Hip Hop Albums / Mixtapes / Singles & Movie Release Dates

Hip Hop Album Release Dates
Pharcyde - Bobby Evans Mix
Label: Delicious Vinyl December 9, 2008
Brandy - Human
Label: Epic December 9, 2008
Musiq Soulchild - On My Radio
Label: Atlantic December 9, 2008
Common - Universal Mind Control
Label: Geffen December 9, 2008
EPMD - We Mean Business
Label: EP/RBC Records December 9, 2008
Plies - Da REAList
Label: Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic December 16, 2008
Ghostface - Ghostdeini The Great
Label: Def Jam December 16, 2008
Heavy D - Vibes
Label: Stride December 16, 2008
Anthony Hamilton - The Point Of It All
Label: Jive Aces December 16, 2008
Jamie Foxx - Intuition
Label: J Records December 16, 2008
Keyshia Cole - A Different Me
Label: Geffen December 16, 2008
Soulja Boy - iSouljahBoyTellEm
Label: Collipark/Interscope December 16, 2008
OJ Da Juiceman - Otha Side Of The Trap
Label: Asylum January 13, 2009
Alfamega - I Am Alfamega
Label: Grand Hustle/Capitol January 13, 2009
Various Artists - Notorious Soundtrack
Label: Bad Boy/Atlantic January 13, 2009
Q-Unique - Between Heaven & Hell
Label: Psycho+Logical January 13, 2009
7th Veil (Kool Keith & H Bomb) - Stoned
Label: L.A. Hill January 20, 2009
Platinum Pied Pipers - Abundance LP
Label: Ubiquity January 20, 2009
Blame One - Days Chasing Days
Label: Soulspazm January 20, 2009
Mr. Lif - I Heard It Today
Label: Bloodbot Legacy Enterprises January 20, 2009
X-Clan - Mainstream Outlawz
Label: Suburban Noize January 27, 2009
Zion I - The Takeover
Label: Gold Dust January 27, 2009
Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes - Eye-Legacy
Label: Mass Appeal/Koch January 27, 2009
Lord Infamous - After Sics
Label: Black Rain Entertainment January 27, 2009
Havoc - Hidden Files
Label: Koch January 27, 2009
Cappadonna - Slang Prostitution
Label: Chamber ----- January 27, 2009
Deep Rooted - Album Three
Label: Clear Label January 27, 2009
Ciara - Fantasy Ride
Label: Jive/LaFace January 27, 2009
Lil Scrappy - Silence & Secrecy
Label: Good Hands/G’$ Up January 27, 2009
RZA Presents… - Afro Samauri: Resurrection
Label: TVT January 27, 2009

December 5
- The Black Balloon (NY)
- Cadillac Records
- Extreme Movie (limited)
- Frost/Nixon (limited; expands: Dec. 12; expands: Dec. 25)
- Hunger (L.A. Oscar run; limited release: March 2009)
- Let Them Chirp Awhile (NY; Chicago release: Dec. 12; LA release: Jan. 2)
- Local Color (limited)
- Nobel Son
- Punisher: War Zone December 10
- The Reader (NY; LA & SF release: Dec. 12; expands: Dec. 25; wide: Jan. 9, 2009)
- Wendy and Lucy (limited)
December 12
- Adam Resurrected (NY, LA)
- Che Part One (NY & LA for one week; NY, LA release: Jan. 9; expands: Jan. 16; expands: Jan. 24)
- Che Part Two (NY & LA for one week; NY, LA release: Jan. 9; expands: Jan. 16; expands: Jan. 24)
- Dark Streets (limited)
- The Day the Earth Stood Still (conventional theaters and IMAX)
- Delgo
- Doubt (limited; expands: Dec. 19; expands: Dec. 25)
- Gran Torino (limited; wide: Jan. 9)
- Nothing Like the Holidays
- Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (limited)
- Timecrimes (Los Cronocrímenes) (NY, LA)
- What Doesn’t Kill You (NY, LA)
- Where God Left His Shoes (NY)
- While She Was Out (NY, LA, Austin)
December 17
- Nothing But the Truth (NY; LA release: Dec. 19; expands: Jan. 9, 2009)
- Scott Walker-30 Century Man (NY; LA release: Feb. 27, 2009)
- The Wrestler (limited)
December 19
- The Brothers Bloom (limited; wide: Jan. 16, 2009)
- The Class (1-Week NY, LA Oscar Run; NY, LA release: Jan. 30, 2009)
- Moscow, Belgium (NY)
- Seven Pounds
- The Tale of Despereaux
- Yes Man
December 24
- The Secret of the Grain (Graine et le mulet, La) (NY)
- Theater of War (NY)
December 25
- Bedtime Stories
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Last Chance Harvey (limited)
- Marley & Me
- The Spirit
- Valkyrie
- Waltz with Bashir (NY, LA)
December 26
- Revolutionary Road
December 31
- Defiance (limited; wide: Jan. 16, 2009)
- Good (limited)
- The Lodger (limited)