Debut Album Archive
The Sequence
Sugarhill Presents: The Sequence
1980 | Sugar Hill Records
Sister Carol
Liberation For Africa
1983 | Serious Gold | Reggae
Salt-N-Pepa
Hot, Cool, & Vicious
1986 | Next Plateau Records Inc.
Shelly Thunder
Small Horsewoman
1986 | Hawkeye | Reggae
MC Lyte
Lyte as a Rock
1988 | First Priority Music / Atlantic
Sweet Tee
It's Tee Time
1988 | Profile Records
L’Trimm
Grab It!
1988 | BCM Records / Atlantic
Finesse & Synquis
Soul Sisters
1988 | Uptown Records
The Real Roxanne
Who's The Boss?
1988 | Select Records
Featured Debut
Champ MC
Ghetto Flava
Label: EastWest Records America
Year: 1994
Roxanne Shante
Bad Sister
1989 | Cold Chillin'
Ms. Melodie
Diva
1989 | Jive
Queen Latifah
All Hail The Queen
1989 | Tommy Boy
Ice Cream Tee
Can’t Hold Back
1989 | UNI Records/ Strong City Records
Def Dames
2-4-The Bass
1989 | Sedona Recording Company
Shocky Shay
No Joke
1989 | Orpheus Records
Antoinette
Who's The Boss?
1989 | Next Plateau Records Inc.
Smiley
The Smile Gets Wild
1989 | Bryant Records
Foxy Brown
Foxy
1989 | Real Authentic Sound | Reggae
Oaktown's 357
Wild & Loose
1989 | Capitol Records
Monie Love
Down to Earth
1990 | Cooltempo/ EMI
MC Choice
The Big Payback
1990 | Rap-A-Lot Records
A debut album is more than a first release — it is an artist’s opening argument. It tells us who she is, what she values, what sound she is claiming, and what space she intends to take up.
This archive honors the first full-length statements from women in rap: the overlooked, the celebrated, the underground, the commercial, the regional, and the revolutionary.
MC Trouble
Gotta Get A Grip
1990 | Motown
Shazzy
Attitude: A Hip Hop Rapsody
1990 | Elektra
Queens Of Compton
Hey Love
1990 | C-Note World Records
MC Smooth
Smooth & Legit: The Album
1990 | Crush Music
Big Lady K
Bigger Than Life
1990 | Priority Records
H.W.A.
Livin' In A Hoe House
1990 | Drive By Records
Tairrie B
The Power Of A Woman
1990 | MCA Records / Ruthless Records
Yo-Yo
Make Way for the Motherlode
1991 | EastWest Records America
Nikki D.
Daddy's Little Girl
1991 | Def Jam Recordings
Overweight Pooch
Female Preacher
1991 | A&M Records
The PreC.I.S.E. MC
PreC.I.S.E.-ly Done
1991 | Luke Records/ Atlantic
MC Peaches
More Than Just A Pretty Face
1991 | EastWest Records America
Michie Mee
Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style
1991 | First Priority Music / Atlantic
Lady Levi
The Legend Of Lady Levi
1991 | Motown
Nefateri
From The 18th Dynasty
1991 | Profile Records
Dimples D
Dimples & Spice
1991 | Strictly Dance
Lady fresh
A Word 2 The Wize
1991 | Valley Vue Records
Dina D
Never Seen A Rapper Like This (And I'll Betcha)
1991 | Epic
Sexy C
Queen Of The Villains
1991 | Joey Boy Records
Tam Tam
Do It Tam Tam
1991 | RJAM / Island Records
BWP
The Bytches
1991 | No Face
Nic'ee Quikk
Nic'ees' Trickki
1992 | Miracle Records
S'Kool Girlz
Jus Da 2 Of Us
1992 | Wrap Records
Ghetto Girlz
Ain't Takin No S@#t
1992 | Avenue Distribution
The Poetess
Simply Poetry
1992 | Interscope Records
Sister Souljah
360 Degrees Of Power
1992 | Epic
Suga T
It's All Good
1993 | Sick Wid' It Records
Bo$$
Born Gangsta
1993 | Columbia
P-Ski, Mac
Boegish
1993 | Warlock Records
Shauni Shaun
6 Feet Deep
1993 | Street Life Records
FEMALE FONK
Sucka Free
1993 | Buck Fifty Records
Patra
Queen Of The Pack
1993 | Epic
Repo Crew
Bad To The Bone
1993 | Pandisc
The Conscious Daughters
Ear To The Street
1993 | Priority / Scarface Records
Ndescent Xposure
Phone Sex
1993 | First Quake Entertainment
Sonya C
Married To The Mob
1993 | No Limit Records
Identity
The definitive framing of an artist's persona and perspective.
Sound
The sonic blueprint that defines a new era of hip-hop production.
Risk
The raw experimentation before the safety of commercial success.
Reception
How the culture first responded to a new feminine energy.
Legacy
The enduring influence that ripples through future generations.
