Year
Hip Hop in 1997
22 albums from 1997 in the archive, from Sacramento, Brooklyn, New Orleans, Houston, Chicago, Virginia, Atlanta, Memphis, Detroit and The Bay. Albums with a known release date are listed in the order they came out.
AlbumOne Life 2 LiveC-Bo · 1997Released February 4
AlbumLife After DeathThe Notorious B.I.G. · 1997Released March 25
AlbumSolja RagsJuvenile · 1997Released May 13
AlbumDon’t Mess Wit TexasLil Keke · 1997Released June 17
AlbumAdrenaline RushTwista · 1997Released June 24
AlbumMr. LunasiccLunasicc · 1997Released July 8
AlbumSupa Dupa FlyMissy Elliott · 1997Released July 15
AlbumOrganized BassKilo Ali · 1997Released July 29
AlbumGhetto DMaster P · 1997Released September 2
AlbumLoadedBrotha Lynch Hung · 1997Released September 16
AlbumGet Crunk, Who U Wit – Da AlbumLil Jon & the East Side Boyz · 1997Released October 21
AlbumGet It How U Live!!Hot Boys · 1997Released October 28
AlbumChpt. 2: World DominationThree 6 Mafia · 1997Released November 4
AlbumWelcome To Our WorldTimbaland & Magoo · 1997Released November 11
Samples
Released in 1997, built on a break
- Artifacts“The Ultimate”samples Long Red
- EPMD“Da Joint”samples Think (About It)
- The Notorious B.I.G.“Going Back to Cali”samples More Bounce to the Ounce
- EPMD“You Gots 2 Chill '97”samples More Bounce to the Ounce
- Puff Daddy“Can't Nobody Hold Me Down”samples The Big Beat