On this day
August 12 in Hip Hop
32 rap albums released on August 12, from 1987 to 2026. Albums on Breakbeat Archive are linked.
20224 years ago today
Rod Wave released Beautiful Mind
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Released on August 12
Year by year
- 1987MC Shy DGot to Be Tough
- 1997Hed PEHed PE
- 1997Various ArtistsMoney Talks (soundtrack)
- 1997Various ArtistsHoodlum (soundtrack)
- 2003State PropertyThe Chain Gang Vol. 2
- 2008Daz DillingerOnly on the Left Side
- 2008eLZhiThe Preface
- 2008Skatterman & Snug BrimWord on tha Streets
- 2008Yung BergLook What You Made Me
- 2013Sifu HotmanSifu Hotman
- 2014ChuuweeThe Chuuwee Channel
- 2014Dilated PeoplesDirectors of Photography
- 2014The UnderachieversCellar Door: Terminus Ut Exordium
- 2014TwistaDark Horse
- 2014WatskyAll You Can Do
- 2016AtmosphereFishing Blues
- 2016PartyNextDoorPartyNextDoor 3
- 2016Rae SremmurdSremmLife 2
- 2022Danger Mouse and Black ThoughtCheat Codes
- 2022Destroy LonelyNo Stylist
- 2022Freddie DreddFreddie's Inferno
- 2022Megan Thee StallionTraumazine
- 2022PeezyOnly Built 4 Diamond Links
- 2022Rod WaveBeautiful Mind
- 2022Royce da 5'9"The Heaven Experience, Vol. 1
- 2022The GameDrillmatic – Heart vs. Mind
- 2022The Musalini and KhrysisPure Izm
- 2025Insane Clown PosseThe Naught
- 2025YoungBoy Never Broke Again & DJ KhaledDeshawn
- 2026DillomLa Nueva Violencia
- 2026Flames Dot MalikThe Fix 2
- 2026Sk8starThe Beautiful Rebellion
Release dates: Breakbeat Archive album pages and Wikipedia's year-in-hip-hop release lists (CC BY-SA). Dates can differ by region and format; spot a wrong one? Tell us.