 | Josh Martinez | Blotto | Camobear Music | |
| October 29 | Vinnie Paz | Carry on Tradition | Pazmanian Devil Music | |
| October 29 | Yancey Boys | Sunset Blvd. | Delicious Vinyl, Yancey Media Group | |
| October 31 | Blaq Poet | Blaq Death | Man Bites Dog Records | |
| October 31 | Fredo Santana | Trappin Ain't Dead | Savage Squad Records | |
| October 31 | MellowHigh | MellowHigh | Odd Future Records | Debuted at No. 89 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Yu" |
| October 31 | Ra Scion | The Sickle and the Sword | SCIONtific Records | |
| October 31 | Swamp Thing (Chokeules, Savillion & Timbuktu) | Firedogs | URBNET | |
| November 4 | Shady Blaze | Green Ova's Most Hated | Green Ova | |
| November 4 | Tinie Tempah | Demonstration | Parlophone, Disturbing London | Singles: "Trampoline", "Children of the Sun" |
| November 4 | Troy Ave | New York City: The Album | BSB Records | |
| November 5 | Eminem | The Marshall Mathers LP 2 | Aftermath Entertainment, Shady Records, Interscope Records | Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Berzerk", "Survival", "Rap God", "The Monster", "Headlights" Certified Double Platinum by the RIAA |
| November 5 | Ghettosocks | For You Pretty Things | Droppin' Science Productions | |
| November 5 | Latyrx | The Second Album | Latyramid, Inc | |
| November 5 | Sole | Crimes Against Totality | Black Canyon | |
| November 5 | Tech N9ne | Therapy | Strange Music | |
| November 11 | Bun B | Trill OG: The Epilogue | Rap-A-Lot Records | Debuted at No. 30 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Fire" |
| November 12 | Built to Fade | To Dust | APOS Music | |
| November 12 | Chris Webby | Homegrown | Homegrown, E1 Music | |
| November 12 | Eddie B. & Harry Fraud | Paper, Piff & Polo | Man Bites Dog Records | |
| November 12 | Louis Logic | Look on the Blight Side | Fake Four Inc. | |
| November 12 | Marco Polo | PA2: The Director's Cut | Soulspazm, Inc. | Singles: "3-O-Clock" |
| November 12 | No Bird Sing | Definition Sickness | Strange Famous Records | |
| November 19 | The Godfathers | Once Upon a Crime | Psycho+Logical-Records, RBC Records | |
| November 19 | Slim Thug | Boss Life | Hogg Life | |
| November 19 | Sammy Adams | Homecoming | RCA Records | |
| November 19 | Webbie | Savage Life 4 | Trill Entertainment | Singles: "What I Do", "Bad Bitch 2" |
| November 19 | Yo Gotti | I Am | CMG, Epic | Debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Act Right", "King Shit", "Cold Blood" |
| November 19 | Yonas | The Transition Deluxe | YONAS, LLC | |
| November 24 | Hopsin | Knock Madness | Funk Volume, Empire Distribution | Peaked at No. 78 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Old Friend", "Hop Is Back", "Rip Your Heart Out" |
| November 25 | Pitbull | Meltdown | Mr. 305, Polo Grounds, RCA Records | Debuted at No. 95 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Timber" |
| November 26 | Chinx | I'll Take It from Here | NuSense Music Group, Coke Boys | |
| November 26 | Esoteric & Stu Bangas | Machete Mode | Man Bites Dog Records | |
| November 26 | Rich Homie Quan | I Promise I Will Never Stop Going In | | debuted at No. 110 on the Billboard 200 |
| November 29 | Sido | 30–11–80 | Vertigo, Capitol Records | |
| December 3 | Smif-n-Wessun | Born and Raised | Duck Down Music Inc. | Singles: "Solid Ground" |
| December 3 | Jim Jones | We Own the Night | Vampire Life | Singles: "Nasty Girl" |
| December 6 | Master P | The Gift | NLF Digital Media | Singles: "Two Three" |
| December 10 | Childish Gambino | Because the Internet | Glassnote Records, Island Records | debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "3005" |
| December 10 | Dice Raw | Jimmy's Back | Rawlife, Soul Spazm | |
| December 10 | E-40 | The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 4 | Heavy on the Grind Entertainment | Debuted at No. 136 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Episode" |
| December 10 | E-40 | The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 5 | Heavy on the Grind Entertainment | Debuted at No. 140 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "All My Niggaz" |
| December 10 | E-40 | The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 6 | Heavy on the Grind Entertainment | Debuted at No. 151 on the Billboard 200 |
| December 10 | Paul Wall | #Checkseason | Paul Wall Music | |
| December 10 | Problem | Understand Me | Diamond Lane Music Group | Singles: "Like Whaaat", "Say That Then" |
| December 10 | Roc Marciano | Marci Beaucoup | Man Bites Dog Records | |
| December 10 | Snoopzilla & Dâm-Funk | 7 Days of Funk | Stones Throw Records | Singles: "Faden Away" |
| December 10 | Tonedeff | Demon | QN5 Music | |
| December 10 | Twista | Back to the Basics | GMG Entertainment | |
| December 11 | Doseone | The Samurai Gunn EP | Doseone | |
| December 11 | Serengeti | C.A.B. | Anticon | |
| December 13 | Snowgoons | Black Snow 2 | Goon MuSick | |
| December 15 | Talib Kweli | Gravitas | Javotti Media | |
| December 17 | B.o.B | Underground Luxury | Rebel Rock, Grand Hustle Records, Atlantic Records | Debuted at No. 22 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "We Still in This Bitch", "HeadBand", "Ready", "All I Want", "John Doe" |
| December 17 | Mac Miller | Live from Space | Rostrum Records | |
| December 17 | Sean Price & M-Phazes | Land of the Crooks | Coalmine Records | |
| December 18 | The Lox | The Trinity | D-Block Records | Debuted at No. 141 on the Billboard 200 |
| December 19 | D-Sisive & Tone Mason | Raging Bull | The Desolate Collective | |
| December 25 | The Alchemist | The Cutting Room Floor 3 | ALC | |
| December 25 | Gucci Mane | The State vs. Radric Davis II: The Caged Bird Sings | 1017 Brick Squad, 101 Distribution | |
| December 25 | Wolves (Bix, D-Sisive, Ghettosocks, Muneshine & Timbuktu) | Wolves | Droppin' Science Productions | |
| December 30 | Angel Haze | Dirty Gold | Island Records, Republic Records | Singles: "Echelon (It's My Way)" |

