2012 in hip hop music

This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2012.

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Events

January

• Cory Gunz was arrested for possessing a loaded firearm.
• Azealia Banks signs to Universal Music.[1]

February

• Kanye West won four Grammy Awards for Best Rap Song, Best Rap Album, Best Rap Performance, and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, while Jay-Z and Kid Cudi have won one each.
• Philthy Rich and two more people are arrested for supposedly owning a stolen Bentley vehicle.
• Tyga's major label debut album, Careless World: Rise of the Last King was thought to be taken off the shelves due to an unauthorized usage of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s last speech. However, the issue is resolved and the released date would go as planned.
• Bizarre has left D12, leaving the group with five members.

March

• T.I. announces he signed Iggy Azalea, Chip and Trae Tha Truth to Grand Hustle Records.[2][3]
• An SUV that Young Buck was a passenger in, was shot at 11 times, but the rapper was not injured.
• MTV announces that Top Dawg Entertainment, a Los Angeles-based independent record label, have closed a joint venture deal with Interscope Records and Aftermath Entertainment. Under the new deal, Black Hippy member Kendrick Lamar's debut studio album, good kid, m.A.A.d city will be jointly released via Top Dawg/Interscope/Aftermath while releases from the rest of Black Hippy (Ab-Soul, Jay Rock and Schoolboy Q) will be distributed via Top Dawg/Interscope.[4]
• Tyga's tour bus was shot at several times in Omaha, Nebraska, but the rapper was not injured.
• Kon Artis has left D12, leaving the group with 4 members.
• March 9 marked the 15th anniversary of the death of The Notorious B.I.G.

April

• Q-Tip has announced his signing to Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam.[5]
• At this year's Coachella Music Festival, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg surprised the audience with a performance from 2Pac via hologram image.
• Former D12 member Mr. Porter announced his debut album.

May

• Adam Yauch (known as MCA), one of the founding members of Beastie Boys, died on May 4 aged 47.[6]
• Young Buck will be heading to prison for two months for gun possession.
• 2 Chainz was arrested for possessing a set of brass knuckles.
• In the song "Exodus 23:1", Pusha T insulted Cash Money Records, igniting a beef between him and Lil Wayne.
• Lupe Fiasco and Pete Rock's beef over the former remaking the latter's beat from "T.R.O.Y." for "Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free)."
• Eminem announced that he is working on his eighth studio album.
• Shawn Chrystopher signs to Timbaland Productions.[7]

June

• Nicki Minaj was pulled from performing at New York's Hot 97 Summer Jam because on-air DJ Peter Rosenberg called her song "Starships" bullshit, wack and corny.
• Lil Phat died on June 7 after he was shot multiple times in Atlanta.
• MTV is reporting that on June 16, Chicago rapper Chief Keef signed with Interscope Records.[8]
• At W.i.P. nightclub the scuffle between Chris Brown and Drake continues to be under investigation, though both artists are saying they had nothing to do with the violent incident that left many bloodied and injured. Now Philly rapper Meek Mill, who was also present during the late night fight, has come forward to back up their claims that they did not instigate the bottle-throwing brawl.[9]
• Funk Volume signs Jarren Benton.[10]

July

• Member of OFWGKTA Frank Ocean published an open letter on his Tumblr blog on July 4, recounting unrequited feelings he had for a man when he was 19 years old, citing it as his first true love.[11] Members of the hip hop industry generally responded positively to the announcement.[12] Business magnate Russell Simmons wrote a short congratulatory article in Global Grind, and support was voiced by Beyoncé and Jay-Z.[13] Tyler, The Creator also tweeted his support for Ocean, along with other members of OFWGKTA.[14][15]
• Rockie Fresh signs to Maybach Music Group.[16]

August

• Philthy Rich is shot 3 times but is released from a hospital the day after the shooting.
• Hip Hop executive Chris Lighty, founder of Violator and who managed and worked with artists like 50 Cent and Busta Rhymes, was found dead due to possible suicide.
• Freeway signs to Babygrande Records.[17]
• Max B's appeal from his 75-year prison sentence that occurred in 2009 was denied.[18]
• Rittz signs to Strange Music.[19]
• Caskey signs to Cash Money [20]

