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This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2018.

Events

January

On January 10, Baton Rouge rapper Kevin Gates was released from prison on parole after serving nine months of a 30-month sentence for gun possession.^[1]
On January 19, Chicago rapper Fredo Santana died in Los Angeles from a seizure.^[2]

February

On February 10, Ensayne Wayne, a multi-platinum producer from Memphis, was killed in a shooting in Atlanta.^[3]

March

On March 2, Rick Ross was hospitalized due to possible pneumonia.^[4]
On March 13, Craig Mack died from congestive heart failure.^[5]
On March 16, Lloyd Banks announced that he was retiring from rap, but rescinded that statement the following day.^[6]
On March 22, Jeezy announced that he will be retiring from rap after releasing his last album named TM 104: Trust the Process.^[7]

April

On April 16, Damn. by Kendrick Lamar won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Music, making Lamar the first non-jazz or classical artist to win the award.^[8]
On April 24, Meek Mill was released from prison.^[9]

May

On May 19, Offset was hospitalised following a car accident in Atlanta, Georgia. He was released from the hospital a couple days later.^[10]
On May 27, Brockhampton announced that Ameer Vann would no longer be a part of the group following his sexual misconduct allegations.^[11] He would be the first member to leave the group since the success of their Saturation trilogy.
On May 29, Trippie Redd and Lil Wop were arrested in Atlanta allegedly over a brawl with rapper FDM Grady.^[12]

June

On June 9, Lil Kim filed for bankruptcy, having a total of $4 million in debt.^[13]
On June 12, XXL released their eleventh annual freshman list, including Lil Pump, Smokepurpp, BlocBoy JB, Stefflon Don, Wifisfuneral, YBN Nahmir, Trippie Redd, JID and Ski Mask the Slump God.
On June 18, XXXTentacion was shot dead in his car in Deerfield Beach, Florida,^[14] the same day that Pittsburgh rapper Jimmy Wopo was shot dead in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,^[15] and Atlanta rapper Rich the Kid suffered a home invasion where he was robbed and shot at his home in Atlanta, Georgia (Rich the Kid, however, would survive).
On June 21, XXXTentacion's mother announced at a candlelight vigil that the police had arrested Dedrick Williams, one of the men involved in XXXTentacion's death.^[16]
On June 22, South African rapper PRO suffered a seizure and died at the age of 37.

July

On July 3, 03 Greedo was sentenced to 20 years in prison.^[17]
On July 16, Azealia Banks cancelled her upcoming album Fantasea II: The Second Wave after an appearance on Wild 'n Out where she accused the cast of "colorist" jokes.^[18] She would resume work on the album in August 2018.

August

On August 18, Kodak Black was released from prison.^{[citation needed]}
On August 24, Geto Boys' founding member DJ Ready Red died at the age of 53, from an apparent heart attack.^[19]
On August 31, Eminem released his tenth studio album, Kamikaze without any prior announcement. He dissed the mumble rap industry in the album.

September

On September 5, Ty Dolla $ign and his entourage were arrested in Atlanta, Georgia for possession of marijuana and cocaine.^[20]
On September 6, Young Thug was charged with eight felonies related to drug and weapon possession.^[21]
On September 7, Mac Miller died of a drug overdose.
On September 13, Lil Xan announced his retirement from rapping due to Mac Miller's death.^[22]

October

On October 10, Gilbert Izquierdo, A.K.A. Toker of Brownside, died in a suspected shooting in Mexico.^[23]
On October 13, Chris Brown and Drake squashed their longtime beef at the Staples Center during Aubrey and The Three Amigos Tour.^[24]
On October 24, South African rapper Hip Hop Pantsula died by suicide aged 38.
On October 26, YNW Juvy and YNW Sakchaser were shot and killed at Fort Lauderdale, Florida.^[25]
On October 29, New Orleans rapper Young Greatness was shot and killed at a Waffle House.^[26]

November

On November 18, 6ix9ine was arrested by federal agents in relation to racketeering and firearm charges. 6ix9ine and five others faced trial in September 2019.^{[citation needed]}

December

On December 23, Atlanta-based DJ and producer Christian "Speakerfoxxx" Nilan died at 35.^[27]

Released albums

January

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
1	Scallops Hotel	Sovereign Nose of Your Arrogant Face	Ruby Yacht, The Order Label
5	Cupcakke	Ephorize	Cupcakke
9	Apex 3400	3400 Forever	3400 Forever
10	Lil Skies	Life of a Dark Rose	Lil Skies	Debuted at No. 23, peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard 200
12	Maxo Kream	Punken	TSO Music Group, Kream Clicc
16	Berner	The Big Pescado	Bern One Entertainment
	Dave East	Paranoia 2	Def Jam Recordings, Mass Appeal Records, From the Dirt	Debuted at No. 78 on the Billboard 200
	Kollision	Better Than Yesterday	Feed the Family, Quality Control Music
19	GT Garza	Brown By Honor 2	The Machine Music Group
	JPEGMafia	Veteran	Deathbomb Arc
	Planet Asia	The Golden Buddha	Brick Records
	Paul Wall	Bounce Backs Over Setbacks	Oiler Mobb Ent^[28]
	Sir	November	Top Dawg Entertainment
26	Cellski	Legendary	Inner City 2k
	Evidence	Weather or Not	Rhymesayers Entertainment	Debuted at No. 187 on the Billboard 200
	Mistah F.A.B.	Thug Tears	Faeva Afta
	Migos	Culture II	Quality Control, Capitol Records, Motown	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Payroll Giovanni and Cardo	Big Bossin, Vol. 2	Def Jam

February

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
2	Gunna	Drip Season 3	YSL Records	Debuted at No. 55 on the Billboard 200
	Key Glock	Glock Bond	Paper Route Empire	Debuted at No. 101 on the Billboard 200
	Rich Brian	Amen	88rising, Empire Distribution	Debuted at No. 18 on the Billboard 200
	Ski Mask the Slump God	You Will Regret (Reloaded)	Victor Victor Worldwide, Republic Records^[29]	Debuted at No. 195 on the Billboard 200
	Skooly	Don't You Ever Forget Me	TRU
	Skyzoo	In Celebration of Us	First Generation Rich, Empire
8	2 Chainz	The Play Don't Care Who Makes It	Def Jam	Debuted at No. 58 on the Billboard 200
9	Audio Push	Cloud 909	Good Vibe Tribe
9	Kendrick Lamar and various artists	Black Panther: The Album	Top Dawg, Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
13	Cozz	Effected	Dreamville Records, Interscope
14	B.o.B	The Upside Down	Self-released
	Futuristic	Songs About Girls	We're The Future Records
	Kodak Black	Heart Break Kodak	Atlantic Records	Debuted at No. 48 on the Billboard 200
	Moneybagg Yo	2 Heartless	N-Less Entertainment, Interscope, Collective Music Group, Bread Gang Entertainment	Debuted at No. 31 on the Billboard 200
	Stunky	Gemini	Home Alone Recordings
	Daz Dillinger	Dazamataz	Dazamataz Inc., Felder Entertainment
16	L.A.R.S. (Bizarre and King Gordy)	Last American Rock Stars	Majik Ninja Entertainment
	Nipsey Hussle	Victory Lap	All Money In Records, Atlantic	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
	O.C.	A New Dawn	D.I.T.C. Studios
	Onyx	Black Rock	X-Ray Records
	Rejjie Snow	Dear Annie	300 Entertainment, BMG Rights Management
	Showbiz	A Room Therapy	D.I.T.C. Records
	Tyga	Kyoto	Last Kings Records, Empire
	YFN Lucci	Freda's Son	Think It's A Game, Warner Bros. Records	Debuted at No. 167 on the Billboard 200
	Young Dolph	Niggas Get Shot Everyday	Paper Route Empire	Debuted at No. 59 on the Billboard 200
	Yukmouth	JJ Based on a Vill Story Three	Smoke-a-Lot Records, EMPIRE
20	Snoop Dogg	220	Doggystyle Records, Empire
23	6ix9ine	Day69	ScumGang Records, TenThousand Projects	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
	ASAP Ant	The Prelude	Marino Infantry Music
	Blac Youngsta	2.23	Epic Records	Debuted at No. 42 on the Billboard 200
	Black Milk	Fever	Computer Ugly Records, Mass Appeal
	Currensy	The Spring Collection	Jet Life
	EarthGang	Royalty	Spillage Village
	Hoodrich Pablo Juan and Brodinski	The Matrix	BROYAL, Mony Powr Rspt, Empire
	Jericho Jackson (Elzhi and Khrysis)	Elzhi & Khrysis are Jericho Jackson	Jamla Records
	Mitchy Slick	Post Traumatic Stress Diego	Wrong Kind Records, Empire
	Ronny J	OMGRonny	Independently Popular, Atlantic
	SOB X RBE	Gangin	SOB x RBE, Empire	Debuted at No. 74 on the Billboard 200
	Stalley	Tell the Truth: Shame the Devil, Vol. 2	Blue Collar Gang
	Towkio	WWW.	Towkio, Republic Records
	Young Scooter	Trippple Cross	Young Scooter, Empire
27	Roc Marciano	RR2: The Bitter Dose	Marci Enterprises

