1995, 1995 in music
- Aceyalone - All Balls Don't Bounce (64)
- AZ - Do or Die (67)
- Big L - Lifestylez ov da Poor and Dangerous (58)
- Blackalicious - Melodica (15)
- Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - E. 1999 Eternal (4, 11, 16, 61, Pause and Play's 100 albums of the 90s list)
- Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (Pause and Play's 100 albums of the 90s list)
- Cypress Hill - Temples of Boom (1)
- Goodie Mobb - Soul Food (55)
- Group Home - Livin' Proof (31)
- GZA - Liquid Swords (3, 5, 6, 30, 58, 62, 63, 67, 68, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- Junior MAFIA - Conspiracy (38)
- KRS-One - KRS-One (41, 67)
- The Luniz - Operation Stackola (38)
- Masta Ace Incorporated - Sittin' on Chrome (33)
- Mobb Deep - The Infamous (1, 2, 3, 29, 62, 64, 77, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- Ol' Dirty Bastard - Return to the 36 Chambers (The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- Project Blowed - Project Blowed (64)
- Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (2, 3, 6, 29, 32, 39, 44, 62, 70, 77, Rolling Stone's essential hip hop albums of the 90s, Spin magazine's top 90 albums of the 90s, Spin magazine's end-of-year best list, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- The Roots - Do You Want More (8, 31, 36, 37, 45, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- Smiff-N-Wessun - Da Shinin' (The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- Tricky - Mazinquaye (Spin magazine's top 90 albums of the 90s, Select magazine's top albums of the year, Spin magazine's end-of-year best list)
- Tupac Shakur - Me Against the World (3, 13, 21, 32, 35, 39, 55, 59, 61, 71, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- DJ Shadow - Endtroducing (Spin magazine's top 90 albums of the 90s, Spin magazine's end-of-year best list)
- D.O.C - Helter Skelter (60)
- Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst (28, 30, 40, 64, 70, Spin magazine's top 90 albums of the 90s)
- The Fugees - The Score (5, 8, 23, 24, 37, 42, 50, 55, 68, 71, Rolling Stone's essential hip hop albums of the 90s, Spin magazine's top 90 albums of the 90s, Pause and Play's 100 albums of the 90s list, Spin magazine's end-of-year best list, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- Ghostface Killah - Ironman (5, 6, 70)
- Heltah Skeltah - Nocturnal (62)
- Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt (3, 5, 6, 28, 48, 55, 63, 77, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- Jeru the Damaja - Wrath of the Math (50)
- Lil Kim - Hard Core (40, Rolling Stone's essential hip hop albums of the 90s)
- Mobb Deep - Hell on Earth (34, 40, 63)
- Mystikal - Mind of Mystikal (34)
- Nas - It Was Written (13 43)
- Notorious B.I.G - Life After Death (3, 4, 5, 6, 27, 40, 43, 50, 71, Rolling Stone's essential hip hop albums of the 90s, Spin magazine's end-of-year best list, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums best-selling rap/hip hop album of all time (tie))
- OutKast - ATLiens (21, 42, 44, 62, 68, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- PMD - Business Is Business (28)
- Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire (Pause and Play's 100 albums of the 90s list)
- Ras Kass - Soul on Ice (60, 62, 64)
- The Roots - Illadelph Halflife (1, 26, 61, 70, Spin magazine's end-of-year best list, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- Tupac Shakur - All Eyez on Me (3, 4, 6, 16, 21, 27, 28, 52, 64, Rolling Stone's essential hip hop albums of the 90s)
- U.G.K - Ridin' Dirty (11)
- Xzibit - At the Speed of Life ([1])
- Various Artists - Return of the DJ, Vol. 1 (Spin magazine's top 90 albums of the 90s)
- Boot Camp Clik - For the People (40)
- Busta Rhymes - When Disaster Strikes (25, 61)
- Common - One Day It'll All Make Sense (28)
- Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus (18, 36, 64, 77)
- Cru - Da Dirty 30 (32)
- EPMD - Back in Business (50)
- Erykah Badu - Baduizm (Rolling Stone's essential hip hop albums of the 90s, Pause and Play's 100 albums of the 90s list, Spin magazine's end-of-year best list)
- Gravediggaz - The Pick, the Sickle & the Shovel (7)
- Jay-Z - In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (34)
- Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 5 EP (15, 64)
- Master P - Ghetto D (27)
- Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly (35, Spin magazine's top 90 albums of the 90s, Spin magazine's end-of-year best list)
- Organized Konfusion - The Equinox (1)
- Puff Daddy & the Family - No Way Out (Rolling Stone's essential hip hop albums of the 90s)
- Rakim - The 18th Letter (24, 50)
- Roni Size & Reprazent - New Forms (Spin magazine's top 90 albums of the 90s)
- Tupac Shakur - R U Still Down? (Remember Me) (28)
- Tupac Shakur - Don Killuminati: The Seven Day Theory (3, 4, 6, 8, 28)
- Twista - Adrenaline Rush (4, 11)
- Various Artists - Return of the DJ, Vol. 2 (Spin magazine's top 90 albums of the 90s)
- Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty (Pause and Play's 100 albums of the 90s list, Spin magazine's end-of-year best list)
- Big Pun - Capital Punishment (34)
- Busta Rhymes - Extinction Level Event (The Final World Front) (12, 17)
- Chemical Brothers - Brother's Gonna Work It Out (33)
- DJ Shadow - Preemptive Strike (33)
- DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid - Riddim Warfare (41)
- DMX - It's Dark and Hell Is Hot (3, 7, 25, 55)
- Eightball - Lost (2, 77)
- Gang Starr - Moment of Truth (1, 50, 59, Spin magazine's end-of-year best list)
- Hieroglyphics - Third Eye Vision (28, 30, 33)
- Jay-Z - Volume 2 Hard Knock Life (52, Rolling Stone's essential hip hop albums of the 90s)
- Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 5 (2, 4, 5)
- Juvenile - 400 Degreez (14)
- Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (8, 16, Rolling Stone's essential hip hop albums of the 90s, Spin magazine's top 90 albums of the 90s, Pause and Play's 100 albums of the 90s list, Spin magazine's end-of-year best list)
- Killah Priest - Heavy Mental (41)
- Kottonmouth Kings - Royal Highness (12)
- Method Man - Tical 2000: Judgement Day (5, 17)
- Mos Def & Talib Kweli - Black Star (5, 24, 31, 34, 70, 71)
- Ozomatli - Ozomatli (64)
- OutKast - Aquemini (5, 17, 28, 55, 63, 71, 77, Rolling Stone's essential hip hop albums of the 90s, Spin magazine's top 90 albums of the 90s, Spin magazine's end-of-year best list)
- RZA - As Bobby Digital in Stereo (32)
- Snoop Doggy Dogg - Da Game Is to Be Sold Not to Be Told (22)
- A Tribe Called Quest - The Love Movement (61)
- U.N.K.L.E - Psyence Fiction (Spin magazine's end-of-year best list)
- Xzibit - 40 Dayz and 40 Nightz (7)
- Wyclef Jean - Presents the Carnival Featuring the Refugee Allstars (23, 24, 70, Rolling Stone's essential hip hop albums of the 90s)
- Arsonists - As the World Burns (32)
- DMX - ...And Then There Was X (4, 7, 17)
- Dr. Dooom - First Come First Served (32)
- Dr. Dre - 2001 (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 22, 39, 43, 77)
- Eminem - The Slim Shady LP (2, 6, 22, 27, 34, 52, 54, 77, Spin magazine's end-of-year best list)
- EMPD - Out of Business (50)
- Gang Starr - Full Clip (5, 77)
- Goodie Mob - World Party (Spin magazine's end-of-year best list)
- Handsome Boy Modeling School - So...How's Your Girl (70, Spin magazine's end-of-year best list)
- Jay-Z - Volume 3 Life and Times of S. Carter (52)
- Method Man & Redman - Blackout (6, 7, 17, 50)
- MF Doom - Operation Doomsday (32)
- Mos Def - Black on Both Sides (13, 18, 26, 70)
- Ol' Dirty Bastard - Nigga Please (Spin magazine's end-of-year best list)
- Polyrhythm Addicts - Rhyme Related (20, 32)
- Prince Paul - A Prince Among Thieves (Spin magazine's top 90 albums of the 90s, Spin magazine's end-of-year best list)
- The Prodigy - The Dirtchamber Sessions, Volume 1 (33)
- Public Enemy - There's a Poison Goin' On (50)
- Quannum - Quannum Spectrum (41)
- Rage Against the Machine - The Battle for Los Angeles (41, Spin magazine's end-of-year best list)
- Rakim - The Master (50)
- Rahzel - Make the Music 2000 (34)
- The Roots - Things Fall Apart (2, 12, 13, 23, 41, 64, 77)
- Slick Rick - The Art of Storytelling (50)
- TLC - Fanmail (Pause and Play's 100 albums of the 90s list)
- Ugly Duckling - The Fresh Mode EP (15)
- Various Artists - Soundbombing Vol. 2 (2, 77)
- Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Clan Forever (39, 50, 61, Spin magazine's end-of-year best list)