September

• Lil Wayne has officially passed Rock n Roll legend Elvis Presley with the most appearances on the Billboard 100 with 109 (42 as a solo artist, 67 as a featured artist).
• Jay-Z announced the opening of the Barclays Center with a concert, including a hologram of Notorious B.I.G. and a new verse.
• 50 Cent and Fat Joe have ended their feud, appearing on stage together at the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards. Also on BET Hip Hop Awards, 50 Cent and his crew G-Unit have been involved into a fight with Maybach Music Group's member Gunplay.

October

• After all problems at BET Hip Hop Awards, 50 Cent started a beef with French Montana after Bad Boy's rapper commented negatively about 50 Cent's career. G-Unit's boss responded on Twitter calling French Montana a "hoe".
• 50 Cent appeared in a video wearing Gunplay's chain of Maybach Music Group while bowling.
• Nelly was detained in Texas after cops find heroin and 10 pounds of weed on his tour bus.
• P. Diddy suffered injuries to his neck, ribs, and collarbone, following a car accident on October 24.
• Lil Wayne suffered multiple seizures on a flight to Texas.

December

• Both Young Jeezy's label CTE (Corporate Thugz Entertainment) and Rick Ross's Maybach Music Group merge with Atlantic Records.
• Both Jay-Z and Kanye West each have six Grammy nominations for the 2013 Grammy Awards, Nas has four, Drake and 2 Chainz each have three, Andre 3000, Big Sean, Pusha T, Lil Wayne, and Wiz Khalifa each have two.
• The Notorious B.I.G. Autopsy was leaked by the Los Angeles Police Department and published by TMZ. The Los Angeles Police Department apologized for the leaked to Voletta Wallace and Biggie's Family.
• On December 24, 2012, it was announced that Capital STEEZ, a close friend of Joey Badass and founder of Pro Era, died from a suspected suicide.[21]