March

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
2	Apathy	The Widow's Son	Dirty Version Records
	Chief Keef	The Leek 4	Glo Gang, RBC Records
	Larry June	You're Doing Good	Warner Bros.
	Mozzy	Spiritual Conversations	Mozzy Records, Empire
	Nessly	Wild Flower	Republic
	Phonte	No News Is Good News	Foreign Exchange Music
	Skooly	Don't You Ever Forget Me 2	TRU
	Tech N9ne	Planet	Strange Music, RBC, INgrooves Music Group	Debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard 200
	Tory Lanez	Memories Don't Die	Mad Love Records, Interscope	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
	Valee	GOOD Job, You Found Me	GOOD Music, Def Jam
5	Savage and No Fatigue	199X	Fly Guy Entertainment
5	Pouya	Five Five	Buffet Boys
6	Killy	Surrender Your Soul	Secret Sound Club
9	August Greene	August Greene	Self-released
	Lil Yachty	Lil Boat 2	Quality Control, Capitol, Motown	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
	Logic	Bobby Tarantino II	Def Jam, Visionary Music Group	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Phoelix	Tempo	Self-released
	Robb Banks	Molly World	SS Records, Empire
	YFN Lucci	Ray Ray From Summerhill	Think It's A Game, Warner Bros.	Debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard 200
	Young Fathers	Cocoa Sugar	Ninja Tune
	03 Greedo	The Wolf of Grape Street	Alamo Records
14	Tre Capital	New Tier	D.LX, PHZMSC
16	Bishop Nehru	Elevators: Act I & II	Nehruvia
	Chuck Strangers	Consumers Park	Nature Sounds, Pro Era
	Murs	A Strange Journey Into the Unimaginable	Strange Music, RBC, INgrooves
	PRhyme	PRhyme 2	PRhyme Records, INgrooves	Debuted at No. 40 on the Billboard 200
	Rich Homie Quan	Rich As In Spirit	Motown, RAIS, Universal Music Group	Debuted at No. 42 on the Billboard 200
	Sean Price and Illa Ghee	Metal Detectors	Ruck Down Records, Duck Down Music
	Snoop Dogg	Bible of Love	RCA Inspiration	Debuted at No. 148 on the Billboard 200
	Saweetie	High Maintenance	Icy, Artistry Records, Warner Bros.
	Trae tha Truth	Hometown Hero	ABN, Empire
	XXXTentacion	?	Bad Vibes Forever	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
17	Big Que	Stupid White Boy	Madness Records
21	Yung Bans	Yung Bans, Vol. 4	Self-released
23	Andre Nickatina	Pisces	75 Girls Records
	Chief Keef	The Leek, Vol. 5	Glo Gang, RBC
	DJ Luke Nasty	Cruise Control	Othaz Records, Empire
	Don Q	Don Talk	Self-released
	Mir Fontane	Macaroni Tony	Self-released
	Trouble	Edgewood	Ear Drummer Records, Interscope	Debuted at No. 130 on the Billboard 200
	Waka Flocka Flame, Zaytoven and Big Bank	The Brick House Boyz	Brick Squad Monopoly Music, Entertainment One
	Westside Gunn and Mr. Green	Flygod Is Good... All The Time	Nature Sounds
28	Currensy	Parking Lot Music	Jet Life
	SG Tip	Block Boy	Self-released
	Styles P	Nickel Bag	D-Block
29	London Jae	Gunz & Roses	No Genre
30	Czarface and MF Doom	Czarface Meets Metal Face	Get On Down, Silver Age	Debuted at No. 134 on the Billboard 200
	Don Trip	Christopher	Self-released
	Kooley High	Never Come Down	M.E.C.C.A. Records
	GlokkNine	Kold Face Kold Kase	Self-released
	Meyhem Lauren	Glass	SRFSCHL
	Quelle Chris and Jean Grae	Everything's Fine	Mello
	Rich the Kid	The World Is Yours	Rich Forever, Interscope	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
	Saint Jhn	Collection One	Godd Complexx, HITCO
	The Weeknd	My Dear Melancholy,	XO, Republic	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	U-God	Venom	Babygrande Records
	G-Mo Skee	8 Bit Filth EP	Majik Ninja Entertainment
	Various artists	Before Anythang: The Album	Cash Money Records
	Yung Fume and Zaytoven	Level Up	Payday Records

