Just a short list of albums that came out that year:
Common Resurrection
Biggie Ready To Die
Scarface The Diary
Pete Rock and CL Main Ingredient
Method Man Tical
Beatnuts
Outkast first album
Nas Illmatic
UGK SUper Tight
You take the blue pill, the story ends. You wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.