Released albums

Release Date	Artist	Album	Label	Notes	Ref
January 10	Prevail	SpaseFase	Battle Axe Records		[22]
	Yo Gotti	Live from the Kitchen	Polo Grounds Music, RCA Records	Debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "5 Star" and "You Can Get It On"	[23]
January 14	Schoolboy Q	Habits & Contradictions	Top Dawg Entertainment	Debuted at No. 111 on the Billboard 200	[24]
January 17	Koncept	Awaken	Soulspazm		[25]
	The Jacka	The Verdict	Siccness.net		[26]
	Tajai	Machine Language	Clear Label Records		[27]
January 18	JTheS	The Last Days			[28]
January 24	Gangrene	Vodka & Ayahuasca	Decon Records		[29]
January 27	Lord Finesse	The Art of Diggin: Blue Note State of Mind (Mini LP Cardboard Gatefold) (Limited Edition)	Underboss Entertainment		[30]
January 31	AraabMuzik	Instrumental University	Duke Productions		[31]
	Various	Giant Single: Profile Records Rap Anthology	Arista Records, Legacy Recordings, Sony Music		[32]
February 12	Rapper Big Pooh	Sleepers: The Narcoleptic Outtakes	6 Hole, Caroline Distribution		[33]
February 14	Busdriver	Beaus$Eros	Fake Four Inc.		[34]
	Curren$y	Muscle Car Chronicles	DD172		[35]
	M-Phazes	Phazed Out	Coalmine Records		[36]
February 21	Chiddy Bang	Breakfast	Virgin Records, I.R.S. Records	Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200	[37]
	Tyga	Careless World: Rise of the Last King	Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, Republic Records, Island Records	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Far Away", "Still Got It", "Rack City", and "Faded"	[38]
February 24	Hodgy	untitled	Odd Future Records		[39]
	Noah23	Noah23 for Dummies				[39]
February 28	Biz Markie	The Biz Never Sleeps (Re-Issue)	Traffic Entertainment Group			[40]
	C-Bo	Cali Connection	Ca$hville Records, West Coast Mafia Records, Black October Music			[41]
	Copywrite	God Save The King	Man Bites Dog Records			[42]
	Gensu Dean	Standard Life		[43]
	Ja Rule	Pain Is Love 2	Mpire Music Group, Fontana Distribution	Debuted at No. 197 on the Billboard 200	[44]
	Lee Bannon	Fantastic Plastic	Plug Research		[45]
	Maino	The Day After Tomorrow	Hustle Hard, E1 Music, Atlantic Records	Debuted at No. 94 on the Billboard 200	[46]
	Opio	Vultures Wisdom, Vol. 2	Hieroglyphics Imperium Recordings		[47]
	Planet Asia	Black Belt Theatre	Green Streets Entertainment		[48]
	Shabaam Sahdeeq	Relentless Pt. 2	Hardtimes Records, Marvial Entertainment		[40]
	Stones Throw Records & Minimal Wave Records	The Minimal Wave Tapes Vol. 2	Stones Throw Records, Minimal Wave Records		[49]
	Too Short	No Trespassing	Dangerous Music	Debuted at No. 129 on the Billboard 200	[50]
March 2	Kay One	Prince of Belvedair	Ersguterjunge	Debuted at No. 4 on the German album charts Debuted at No. 4 on the Austrian album charts Debuted at No. 7 on the Swiss album charts	[51]
March 3	Joey Barbieri	Closer 2 Closure
March 6	The Alchemist	Rapper's Best Friend 2	Decon Records, ALC Records		[40]
	Chaundon	The Jammington	Golden Era Music Inc.		[40]
	DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles	StOoDiOtYmE EP	Gracie Productions		[52]
	Flame	The 6th	Clear Sight Music		[53]
	Ethelwulf	The Wolf Gang's Rodolphe	The Hollow Squad		[54]
	Young Noble	Outlaw Rydahz Vol. 1	Outlaw Recordz		[55]
March 13	Blacastan	Master Builder Part II	Brick Records		[56]
	Boogie Down Productions	South Bronx Teachings: A Collection Of Boogie Down Productions	B-Boy Records		[57]
	Del the Funky Homosapien	I Wish My Brother George Was Here (Re-Issue w/ Bonus Poster)	Elektra Records		[40]
	MC Shan	Q.B. O.G.: The Best Of MC Shan	Cold Chillin', Traffic Entertainment Group		[40]
	Mr. Capone-E & Mr. Criminal	SS Til I Die: 13 Shots	Hi Power Entertainment, PMC Music Group		[58]
	Ras Kass	Greatest Misses	Mo Thugs Records		[59]
	Tech N9ne	Klusterfuk	Strange Music	Debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200	[60]
March 20	Diggy Simmons	Unexpected Arrival	Atlantic Records	Debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200	[61]