April

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
1	Oliver Francis	Infinity Boy	Self-released
5	Saba	Care for Me	Saba Pivot
	Yung Bleu	Bleu Vandross	Self-released
	Jay Ophishal	E=emcee 2	CROWN Music
6	Cardi B	Invasion of Privacy	KSR, Atlantic	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Dr. Octagon	Moosebumps: An Exploration Into Modern Day Horripilation	Bulk Recordings
	E-40 and B-Legit	Connected and Respected	Heavy On The Grind Entertainment	Debuted at No. 103 on the Billboard 200
	Famous Dex	Dex Meets Dexter	Rich Forever, 300	Debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200
	Flatbush Zombies	Vacation in Hell	The Glorious Dead	Debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200
	Lil Xan	Total Xanarchy	Columbia Records	Debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200
	Oshun	Bittersweet, Vol. 1	Self-released
	SD	Pay Attention	Truly Blessed, iHipHop Distribution
	Show Banga	Da Glo Up	HomeTeam, Empire
	Webbie and Joeazzy	T4L (Trill 4 Life)	Webbie Music
8	Smoke DZA	Ringside 6	Self-released
9	DJ Esco	Kolorblind	Epic	Debuted at No. 38 on the Billboard 200
10	Lil Duke	Reality Checc	YSL, Hoodrich
12	Knxwledge	Gladwemet	Stones Throw Records
13	Blu and Nottz	Gods in the Spirit, Titans in the Flesh	Coalmine Records
	Carnage	Battered Bruised & Bloody	Heavyweight Records, BMG Rights
	Eastside Jody	Get Rich or Die Trappin	367 Entertainment
	Hard to Kill	Hard to Kill	Self-released
	Jim Jones	Wasted Talent	Vamplife, Empire	Debuted at No. 131 on the Billboard 200
	Novelist	Novelist Guy	Self-released
	Peewee Longway	Spaghetti Factory	MPA Bandcamp Music Group, Empire
	Princess Nokia	A Girl Cried Red	Rough Trade
	Skizzy Mars	Are You OK?	Atlantic, Kingmaker, Please Rewind
	Smokepurpp and Murda Beatz	Bless Yo Trap	Alamo, Interscope, Cactus Jack Records	Debuted at No. 40 on the Billboard 200
	Young Thug	Hear No Evil	300
	Sinimatics	S3	DSO
18	Black Carnival	This Will Go Unnoticed	Self-released
19	ASAP TyY	Troubles of the World	Self-released
20	Del the Funky Homosapien and Amp Live	Gate 13	Gate13
	Denmark Vessey	Sun Go Nova	Mello
	J. Cole	KOD	Dreamville, Roc Nation, Interscope	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Nas	Illmatic: Live from the Kennedy Center	Mass Appeal
	Paris	One Night in Paris	300
	Riff Raff	Alcoholic Alligator	X-Ray
	Slum Village	The Lost Scrolls, Vol. 2 (Slum Village Edition)	Ne'Astra Music
	Smoke DZA	Not for Sale	Babygrande
	Stevie Stone and JL	Kontra-Band	Strange Music, RBC, INgrooves
	24hrs and Slicklaflare	3200 Lenox RD	Private Club Records
	K-Rino	Mightier Than the Sword	Black Book Int., SoSouth
22	Tadoe	The Golden One	DigiGlo
25	Jordan Garrett	Do Not Disturb	Forever New Nations Productions
27	Philthy Rich	The Remixes 2	SMC Recordings, Empire
	Post Malone	Beerbongs & Bentleys	Republic	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Tobi Lou	Tobi Lou and the Loop	Artclub, Empire
	Wiley	Godfather II	CTA
	YoungBoy Never Broke Again	Until Death Call My Name	Never Broke Again, Atlantic	Debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200

May

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
4	BlocBoy JB	Simi	Bloc Nation	Debuted at No. 28 on the Billboard 200
	Chris Orrick	Portraits	Mello
	Desiigner	L.O.D.	GOOD Music, Def Jam	Debuted at No. 161 on the Billboard 200
	Joey Cool	Joey Cool	Strange Music, RBC, INgrooves
	Key! and Kenny Beats	777	Hello!, D.O.T.S
	Killa Kyleon	Candy Paint N Texas Plates	Team Run It, RBC
	Preme	Light of Day	RCA
	Rae Sremmurd	SR3MM	Ear Drummers, Interscope	Debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200
	Rob Stone	Young Rob Stone	Grove Town Records
	Royce da 5'9"	Book of Ryan	Bad Half Records, Entertainment One	Debuted at No. 24 on the Billboard 200
	Scarlxrd	DXXM	A Lxrd Records, Island Records, Scarlxrd Limited, Universal Music Group
	Styles P	G-Host	The Phantom Entertainment	Debuted at No. 166 on the Billboard 200
	Yung Gravy	Snow Cougar	Republic
	6 Dogs and Danny Wolf	6 Wolves	Mad Love, Interscope, Trust Me Danny Records
8	Bali Baby	Baylor Swift	Twin
8	Wale	Self Promotion	Maybach Music Group, Every Blue Moon
11	Ace Hood	Trust the Process II: Undefeated	Hood Nation, Empire
	Ballout	Glo Glacier	DigiGlo
	Chief Keef	The GloFiles, Pt. 1	Glo Gang, RBC
	Chief Keef	The GloFiles, Pt. 2	Glo Gang, RBC
	City Girls	Period	Quality Control
	Drako	Fully Loaded	Self-released
	Junglepussy	JP3	Self-released
	Odd Ralph	The Blue Cassette	Violated Pants
	Playboi Carti	Die Lit	AWGE, Interscope	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
	Ski Mask the Slump God	Beware the Book of Eli	Republic, Victor Victor	Debuted at No. 50 on the Billboard 200
	Tee Grizzley	Activated	Tee Grizzley (Grizzley Gang), 300	Debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200
	The Doppelgangaz	Aaaaggghh	Groggy Pack Entertainment
16	Alontae	2 Confident	Self-released
	ASAP Ant	Lil Black Jean Jacket	Self-released
	Kevin Gates	Chained to the City	Bread Winners' Association
	Kool Keith	Total Orgasm 5	Junkadelic Music
17	Boondox	Dirty Days of Night	Majik Ninja Entertainment
18	Dice Soho	You Could Have	Asylum Worldwide
	Kyle	Light of Mine	Independently Popular, Atlantic	Debuted at No. 29 on the Billboard 200
	Lil Baby	Harder Than Ever	Quality Control, Motown, Capitol, Wolfpack Music Group, 4 Pockets Full	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
	Nick Grant	Dreamin' Out Loud	Epic, Culture Republic
	MC Paul Barman	Echo Chamber	Mello
	Nav	Reckless	XO, Republic	Debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200
	Stalley	Tell the Truth: Shame the Devil, Vol. 3	Blue Collar Gang
20	Montana of 300	Pray for the Devil	Fly Guy
22	Blueprint	Two-Headed Monster	Weightless Recordings
22	Gawne	Gawne Mad	GAWNE LLC
23	Juice Wrld	Goodbye & Good Riddance	Grade A Productions, Interscope	Debuted at No. 15, peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
24	Shad da God	City of God	Bankroll Mafia, Hoodrich
24	G-Eazy	The Vault	RCA
25	ASAP Rocky	Testing	ASAP Worldwide, RCA, Polo Grounds Music	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
	Big Scoob	Duality	Strange Music, RBC, INgrooves
	Casino	Disrespectful	Freebandz Productions, Casino Music
	Kid Trunks	Super Saiyan	The Kid Before Trunks, Empire
	Ouija Macc	Gutterwater	Psychopathic Records
	Pusha T	Daytona	GOOD Music, Def Jam	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
	Zaytoven	Trap Holizay	Familiar Territory, Motown, Capitol	Debuted at No. 78 on the Billboard 200
30	Currensy	The Marina	Jet Life
30	Cdot Honcho	Head Honcho	Self-released
31	Waka Flocka Flame	Big Homie Flock	Brick Squad Monopoly, eOne Music
31	Ski Mask the Slump God	Get Dough Presents Ski Mask the Slump God	Get Dough Records

