2006 in hip-hop

This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip-hop for the year 2006.

Released albums

Release Date	Artist	Album	Label
January 1	Twisted Insane	Shoot for the Face	Brainsick Muzik
January 24	CunninLynguists	A Piece of Strange
	Tha Alkaholiks	Firewater	Waxploitation Records, Koch Records
January 31	Daddy X	Family Ties	Suburban Noize Records
February 5	Sway	This Is My Demo
February 7	Various Artists	Run The Road Volume 2
	Dem Franchise Boyz	On Top Of Our Game	So So Def Records, Virgin Records
	J Dilla	Donuts	Stones Throw Records
	Aceyalone	Magnificent City	Decon Records
Remy Ma	There's Something About Remy: Based on a True Story	Terror Squad Entertainment, SRC Records, Universal Records
February 14	Sérgio Mendes	Timeless
February 21	Dilated Peoples	20/20	Capitol Records
	Keak Da Sneak	Kunta Kinte
	Shaggy 2 Dope	F.T.F.O. (Fuck The Fuck Off)	Psychopathic Records
February 28	Jel	Soft Money
March 7	El Da Sensei	The Unusual	Fat Beats Records
	Juvenile	Reality Check (Juvenile album)	UTP Records, Atlantic Records
Public Enemy & Paris	Rebirth of a Nation	Guerrilla Funk Recordings
March 14	D.M.C.	Checks, Thugs and Rock 'n' Roll
	E-40	My Ghetto Report Card	BME Recordings, Reprise Records
Soul Position	Things Go Better With RJ and Al	Rhymesayers Entertainment
March 21	Army of the Pharaohs	The Torture Papers	Babygrande Records
	B.G.	The Heart of tha Streetz, Vol. 2 (I Am What I Am)	Chopper City Records, Koch Records
	M-1	Confidential	Koch Records
	Madlib	The Beat Konducta, Vols. 1 & 2: Movie Scenes	Stones Throw Records
MURS & 9th Wonder	Murray's Revenge
March 28	Do or Die	Get That Paper
	T.I.	King	Grand Hustle Records, Atlantic Records
	Ghostface Killah	Fishscale	Def Jam Recordings
April 1	Hilltop Hoods	The Hard Road	Obese Records
April 4	Bubba Sparxxx	The Charm	Purple Ribbon Records, Virgin Records, Capitol Records, EMI Records
	D-Shot	Callin All Shots
	Yukon Black	Addiction Services
April 11	LL Cool J	Todd Smith	Def Jam Recordings
April 18	Axe Murder Boyz	Blood In, Blood Out	Psychopathic Records
	Da BackWudz	Wood Work
April 25	The Coup	Pick A Bigger Weapon	Epitaph Records
	The Streets	The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living
	Zu Ninjaz	Now Justice
May 2	Dove Shack	Reality Has Got Me Tied Up
	Mobb Deep	Blood Money	G-Unit Records, Interscope Records
May 9	Gnarls Barkley	St. Elsewhere	Atlantic Records
	Kottonmouth Kings	Nickel Bag	Suburban Noize Records
May 16	Cam'ron	Killa Season	Asylum Records
	Jamie Madrox	Phatso	Psychopathic Records
	Noah23	Amalthea Magnetosphere	Legendary Entertainment, Plague Language
	Saint Dog	USA (Unconformable Social Amputees)	Suburban Noize Records
May 23	Bronze Nazareth	The Great Migration	Think Differently Music, Babygrande Records
May 30	King Syze	Syzemology	Babygrande Records
June 6	Hed PE	Back 2 Base X	Suburban Noize Records
	DJ Khaled	Listennn: The Album	Terror Squad Entertainment, Koch Records
	Kottonmouth Kings	Koast II Koast
	Ice Cube	Laugh Now, Cry Later	Lench Mob Records
	Rampage	Have You Seen?	Flipmode Records
	Shawnna	Block Music	Def Jam Recordings, Disturbing Tha Peace Records
	Yung Joc	New Joc City	Bad Boy South, Block Entertainment, Atlantic Records
June 13	Busta Rhymes	The Big Bang	Flipmode Records, Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records
	Mr. Lif	Mo' Mega	Definitive Jux
	Noah23	Clout	Legendary Entertainment, Plague Language
	Zion I	Break a Dawn	Live Up Records, Handcuts Records
June 20	Kurupt	Same Day, Different Shit	D.P.G. Recordz
June 26	Plan B	Who Needs Actions When You Got Words