	MGK	Half Naked & Almost Famous	Bad Boy Records, Interscope Records	Debuted at No. 42 on the Billboard 200	[62]
	Odd Future	The OF Tape Vol. 2	Odd Future Records, RED Distribution	Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200	[63]
	Pep Love	Rigmarole	Clear Label Records		[64]
March 26	E-40	The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 1	Heavy On the Grind Entertainment, EMI	Debuted at No. 59 on the Billboard 200	[65]
		The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 2		Debuted at No. 58 on the Billboard 200 Single: "Function"	[65]
		The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 3		Debuted at No. 71 on the Billboard 200	[65]
		The Block Brochure: Welcome To The Soil 1,2 & 3		Debuted at No. 44 on the Billboard 200	[66]
March 27	DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles	The Kolexxxion	Gracie Productions	Debuted at No. 195 on the Billboard 200	[67]
	Gift Of Gab	The Next Logical Progression			[68]
	Illa Ghee	Angeldust & Waffles			[69]
	Iron Solomon	Monster			[70]
	Lootpack	Soundpieces: Da Antidote (Re-Issue)			[71]
	Madlib	Medicine Show Number 01-13: The Brick (Limited Edition)			[72]
	¡Mayday!	Take Me To Your Leader	Strange Music	Debuted at No. 92 on the Billboard 200	[73]
April 3	De La Soul's Plug 1 & Plug 2 Present...	First Serve		Debuted at No. 192 on the Billboard 200	[74]
	Laroo & Turf Talk	Sick-Wid-It: Block Ops		[75]
	Nicki Minaj	Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded		Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Starships", "Right By My Side", "Beez in the Trap", and "Pound the Alarm" Certified Gold	[76]
	Obie Trice	Bottoms Up		Debuted at No. 113 on the Billboard 200	[77]
	Ras Kass	Spit No Evil			[56]
April 9	Casey Veggies	Customized Greatly Vol. 3			[78]
April 10	Ayatollah & Moka Only	Bridges			[79]
	J. Rawls	The Liquid Crystal Project 3			[74]
	Mac Lucci	The Pre-Hustle 2			[80]
	Mr. Criminal	Young Brown and Dangerous: The Album			[81]
	Trip Lee	The Good Life		Debuted at No. 17 on the Billboard 200	[53]
April 17	Balance	Golden State Warriorz 2			[82]
	Blanco & Nipsey Hussle	Raw			[83]
	CopperWire	Earthbound			[84]
	D-Dimes	Gas & Weed: Tour Life			[85]
	Future	Pluto		Debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Tony Montana", "Magic", "Same Damn Time", and "Turn On the Lights"	[86]
	Mac Mall	The Rebellion Against All There Is		[87]
April 20	Snoop Dogg	Stoners EP		Debuted at No. 167 on the Billboard 200	[88]
April 24	Chuuwee	Crown Me King		[89]
	Death Grips	The Money Store		Debuted at No. 130 on the Billboard 200	[90]
	Jaecyn Bayne	Audio Therapy		[91]
	Mickey Avalon	Loaded		Debuted at No. 137 on the Billboard 200	[92]
	Prozak	Paranormal		Debuted at No. 90 on the Billboard 200	[93]
	Reks	Straight, No Chaser			[94]
	Saukrates	Season One			[95]
	Showbiz	Still Diggin' Volume 1			[96]
	Yukmouth	Half Baked			[97]
April 27	4two7	Internal Dialogue			[84]
May 1	Apollo Brown & O.C.	Trophies			[98]
	B.o.B	Strange Clouds		Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Strange Clouds", "So Good", and "Both of Us"	[99]
	Blockhead	Interludes After Midnight			[100]
	DeStorm Power	Be Careful			[101]
May 8	Big K.R.I.T.	ReturnOf4Eva (Deluxe Edition)			[102]
	I Self Divine	The Sounds Of Low Class America			[103]
	Pitbull	Original Hits		Debuted at No. 134 on the Billboard 200	[104]
	Punchline & DJ Soulclap	Underground Superstars			[105]
	The Jacka	The Sentence			[26]
May 11	Ab-Soul	Control System		Debuted at No. 91 on the Billboard 200	[106]
May 15	Blanco & Yukmouth	Cookies'n Cream			[107]
	J. Rocc	Taster's Choice Vol. 6			[74]
	Joe Budden	Mood Muzik: The Box Set			[108]
	Killer Mike	R.A.P. Music		Debuted at No. 82 on the Billboard 200	[109]
	Krizz Kaliko	Kickin' and Screamin'		Debuted at No. 43 on the Billboard 200	[110]
	Psycho Realm	Psycho Realm Presents Sick Jacken and Cynic: Terror Tapes 2			[111]
May 22	1982	2012			[112]
