
1997
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Various Artists — Rhyme & Reason
Camp Lo — Uptown Saturday Night
Funkmaster Flex — The Mix Tape, Vol. II
TRU — Tru 2 da Game
Scarface — The Untouchable
The Notorious B.I.G. — Life After Death
Warren G — Take a Look Over Your Shoulder
Artifacts — That's Them
Witchdoctor — A S.W.A.T. Healin' Ritual
Juvenile — Solja Rags
Boot Camp Clik — For the People
KRS-One — I Got Next
Various Artists — I'm Bout It
Wu-Tang Clan — Wu-Tang Forever
Jungle Brothers — Raw Deluxe
Capone-N-Noreaga — The War Report
Lil' Keke — Don't Mess wit Texas
The Lost Boyz — Love, Peace & Nappiness
The Beatnuts — Stone Crazy
Craig Mack — Operation: Get Down
Cru — Da Dirty 30
Twista — Adrenaline Rush
Mia X — Unlady Like
The Lady of Rage — Necessary Roughness
Missy Elliott — Supa Dupa Fly
Company Flow — Funcrusher Plus[2]
Puff Daddy & the Family — No Way Out
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony — The Art of War
Trick Daddy — Based On A True Story
Atmosphere — Overcast!
Killarmy — Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars
Hed PE — Hed PE
Aesop Rock — Music for Earthworms
O.C. — Jewelz
Royal Flush — Ghetto Millionaire
Coolio — My Soul
Diamond D — Hatred, Passions and Infidelity
Tha Alkaholiks — Likwidation
Master P — Ghetto D
Gravediggaz — The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel
Mack 10 — Based on a True Story
Busta Rhymes — When Disaster Strikes...
EPMD — Back in Business
Organized Konfusion — The Equinox
No I.D. — Accept Your Own and Be Yourself (The Black Album)
Common — One Day It'll All Make Sense
RBL Posse — An Eye for an Eye
Jurassic 5 — Jurassic 5
L.L. Cool J — Phenomenon
Rawkus Records — Soundbombing
The Firm — The Album
Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz — Get Crunk, Who U Wit: Da Album
Salt-N-Pepa — Brand New
Hot Boys — Get It How U Live!
Mase — Harlem World
Mood — Doom
Psycho Realm — The Psycho Realm
Spice 1 — The Black Bossalini
Jay-Z — In My Lifetime, Vol. 1
Jedi Mind Tricks — The Psycho-Social, Chemical, Biological & Electro-Magnetic Manipulation of Human Consciousness
Mic Geronimo — Vendetta
Rakim — The 18th Letter
Three 6 Mafia — Chapter 2: World Domination
M.C. Lyte — Badder Than B-Fore
Mystikal — Unpredictable
Timbaland & Magoo — Welcome to Our World
Del the Funky Homosapien — Future Development
MJG — No More Glory
Will Smith — Big Willie Style
2Pac — R U Still Down? (Remember Me)
Eminem — Slim Shady EP
Ice Cube — Featuring...Ice Cube
8Ball & MJG — Lyrics of a Pimp -
Biggie – “Ten Crack Commandments” / “Sky Is The Limit” / “Hypnotize”
Atmopshere – “Caved In”
Missy – “Supa Dupa Fly”
Puff Daddy – “All About The Benjamins”
Wu-Tang Clan – “Triumph”
Jungle Brothers – “Where You Wanna Go”
Company Flow – “Vital Nerve”
Busta Rhymes – “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See”
Beatnuts – “Off The Books”
Atrifacts – “The Interview”
EPMD – “Da Joint”
Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz – “Déjà vu”
The Lox – “Money, Power, & Respect”
L.L. Cool J – “4, 3, 2, 1”
Capone ‘N Noreaga – “T.O.N.Y.”
Lil Kim – “Crush On You”
The Firm – “Phone Tap”
Redman – “Whateva Man”









































































1997 NEWS
Princess Diana dies in August
Biggie killed in Los Angeles, March
Pathfinder lands on Mars
Hale-Bopp Comet has closest approach to Earth
First Harry Potter Book is released
Heaven’s Gate Cult commits mass suicide in California