June

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
1	Black Thought	Streams of Thought, Vol. 1	Human Re Sources
	Dizzy Wright	Don't Tell Me It Can't Be Done	Dizzy Wright, Empire^[30]
	Joe Moses	SuWop	Atlantic, All Out Bosses, Thump Records^[31]
	King ISO	Dementia	King Iso Music
	Kanye West	Ye	GOOD Music, Def Jam	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Redneck Souljers	The River	Self-released
	Thouxanbanfauni	The Lost Files	Self-released^[32]
4	T. Walker	Strictly4MyNegus Act II: United States of Affliction	Soul Society
6	Chief Keef	Ottopsy	Digiglo, RBC^[33]
	Fetty Wap	Bruce Wayne	300, RGF Productions^[34]
	Apex 3400	3400 Soldier	3400 Forever
8	Fat Nick	Generation Numb	Buffet Boys
	Future and Various Artists	Superfly	Epic	Debuted at No. 25 on the Billboard 200
	Ill Chris	Rise of Sensei	Republic, CLM
	Busdriver	Electricity Is on Our Side	Temporary Whatever
	Kids See Ghosts	Kids See Ghosts	GOOD Music, Def Jam, Republic	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
	Wifisfuneral	Ethernet	Alamo
15	Nas	Nasir	Def Jam	Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200
	Celsius	The Sentencing	Lights Out Ent.
	Jay Rock	Redemption	Top Dawg, Interscope	Debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard 200
	Axe Murder Boyz	Muerte	Canonize Productions, Majik Ninja, INgrooves
	Jacquees	4275	Cash Money	Debuted at No. 35 on the Billboard 200
	Rico Nasty	Nasty	Sugar Trap
16	The Carters	Everything Is Love	Parkwood, Roc Nation, Sony	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
18	T.Y.	Summer Vibes	DSO
20	A Boogie wit da Hoodie	International Artist	Highbridge, Atlantic	Debuted at No. 57 on the Billboard 200
22	Death Grips	Year of the Snitch	Third Worlds, Harvest Records
	Freeway	Think Free	New Rothchilds
	Freddie Gibbs	Freddie	ESGN, Empire	Debuted at No. 142 on the Billboard 200
	Jedi Mind Tricks	The Bridge and the Abyss	Enemy Soil
	Red Cafe	Less Talk, More Hustle	Shakedown Entertainment
	Gunplay	Active	Black Bilderburg Group, Empire
	TK Kravitz	2.0	300, Reckless Republic
	Westside Gunn	Supreme Blientele	Griselda Records
23	Teyana Taylor	K.T.S.E.	GOOD Music, Def Jam	Debuted at No. 17 on the Billboard 200
24	KRS-One	KRS-One: An Introduction to Hip-Hop	Self-released
26	03 Greedo	God Level	Golden Grenade Empire
26	Yung Bans	Yung Bans Vol. 5	Self-released
29	Drake	Scorpion	Young Money, Cash Money, Republic, OVO	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Danny!	The Book of Daniel	StarTower Music
	Tre Capital	Hero	D.LX

July


Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
6	Big Narstie	BDL Bipolar	Dice Recordings
	Nasty C	Strings and Bling	Universal Music Group
	Future and Zaytoven	Beast Mode 2	Epic, Freebandz	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
	Meek Mill	Legends of the Summer	Maybach, Atlantic	Debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200
	Yukmouth and J-Hood	Savages	Smoke-a-Lot Records, ODG Ent., EMPIRE
8	Lil Xan	Heartbreak Soldiers	Columbia
8	Jaden Smith	Syre: The Electric Album	MSFTS Music, Roc Nation
13	G-Mo Skee	Chaly & the Filth Factory	Majik Ninja
	Kool Keith	Controller of Trap	Ocean Ave Records
	Armand Hammer	Paraffin	Backwoodz Studioz
	Marlowe (L'Orange & Solemn Brigham)	Marlowe	Mello
	Wiz Khalifa	Rolling Papers 2	Atlantic, Rostrum Records	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
20	88rising	Head in the Clouds	88rising	Debuted at No. 76 on the Billboard 200
	Bootleg	The Transplant	Dayton Family Records
	Jay Park	Ask About Me	Roc Nation
	Buddy	Harlan & Alondra	RCA
	Sixko Raxks	Raxks Jefe Vol. 1	self-released
27	Dave East	Karma 2	Mass Appeal
	Denzel Curry	Ta13oo	Loma Vista, Universal	Debuted at No. 28 on the Billboard 200
	G Herbo and Southside	Swervo	Machine, Epic, Cinematic, 150 Dream Team, 808 Mafia	Debuted at No. 15 on the Billboard 200
	Jazz Cartier	Fleurever	Universal Music Canada^[35]
	N.O.R.E.	5E	Militainment Business, Mass
28	Big Que	Darkness Is Where I Came From	Madness Records
28	Treyvon Rashad	DREAMING	DSO

August

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
3	Nostrum Grocers	Nostrum Grocers	Ruby Yacht / The Order Label
	Mac Miller	Swimming	Warner Bros., REMember	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
	Travis Scott	Astroworld	Epic Records, Grand Hustle, Cactus Jack	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	YG	Stay Dangerous	4Hunnid Records, CTE World, Def Jam	Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200
	YNW Melly	I Am You	300 Entertainment	Debuted at No. 192 on the Billboard 200
10	Nicki Minaj	Queen	Young Money, Cash Money, Republic	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
10	Trippie Redd	Life's a Trip	TenThousand Projects, Caroline	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
12	Dark Side Poet	III: Broken Things	Vestige / Real2Reel
14	Samurai Yola	Y.W.N.B.S	steady:hyperactive
15	Aminé	OnePointFive	Republic	Debuted at No. 53 on the Billboard 200
15	Bones	LivingSucks	TeamSESH^[36]
17	Avantdale Bowling Club	Avantdale Bowling Club	Years Gone By Records
	T-Pain	Everything Must Go Vol. 1	Nappy Boy Entertainment^[37]
	YSL Records	Slime Language	YSL, 300	Debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200
22	Doe Boy and TM88	88 Birdz	Freebandz, RBMG Records^[38]
24	Bas	Milky Way	Dreamville, Interscope^[39]	Debuted at No. 35 on the Billboard 200
	Binary Star	Lighty	Subterraneous Records^[40]
	Binary Star	Ears Apart	Subterraneous Records^[40]
	E-40	The Gift of Gab	Sick Wid It Records^[41]
	Lex "The Hex" Master	Shadow King	Majik Ninja Entertainment
	Sadistik	Salo Sessions II	Self-released
	YoungBoy Never Broke Again	4Respect	Never Broke Again^[42]	Debuted at No. 19 on the Billboard 200
	Comethazine	Bawskee	Alamo^[43]	Debuted at No. 136 on the Billboard 200
30	YoungBoy Never Broke Again	4Freedom	Never Broke Again^[44]	Debuted at No. 100 on the Billboard 200
30	SahBabii	Squidtastic	Warner Bros.^[45]
31	Blac Youngsta	Fuck Everybody 2	Epic, CMG^[46]	Debuted at No. 63 on the Billboard 200
	Bun B	Return of the Trill	Rap-A-Lot^[47]	Debuted at No. 150 on the Billboard 200
	Currensy	Fire In The Clouds	Jet Life^[48]
	Alontae	Role Model	Self-released	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
	Eminem	Kamikaze	Shady Records, Aftermath, Interscope^[49]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Jay	Kid Behind The Mask	DSO
	Skooly	Don't You Ever Forget Me 3	TRU^[50]

