Debut Rap Albums To Go No. 1
J. Cole entered an elite class when his debut album Cole World: The Sideline Story debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
Believe it or not, most of your favorite rappers didn’t land at the top spot when their first album hits the stores.
Not Jay-Z, not Nas, not Eminem, not even Tupac and Biggie.
Check out the next pages, as we list the rappers whose debut albums hit the top of the charts.
Bestie boys
Album: Licensed to Ill
Released: November 15, 1986
-First Hip-Hop album to go No. 1
Tone Loc
Album: Lōc-ed After Dark
Released: January 23, 1989
Kriss Kross
Album: Totally Crossed Out
Released: March 31, 1992
-260,000 copies sold first week
Snoop Dogg
Album: Doggstyle
Released: November 23, 1993
-803,000 copies sold first week
Tha Dogg Pound
Album: Dogg Food
Released: October 31, 1995
-277,500 copies sold first week
Puff Daddy (Diddy)
Album: No Way Out
Released: July 22, 1997
-561,000 copies sold first week
Mase
Album: Harlem World
Released: October 28, 1997
-270,000 copies sold first week
DMX
Album: It’s Dark And Hell Is Hot
Released: May 19, 1998
-251,000 copies sold first week
Lauryn Hill
Album: The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
Released: August 25, 1998
-422,600 copies sold first week
Eve
Album: Let There Be Eve…Ruff Ryders’ First Lady
Released: September 14, 1999
-213,000 copies sold first week
Nelly
Album: Country Grammar
Released: June 27, 2000
-235,000 copies sold first week
D12
Album: Devil’s Night
Released: June 19, 2001
-372,000 copies sold first week
50 Cent
Album: Get Rich Or Die Tryin’
Released: February 4, 2003
-872,000 copies sold first week
Lloyd Banks
Album: Hunger For More
Released: June 29, 2004
-465,000 copies sold first week
The Game
Album: The Documentary
Released: January 18, 2005
-586,000 copies sold first week
Rick Ross
Album: Port Of Miami
Released: August 8, 2006
-187,000 copies sold first week
B.o.B.
Album: The Adventures of Bobby Ray
Released: April 27, 2010
-84,000 copies sold first week
Drake
Album: Thank Me Later
Released: June 15, 2010
-447,000 copies sold first week
Nicki Minaj
Album: Pink Friday
Released: November 19, 2010
-375,000 copies sold first week
J. Cole
Album: Cole World: The Sideline Story
Released: September 27, 2011
-218,000 copies sold first week