	Audio Stepchild	Every Coincidence is Significant			[113]
	Casual	He Still Think He Raw			[114]
	Devin the Dude	Seriously Trippin			[115]
	El-P	Cancer for Cure		Debuted at No. 69 on the Billboard 200	[116]
	J57	2057			[117]
		The Ports			[117]
	Tha Chill	Chillafornia			[118]
May 25	J Dilla	Dillatroit			[119]
May 29	Azealia Banks	1991		Debuted at No. 133 on the Billboard 200	[120]
	Chuuwee	Wild Style			[121]
	Doseone	G Is For Deep			[122]
	Illus	Family First			[123]
	Travis Porter	From Day 1		Debuted at No. 16 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Bring It Back", "Make It Rain", "Ayy Ladies"	[124]
June 5	Big K.R.I.T.	Live from the Underground		Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200	[125]
	Bigg Jus	Machines That Make Civilization Fun		[126]
	Curren$y	The Stoned Immaculate		Debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200	[127]
	Cypress Hill & Rusko	Cypress X Rusko			[128]
	DJ Shadow	Total Breakdown: Hidden Transmissions From The MPC Era, 1992–1996			[129]
	Kool Keith	Love & Danger			[74]
	Nottz	In My Mind			[130]
	Oh No	OhNoMite			[131]
	Rahlo	K.I.C.K. P.U.S.H.			[132]
June 11	Pouya	Fuck It			[133]
June 12	BURNTmd	Not So Black & White			[128]
	Diplo	Express Yourself EP			[134]
	J Dilla	Rebirth Of Detroit			[135]
	Kid Ink	Up & Away		Debuted at No. 20 on the Billboard 200	[136]
	Oddisee	People Hear What They See			[132]
	Rosco P. Coldchain	Almost Famous			[137]
	SpaceGhostPurrp	Mysterious Phonk			[138]
	Stevie Stone	Rollin' Stone		Debuted at No. 73 on the Billboard 200	[139]
	Waka Flocka Flame	Triple F Life: Fans, Friends & Family		Debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Round of Applause", "I Don't Really Care", and "Get Low"	[140]
	Wordsworth	The Photo Album			[141]
June 19	Beautiful Eulogy	Satellite Kite			[142]
	Del the Funky Homosapien & Parallel Thought	Attractive Sin			[143]
	House Shoes	Let It Go			[144]
	Juvenile	Rejuvenation			[145]
	Lil Wyte	Still Doubted?			[146]
	Pastor Troy	The Last Outlaw			[147]
	Smoke DZA	Rugby Thompson			[148]
June 26	Eminem	Curtain Call: The Hits (Import)			[74]
	Large Professor	Professor @ Large			[149]
	Lil Scrappy	Tha Gru$tle			[150]
	Maybach Music Group	Self Made Vol. 2		Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200	[151]
	Open Mike Eagle	4NML HSPTL			[152]
	XV	The Awesome EP			[153]
	Flo Rida	Wild Ones		Debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Good Feeling", "Wild Ones", "Whistle", and "I Cry"	[128]
July 3	C-Bo	Orca			[154]
	King Magnetic	Everything's a Gamble Volume 3			[155]
	Prodigy	H.N.I.C. 3		Debuted at No. 123 on the Billboard 200	[156]
	Tha Dogg Pound	Doggy Bag			[157]
	Young Zee & Mr. Green	One Crazy Weekend			[158]
July 4	Bones	WhiteRapper			[159]
July 6	Cro	Raop		Debuted at No. 1 on the German album charts Debuted at No. 1 on the Austrian album charts Debuted at No. 7 on the Swiss album charts	[160]
July 10	Aesop Rock	Skelethon		Debuted at No. 21 on the Billboard 200	[161]
	Freddie Gibbs & Madlib	Shame			[162]
July 13	Public Enemy	Most of My Heroes Still Don't Appear on No Stamp			[163]
July 17	8Ball	Life's Quest		Debuted at No. 116 on the Billboard 200	[164]
	KB	Weight & Glory		Debuted at No. 34 on the Billboard 200
	Masta Ace	MA DOOM: Son of Yvonne		[165]
	Nas	Life Is Good		Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200	[166]
	Snowgoons	Snowgoons Dynasty			[167]
	Tanya Morgan	You & What Army? (Retail)			[168]
	The Alchemist	Russian Roulette			[169]
July 24	Big Shug	I.M. 4-EVA			[170]
	Blu & Exile	Maybe One Day			[171]
	GZA	Liquid Swords (Box Set)			[172]
	Lloyd Banks	V.6: The Gift			[173]
	Rasco	United Fakes of America			[174]
	Reks & Numonics	REBELutionary			[175]
July 31	2nd II None	Infinite			[176]
	D-Shot	Ghetto			[177]
	La Coka Nostra	Masters of the Dark Arts			[178]
	Necro	The Murder Murder Kill Kill EP			[179]
	Rick Ross	God Forgives, I Don't		Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Touchn' You" and "Diced Pineapples" Certified Gold	[180]