September

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
6	YoungBoy Never Broke Again	4Loyalty	Never Broke Again^[51]	Debuted at No. 97 on the Billboard 200
7	Everlast	Whitey Ford's House of Pain	Martyr Inc.
	Russ	Zoo	Columbia^[52]	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
	Suicideboys	I Want to Die in New Orleans	G*59 Records^[53]	Debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200
	Trill Sammy	No Sleep Vol. 1	Mad Love, Interscope^[54]
	YBN Almighty Jay, YBN Cordae and YBN Nahmir	YBN: The Mixtape	Young Boss Niggas^[55]	Debuted at No. 21 on the Billboard 200
	YoungBoy Never Broke Again	Decided	Never Broke Again^[56]	Debuted at No. 41 on the Billboard 200
10	Octavian	Spaceman	Black Butter Limited
14	Bubba Sparxxx	Rapper From the Country	New South Entertainment
	Noname	Room 25	Self-released^[57]
	6lack	East Atlanta Love Letter	LVRN, Interscope	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
	YoungBoy Never Broke Again	4 What Important	Never Broke Again
	Marlo	The Real 1	Quality Control
	Kap G	No Kap	Atlantic
	Skippa da Flippa	Up to Something	Havin' Entertainment, RBC, BMG Rights
	Killy	Killstreak	Secret Sound Club
	Innanet James	Keep It Clean	HighRes Global, Rostrum
18	Roc Marciano	Behold a Dark Horse	Marci Enterprises
21	Milo	budding ornithologists are weary of tired analogies	Ruby Yacht / The Order Label
	Brockhampton	Iridescence	Question Everything, RCA	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Lupe Fiasco	Drogas Wave	1st and 15th Productions, Inc.	Debuted at No. 60 on the Billboard 200
	Machine Gun Kelly	Binge	Bad Boy, Interscope	Debuted at No. 24 on the Billboard 200
	Young Dolph	Role Model	Paper Route Empire	Debuted at No. 15 on the Billboard 200
	Father	Awful Swim	Awful Records, RCA, Williams Street Records
27	Chief Keef	Cozart	1017 Records, Interscope
28	Cypress Hill	Elephants on Acid	BMG Rights^[58]	Debuted at No. 120 on the Billboard 200
	Lil Wayne	Tha Carter V	Young Money, Republic	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Logic	Young Sinatra IV	Visionary, Def Jam^[59]	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
	Blake	A Drip Like This	Atlantic
	Good Gas and FKi 1st	Good Gas, Vol. 2	Mad Decent
	Zoey Dollaz	Who Don't Like Dollaz 2	Epic
	SOB X RBE	Gangin 2	SOB x RBE, Empire	Debuted at No. 191 on the Billboard 200
	Dom Kennedy	Volume Two	The Other Peoples Money Company
	Kevin Gates	Luca Brasi 3	Atlantic	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
	Lil Gnar	Gnar Lif3	Ten Thousand Projects, LLC/Capitol Records

October

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
3	Cdot Honcho	H4	Honcho
4	Rich Homie Quan	The Gif	Self-released
4	Soulja Boy	Young Drako	SODMG, Palm Tree Entertainment
5	Atmosphere	Mi Vida Local	Rhymesayers Entertainment
	T.I.	Dime Trap	Grand Hustle, Epic	Debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard 200
	Warm Brew	New Content	Red Bull Records
	Mozzy	Gangland Landlord	Mozzy Records, Empire	Debuted at No. 57 on the Billboard 200
	Sheck Wes	Mudboy	Cactus Jack, GOOD, Interscope	Debuted at No. 17 on the Billboard 200
	Lil Baby and Gunna	Drip Harder	Quality Control, YSL, Motown, Capitol, Wolfpack, 4 Pockets Full	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
6	Fat Trel	On the Run	Maybach, Slutty Boyz
	Lil Tracy	Designer Talk	Self-released
	Kodie Shane	Stay Tuned	Self-released
10	T-Pain	Everything Must Go, Vol. 2	Nappy Boy Entertainment
	Curtiss King	The Vault: West Coast	Self-released
	Ghostemane	N/O/I/S/E	Blackmage
11	Soulja Boy	King	SODMG, Palm Tree
12	Belly	Immigrant	Roc Nation, XO	Debuted at No. 169 on the Billboard 200
	Knowmads	Complex Animals	Self-released
	Quavo	Quavo Huncho	Quality Control, Motown, Capitol	Debuted at No. 66, peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
	Usher and Zaytoven	A	Brand Usher, RCA	Debuted at No. 31 on the Billboard 200
	Shy Glizzy	Fully Loaded	Glizzy Gang	Debuted at No. 35 on the Billboard 200
	BlocBoy JB and Empire Dott	Empire Bloc	Self-released
	City Morgue	City Morgue Vol 1: Hell or High Water	Republic
15	DJ Muggs and Roc Marciano	Kaos	Soul Assassins Records
18	Lil B	Options	Basedworld Records
18	YoungBoy Never Broke Again and VL Deck	Kane & O-Dog	VL Deck, Empire
19	Future and Juice Wrld	WRLD on Drugs	Epic, Freebandz, Grade A, Interscope	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
	Khalid	Suncity	RCA, Right Hand	Debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200
	Lil Mosey	Northsbest	Interscope	Debuted at No. 29 on the Billboard 200
	Lil Reese	Normal Backwrds	X-Ray Records
	Lil Yachty	Nuthin' 2 Prove	Quality Control, Capitol, Motown	Debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200
	Odd Ralph	The Pink Album.	Self-released
23	RM	mono.	Big Hit Entertainment	Debuted at No. 26 on the Billboard 200
26	MihTy	MihTy	Def Jam, Atlantic	Debuted at No. 60 on the Billboard 200
	Apollo Brown and Joell Ortiz	Mona Lisa	Mello Music Group
	Joji	Ballads 1	88rising	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
	MadeinTYO	Sincerely, Tokyo	Private Club	Debuted at No. 98 on the Billboard 200
	Mick Jenkins	Pieces of a Man	Cinematic
	Money Makin Miitch	The Epidemic	Lights Out Ent.
	Shad	A Short Story About War	Secret City Records
	Tory Lanez	Love Me Now?	Mad Love, Interscope	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
30	BlocBoy JB	Don't Think That	Bloc Nation
31	Curren$y, Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist	Fetti	Jet Life, ESGN, Empire
	Cayenne The Lion King	Unorthonox	Stakelem Records
	Kiiba	MaVERiCKNigHtZ	Antisocial Club, DSO
	Lef	Who's Lef	The Lost
	OG SPLiFF	HELLRAISER	steady:hyperactive

