My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

• Kanye West

• Released on November 22nd, 2010

• RIAA Gold certified on January 11th, 2011 & 3x Platinum certified on November 23rd, 2020.

• One of the only Albums in history whose original cover art (shown above) is blurred on most streaming platforms and banned in many stores, leading Kanye and artist George Kondo to release various different covers for the album.

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

• Lauryn Hill

• Released on August 25th, 1998

• RIAA Diamond certified on February 16th, 2021.

• Became the first album in history to earn RIAA Diamond certification for a female artist in Hip-Hop.

Rodeo

• Travis Scott

• Released on September 4th, 2015

• RIAA Platinum certified on May 22, 2017.

Tana Talk 4

• Benny the Butcher

• Released on March 11th, 2022

Dreams Worth More Than Money

• Meek Mill

• Released on June 29th, 2015

• RIAA Platinum certified on July 19th, 2017.

17

• XXXTentacion

• Released on August 25th, 2017

• RIAA 3x Platinum certified on April 7th, 2023.

1999 (Mixtape)

• Joey Bada$$

• Released on June 12th, 2012

2000

• Joey Bada$$

• Released on July 22nd, 2022

WRLD ON DRUGS

• Juice WRLD & Future

• Released on October 19th, 2018

• RIAA Platinum certified on July 27th, 2022.

Jeffery (Mixtape)

• Young Thug

• Released on August 26th, 2016

The Sun’s Tirade

• Isaiah Rashad

• Released on September 2nd, 2016

Spilligion

• Spillage Village, JID, and EARTHGANG

• Released on September 25th, 2020

HNDRXX

• Future

• Released on February 24th, 2017

• RIAA Platinum certified on July 27th, 2022.

Lil Uzi Vert vs. The World

• Lil Uzi Vert

• Released on April 15th, 2016

• RIAA Platinum certified on March 19th, 2019.

Let’s Start Here.

• Lil Yachty

• Released on January 27th, 2023

Painting Pictures

• Kodak Black

• Released on March 31st, 2017

• RIAA Platinum certified on November 13th, 2019.

Vacation In Hell

• Flatbush Zombies

• Released on April 6th, 2018

DAMN.

• Kendrick Lamar

• Released on April 14th, 2017; and was Platinum certified roughly 1 month later on May 20th.

• RIAA 3x Platinum certified on May 10th, 2018.

• Won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for musical composition.

• Praised by the Pulitzer Prize jury as “a virtuosic song collection unified by its vernacular authenticity and rhythmic dynamism, that offers affecting vignettes capturing the complexity of modern African American life”.

Tha Carter 3

• Lil Wayne

• Released on June 10th, 2008

• “Tha Carter III has gone platinum in one week of release, becoming the first album since 2005 to top a million units in its debut week.” - Rolling Stone Magazine

• RIAA 8x Platinum certified on September 27th, 2022.

Rolling Papers

• Wiz Khalifa

• Released on March 29th, 2011

• RIAA 2x Platinum certified on June 22nd, 2016.

Stoney

• Post Malone

• Released on December 9th, 2016

• RIAA Platinum certified just 4 months after its release, on April 12.

• RIAA 5x Platinum Certified on April 22nd, 2021.

Acid Rap

• Chance The Rapper

• Released on April 30th, 2013

• Originally released as a free mixtape because - according to Chance - “I thought putting a price on it put a limit on it and inhibited me from making a connection.”

Circles

• Mac Miller

• Released on January 17th, 2020

• RIAA Gold certified on February 24th, 2021.

• Album was released over two years after he was sadly taken from us.

Death Race For Love

• Juice WRLD

• Released on March 8th, 2019

• Became his first #1 album on the Billboard 200, and was RIAA Gold certified just three months later.

• RIAA 2x Platinum certified on October 29th, 2021.

Straight Outta Compton

• NWA

• Release on August 8th, 1988

• Album reached #37 on the Billboard Top 200 during the spring of 1989.

• RIAA Gold certified on April 13th, 1989.

• RIAA 3x Platinum certified on November 11th, 2015.