title: List of Billboard number-one R&B/hip-hop albums of 2008
text: # List of Billboard number-one R&B/hip-hop albums of 2008
  
  This page lists the albums that reached number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Rap Albums charts in 2008. The Rap Albums chart partially serves as a distillation of rap-specific titles from the overall R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
  
  ## Chart history
  
  Key :
  
  | † | Indicates best-performing album of 2008 |
  | - | - |
  | Issue date | R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | Artist(s) | Rap Albums | Artist(s) |
  | January 5 | Growing Pains | Mary J. Blige | Lupe Fiasco's The Cool | Lupe Fiasco |
  | January 12 | Growing Pains | Mary J. Blige | Lupe Fiasco's The Cool | Lupe Fiasco |
  | January 19 | Growing Pains | Mary J. Blige | Lupe Fiasco's The Cool | Lupe Fiasco |
  | January 26 | Growing Pains | Mary J. Blige | American Gangster | Jay-Z |
  | February 2 | Love Behind the Melody | Raheem deVaughn | Lupe Fiasco's The Cool | Lupe Fiasco |
  | February 9 | Growing Pains | Mary J. Blige | Lupe Fiasco's The Cool | Lupe Fiasco |
  | February 16 | Growing Pains | Mary J. Blige | Lupe Fiasco's The Cool | Lupe Fiasco |
  | February 23 | As I Am † | Alicia Keys | American Gangster | Jay-Z |
  | March 1 | As I Am † | Alicia Keys | Lupe Fiasco's The Cool | Lupe Fiasco |
  | March 8 | Growing Pains | Mary J. Blige | Harlem's American Gangster | Jim Jones |
  | March 15 | Discipline | Janet Jackson | Savage Life 2 | Webbie |
  | March 22 | Discipline | Janet Jackson | Savage Life 2 | Webbie |
  | March 29 | Trilla | Rick Ross | Trilla | Rick Ross |
  | April 5 | Welcome to the Dollhouse | Danity Kane | Trilla | Rick Ross |
  | April 12 | Day26 | Day26 | Trilla | Rick Ross |
  | April 19 | Still da Baddest | Trina | Still da Baddest | Trina |
  | April 26 | All I Feel | Ray J | Trilla | Rick Ross |
  | May 3 | E=MC² | Mariah Carey | Trilla | Rick Ross |
  | May 10 | E=MC² | Mariah Carey | Trilla | Rick Ross |
  | May 17 | Lyfe Change | Lyfe Jennings | Rising Down | The Roots |
  | May 24 | E=MC² | Mariah Carey | Trilla | Rick Ross |
  | May 31 | Just Me | Keith Sweat | Trilla | Rick Ross |
  | June 7 | II Trill | Bun B | II Trill | Bun B |
  | June 14 | Here I Stand | Usher | II Trill | Bun B |
  | June 21 | Here I Stand | Usher | II Trill | Bun B |
  | June 28 | Tha Carter III | Lil Wayne | Tha Carter III † | Lil Wayne |
  | July 5 | Tha Carter III | Lil Wayne | Tha Carter III † | Lil Wayne |
  | July 12 | Tha Carter III | Lil Wayne | Tha Carter III † | Lil Wayne |
  | July 19 | Tha Carter III | Lil Wayne | Tha Carter III † | Lil Wayne |
  | July 26 | Tha Carter III | Lil Wayne | Tha Carter III † | Lil Wayne |
  | August 2 | Untitled | Nas | Untitled | Nas |
  | August 9 | Untitled | Nas | Untitled | Nas |
  | August 16 | Tha Carter III | Lil Wayne | Tha Carter III † | Lil Wayne |
  | August 23 | Lessons in Love | Lloyd | Tha Carter III † | Lil Wayne |
  | August 30 | Tha Carter III | Lil Wayne | Tha Carter III † | Lil Wayne |
  | September 6 | Raw Footage | Ice Cube | Raw Footage | Ice Cube |
  | September 13 | L.A.X. | The Game | L.A.X. | The Game |
  | September 20 | The Recession | Young Jeezy | The Recession | Young Jeezy |
  | September 27 | The Recession | Young Jeezy | The Recession | Young Jeezy |
  | October 4 | Year of the Gentleman | Ne-Yo | Brass Knuckles | Nelly |
  | October 11 | Fearless | Jazmine Sullivan | The Recession | Young Jeezy |
  | October 18 | Paper Trail | T.I. | Paper Trail | T.I. |
  | October 25 | Paper Trail | T.I. | Paper Trail | T.I. |
  | November 1 | Paper Trail | T.I. | Paper Trail | T.I. |
  | November 8 | Paper Trail | T.I. | Paper Trail | T.I. |
  | November 15 | Evolver | John Legend | Paper Trail | T.I. |
  | November 22 | Paper Trail | T.I. | Paper Trail | T.I. |
  | November 29 | Three Ringz | T-Pain | Paper Trail | T.I. |
  | December 6 | I Am... Sasha Fierce | Beyoncé | Paper Trail | T.I. |
  | December 13 | 808s & Heartbreak | Kanye West | Theater of the Mind | Ludacris |
  | December 20 | I Am... Sasha Fierce | Beyoncé | Emeritus | Scarface |
  | December 27 | Onmyradio | Musiq Soulchild | Universal Mind Control | Common |
  