November

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
1	Action Bronson	White Bronco	Action Bronson Corp, Empire^[60]
2	Jay Critch	Hood Favorite	Rich Forever, Interscope^[61]	Debuted at No. 86 on the Billboard 200
	K Camp	Rare Sound	Rare Sound, Interscope^[62]
	Kris Wu	Antares	Ace Unit, Interscope, Universal Music China, Go East Music^[63]	Debuted at No. 100 on the Billboard 200
	Metro Boomin	Not All Heroes Wear Capes	Boominati, Republic^[64]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Moneybagg Yo	Reset	N-Less, Interscope, Collective, Bread Gang^[65]	Debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard 200
	Styles P	Dime Bag	Phantom, D-Block^[66]
	Swizz Beatz	Poison	Swizz Beatz Productions, Epic^[67]	Debuted at No. 73 on the Billboard 200
	Takeoff	The Last Rocket	Quality Control, Motown, Capitol^[68]	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
	Tha Chill	4Wit80	Bump Johnson Inc.^[69]
	Vince Staples	FM!	Def Jam^[70]	Debuted at No. 37 on the Billboard 200
7	Wifisfuneral	Leave Me the Fuck Alone	Alamo, Interscope^[71]
8	Smino	Noir	Zero Fatigue, Downtown Records, Interscope^[72]	Debuted at No. 191 on the Billboard 200
9	Cupcakke	Eden	Self-released^[73]
	Lil Durk	Signed to the Streets 3	Only the Family, Alamo, Interscope^[74]	Debuted at No. 17 on the Billboard 200
	Lil Peep	Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 2	Columbia^[75]	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
	Masta Ace and Marco Polo	A Breukelen Story	Fat Beats
	Tee Grizzley	Still My Moment	Tee Grizzley, 300^[76]	Debuted at No. 29 on the Billboard 200
	Too Short	The Pimp Tape	Dangerous Music, Empire^[77]
	Trippie Redd	A Love Letter to You 3	TenThousand Projects, Caroline^[78]	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
	Jay IDK	IDK & FRIENDS :)	Self-released, HXLY
14	Warhol.SS	Chest Pains	Warhol.ss, Empire^[79]
15	Leikeli47	Acrylic	Hardcover, RCA^[80]
16	2 Chainz	Hot Wings Are a Girl's Best Friend	Gamebread, Def Jam^[81]
	24hrs	Houses on the Hill	Private Club, Commission Music, BMG Rights^[82]
	88Glam	88Glam2	XO, Republic^[83]
	Anderson .Paak	Oxnard	Aftermath, 12Tone Music^[84]	Debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200
	Big K.R.I.T.	Thrice X	Multi Alumni, BMG^[85]
	Birdman and Jacquees	Lost at Sea 2	Cash Money^[86]	Debuted at No. 185 on the Billboard 200
	City Girls	Girl Code	Quality Control Music, Motown Records, Capitol Records^[87]	Debuted at No. 63 on the Billboard 200
	Fatboy SSE	Boobie from the Block	FatboyGang, EMPIRE
	Jerrod	FADE	SOYOT
	Lil Gotit	Hood Baby	Alamo^[88]
	Mike Will Made It	Creed II: The Album	Ear Drummers, Interscope^[89]	Debuted at No. 49 on the Billboard 200
	Yella Beezy	Ain't No Going Back	Pressplay Entertainment Group^[90]	Debuted at No. 76 on the Billboard 200
	Kirk Knight	IIWII	Pro Era, LLC.
	Z-Ro	Sadism	1 Deep Entertainment, Empire^[91]
17	Jaden Smith	The Sunset Tapes: A Cool Tape Story	MSFTS Music, Roc Nation^[92]	Debuted at No. 117 on the Billboard 200
22	Afrogoat	Afromance	Steady:Hyperactive Records
	Boosie Badazz	Boosie Blues Cafe	Badazz Music Syndicate^[93]
	J.R. Writer, Hell Rell and 40 Cal.	The Upstage	JR Writer, Vydia^[94]
	Kollision	Not for Nothing	Quality Control, Feed the Family^[95]
	The Diplomats	Diplomatic Ties	Set Life, Empire^[96]
23	Aztek the Barfly	Line King	Middle Finger Music
	Benny the Butcher	Tana Talk 3	Griselda Records, Black Soprano Family^[97]
	Key Glock	Glockoma	Paper Route Empire^[98]	Debuted at No. 34 on the Billboard 200
	Paul Wall	Frozen Face, Vol. 1	Oiler Mobb Ent^[99]
	Statik Selektah and Termanology	Still 1982	ST. Records, Showoff Records^[100]
	Willie the Kid	Studio 28	The Fly^[101]
26	Black Thought and Salaam Remi	Streams of Thought, Vol. 2	Passyunk Productions, Human Re Sources^[102]
26	JID	DiCaprio 2	Dreamville, Interscope^[103]	Debuted at No. 41 on the Billboard 200
27	6ix9ine	Dummy Boy	ScumGang, TenThousand Projects	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
29	Larry June	Very Peaceful	The Freeminded
30	Earl Sweatshirt	Some Rap Songs	Tan Cressida, Columbia	Debuted at No. 17 on the Billboard 200
	Ghostface Killah	Ghost Files - Bronze Tape	X-Ray Records
	Ghostface Killah	Ghost Files - Propane Tape	X-Ray Records
	Lil Baby	Street Gossip	Quality Control, Motown, Capitol, Wolfpack, 4 Pockets Full^[104]	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
	Meek Mill	Championships	Dream Chasers, Maybach, Atlantic^[105]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Peewee Longway	State of the Art	MPA Bandcamp, Empire
	Problem	S2	Diamond Lane Music Group, Rostrum
	Ski Mask the Slump God	Stokeley	Victor Victor, Republic^[106]	Debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200
	Skinnyfromthe9	It's an Evil World	Hitco
	The Alchemist	Bread	ALC, Empire
	Necro	The Notorious Goriest	Psychological Records

December

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
4	Rob Sonic	Defriender	SKYPIMPS MUSIC
7	Domo Genesis	Facade Records EP	Genesis Music, Empire
	Gucci Mane	Evil Genius	GUWOP, Atlantic	Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200
	Philthy Rich	Fake Love	SCMMLLC, EMPIRE
	Ice Cube	Everythang's Corrupt	Lench Mob Records, Interscope	Debuted at No. 62 on the Billboard 200
	Token	Between Somewhere	eOne
	XXXTentacion	Skins	Bad Vibes Forever, Empire	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
10	Jehuniko	Paradise Island	Self-released^[107]
14	Kodak Black	Dying to Live	Dollaz N Dealz, Sniper Gang, Atlantic^[108]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Method Man	Meth Lab Season 2: The Lithium	Hanz On Music Entertainment^[109]
	Vic Mensa	Hooligans	Roc Nation
	Various Artists	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Original Soundtrack)	Republic	Debuted at No. 5, peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
19	Chris Webby	Next Wednesday	EightyHD
20	YoungBoy Never Broke Again	Realer	Never Broke Again	Debuted at No. 15 on the Billboard 200
21	MIKE	War In My Pen	10K
	21 Savage	I Am > I Was	Epic, Slaughter Gang	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	A Boogie Wit da Hoodie	Hoodie SZN	Highbridge The Label	Debuted at No. 2, peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Young Scooter	The Recipe	Black Migo Gang, Freebandz, 1017 Brick Squad
26	Cormega	Mega EP	Aura, Red Line Music Distribution^[110]
28	Bang Belushi	The Adventures of Bang Belushi	Middle Finger Music