August 7	AWAR	The Laws Of Nature			[181]
	Kokane & Traffik	The New Frontier			[182]
	¡Mayday!	Thrift Store Halos			[183]
August 12	Apollon Musik	Unter der Sonne			[184]
August 13	Beedie	Above The Weather			[185]
August 14	2 Chainz	Based on a T.R.U. Story		Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "No Lie", "Birthday Song", and "I'm Different" Certified Gold	[186]
	Block McCloud	Four Walls			[187]
	Insane Clown Posse	The Mighty Death Pop!			[188]
	Kottonmouth Kings	Mile High			[189]
	Ron Artiste	R.I.D.S.			[190]
	Strong Arm Steady & Statik Selektah	Stereo Type			[191]
August 20	JJ DOOM	Key to the Kuffs			[192]
August 21	Busta Rhymes	Year of the Dragon
	DJ Khaled	Kiss the Ring		Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Take It to the Head" and "I Wish You Would"	[193]
	Mistah F.A.B. & I-Rocc	Face Off			[194]
August 28	Beanie Sigel	This Time			[195]
	CES Cru	13			[196]
	Keak da Sneak	Cheddar Cheese I Say			[197]
	Madchild	Dope Sick			[198]
	Rapsody	The Idea of Beautiful			[199]
	Slaughterhouse	welcome to: OUR HOUSE		Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 Single: "My Life"	[200]
	Stu Bangas & Vanderslice	Diggaz with Attitude		[201]
	TobyMac	Eye on It		Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200	[202]
	Torae	Off The Record: The EP			[203]
September 2	Bones	TypicalRapShit			[204]
September 4	Blu & Exile	Give Me My Flowers While I Can Smell Them			[171]
	Brown Bag AllStars	Brown Label Pt. 2			[205]
	Lecrae	Gravity		Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200	[206]
	Sky Balla	Tha Life I Cho$e			[207]
September 11	Apathy	The Alien Tongue			[208]
	DMX	Undisputed		Debuted at No. 19 on the Billboard 200	[209]
	Kevlaar 7 & Woodenchainz	Sophisticated Movements			[210]
September 18	Baby Bash & Lucky Luciano	Playamade Mexicanz			[211]
	Brother Ali	Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color		Debuted at No. 43 on the Billboard 200	[212]
	Double A.B. & Dub Sonata	Media Shower		[213]
	G.O.O.D. Music	Cruel Summer		Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Mercy", "Clique", "Cold", and "New God Flow"	[214]
	Homeboy Sandman	First Of A Living Breed		[215]
	Kreayshawn	Somethin' 'Bout Kreay		Debuted at No. 104 on the Billboard 200	[216]
	Tech N9ne	E.B.A.H.		Debuted at No. 30 on the Billboard 200	[217]
September 25	Blaq Poet	E.B.K. (EveryBodyKilla)			[218]
	Bumpy Knuckles & Statik Selektah	Ambition			[219]
	Chino XL	RICANstruction: The Black Rosary			[220]
	Danny!	Payback			[221]
	Death Row Records	20 To Life: Rare And Dangerous Vol. 2			[222]
	Freddie Gibbs	Baby Face Killa			[223]
	Lupe Fiasco	Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1		Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200	[224]
	Murs & Fashawn	This Generation		Debuted at No. 146 on the Billboard 200	[225]
September 29	Pouya	Don't Sleep On Me Hoe			[226]
October 1	Death Grips	NØ LØV∑ D∑∑P W∏B
October 2	DJ Drama	Quality Street Music		Debuted at No. 15 on the Billboard 200 Singles include: "We in this Bitch", "My Moment", and "So Many Girls"	[227]
	Kutt Calhoun	Kelvin		Debuted at No. 170 on the Billboard 200	[228]
	Prodigy	The Bumpy Johnson Album		[229]
	Skyzoo	A Dream Deferred		Debuted at No. 163 on the Billboard 200	[230]
	Z-Ro	Angel Dust		Debuted at No. 110 on the Billboard 200	[231]
	Zion I	Shadowboxing			[232]
October 9	Jay-Z	Live In Brooklyn			[233]
	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis	The Heist		Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Thrift Shop", "Can't Hold Us", "Same Love" Certified Gold
	MellowHype	Numbers		Debuted at No. 54 on the Billboard 200	[234]
	MGK	Lace Up		Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Wild Boy", "Invincible"	[235]
	Project Pat & Nasty Mane	Belly in Full 2		[236]
	Xzibit	Napalm		Debuted at No. 140 on the Billboard 200	[237]
October 16	Blueprint	Deleted Scenes			[238]