June 27	Kool Keith	The Return of Dr. Octagon	CMH Records
	Lord Jamar	The 5% Album	Babygrande Records
	Tha Dogg Pound	Cali Iz Active	Doggystyle Records, Koch Records
	7L & Esoteric	A New Dope	Babygrande Records
July 11	Boondox	The Harvest	Psychopathic Records
	Cut Chemist	The Audience's Listening	Warner Bros. Records
July 18	Boot Camp Clik	The Last Stand	Duck Down Music
July 25	Inspectah Deck	The Resident Patient	Urban Iron Records
	Jurassic 5	Feedback	Interscope Records
	MF Grimm	American Hunger	Day by Day Entertainment
	Michael Franti & Spearhead	Yell Fire!
	Pharrell	In My Mind	Star Trak Entertainment, Interscope Records
August 1	Body Count	Murder 4 Hire	Escapi Music
	DMX	Year of the Dog... Again	Ruff Ryders Entertainment, Sony Urban Music, Columbia Records
August 8	Masta Killa	Made in Brooklyn	Nature Sounds
	Rick Ross	Port of Miami	Def Jam Recordings, Slip-n-Slide Records, Poe Boy Entertainment
August 15	Obie Trice	Second Round's on Me	Shady Records, Interscope
August 22	J Dilla	The Shining	BBE Records
	OutKast	Idlewild	LaFace Records, Jive Records
August 29	Method Man	4:21... The Day After	Def Jam Recordings
The Roots	Game Theory
September 5	OuterSpace	Blood Brothers	Babygrande Records
September 12	Skyzoo & 9th Wonder	Cloud 9: The 3 Day High	Traffic Entertainment
	Swollen Members	Black Magic	Battle Axe Records
September 19	Chingy	Hoodstar	Full Dekk Music Group, Capitol Records
	The Dirtball	Raptillion	Suburban Noize Records
	DJ Shadow	The Outsider	Universal Motown Records, Island Records
	Jedi Mind Tricks	Servants in Heaven, Kings in Hell	Babygrande Records
	Lupe Fiasco	Food & Liquor	1st & 15th Entertainment, Atlantic Records
	Potluck	Straight Outta Humboldt	Suburban Noize Records
September 26	Ludacris	Release Therapy	Disturbing tha Peace, Def Jam Recordings
	Main Flow and 7L	Flow Season	Brick Records
October 3	Subtle	For Hero: For Fool
	Sleepy Brown	Mr. Brown	Purple Ribbon Records, Virgin Records, Capitol Records
October 10	Lloyd Banks	Rotten Apple	G-Unit Records, Interscope Records
	Zion I and The Grouch	Heroes in the City of Dope	Om Records
October 17	Puff Daddy	Press Play	Bad Boy Entertainment, Atlantic Records
	Hi-Tek	Hi-Teknology²: The Chip	Babygrande Records
October 23	Braintax	Panorama	Low Life Records
October 31	Ice-T	Gangsta Rap	Melee Entertainment
	Kevin Federline	Playing With Fire	Federation Records
	Lady Sovereign	Public Warning
	Birdman & Lil Wayne	Like Father, Like Son	Cash Money, Universal
November 7	Tech N9ne	Everready (The Religion)	Strange Music
	AZ	The Format	Quiet Money Records
	Jim Jones	Hustler's P.O.M.E. (Product of My Environment)	Diplomat Records, Koch Records
November 14	The Game	Doctor's Advocate	Geffen Records
	Fat Joe	Me, Myself & I	Terror Squad Entertainment, Virgin Records, Imperial Records
November 21	JAY-Z	Kingdom Come	Roc-A-Fella Records, Def Jam Recordings
	Kottonmouth Kings	Hidden Stash III	Suburban Noize Records
	Snoop Dogg	Tha Blue Carpet Treatment	Doggystyle Records, Geffen Records
	2Pac	Pac's Life	Amaru Entertainment, Interscope Records
November 27	CRUNK23	Technoshamanism	Legendary Entertainment, Plague Language
November 28	Clipse	Hell Hath No Fury	Re-Up Records, Star Trak Entertainment, Jive Records
December 5	Shady Records	Eminem Presents: The Re-Up	Shady Records, Interscope Records
December 12	Ghostface Killah	More Fish	Def Jam Recordings
	Jeezy	The Inspiration	CTE World, Def Jam Recordings
December 19	Nas	Hip Hop Is Dead	Def Jam Recordings, Columbia Records
December 29	Mos Def	True Magic	Geffen Records

