# 1995 in hip-hop

This article summarises the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 1995.

## Released albums

| Release Date | Artist | Album |
| January 10 | Smif-N-Wessun | Dah Shinin' |
| January 17 | The Roots | Do You Want More?!!!??! |
| January 17 | Main One | Birth of the Ghetto Child |
| January 24 | Marvaless | Just Marvaless |
| January 24 | Subway | Good Times |
| January 24 | Too Short | Cocktails |
| February 7 | Crime Boss | All in the Game |
| February 7 | Juvenile | Being Myself |
| February 7 | Master P | 99 Ways to Die |
| February 14 | South Central Cartel | Murder Squad Nationwide |
| February 21 | DJ Quik | Safe + Sound |
| February 28 | Brotha Lynch Hung | Season of da Siccness |
| February 28 | The Nonce | World Ultimate |
| February 28 | Tha Alkaholiks | Coast II Coast |
| March 7 | Nine | Nine Livez |
| March 13 | Double Vision | Keep You Eyes Open |
| March 14 | 2Pac | Me Against the World |
| March 14 | E-40 | In a Major Way |
| March 14 | Kam | Made in America |
| March 14 | Rottin Razkals | Rottin ta da Core |
| March 21 | Channel Live | Station Identification |
| March 28 | Big L | Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous |
| March 28 | King Tee | IV Life |
| March 28 | Ol' Dirty Bastard | Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version |
| March 28 | Dana Dane | Rollin' Wit Dana Dane |
| March 28 | Various Artists | New Jersey Drive, Vol. 1 |
| March 31 | 11/5 | Fiendin' 4 tha Funk |
| April 11 | Various Artists | Friday |
| April 11 | Various Artists | New Jersey Drive, Vol. 2 |
| April 16 | Schoolly D | Reservoir Dog |
| April 18 | Lordz of Brooklyn | All in the Family |
| April 18 | Street Poets | Street Poets |
| April 19 | Dre Dog | I Hate You With a Passion |
| April 25 | Mobb Deep | The Infamous |
| May 2 | Masta Ace Incorporated | Sittin' on Chrome |
| May 2 | Walkin' Large | Riverside Pictures |
| May 16 | King Just | Mystics of the God |
| May 16 | Red Hot Lover Tone | #1 Player |
| May 23 | Beastie Boys | Root Down EP |
| May 23 | Mad CJ Mac | True Game |
| May 23 | Jemini the Gifted One | Scars and Pain [EP] |
| May 30 | Naughty by Nature | Poverty's Paradise |
| May 30 | Double XX Posse | Ruff, Rugged & Raw |
| May 30 | Show and A.G. | Goodfellas |
| May 30 | Three 6 Mafia | Mystic Stylez |
| June 6 | AMG | Ballin' Outta Control |
| June 13 | The B.U.M.S. | Lyfe 'N' Tyme |
| June 15 | C-Bo | Tales from the Crypt |
| June 20 | The Dayton Family | What's on My Mind? |
| June 20 | Grand Puba | 2000 |
| June 20 | Mack 10 | Mack 10 |
| June 20 | MC Breed | Big Baller |
| June 20 | 5th Ward Juvenilez | Deadly Groundz |
| June 20 | Miilkbone | Da' Miilkrate |
| June 27 | Skee-Lo | I Wish |
| June 27 | Special Ed | Revelations |
| July 4 | Prince Markie Dee | Love Daddy |
| July 4 | Funkdoobiest | Brothas Doobie |
| July 4 | Luniz | Operation Stackola |
| July 11 | Bushwick Bill | Phantom of the Rapra |
| July 18 | Guru | Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality |
| July 21 | DJ Krush | Meiso |
| July 25 | Bone Thugs-n-Harmony | E. 1999 Eternal |
| July 25 | Natas | Doubelievengod |
| July 25 | Totally Insane | Backstreet Life |
| July 25 | TRU | True |
| July 28 | The B.G.'z | True Story |
| August 1 | Raekwon | Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... |
| August 1 | Poppa LQ | Your Entertainment, My Reality |
| August 1 | Ray Luv | Forever Hustlin' |
| August 1 | Watts Gangstas | The Real |
| August 15 | B.G. Knocc Out and Dresta | Real Brothas |
| August 15 | Various Artists | The Show (soundtrack) |
| August 22 | The Dove Shack | This Is the Shack |
| August 22 | KeyKool & DJ Rhettmatic | Kozmonautz |
| August 22 | Twinz | Conversation |
| August 29 | Junior M.A.F.I.A. | Conspiracy |
| September 12 | E.S.G. | Sailin' Da South |
| September 12 | MC Hammer | Inside Out |
| September 26 | Count Bass D | Pre-Life Crisis |
| September 26 | Damu Ridas | Damu Ridas |
| September 26 | Das EFX | Hold It Down |
| September 26 | Doug E. Fresh | Play |
| September 26 | Kool G Rap | 4,5,6 |
| September 26 | Nationwide Rip Ridaz | Nationwide Rip Ridaz |
| September 26 | RBX | The RBX Files |
| October 3 | P.M. Dawn | Jesus Wept |
| October 3 | WC and the Maad Circle | Curb Servin' |
| October 10 | AZ | Doe or Die |
| October 10 | Jamal | Last Chance, No Breaks |
| October 10 | KRS-One | KRS-One |
| October 10 | Candyman | Phukk Watcha Goin' Thru |
| October 10 | Ghetto Mafia | Full Blooded Niggaz |
| October 10 | Kausion | South Central Los Skanless |
| October 10 | Insane Clown Posse | Riddle Box |
| October 10 | Menace Clan | Da Hood |
| October 10 | Mystikal | Mind of Mystikal |
| October 10 | Souls of Mischief | No Man's Land |
| October 17 | Mic Geronimo | The Natural |
| October 24 | Aceyalone | All Balls Don't Bounce |
| October 24 | Ant Banks | Do or Die |
| October 24 | Da Youngsta's | I'll Make U Famous |
| October 24 | Fat Joe | Jealous One's Envy |
| October 24 | Jayo Felony | Take a Ride |
| October 24 | Frost | Smile Now, Die Later |
| October 24 | Onyx | All We Got Iz Us |
| October 31 | Cypress Hill | Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom |
| October 31 | Tha Dogg Pound | Dogg Food |
| October 31 | Eightball & MJG | On Top of the World |
| November 7 | The Click | Game Related |
| November 7 | Coolio | Gangsta's Paradise |
| November 7 | Erick Sermon | Double or Nothing |
| November 7 | Goodie Mob | Soul Food |
| November 7 | GZA | Liquid Swords |
| November 7 | Poison Clan | Strait Zooism |
| November 13 | Beastie Boys | Aglio e Olio EP |
| November 14 | The Pharcyde | Labcabincalifornia |
| November 21 | The Dangerous Crew | Don't Try This at Home |
| November 21 | Funkmaster Flex | The Mix Tape, Vol. 1 |
| November 21 | Group Home | Livin' Proof |
| November 21 | Just-Ice | Kill the Rhythm (Like a Homicide) |
| November 21 | 8-Off | Wrap Your Lips Around This |
| November 21 | LL Cool J | Mr. Smith |
| November 21 | Mr. Doctor | Setripn' Bloccstyle |
| November 21 | Mia X | Good Girl, Gone Bad |
| November 21 | Three 6 Mafia | Live by Yo Rep |
| November 28 | 5th Ward Boyz | Rated G |
| November 28 | Eazy-E | Eternal E |
| November 28 | Gospel Gangstaz | Do or Die |
| December 5 | Indo G and Lil' Blunt | Up in Smoke |
| December 5 | Spice 1 | 1990-Sick |
| December 17 | Ghetto Twiinz | Surrounded by Criminals |
| December 26 | K-Rino | Danger Zone |
| Unknown | Company Flow | Funcrusher |
| Unknown | Gunslinguz | We All We Gott |
| Unknown | Tec-9 | Straight From Tha Ramp!! |
| Unknown | Tha Chamba | Makin' Illa Noise |
| Unknown | DJ Hollywood | Rarities |