	Dead Prez	Information Age			[239]
	Greydon Square	Type II : The Mandelbrot Set			[240]
	Prince Paul	Negroes On Ice			[241]
	Various Artists	A3C Volume 2			[242]
	K'naan	Country, God or the Girl
October 22	Cold187um	The Only Solution		Debuted at No. 119 on the Billboard 200	[243]
	DJ Paul	A Person of Interest		[244]
	Kendrick Lamar	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City		Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 Singles include "The Recipe", "Swimming Pools (Drank)", "Poetic Justice", and "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe" Certified Platinum	[245]
	RZA	The Man With The Iron Fists		Debuted at No. 31 on the Billboard 200
	Twiztid	Abominationz
	Vinnie Paz	God of the Serengeti		Debuted at No. 93 on the Billboard 200	[246]
October 23	P.O.S	We Don't Even Live Here		Debuted at No. 47 on the Billboard 200	[247]
	Stevie Stone	Momentum		Debuted at No. 167 on the Billboard 200	[248]
	Styles of Beyond	Reseda Beach			[249]
October 30	Ca$his	The Art of Dying
	Craig G	Ramblings Of An Angry Old Man
	Lil Keke	Heart Of A Hustla
	Meek Mill	Dreams & Nightmares		Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Amen", "Burn", and "Young and Gettin' It"
	Sean Price	Mic Tyson		Debuted at No. 58 on the Billboard 200
	Tech N9ne	Boiling Point		Debuted at No. 30 on the Billboard 200
	The Coup	Sorry to Bother You		Debuted at No. 194 on the Billboard 200
November 6	E-40 & Too Short	History: Function Music		Debuted at No. 59 on the Bills lboard 200
	History: Mob Music		Debuted at No. 66 on the Billboard 200
	JR & PH7	The Good Life
	Lil' Fame & Termanology	Fizzyology
	Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire	Power & Passion
Saigon	The Greatest Story Never Told Chapter 2: Bread and Circuses		Debuted at No. 151 on the Billboard 200
November 13	9th Wonder & Buckshot	The Solution		Debuted at No. 196 on the Billboard 200
	Apollo Brown & Guilty Simpson	Dice Game
	Murs & 9th Wonder	The Final Adventure
	Roc Marciano	Reloaded
	Yelawolf & Travis Barker	Psycho White		Debuted at No. 49 on the Billboard 200
	Young Noble	Son of God
	Sole	A Ruthless Criticism of Everything Existing
November 19	Nicki Minaj	Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded - The Re-Up		Debuted at No. 26 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Va Va Voom", "The Boys", "High School"
	Pitbull	Global Warming		Debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Back in Time", "Get It Started", "Don't Stop the Party", and "Feel This Moment"
November 20	Black C	Still Ruthless
	Jet Life	Jet World Order 2
	Rapper Big Pooh	Fat Boy Fresh Vol. 2
	Styles P	The World's Most Hardest MC Project
November 21	GrandMilly & Bones	BLVCKNWHITE	TeamSESH			[250]
November 27	Freeway	Diamond In the Ruff
	Future	Pluto 3D		Debuted at No. 63 on the Billboard 200
	Ghostface Killah & Sheek Louch	Wu Block		Debuted at No. 73 on the Billboard 200
	Krizz Kaliko	Neh'mind		Debuted at No. 161 on the Billboard 200
	Lone Ninja	Rogue Agent
	Neako	These Are the Times
	Pac Div	GMB
December 1	Bones	Bones			[251]
December 4	Sadat X	Love, Hell or Right
	Daz Dillinger	Witit Witit
	Wiz Khalifa	O.N.I.F.C.		Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Work Hard, Play Hard", "Remember You"
December 11	Big Boi	Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors		Debuted at No. 33 on the Billboard 200
	The Game	Jesus Piece		Debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Celebration"
	Masta Killa	Selling My Soul
	Prozak	Nocturnal
December 18	Chief Keef	Finally Rich		Debuted at No. 27 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "I Don't Like" and "Love Sosa"
	T.I.	Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head		Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Go Get It", "Ball", "Hello" Certified Gold
December 21	Noah23	Wingfoot			[252]
December 24	Skillz	Thoughts Become Things
December 25	Bones	1Million Blunts			[253]