Highest-charting singles

United States

Hip hop singles from any year which charted in the 2018 Top 40 of the *Billboard* Hot 100^[111]
Song	Artist	Project	Peak position
"God's Plan"	Drake	Scorpion	1
"Nice for What"
"In My Feelings"
"This Is America"	Childish Gambino	—
"Psycho"	Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla Sign	Beerbongs & Bentleys
"Sad!"	XXXTentacion	?
"I Like It"	Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin	Invasion of Privacy
"Sicko Mode"	Travis Scott	Astroworld
"Mona Lisa"	Lil Wayne featuring Kendrick Lamar	Tha Carter V	2
"Zeze"	Kodak Black featuring Travis Scott and Offset	Dying to Live
"Nonstop"	Drake	Scorpion
"Lucid Dreams"	Juice Wrld	Goodbye and Good Riddance
"Fefe"	6ix9ine featuring Nicki Minaj and Murda Beatz	Dummy Boy	3
"Killshot"	Eminem	—
"Better Now"	Post Malone	Beerbongs & Bentleys
"No Limit"	G-Eazy featuring ASAP Rocky and Cardi B	The Beautiful & Damned	4
"Drip Too Hard"	Lil Baby and Gunna	Drip Harder	4
"Look Alive"	BlocBoy JB featuring Drake	Simi	5
"No Brainer"	DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo and Chance the Rapper	Father of Asahd
"Don't Cry"	Lil Wayne featuring XXXTentacion	Tha Carter V
"Mia"	Bad Bunny featuring Drake	X 100pre
"Lucky You"	Eminem featuring Joyner Lucas	Kamikaze	6
"ATM"	J. Cole	KOD
"Yes Indeed"	Lil Baby and Drake	Harder Than Ever
"I Love It"	Kanye West and Lil Pump	Harverd Dropout
"Mo Bamba"	Sheck Wes	Mudboy
"Going Bad"	Meek Mill featuring Drake	Championships
"Diplomatic Immunity"	Drake	Scary Hours	7
"Pray for Me"	The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar	Black Panther: The Album
"All the Stars"	Kendrick Lamar and SZA	Black Panther: The Album
"Uproar"	Lil Wayne featuring Swizz Beatz	Tha Carter V
"I'm Upset"	Drake	Scorpion
"Stir Fry"	Migos	Culture II	8
"Yikes"	Kanye West	Ye
"Freaky Friday"	Lil Dicky featuring Chris Brown	—
"Kevin's Heart"	J. Cole	KOD
"Stargazing"	Travis Scott	Astroworld
"The Ringer"	Eminem	Kamikaze
"Taste"	Tyga featuring Offset	Legendary
"Emotionless"	Drake	Scorpion
"Don't Matter to Me"	Drake featuring Michael Jackson	Scorpion	9
"Let It Fly"	Lil Wayne featuring Travis Scott	Tha Carter V	10
"Chun-Li"	Nicki Minaj	Queen
"Walk It Talk It"	Migos featuring Drake	Culture II
"KOD"	J. Cole	KOD
"River"	Eminem featuring Ed Sheeran	Revival	11
"Love"	Kendrick Lamar featuring Zacari	Damn
"All Mine"	Kanye West	Ye
"Be Careful"	Cardi B	Invasion of Privacy
"Paranoid"	Post Malone	Beerbongs & Bentleys
"Wake Up in the Sky"	Gucci Mane, Bruno Mars and Kodak Black	Evil Genius
"Let You Down"	NF	Perception	12
"Fall"	Eminem	Kamikaze	12
"Apeshit"	The Carters	Everything Is Love	13
"Ric Flair Drip"	Offset and Metro Boomin	Without Warning
"Plug Walk"	Rich the Kid	The World Is Yours
"Moonlight"	XXXTentacion	?
"Mob Ties"	Drake	Scorpion
"Money"	Cardi B	—
"Rap Devil"	Machine Gun Kelly	Binge
"Falling Down"	Lil Peep and XXXTentacion	Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 2
"Bartier Cardi"	Cardi B featuring 21 Savage	Invasion of Privacy	14
"Dedicate"	Lil Wayne	Tha Carter V
"Him & I"	G-Eazy and Halsey	The Beautiful & Damned
"Photograph"	J. Cole	KOD
"Rich and Sad"	Post Malone	Beerbongs & Bentleys
"Elevate"	Drake	Scorpion
"Motiv8"	J. Cole	KOD	15
"Spoil My Night"	Post Malone featuring Swae Lee	Beerbongs & Bentleys
"Never Recover"	Lil Baby, Gunna and Drake	Drip Harder
"I Fall Apart"	Post Malone	Stoney	16
"Ghost Town"	Kanye West featuring PartyNextDoor	Ye
"Bad!"	XXXTentacion	Skins
"Ball for Me"	Post Malone featuring Nicki Minaj	Beerbongs & Bentleys
"Watch"	Travis Scott featuring Lil Uzi Vert and Kanye West	—
"Big Bank"	YG featuring Big Sean, 2 Chainz and Nicki Minaj	Stay Dangerous
"Kamikaze"	Eminem	Kamikaze
"Stay"	Post Malone	Beerbongs & Bentleys	17
"Survival"	Drake	Scorpion
"Can't Be Broken"	Lil Wayne	Tha Carter V
"Changes"	XXXTentacion	?	18
"Can't Take a Joke"	Drake	Scorpion
"Barbie Dreams"	Nicki Minaj	Queen
"Jocelyn Flores"	XXXTentacion	17	19
"1985"	J. Cole	KOD	20
"Talk Up"	Drake featuring Jay-Z	Scorpion
"Same Bitches"	Post Malone featuring G-Eazy and YG	Beerbongs & Bentleys
"What's Free"	Meek Mill featuring Rick Ross and Jay-Z	Championships
"King's Dead"	Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Future and James Blake	Black Panther: The Album	21
"Drip"	Cardi B featuring Migos	Invasion of Privacy
"8 Out of 10"	Drake	Scorpion
"44 More"	Logic	Bobby Tarantino II	22
"Top Off"	DJ Khaled featuring Jay-Z, Future and Beyoncé	Father of Asahd	22
"I Do"	Cardi B featuring SZA	Invasion of Privacy	23
"Zack and Codeine"	Post Malone	Beerbongs & Bentleys
"Greatest"	Eminem	Kamikaze
"New Patek"	Lil Uzi Vert	—	24
"Wouldn't Leave"	Kanye West featuring PartyNextDoor	Ye
"Over Now"	Post Malone	Beerbongs & Bentleys
"What About Me"	Lil Wayne featuring Sosamann	Tha Carter V
"Esskeetit"	Lil Pump	Harverd Dropout
"Carousel"	Travis Scott	Astroworld
"Not Alike"	Eminem featuring Royce da 5'9"	Kamikaze
"Barbie Tingz"	Nicki Minaj	Queen	25
"Yosemite"	Travis Scott	Astroworld
"Stoopid"	6ix9ine featuring Bobby Shmurda	Dummy Boy
"Plain Jane"	ASAP Ferg	Still Striving	26
"R.I.P. Screw"	Travis Scott	Astroworld
"Dark Side of the Moon"	Lil Wayne featuring Nicki Minaj	Tha Carter V
"Fine China"	Future and Juice Wrld	Wrld on Drugs
"Violent Crimes"	Kanye West	Ye	27
"Sandra's Rose"	Drake	Scorpion
"Stop Trying to Be God"	Travis Scott	Astroworld
"Powerglide"	Rae Sremmurd featuring Juicy J	SR3MM	28
"Ring"	Cardi B featuring Kehlani	Invasion of Privacy
"The Cut Off"	J. Cole featuring Kill Edward	KOD
"I Thought About Killing You"	Kanye West	Ye
"Summer Games"	Drake	Scorpion
"Fuck Love"	XXXTentacion featuring Trippie Redd	17
"Japan"	Famous Dex	Dex Meets Dexter
"Close Friends"	Lil Baby	Drip Harder
"Arms Around You"	XXXTentacion and Lil Pump featuring Maluma and Swae Lee	—
"Takin' Shots"	Post Malone	Beerbongs & Bentleys	29
"Everyday"	Logic and Marshmello	Bobby Tarantino II	29
"Brackets"	J. Cole	KOD	30
"Blue Tint"	Drake	Scorpion
"Wake Up"	Travis Scott	Astroworld
"Bebe"	6ix9ine featuring Anuel AA	Dummy Boy
"On Me"	Meek Mill featuring Cardi B	Championships
"Roll in Peace"	Kodak Black featuring XXXTentacion	Project Baby 2	31
"Outside Today"	YoungBoy Never Broke Again	Until Death Call My Name
"No Bystanders"	Travis Scott	Astroworld
"Dangerous"	Meek Mill featuring Jeremih and PnB Rock	Championships
"Jaded"	Drake	Scorpion	32
"Self Care"	Mac Miller	Swimming	33
"Candy Paint"	Post Malone	Beerbongs & Bentleys	34
"Narcos"	Migos	Culture II	36
"Lemon"	N.E.R.D and Rihanna	No One Ever Really Dies
"No Mistakes"	Kanye West	Ye
"Is There More"	Drake	Scorpion
"5% Tint"	Travis Scott	Astroworld
"Famous"	Lil Wayne featuring Reginae Carter	Tha Carter V
"That's How You Feel"	Drake	Scorpion	37
"Whoa (Mind in Awe)"	XXXTentacion	Skins	37
"Get Up 10"	Cardi B	Invasion of Privacy	38
"Peak"	Drake	Scorpion
"Can't Say"	Travis Scott	Astroworld
"Don't Come Out the House"	Metro Boomin featuring 21 Savage	Not All Heroes Wear Capes
"Best Life"	Cardi B featuring Chance the Rapper	Invasion of Privacy	39
"Reborn"	Kids See Ghosts	Kids See Ghosts
"Normal"	Eminem	Kamikaze
"Dope Niggaz"	Lil Wayne featuring Snoop Dogg	Tha Carter V
"Uptown Vibes"	Meek Mill featuring Fabolous and Anuel AA	Championships
"92 Explorer"	Post Malone	Beerbongs & Bentleys	40

