1995 in hip hop music
This article summarises the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 1995.
Mobb Deep's critically praised The Infamous was an influential album in both the East Coast and hardcore hip hop genres.
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Released albums
Highest-charting singles
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| "Gangsta's Paradise" | Coolio feat. L.V. (singer) | 1 |
| "One More Chance" | The Notorious B.I.G. feat. Faith Evans & Mary J. Blige | 2 |
| "Hey Lover" | LL Cool J feat. Boyz II Men | 3 |
| "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By" | Method Man feat. Mary J. Blige | 3 |
| "Big Poppa" | The Notorious B.I.G. | 6 |
| "I Got 5 on It" | Luniz feat. Michael Marshall | 8 |
| "Dear Mama" | 2Pac | 9 |
| "Keep Their Heads Ringin'" | Dr. Dre | 10 |
| "Player's Anthem" | Junior M.A.F.I.A. | 13 |
| "How High" | Method Man & Redman | 13 |
| "I Wish" | Skee-Lo | 13 |
| "1st of tha Month" | Bone Thugs-n-Harmony | 14 |
| "Feel Me Flow" | Naughty by Nature | 17 |
| "Too Hot" | Coolio | 24 |
| "Sugar Hill" | AZ | 25 |
| "Give It 2 You" | Da Brat | 26 |
| "Ice Cream" | Raekwon | 37 |
Highest first-week sales
| Number | Album | Artist | 1st-week sales | 1st-week position | Refs |
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| 1 | E. 1999 Eternal | Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | 307,000 | 1 | Midwest Hip Hop |
| 2 | Dogg Food | Tha Dogg Pound | 277,500 | 1 | West Coast Hip Hop |
| 3 | Me Against The World | 2Pac | 240,000 | 1 | West Coast Hip Hop |
| 4 | Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom | Cypress Hill | 142,000 | 3 | West Coast Hip Hop |
| 5 | Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... | Raekwon | 130,000 | 4 | East Coast Hip Hop |
| 6 | Friday | Various Artist | 123,000 | 1 | West Coast Hip Hop |
| 7 | Cocktails | Too Short | 101,000 | 6 | West Coast Hip Hop |
| 8 | On Top of the World | 8Ball & MJG | 83,000 | 8 | Southern Hip Hop |
| 9 | Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version | Ol' Dirty Bastard | 81,000 | 7 | East Coast Hip Hop |
| 10 | Mr. Smith | LL Cool J | 80,000 | 20 | East Coast Hip Hop |
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