Highest first-week sales

List of top ten albums released in 2012 according to first-week home market sales, as of December 30, 2012

Number	Album	Artist	1st-week sales	1st-week position	Refs
1	Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded	Nicki Minaj	253,000	1	[254]
2	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City	Kendrick Lamar	242,000	2	[255]
3	God Forgives, I Don't	Rick Ross	218,000	1	[256]
4	Cruel Summer	GOOD Music	205,000	2	[257]
5	Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head	T.I.	179,000	2	[258]
6	Dreams & Nightmares	Meek Mill	165,000	2	[259]
7	Life Is Good	Nas	149,000	1	[260]
8	Based on a T.R.U. Story	2 Chainz	147,000	1	[261]
9	O.N.I.F.C.	Wiz Khalifa	141,000	2	[262]
10	Gespaltene Persönlichkeit	Kool Savas & Xavier Naidoo as Xavas	+100,000	1	[263]

Highest-charting singles

Singles which charted in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100

Title	Artist	Peak position
"Whistle"	Flo Rida	1
"Good Feeling"	Flo Rida	3
"Turn Me On"	Nicki Minaj featuring David Guetta	4
"Niggas In Paris"	Kanye West & Jay-Z	5
"Starships"	Nicki Minaj	5
"Wild Ones"	Flo Rida featuring Sia	5
"Rack City"	Tyga	7
"Take Care"	Drake featuring Rihanna	7
"Young, Wild & Free"	Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa featuring Bruno Mars	7
"I Cry"	Flo Rida	8
"Dance (A$$)"	Big Sean featuring Nicki Minaj	10
"Stereo Hearts"	Gym Class Heroes featuring Adam Levine	10

Highest critically reviewed albums (Metacritic)

Number	Artist	Album	Average score	Number of reviews	Reference
1	Kendrick Lamar	good kid, m.A.A.d city	91	36 reviews	[264]
2	Killer Mike	R.A.P. Music	85	27 reviews	[265]
3	El-P	Cancer 4 Cure	84	39 reviews	[266]
4	Ab-Soul	Control System	83	10 reviews	[267]
5	Nas	Life Is Good	81	30 reviews	[268]
6	Death Grips	The Money Store	81	27 reviews	[269]
7	The Coup	Sorry to Bother You	80	15 reviews	[270]
8	Quakers	Quakers	80	14 reviews	[271]
9	Aesop Rock	Skelethon	79	27 reviews	[272]
10	Big K.R.I.T.	Live from the Underground	78	24 reviews	[273]

See also

• 2011 in hip hop music
• 2013 in hip hop music

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