## Highest-charting singles

Hip hop singles which charted in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1995. :
| Title | Artist | Peak position |
| "Gangsta's Paradise" | Coolio | 1 |
| "One More Chance" | The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Faith Evans & Mary J. Blige | 2 |
| "Hey Lover" | LL Cool J featuring Boyz II Men | 3 |
| "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By" | Method Man featuring Mary J. Blige | 3 |
| "Big Poppa" | The Notorious B.I.G. | 6 |
| "I Got 5 on It" | Luniz featuring Michael Marshall | 8 |
| "Dear Mama" | 2Pac | 9 |
| "Keep Their Heads Ringin'" | Dr. Dre | 10 |
| "Player's Anthem" | Junior M.A.F.I.A. | 13 |
| "How High" | Method Man & Redman | 13 |
| "I Wish" | Skee-Lo | 13 |
| "1st of tha Month" | Bone Thugs-n-Harmony | 14 |
| "Feel Me Flow" | Naughty by Nature | 17 |
| "Too Hot" | Coolio | 24 |
| "Sugar Hill" | AZ | 25 |
| "Give It 2 You" | Da Brat | 26 |
| "Ice Cream" | Raekwon | 37 |
| "I Seen a Man Die" | Scarface | 37 |

## Highest first-week sales

List of top ten albums with the highest first-week home market sales of 1995 :
| Number | Album | Artist | 1st-week sales | 1st-week position | Refs |
| 1 | E. 1999 Eternal | Bone Thugs-n-Harmony | 307,000 | 1 | Midwest Hip Hop |
| 2 | Dogg Food | Tha Dogg Pound | 277,500 | 1 | West Coast Hip Hop |
| 3 | Me Against the World | 2Pac | 240,000 | 1 | West Coast Hip Hop |
| 4 | Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom | Cypress Hill | 142,000 | 3 | West Coast Hip Hop |
| 5 | Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... | Raekwon | 130,000 | 4 | East Coast Hip Hop |
| 6 | Friday | Various Artists | 123,000 | 1 | West Coast Hip Hop |
| 7 | Cocktails | Too Short | 101,000 | 6 | West Coast Hip Hop |
| 8 | On Top of the World | 8Ball & MJG | 83,000 | 8 | Southern Hip Hop |
| 9 | Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version | Ol' Dirty Bastard | 81,000 | 7 | East Coast Hip Hop |
| 10 | Mr. Smith | LL Cool J | 80,000 | 20 | East Coast Hip Hop |