1997

  • 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