1992 in hip-hop

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This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 1992.

Released albums

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Release Date[1] Artist Album
January Sister Souljah 360 Degrees of Power
January 22 South Central Cartel South Central Madness
January 28 Brothers Uv Da Blakmarket Ruff Life
February 4 Sir Mix-a-Lot Mack Daddy
True Culture Rude Boys Come to Play
February 11 Lord Finesse Return of the Funky Man
Luke I Got Shit on My Mind
February 16 Natas Life after Death
February 25 Boogie Down Productions Sex and Violence
Fu-Schnickens F.U. Don't Take It Personal
Ganksta N-I-P The South Park Psycho
Original Flavor This Is How It Is
February 26 Too Much Trouble Bringing Hell on Earth
March 3 The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury
The A.T.E.E.M. A Hero Ain't Nuttin' But a Sandwich
March 10 Da Youngsta's Somethin 4 Da Youngsta's
Hard Knocks School of Hard Knocks
March 17 Ultramagnetic MCs Funk Your Head Up
Crusaders For Real Hip-Hop Deja Vu, It's '82
March 24 Arrested Development 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of...
Chi-Ali The Fabulous Chi-Ali
March 27 Divine Styler Spiral Walls Containing Autumns of Light
March 31 Kris Kross Totally Krossed Out
April 7 College Boyz Radio Fusion Radio
Das EFX Dead Serious
Poison Clan Poisonous Mentality
The Future Sound The Whole Shabang, Vol. 1
Red Hot Lover Tone Red Hot Lover Lover Tone
April 9 Esham Judgement Day
April 14 Various Artists Deep Cover
Spice 1 Spice 1
April 16 X-Raided Psycho Active
Totally Insane Direct from the Backstreet
April 20 Master P Mama's Bad Boy
Pooh-Man Funky As I Wanna Be
April 21 Beastie Boys Check Your Head
Kid Frost East Side Story
Maestro Fresh Wes Maestro Zone
April 26 UGK The Southern Way
April 28 Kid Sensation The Power of Rhyme
Penthouse Players Clique Paid the Cost
The Real Roxanne Go Down (But Don't Bite It)
May 1 Cooly Live Livewire
May 5 Doug E. Fresh Doin' What I Gotta Do
Gang Starr Daily Operation
May 7 The Click Down and Dirty
May 12 MC Breed 20 Below
Basehead Play with Toys
May 19 Father MC Close to You
X Clan Xodus
June 1 Prince Johnny C It's Been a Long Rhyme Coming
Raheem The Invincible
Seagram The Dark Roads
June 2 Mellow Man Ace The Brother with Two Tongues
K-Solo Time's Up
June 9 Pete Rock & CL Smooth Mecca and the Soul Brother
Tung Twista Runnin' Off at da Mouth
Zhigge Zhigge
June 22 Busy Bee Starski Thank God for Busy Bee
June 23 Eric B. & Rakim Don't Sweat the Technique
N2Deep Back to the Hotel
Yo-Yo Black Pearl
June 30 MC Ren Kizz My Black Azz
July 14 Too Short Shorty the Pimp
July 15 Fresh Kid Ice The Chinaman
July 21 DJ Quik Way 2 Fonky
House of Pain House of Pain
July 28 EPMD Business Never Personal
August 1 UGK Banned
August 3 Brand New Heavies Heavy Rhyme Experience, Vol. 1
August 4 The Poetess Simply Poetry
Home Team Via Satellite From Saturn
August 11 Prince Markie Dee Free
Double X Posse Put Ya Boots On
August 25 MC Serch Return of the Product
September 1 Chubb Rock I Gotta Get Mine Yo
September 4 Big Mello Bone Hard Zaggin
September 8 Bushwick Bill Little Big Man
September 10 JT the Bigga Figga Don't Stop til We Major
September 14 Funky Aztecs Chicano Blues
September 15 Public Enemy Greatest Misses
Willie D I'm Goin' Out Lika Soldier
September 16 RBL Posse A Lesson to Be Learned
September 22 Da Lench Mob Guerillas in tha Mist
Redman Whut? Thee Album
Diamond D Stunts, Blunts & Hip Hop
Showbiz & A.G. Runaway Slave
September 29 Compton's Most Wanted Music to Driveby
Lighter Shade Of Brown Hip Hop Locos
September 30 Little Shawn The Voice In the Mirror
October 5 Roxanne Shante The Bitch Is Back
October 6 Common Sense Can I Borrow a Dollar?
October 18 Insane Clown Posse Carnival of Carnage
October 20 Grand Puba Reel to Reel
November 3 Positive K The Skills Dat Pay da Bills
The Goats Tricks of the Shade
November 10 E-40 Federal
UGK Too Hard to Swallow
O.F.T.B. Straight Up Watts
November 17 Geto Boys Uncut Dope: Geto Boys' Best
Ice Cube The Predator
The Dogs K-9 Bass
Rough House Survivers Straight From the Soul
November 24 Kool G Rap & DJ Polo Live and Let Die
Paris Sleeping with the Enemy
The Pharcyde Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
December 15 Dr. Dre The Chronic
Eazy-E 5150: Home 4 tha Sick
Proper Dos Mexican Power
December 22 Heavy D & the Boyz Blue Funk
Unknown Whistle Get the Love
Unknown Choice Stick-n-Moove
Unknown C-Funk I'm Out 2 Stoages
Unknown Toddy Tee Living on the Edge of Insanity (The Life Album)
Unknown Mac Dre Back n da Hood
Unknown A.L.T. Another Latin Timebomb
Unknown Bronx Style Bob Grandma's Ghost
Unknown Insane Poetry Grim Reality
Unknown Gregory D The Real Deal
Unknown Lifers Group Living Proof
Unknown Grandmaster Caz The Grandest of Them All
Unknown Point Blank Prone to Bad Dreams

Highest-charting singles

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Hip hop singles from any year which charted in the 1992 Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100[2]
Song Artist Project Peak position
"Jump" Kris Kross Totally Krossed Out 1
"Baby Got Back" Sir Mix-a-Lot Mack Daddy
"Jump Around" House of Pain House of Pain 3
"2 Legit 2 Quit" MC Hammer Too Legit to Quit 5
"Tennessee" Arrested Development 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of... 6
"Addams Groove" MC Hammer The Addams Family 7
"People Everyday" Arrested Development 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of... 8
"Warm It Up" Kris Kross Totally Krossed Out 13
"Mind Playing Tricks on Me" Geto Boys We Can't Be Stopped 23

See also

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1992 hip hop records.

References

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  1. ^ "The Top 100 Hip-Hop Albums of 1992".
  2. ^ "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.
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