2002 in hip-hop

This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2002.

Events

Song	Artist	Project	Peak position
"Lose Yourself"	Eminem	8 Mile	1
"Dilemma"	Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland	Nellyville	1
"Hot In Herre"	Nelly	Nellyville	1
"Without Me"	Eminem	The Eminem Show	2
"What's Luv?"	Fat Joe featuring Ashanti	Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.)	2
"Hey Ma"	Cam'ron featuring Juelz Santana, Freekey Zekey & Toya	Come Home with Me	3
"Cleanin' Out My Closet"	Eminem	The Eminem Show	4
"03' Bonnie & Clyde"	Jay-Z featuring Beyonce	The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse	4
"Luv U Better"	LL Cool J	10	4
"Oh Boy"	Cam'ron featuring Juelz Santana	Come Home with Me	4
"Nothin'"	N.O.R.E.	God's Favorite	10
"Pass the Courvoisier, Part II"	Busta Rhymes featuring P. Diddy & Pharrell Williams	Genesis	11
"We Thuggin'"	Fat Joe featuring R. Kelly	Jealous Ones Still Envy	15
"The Whole World"	OutKast featuring Killer Mike	Big Boi and Dre Present... OutKast	19
"Thugz Mansion"	2Pac	Better Dayz	19
"When the Last Time"	Clipse	Lord Willin'	19
"Trade It All"	Fabolous featuring Jagged Edge	Ghetto Fabolous	20
"Break Ya Neck"	Busta Rhymes	Genesis	26
"Grindin'"	Clipse	Lord Willin'	30
"Young'n (Holla Back)"	Fabolous	Ghetto Fabolous	32
"Welcome to Atlanta"	Jermaine Dupri featuring Ludacris	Instructions	35
"React"	Erick Sermon featuring Redman	React	36

Number	Album	Artist	1st-week sales	1st-week position
1	The Eminem Show	Eminem	1,322,000	1
2	Nellyville	Nelly	714,000	1
3	8 Mile OST	Various Artists	702,000	1
4	The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse	Jay-Z	545,000	1
5	Better Dayz	2Pac	366,000	5
6	Under Construction	Missy Elliott	259,000	3
7	The Last Temptation	Ja Rule	237,000	4
8	Come Home With Me	Cam'ron	226,000	2
9	The Best of Both Worlds	R. Kelly & Jay-Z	223,000	2
10	Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss	Snoop Dogg	174,000	12

Number	Artist	Album	Average score	Number of reviews	Reference
1	The Streets	Original Pirate Material	90	25 reviews
2	The Roots	Phrenology	87	23 reviews
3	N.E.R.D.	In Search of...	83	20 reviews
4	Missy Elliott	Under Construction	81	19 reviews
5	Nas	God's Son	81	18 reviews
6	Mr. Lif	I Phantom	81	12 reviews
7	Common	Electric Circus	80	22 reviews
8	Talib Kweli	Quality	79	19 reviews
9	Jurassic 5	Power in Numbers	76	20 reviews
10	Snoop Dogg	Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss	76	14 reviews
11	Atmosphere	God Loves Ugly	76	9 reviews
12	Eminem	The Eminem Show	75	20 reviews
13	DJ Jazzy Jeff	The Magnificent	75	11 reviews
14	Nelly	Nellyville	70	15 reviews
15	Eve	Eve-Olution	68	12 reviews
16	Public Enemy	Revolverlution	65	17 reviews
17	Busta Rhymes	It Ain't Safe No More...	65	8 reviews
18	Jay-Z	The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse	64	19 reviews
19	The X-Ecutioners	Built from Scratch	62	11 reviews
20	LL Cool J	10	60	8 reviews
21	Wyclef Jean	Masquerade	60	8 reviews
22	Slum Village	Trinity (Past, Present and Future)	59	12 reviews
23	Xzibit	Man vs. Machine	59	9 reviews
24	Ja Rule	The Last Temptation	57	9 reviews