Jadakiss
Kiss of Death
Rap/Hip-Hop

No. 1 pop and R&B/rap disc

Afroman
The Good Times
R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

Top-10 CD spawned the goofy pop hit “Because I Got High”

Limp Bizkit
Three Dollar Bill, Y’all
Metal, Rap/Hip-Hop

These tourmates of Korn, Ice Cube and Orgy penetrated Billboard’s Top 25.

Eminem
The Eminem Show
Rap/Hip-Hop

This chart-topping disc sold more copies its first day (nearly 300,000) than its competition did in an entire week.

Fugees
The Score
Rap/Hip-Hop
Mario
Turning Point
R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

Disc peaked at No. 13. “Let Me Love You” spent two months as pop’s hottest single.

Will Smith
Willennium
R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

A Top-10 pop and R&B disc

Mary J. Blige
My Life
Rap/Hip-Hop
Papa Roach
Infest
Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

Million-seller peaked at 5

Busta Rhymes
The Big Bang
Rap/Hip-Hop

No. 1 pop and R&B disc. “I Love My B–ch” elevated to Top-20 R&B status.

Various/Soundtrack
Get Rich or Die Tryin’
Rap/Hip-Hop

Peaked at No. 2 on the pop chart

112
Part III
R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

Peaked at number 2

Jamie Foxx
Unpredictable
R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

This million-seller spent several weeks at No. 1.

Tha Dogg Pound
Dogg Food
Rap/Hip-Hop
Various/Soundtrack
Jump In!
Pop, R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

Top-3 pop disc