## Highest-charting songs

Hip hop singles which peaked in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 :
| Title | Artist | Peak position |
| "Thrift Shop" | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz | 1 |
| "Can't Hold Us" | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton | 1 |
| "The Monster" | Eminem feat. Rihanna | 1 |
| "Berzerk" | Eminem | 3 |
| "Holy Grail" | Jay-Z feat. Justin Timberlake | 4 |
| "Started from the Bottom" | Drake | 6 |
| "Rap God" | Eminem | 7 |
| "Fuckin' Problems" | ASAP Rocky feat. Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar | 8 |
| "Love Me" | Lil Wayne feat. Drake and Future | 9 |
| "Same Love" | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Mary Lambert | 11 |
| "23" | Mike WiLL Made-It featuring Miley Cyrus, Wiz Khalifa & Juicy J | 11 |
| "Bound 2" | Kanye West | 12 |
| "White Walls" | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. ScHoolboy Q & Hollis | 15 |
| "We Own It (Fast & Furious)" | 2 Chainz & Wiz Khalifa | 16 |
| "Survival" | Eminem | 16 |
| "Gone" | Kanye West feat. Cam'ron and Consequence | 18 |
| "Power Trip" | J. Cole feat. Miguel | 19 |
| "My Nigga" | YG feat. Young Jeezy and Rich Homie Quan | 19 |
| "U.O.E.N.O." | Rocko feat. Future and Rick Ross | 20 |
| "All Me" | Drake feat. 2 Chainz and Big Sean | 20 |
| "Bad" | Wale feat. Tiara Thomas | 21 |
| "Poetic Justice" | Kendrick Lamar feat. Drake | 26 |
| "I'm Different" | 2 Chainz | 27 |
| "Crooked Smile" | J. Cole feat. TLC | 27 |
| "Gas Pedal" | Sage the Gemini feat. Iamsu! | 29 |
| "Show Me" | Kid Ink feat. Chris Brown | 29 |
| "No Worries" | Lil Wayne featuring Detail | 29 |
| "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe" | Kendrick Lamar | 32 |
| "Bugatti" | Ace Hood feat. Future and Rick Ross | 33 |
| "Don't Drop That Thun Thun!" | FiNaTTicZ | 35 |
| "All Gold Everything" | Trinidad James | 36 |
| "No New Friends" | DJ Khaled feat. Drake, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne | 37 |
| "Rich As Fuck" | Lil Wayne feat. 2 Chainz | 38 |
| "Beware" | Big Sean feat. Lil Wayne and Jhené Aiko | 38 |
| "Tom Ford" | Jay-Z | 39 |

## Highest first-week sales

List of top ten albums released in 2013 according to first-week home market sales, as of November 13, 2013 :
| Number | Album | Artist | 1st-week sales | 1st-week position |
| 1 | The Marshall Mathers LP 2 | Eminem | 793,000 | 1 |
| 2 | Nothing Was the Same | Drake | 658,000 | 1 |
| 3 | Magna Carta Holy Grail | Jay-Z | 527,000 | 1 |
| 4 | Yeezus | Kanye West | 328,000 | 1 |
| 5 | Born Sinner | J. Cole | 298,000 | 2 |
| 6 | I Am Not a Human Being II | Lil Wayne | 217,000 | 2 |
| 7 | The Gifted | Wale | 158,000 | 1 |
| 8 | Long. Live. ASAP | ASAP Rocky | 139,000 | 1 |
| 9 | Indicud | Kid Cudi | 139,000 | 2 |
| 10 | Watching Movies with the Sound Off | Mac Miller | 102,000 | 3 |

## Highest critically reviewed albums
### Metacritic

| Number | Artist | Album | Average score | Number of reviews |
| 1 | Run the Jewels | Run the Jewels | 86 | 25 reviews |
| 2 | Chance the Rapper | Acid Rap | 86 | 21 reviews |
| 3 | Kanye West | Yeezus | 84 | 46 reviews |
| 4 | Danny Brown | Old | 83 | 30 reviews |
| 5 | Earl Sweatshirt | Doris | 82 | 32 reviews |
| 6 | Pusha T | My Name Is My Name | 81 | 27 reviews |
| 7 | Drake | Nothing Was the Same | 79 | 33 reviews |
| 8 | Ghostface Killah | Twelve Reasons to Die | 78 | 27 reviews |
| 9 | Czarface | Czarface | 77 | 7 reviews |
| 10 | ASAP Rocky | Long. Live. ASAP | 75 | 40 reviews |

### AnyDecentMusic?

| Number | Artist | Album | Average score | Number of reviews |
| 1 | Danny Brown | Old | 8.3 | 22 reviews |
| 2 | Kanye West | Yeezus | 8.2 | 38 reviews |
| 3 | Chance the Rapper | Acid Rap | 8.1 | 11 reviews |
| 4 | Earl Sweatshirt | Doris | 8.0 | 22 reviews |
| 5 | Ka | The Night's Gambit | 7.9 | 6 reviews |