Beastie Boys
Hello Nasty
Rap/Hip-Hop

The Boys’ first disc in four years, this comeback effort spent a month at number 1 and sold nearly 700,000 …

T-Pain
Epiphany
Rap/Hip-Hop

No. 1 album spawned the Top-10 pop hits “Bartender” and “Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin’)”

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
BTNHResurrection
Rap/Hip-Hop

Number-1 R&B disc peaked at 2 on the pop chart. More than a million sold.

Juvenile
400 Degreez
Rap/Hip-Hop

A slow-burning Top-10 smash, this disc has sold 3 million copies.

Snoop Dogg
Top Dogg
Rap/Hip-Hop

This number-1 R&B disc peaked at 2 on the pop chart.

Ne-Yo
In My Own Words
R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

No. 1 R&B and pop disc. “So Sick” climbed to the top of the pop chart.

R. Kelly/Jay-Z
The Best of Both Worlds
R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

It spent three weeks as the nation’s number-1 R&B disc.

T.I.
T.I. Vs T.I.P.
Rap/Hip-Hop

Sold nearly 500,000 units its first week of release. Subsequently crossed the 1 million mark.

DMX
…And Then There Was X
Rap/Hip-Hop

Chart-topper sold 2 million copies in just five weeks.

Foxy Brown
Ill Na Na
Rap/Hip-Hop
DMX
It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot
Rap/Hip-Hop

This million-selling disc hit number 1 on both the pop and R&B charts.

OutKast
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Jazz/Swing/Blues, Pop, R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

This number-1 disc sold more than 500,000 copies its first week. “The Way You Move” (featuring Sleepy Brown) was a …

G-Unit
Beg for Mercy
Rap/Hip-Hop

Over two million copies of this Top-5 pop disc litter the streets.

H-Town
Fever for da Flavor
Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop
50 Cent
Get Rich or Die Tryin’
Rap/Hip-Hop

Multiple weeks at number 1. “In Da Club” was a chart-topping pop single.