The Wu did 600+ with “Triumph” as a single
We didn't know how good we had it back then
The Top 100 Hip-Hop First Weeks of All Time (Visualized) [2021 releases included]
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We didn't know how good we had it back then
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If I Am was a double album that shyt woulda been 940k technically 
Most of these aren’t classics.
PS whoever made this used Fabolous' 2001 album Ghetto Fabulous in place of Mystikal's 1998 album Ghetto Fabulous.
1| Eminem| The Marshall Mathers LP| 2000| 1.76M
2| Eminem| The Eminem Show| 2002| 1.322M
3| 50 Cent| The Massacre| 2005| 1.14M
4| Drake| Views| 2016| 1.075M
5| Lil Wayne| Tha Carter III| 2008| 1.006M
6| Lil Wayne| Tha Carter IV| 2011| 964K
7| Kanye West| Graduation| 2007| 957K
8| 50 Cent| Get Rich or Die Tryin'| 2003| 872K
9| Kanye West| Late Registration| 2005| 860K
10| Snoop Dogg| Doggystyle| 1993| 803K
11| Eminem| The Marshall Mathers LP 2| 2013| 792K
12| Drake| Scorpion| 2018| 749K
13| Eminem| Recovery| 2010| 741K
14| Nelly| Nellyville| 2002| 714K
15| Eminem| Encore | 2004| 710K
16| Eminem| 8 Mile OST| 2002| 702K
17| DMX| ...And Then There Was X| 1999| 698K
18| 50 Cent| Curtis| 2007| 697K
19| The Notorious B.I.G.| Life After Death| 1997| 690K
20| Beastie Boys| Hello Nasty| 1998| 681K
21| Jay-Z| Kingdom Come| 2006| 680K
22| DMX| Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood| 1998| 670K
23| 2Pac| The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory| 1996| 664K
24| Drake| Nothing Was the Same| 2013| 658K
25| Drake| Take Care| 2011| 631K
26| Wu-Tang Clan| Wu-Tang Forever| 1997| 612K
27| Kendrick Lamar| DAMN.| 2017| 610K
28| Eminem| Relapse| 2009| 608K
29| Drake | Certified Lover Boy | 2021| 604K
30| The Game| The Documentary| 2005| 586K
31| T.I.| Paper Trail| 2008| 568K
32| 2Pac| All Eyez On Me| 1996| 566K
33| P. Diddy| No Way Out| 1997| 561K
34| Jay-Z| The Dynasty: Roc La Familia| 2000| 558K
35| Travis Scott | Astroworld | 2018 | 553K
36| 2Pac| R U Still Down? (Remember Me)| 1997| 549K
37| Jay-Z| The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse| 2002| 545K
38| D12| D12 World| 2004| 544K
39| Drake| If You're Reading This It's Too Late| 2015| 535K
40| Outkast| Stankonia| 2000| 530K
41| Jay-Z| Magna Carta Holy Grail| 2013| 527K
42| T.I.| King| 2006| 522K
43| Snoop Dogg| Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told| 1998| 520K
44| Dr. Dre| 2001| 1999| 516K
45| J. Cole| 4 Your Eyez Only| 2016| 511K
46| Outkast| Speakerboxxx/The Love Below| 2003| 510K
47| Drake| More Life| 2017| 505K
48| Juice WRLD| Legends Never Die|2020|497K
49| Kanye West| My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy| 2010| 496K
50| Master P| MP Da Last Don| 1998| 495K
51| The Notorious B.I.G.| Born Again| 1999| 485K
52| Lil Wayne | Tha Carter V | 2018 | 480K
53| Snoop Dogg| Tha Doggfather| 1996| 479K
54| Jay-Z| The Blueprint 3| 2009| 476K
55| Nas| I Am| 1999| 470K
56| T.I.| T.I. vs. T.I.P.| 2007| 468K
57| Jay-Z| The Black Album| 2003| 463K
58| Jay-Z| Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter| 1999| 462K
59| Kanye West| 808's & Heartbreak | 2008| 450K
60| Drake| Thank Me Later| 2010| 447K
61| Kanye West| The College Dropout| 2004| 441K
62| DMX| The Great Depression| 2001| 439K
63| Jay-Z & Kanye West| Watch The Throne| 2011| 436K
64| Eminem| Kamikaze| 2018| 434K
65| Lloyd Banks| The Hunger for More| 2004| 433K
66| 2Pac| Tupac: Resurrection| 2003| 430K
67| Ludacris| Chicken-n-Beer| 2003| 429K
68| 2Pac| Until The End of Time| 2001| 427K
69| Jay-Z| American Gangster| 2007| 426K
70| Lauryn Hill| The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill| 1998| 423K
71| Jay-Z| The Blueprint| 2001| 420K
72| Method Man| Tical 2000: Judgement Day| 1998| 411K
73| 2Pac & Outlawz| Still I Rise| 1999| 408K
74| J. Cole | KOD| 2018| 398K
75| Snoop Dogg| Tha Last Meal| 2000| 397K
76| Nelly| Suit| 2004| 396K
77| Nicki Minaj| Pink Friday| 2010| 395K
78| Bone Thugs-N-Harmony| The Art Of War| 1997| 394K
79| Mystikal| Ghetto Fabulous| 1998| 385K
80| The Game| Doctor's Advocate| 2006| 385K
81| G-Unit| Beg for Mercy| 2003| 377K
82| J. Cole| 2014 Forest Hills Drive| 2014| 375K
83| Drake & Future| What A Time to Be Alive| 2015| 375K
84| D12| Devil's Night| 2001| 372K
85| 2Pac| Better Dayz| 2002| 366K
86| Kendrick Lamar| To Pimp a Butterfly| 2015| 363K
87| Ja Rule| Pain Is Love| 2001| 361K
88| Young Buck| Straight Outta Cashville| 2004| 361K
89| Beastie Boys| To the 5 Boroughs| 2004| 360K
90| Nas| Hip Hop Is Dead| 2006| 356K
91| Young Jeezy| The Inspiration| 2006| 352K
92| Jay-Z| Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life| 1998| 350K
93| Nelly| Sweat| 2004| 342K
94| Nas| Stillmatic| 2001| 342K
95| Mystikal| Let's Get Ready| 2000| 330K
96| 2Pac| Loyal to the Game| 2004| 330K
97| Snoop Doggy Dogg| Murder Was the Case| 1994| 329K
98| Kanye West| Yeezus| 2013| 328K
99| Kanye West| Donda| 2021| 327K
100| Various Artists| Bad Boys II| 2003| 324K
How we feeling about this? Any unexpected inclusions? Surprising exclusions?
I’m gon be nice
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stepbackj34spud
Top 75 All-Time
The Massacre
GRODT
The Documentary
Curtis
Beg for Mercy
Hunger for more
Straight Outta Cashville
Gunit well represented.. and nikkas acting like this wasnt a movement.
GRODT
The Documentary
Curtis
Beg for Mercy
Hunger for more
Straight Outta Cashville
Gunit well represented.. and nikkas acting like this wasnt a movement.
Dr Dre was the producer for 5 of the top 10 albums 
The GOAT
The GOAT
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
Hammer predates SoundScan and back in the day, rappers didn’t debut at #1 until Snoop did it. Generally, rappers would debut low and then move up the chart. For example, the Chronic sold six million records but it debuted at 26 I think.