Highest-charting singles

Hip hop singles from any year which charted in the 2006 Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100^[1]

Song	Artist	Project	Peak position
"Ridin'"	Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone	The Sound of Revenge	1
"Grillz"	Nelly featuring Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp	Sweatsuit
"What You Know"	T.I.	King	3
"Where'd You Go"	Fort Minor featuring Holly Brook	The Rising Tied	4
"Control Myself"	LL Cool J featuring Jennifer Lopez	Todd Smith
"Shake That"	Eminem featuring Nate Dogg	Curtain Call: The Hits	6
"There It Go (The Whistle Song)"	Juelz Santana	What the Game's Been Missing!
"Ms. New Booty"	Bubba Sparxxx featuring Ying Yang Twins & Mr. ColliPark	The Charm	7
"Show Me What You Got"	Jay-Z	Kingdom Come	8
"Shoulder Lean"	Young Dro featuring T.I.	Best Thang Smokin'	10
"You Don't Know"	Eminem, 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks & Ca$his	Eminem Presents: The Re-Up	12
"I Luv It"	Jeezy	Thug Motivation 102: The Inspiration	14
"Touch It"	Busta Rhymes	The Big Bang	16
"That's That"	Snoop Dogg featuring R. Kelly	Blue Carpet Treatment	20
"Stuntin' Like My Daddy"	Birdman & Lil Wayne	Like Father, Like Son	21
"Poppin' My Collar"	Three 6 Mafia	Most Known Unknown
"Fresh Azimiz"	Bow Wow featuring J-Kwon & Jermaine Dupri	Wanted	23
"Why You Wanna"	T.I.	King	26
"Money in the Bank"	Lil Scrappy featuring Young Buck	Bred 2 Die, Born 2 Live	28
"Best Friend"	50 Cent & Olivia	Get Rich or Die Tryin' (soundtrack)	35

Highest first week sales

As of December 31, 2010.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]}

Number	Artist	Album	1st week sales	1st week position
1	Jay-Z	Kingdom Come	680,000	#1
2	T.I.	King	522,000	#1
3	The Game	Doctors Advocate	358,000	#1
4	Nas	Hip Hop Is Dead	356,000	#1
5	Young Jeezy	The Inspiration	352,000	#1
6	Shady Records	Eminem Presents: The Re-Up	309,000	#2
7	Ludacris	Release Therapy	309,000	#1
8	Snoop Dogg	Tha Blue Carpet Treatment	264,000	#5
9	Bow Wow	The Price of Fame	262,001	#6
10	Busta Rhymes	The Big Bang	209,000	#1

Highest critically reviewed albums (Metacritic)

Number	Artist	Album	Average score	Number of reviews	Reference
1	Clipse	Hell Hath No Fury	89	29 reviews	[11]
2	Ghostface Killah	Fishscale	88	32 reviews	[12]
3	J Dilla	Donuts	84	15 reviews	[13]
4	The Roots	Game Theory	83	26 reviews	[14]
5	Lupe Fiasco	Food & Liquor	83	20 reviews	[15]
6	Gnarls Barkley	St. Elsewhere	81	37 reviews	[16]
7	J Dilla	The Shining	80	21 reviews	[17]
8	Nas	Hip Hop Is Dead	79	22 reviews	[18]
9	Cut Chemist	The Audience's Listening	79	15 reviews	[19]
10	The Coup	Pick a Bigger Weapon	78	25 reviews	[20]

See also

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