Jay-Z retires... again|Outkast drops Speakerboxxx/The Love Below — double album of the decade|Eminem wins first rap Grammy for The Slim Shady LP|Tupac Shakur's All Eyez On Me goes 9x platinum|DJ Clue brings the mixtape game to NYC streets|Lil Wayne drops Tha Carter III — best rap album of 2008|50 Cent drops Get Rich or Die Tryin — 800K first week|DJ Screw invents chopped and screwed in Houston|Nas drops Illmatic — 10 tracks, zero skips|Kanye West drops College Dropout — redefines rap production|Jay-Z retires... again|Outkast drops Speakerboxxx/The Love Below — double album of the decade|Eminem wins first rap Grammy for The Slim Shady LP|Tupac Shakur's All Eyez On Me goes 9x platinum|DJ Clue brings the mixtape game to NYC streets|Lil Wayne drops Tha Carter III — best rap album of 2008|50 Cent drops Get Rich or Die Tryin — 800K first week|DJ Screw invents chopped and screwed in Houston|Nas drops Illmatic — 10 tracks, zero skips|Kanye West drops College Dropout — redefines rap production|