United Kingdom

Hip hop songs from any year which charted in the 2018 Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart^[112]
Song	Artist	Project	Peak position
"Funky Friday"	Dave and Fredo	—	1
"Barking"	Ramz	Blockbuster	2
"Man's Not Hot"	Big Shaq	—	3

Highest first-week consumption

List of albums with the highest first-week consumption (sales + streaming + track equivalent), as of December 2018 in the United States
Number	Album	Artist	1st-week consumption	1st-week position	Refs
1	Scorpion	Drake	732,000	1	^[113]
2	Astroworld	Travis Scott	537,000	1	^[114]
3	Tha Carter V	Lil Wayne	480,000	1	^[115]
4	Beerbongs & Bentleys	Post Malone	461,000	1	^[116]
5	Kamikaze	Eminem	434,000	1	^[117]
6	KOD	J. Cole	397,000	1	^[118]
7	Invasion of Privacy	Cardi B	255,000	1	^[119]
8	Championships	Meek Mill	229,000	1	^[120]
9	Ye	Kanye West	208,000	1	^[121]
10	Culture II	Migos	199,000	1	^[122]

All critically reviewed albums ranked

Metacritic

Number	Artist	Album	Average score	Number of reviews	Reference
1	Noname	Room 25	93	17 reviews	^[123]
2	Saba	Care for Me	93	5 reviews	^[124]
3	Young Fathers	Cocoa Sugar	87	21 reviews	^[125]
4	03 Greedo	God Level	87	4 reviews	^[126]
5	Pusha T	Daytona	86	22 reviews	^[127]
6	Earl Sweatshirt	Some Rap Songs	86	19 reviews	^[128]
7	Denzel Curry	Ta13oo	86	6 reviews	^[129]
8	Curren$y, Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist	Fetti	86	4 reviews	^[130]
9	Travis Scott	Astroworld	85	19 reviews	^[131]
10	Brockhampton	Iridescence	85	11 reviews	^[132]
11	Cardi B	Invasion of Privacy	84	24 reviews	^[133]
12	Kids See Ghosts	KIDS SEE GHOSTS	84	18 reviews	^[134]
13	Quelle Chris & Jean Grae	Everything's Fine	84	9 reviews	^[135]
14	CupcakKe	Ephorize	84	7 reviews	^[136]
15	Royce Da 5'9"	Book Of Ryan	84	5 reviews	^[137]
16	Freddie Gibbs	Freddie	84	5 reviews	^[138]
17	Junglepussy	JP3	83	6 reviews	^[139]
18	Buddy	Harlan & Alondra	83	5 reviews	^[140]
19	Dave East	Paranoia 2	83	4 reviews	^[141]
20	Takeoff	The Last Rocket	82	6 reviews	^[142]
21	Vince Staples	FM!	81	16 reviews	^[143]
22	Jay Rock	Redemption	81	10 reviews	^[144]
23	21 Savage	i am > i was	81	6 reviews	^[145]
24	T.I.	Dime Trap	81	5 reviews	^[146]
25	The Carters	Everything Is Love	80	22 reviews	^[147]
26	Black Milk	Fever	80	7 reviews	^[148]
27	JID	DiCaprio 2	80	6 reviews	^[149]
28	Nipsey Hussle	Victory Lap	80	6 reviews	^[150]
29	Novelist	Novelist Guy	79	8 reviews	^[151]
30	Lil Peep	Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 2	79	7 reviews	^[152]
31	Ice Cube	Everythang's Corrupt	79	5 reviews	^[153]
32	Rejjie Snow	Dear Annie	79	5 reviews	^[154]
33	Flatbush Zombies	Vacation In Hell	79	4 reviews	^[155]
34	Mac Miller	Swimming	78	13 reviews	^[156]
35	Gucci Mane	Evil Genius	78	6 reviews	^[157]
36	Metro Boomin	Not All Heroes Wear Capes	78	4 reviews	^[158]
37	Meek Mill	Championships	77	10 reviews	^[159]
38	Dr. Octagon	Moosebumps: An Exploration Into Modern Day Horripilation	77	10 reviews	^[160]
39	Mick Jenkins	Pieces of a Man	77	6 reviews	^[161]
40	CupcakKe	Eden	77	5 reviews	^[162]
41	Future	BEASTMODE 2	77	4 reviews	^[163]
42	Rae Sremmurd	SR3MM	76	10 reviews	^[164]
43	Sheck Wes	Mudboy	76	5 reviews	^[165]
44	Lil Baby & Gunna	Drip Harder	76	4 reviews	^[166]
45	Cozz	Effected	76	4 reviews	^[167]
46	Cypress Hill	Elephants on Acid	75	11 reviews	^[168]
47	Czarface & MF DOOM	Czarface Meets Metal Face	75	9 reviews	^[169]
48	PRhyme	PRhyme 2	74	6 reviews	^[170]
49	Anderson .Paak	Oxnard	73	18 reviews	^[171]
50	J. Cole	KOD	73	14 reviews	^[172]
51	Lupe Fiasco	DROGAS Wave	73	5 reviews	^[173]
52	Lil Wayne	Tha Carter V	72	14 reviews	^[174]
53	August Greene	August Greene	72	5 reviews	^[175]
54	YG	Stay Dangerous	71	16 reviews	^[176]
55	Playboi Carti	Die Lit	71	7 reviews	^[177]
56	Logic	YSIV	71	7 reviews	^[178]
57	Nicki Minaj	Queen	70	22 reviews	^[179]
58	Migos	Culture II	69	19 reviews	^[180]
59	Death Grips	Year of the Snitch	69	8 reviews	^[181]
60	Westside Gunn	Supreme Blientele	69	5 reviews	^[182]
61	Rich Brian	Amen	68	6 reviews	^[183]
62	Drake	Scorpion	67	26 reviews	^[184]
63	A$AP Rocky	TESTING	67	8 reviews	^[185]
64	Kanye West	Ye	64	34 reviews	^[186]
65	Eminem	Kamikaze	62	16 reviews	^[187]
66	Wiley	Godfather II	61	5 reviews	^[188]
67	Princess Nokia	A Girl Cried Red	61	5 reviews	^[189]
68	Quavo	Quavo Huncho	60	6 reviews	^[190]
69	Nas	NASIR	58	16 reviews	^[191]
70	Wiz Khalifa	Rolling Papers 2	56	6 reviews	^[192]
71	Bhad Bhabie	15	56	5 reviews	^[193]
72	Big Narstie	BDL Bipolar	55	5 reviews	^[194]
73	Snoop Dogg	Bible of Love	54	4 reviews	^[195]
74	Lil Yachty	Nuthin' 2 Prove	52	8 reviews	^[196]
75	Post Malone	Beerbongs & Bentleys	51	10 reviews	^[197]
76	Lil Yachty	Lil Boat 2	50	8 reviews	^[198]
77	Lil Xan	Total Xanarchy	49	7 reviews	^[199]
78	Tory Lanez	Memories Don't Die	46	5 reviews	^[200]
79	XXXTentacion	SKINS	44	9 reviews	^[201]
80	6ix9ine	Dummy Boy	38	11 reviews	^[202]

AnyDecentMusic?

Number	Artist	Album	Average score	Number of reviews	Reference
1	Pusha T	Daytona	8.2	19 reviews	^[203]
2	Saba	Care for Me	8.2	6 reviews	^[204]
3	Travis Scott	Astroworld	8.1	12 reviews	^[205]
4	Cardi B	Invasion of Privacy	8.1	17 reviews	^[206]
5	Brockhampton	Iridescence	8.0	10 reviews	^[207]

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2018 in hip-hop

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Released albums

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Highest-charting singles

United States

United Kingdom

Highest first-week consumption

All critically reviewed albums ranked

Metacritic

AnyDecentMusic?

See also

References