# List of Billboard number-one R&B/hip-hop albums of 2008

This page lists the albums that reached number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Rap Albums charts in 2008. The Rap Albums chart partially serves as a distillation of rap-specific titles from the overall R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

## Chart history

Key :
| † | Indicates best-performing album of 2008 |
| Issue date | R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | Artist(s) | Rap Albums | Artist(s) |
| January 5 | Growing Pains | Mary J. Blige | Lupe Fiasco's The Cool | Lupe Fiasco |
| January 12 | Growing Pains | Mary J. Blige | Lupe Fiasco's The Cool | Lupe Fiasco |
| January 19 | Growing Pains | Mary J. Blige | Lupe Fiasco's The Cool | Lupe Fiasco |
| January 26 | Growing Pains | Mary J. Blige | American Gangster | Jay-Z |
| February 2 | Love Behind the Melody | Raheem deVaughn | Lupe Fiasco's The Cool | Lupe Fiasco |
| February 9 | Growing Pains | Mary J. Blige | Lupe Fiasco's The Cool | Lupe Fiasco |
| February 16 | Growing Pains | Mary J. Blige | Lupe Fiasco's The Cool | Lupe Fiasco |
| February 23 | As I Am † | Alicia Keys | American Gangster | Jay-Z |
| March 1 | As I Am † | Alicia Keys | Lupe Fiasco's The Cool | Lupe Fiasco |
| March 8 | Growing Pains | Mary J. Blige | Harlem's American Gangster | Jim Jones |
| March 15 | Discipline | Janet Jackson | Savage Life 2 | Webbie |
| March 22 | Discipline | Janet Jackson | Savage Life 2 | Webbie |
| March 29 | Trilla | Rick Ross | Trilla | Rick Ross |
| April 5 | Welcome to the Dollhouse | Danity Kane | Trilla | Rick Ross |
| April 12 | Day26 | Day26 | Trilla | Rick Ross |
| April 19 | Still da Baddest | Trina | Still da Baddest | Trina |
| April 26 | All I Feel | Ray J | Trilla | Rick Ross |
| May 3 | E=MC² | Mariah Carey | Trilla | Rick Ross |
| May 10 | E=MC² | Mariah Carey | Trilla | Rick Ross |
| May 17 | Lyfe Change | Lyfe Jennings | Rising Down | The Roots |
| May 24 | E=MC² | Mariah Carey | Trilla | Rick Ross |
| May 31 | Just Me | Keith Sweat | Trilla | Rick Ross |
| June 7 | II Trill | Bun B | II Trill | Bun B |
| June 14 | Here I Stand | Usher | II Trill | Bun B |
| June 21 | Here I Stand | Usher | II Trill | Bun B |
| June 28 | Tha Carter III | Lil Wayne | Tha Carter III † | Lil Wayne |
| July 5 | Tha Carter III | Lil Wayne | Tha Carter III † | Lil Wayne |
| July 12 | Tha Carter III | Lil Wayne | Tha Carter III † | Lil Wayne |
| July 19 | Tha Carter III | Lil Wayne | Tha Carter III † | Lil Wayne |
| July 26 | Tha Carter III | Lil Wayne | Tha Carter III † | Lil Wayne |
| August 2 | Untitled | Nas | Untitled | Nas |
| August 9 | Untitled | Nas | Untitled | Nas |
| August 16 | Tha Carter III | Lil Wayne | Tha Carter III † | Lil Wayne |
| August 23 | Lessons in Love | Lloyd | Tha Carter III † | Lil Wayne |
| August 30 | Tha Carter III | Lil Wayne | Tha Carter III † | Lil Wayne |
| September 6 | Raw Footage | Ice Cube | Raw Footage | Ice Cube |
| September 13 | L.A.X. | The Game | L.A.X. | The Game |
| September 20 | The Recession | Young Jeezy | The Recession | Young Jeezy |
| September 27 | The Recession | Young Jeezy | The Recession | Young Jeezy |
| October 4 | Year of the Gentleman | Ne-Yo | Brass Knuckles | Nelly |
| October 11 | Fearless | Jazmine Sullivan | The Recession | Young Jeezy |
| October 18 | Paper Trail | T.I. | Paper Trail | T.I. |
| October 25 | Paper Trail | T.I. | Paper Trail | T.I. |
| November 1 | Paper Trail | T.I. | Paper Trail | T.I. |
| November 8 | Paper Trail | T.I. | Paper Trail | T.I. |
| November 15 | Evolver | John Legend | Paper Trail | T.I. |
| November 22 | Paper Trail | T.I. | Paper Trail | T.I. |
| November 29 | Three Ringz | T-Pain | Paper Trail | T.I. |
| December 6 | I Am... Sasha Fierce | Beyoncé | Paper Trail | T.I. |
| December 13 | 808s & Heartbreak | Kanye West | Theater of the Mind | Ludacris |
| December 20 | I Am... Sasha Fierce | Beyoncé | Emeritus | Scarface |
| December 27 | Onmyradio | Musiq Soulchild | Universal Mind Control | Common |