CHAMP MC
Ghetto Flava
1994 | EastWest Records America
Da Brat
Funkdafied
1994 | So So Def
Lez Moné
Talkin’ Shit
1994 | 7 Deuce Trey
Marvaless
Ghetto Blues
1994 | AWOL Records
A.M. Dre’
Get Right
1994 | Cititrax Records / Solar
Menajahtwa
Cha-Licious
1994 | Ruthless Records
Nini X
She’s Dangerous
1994 | Dangerous Records
3-Deep
Sucker Free E.P.
1994 | -
Dis ‘N’ Dat
Bumpin’
1994 | Epic Street
Simple E
Colouz Uv Sound
1994 | Fox Records
Big Blac
Strikkly 4 Da O.G. Hustlers
1994 | Strikkly 4 Da O.G. Hustlers
I.C. Red
Flava' For The Soul
1994 | Attitude Records
Tone Lee
I've Waited So Long
1994 | Tonelee
Nefertiti
L.I.F.E. - (Living In Fear Of Extinction)
1994 | Mercury
JV
Nayba’hood Queen
1994 | Thump Records, Inc.
Sha Key
A Head Nadda's Journey to Adidi Skizm
1994 | Imago
K-Nock
Escape From Quad City
1994 | Wrap Records
The Legend Lady J
Glock N My Hand
1994 | O.B. Records
Ghetto Twiinz
Surrounded By Criminals
1995 | Big Boy Records
Nutmeg
Ghetto's Child
1995 | Raging Bull Records
M$. Tee
Having Thing$!!
1995 | Cash Money Records
Kilolo
Kilolo
1995 | Liv-A-Lil Records
Cheeky Blakk
Let Me Get That Outcha
1995 | Tombstone Records
Lique
Da Ghetto
1995 | Ghetto Music
Mia X
Good Girl Gone Bad
1995 | No Limit Records
Lil Kim
Hardcore
1996 | Atlantic
Foxy Brown
Ill Na Na
1996 | Def Jam Music Group
Heather B.
Takin' Mine
1996 | EMI
Sh'killa
Gangstrez from Da Bay
1996 | G.W.K. Records / Priority Records
380 Dat Lady
A Day In The Life Of 380 Vol. 1
1996 | Cartel Records
Bombshell
Its in My Nature
1996 | Super Sonic Sound
Bahamadia
Kollage
1996 | Chrysalis / EMI
Nonchalant
Until The Day
1996 | MCA Records
T-Dub
Day By Day
1996 | Overlords Entertainment
Llexus
Puttin' Akron On The Map I'm Way Too Tight
1996 | Llyrric Lland Productions Records
Mashek
Who The Best?
1997 | B.H.P. Records
Lady Nina
Dat Nina Fonk
1996 | Eastbound Records
Ablaze
Here I Come
1996 | G-Way Records
Toy Toi
Xray Visions
1996 | Direct Connections Mixes
The Lady of Rage
Necessary Roughness
1997 | Death Row Records
Missy Elliott
Supa Dupa Fly
1997 | EastWest
Hurricane G
All Woman
1997 | H.O.L.A. Recordings
II Tru
A New Breed Of Female
1997 | Mo Thugs Records
D'Meka
Now... Feel Me!
1997 | All Net Records
Lolo Swift
I Got Lipstick On My Blunts
1997 | Backstreet Records
Miz Matthews
Livin' The Life Of Vogue
1997 | Lay-Wah Records & Entertainment
Ms. Parle'
One Bad Mother Comin' At Cha
1997 | N-Digenous Music
Kola
Fluidly I Approach
1997 | Low Life Records
Recommend Debut
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Black Widow
Lyrical Intrapment
1997 | KLP Records
Medusa
Feline Science
1997 | -
Nadanuf
Worldwide
1997 | Reprise Records
Queen Pen
My Melody
1997 | Lil' Man Records / Interscope Records
Big Tima
Playa Check'n
1998 | AK Productions
Sylk-E. Fyne
Raw Sylk
1998 | RCA
Paula Perry
Tales From Fort Knox
1998 | Mad Sounds
Misfit
Who's Misfit
1998 | Playalistic Entertainment
Lady Red
Hi A Lady
1998 | Hi-Powered Records
Gangsta Boo
Enquiring Minds
1998 | Epic
Deadly Venoms
Antidote
1998 | A&M Records
Solé
Skin Deep
1999 | DreamWorks Records
Charli Baltimore
Cold As Ice
1999 | Epic
Phoebe One
L.O.N.D.O.N. Style
1999 | Mecca Recordings
Eve
Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders' First Lady
1999 | Ruff Ryders / Interscope Records
Cookie D
Revenge
1999 | Rap-N-Wax Records
Infamous Syndicate
Changing the Game
1999 | Relativity
Rah Digga
Dirty Harriet
2000 | Flipmode / Elektra Entertainment
Amil
All Money Is Legal
2000 | Roc-A-Fella Records
Maniac MC
Problem Child
2000 | Southside Entertainment
Doggy's Angels
Pleezbaleevit!
2000 | Doggy Style Records
Trina
Da Baddest Bitch
2000 | Slip-N-Slide Records
Khia
Thug Misses
2001 | Artemis Records
La' Chat
Murder She Spoke
2001 | Hypnotize Minds