2000 in hip hop music
This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2000.
Released albums
Release Date |
Artist |
Album |
January 4 |
Big Hawk |
Under Hawk's Wings |
Jungle Brothers |
V.I.P. |
January 18 |
Killa Tay |
Snake Eyes |
Outsidaz |
Night Life |
The Madd Rapper |
Tell 'Em Why U Madd |
MC Breed |
The Thugz, Vol. 1 |
January 25 |
The LOX |
We Are the Streets |
Hypnotize Camp Posse |
Three 6 Mafia Presents: Hypnotize Camp Posse |
January 27 |
Lil Boosie |
Youngest of da Camp |
February 1 |
Tha Eastsidaz |
Tha Eastsidaz |
February 8 |
dead prez |
Let's Get Free |
Ghostface Killah |
Supreme Clientele |
MC Breed |
Rare Breed |
Screwball |
Y2K: The Album |
February 15 |
Trick Daddy |
Book of Thugs |
February 22 |
D.I.T.C. |
D.I.T.C. |
February 29 |
Beanie Sigel |
The Truth |
Blackalicious |
Nia |
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony |
BTNHResurrection |
March 21 |
Ice Cube |
War & Peace Vol. 2 (The Peace Disc) |
3X Krazy |
Dual Committee |
Murder Inc Records |
Irv Gotti Presents: The Murderers |
Trina |
Da Baddest Bitch |
March 28 |
Common |
Like Water for Chocolate |
Drag-On |
Opposite of H2O |
April 4 |
Big Pun |
Yeeeah Baby |
April 11 |
Da Brat |
Unrestricted |
Del the Funky Homosapien |
Both Sides of the Brain |
April 18 |
Tony Touch |
The Piece Maker |
April 25 |
Cypress Hill |
Skull & Bones |
E.S.G. |
City Under Siege |
Ying Yang Twins |
Thug Walkin' |
May 2 |
504 Boyz |
Goodfellas |
May 9 |
Killah Priest |
View from Masada |
Half a Mill |
Milíon |
Suga Free |
The Konnectid Project, Vol. 1 |
May 16 |
DJ Quik |
Balance & Options |
Spice 1 |
The Last Dance |
Big Tymers |
I Got That Work |
May 23 |
DenGee |
DenGee Livin' |
Dilated Peoples |
The Platform |
Eminem |
The Marshall Mathers LP |
Latino Velvet |
Velvet City |
Mac Dre |
Heart of a Gangsta, Mind of a Hustla, Tongue of a Pimp |
Sauce Money |
Middle Finger U |
May 30 |
Kid Rock |
The History of Rock |
June 6 |
People Under the Stairs |
Question in the Form of an Answer |
June 13 |
Mo Thugs Family |
Mo Thugs III: The Mothership |
Quasimoto |
The Unseen |
Three 6 Mafia |
When the Smoke Clears: Sixty 6, Sixty 1 |
Z-Ro |
Z-Ro vs. the World |
June 20 |
Afroman |
Because I Got High |
Busta Rhymes |
Anarchy |
Celly Cel |
Deep Conversation |
Jurassic 5 |
Quality Control |
MC Eiht |
N' My Neighborhood |
Mr. Serv-On |
War Is Me, Pt. 1: Battle Decisions |
June 27 |
Brotha Lynch Hung |
EBK4 |
Erick Sermon |
Erick Onasis |
Freddie Foxxx |
Industry Shakedown |
JT the Bigga Figga |
Puttin' It on the Map |
Lil' Kim |
The Notorious K.I.M. |
Nelly |
Country Grammar |
July 4 |
Ruff Ryders |
Ryde or Die Vol. 2 |
July 11 |
C-Bo |
Enemy of the State |
July 18 |
Canibus |
2000 BC |
Big Moe |
City of Syrup |
Lil' Flip |
The Leprechaun |
July 25 |
Baha Men |
Who Let the Dogs Out |
Kool Keith |
Matthew |
Mr. Marcelo |
Brick Livin' |
Project Pat |
Murderers & Robbers |
July 31 |
Slum Village |
Best Kept Secret |
August 1 |
Big L |
The Big Picture |
August 8 |
De La Soul |
Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump |
Slum Village |
Fantastic, Vol. 2 |
August 15 |
Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz |
We Still Crunk!! |
South Park Mexican |
The Purity Album |
August 22 |
Big Pokey |
D-Game 2000 |
Lil' Zane |
Young World: The Future |
Wyclef Jean |
The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book |
August 29 |
Daz Dillinger |
R.A.W. |
Do or Die |
Victory |
Don Cisco |
Oh Boy |
L.V. |
How Long |
September 5 |
Mack 10 |
The Paper Route |
C-Murder |
Trapped in Crime |
September 11 |
Fiend |
Can I Burn? |
September 12 |
Afroman |
Sell Your Dope |
LL Cool J |
G.O.A.T. Featuring James T. Smith: The Greatest of All Time |
Richie Rich |
The Game |
Too Short |
You Nasty |
September 19 |
Sean T |
Heated |
Cam'ron |
S.D.E. |
Nature |
For All Seasons |
Tela |
The World Ain't Enuff |
September 26 |
The Black Eyed Peas |
Bridging the Gap |
Mystikal |
Let's Get Ready |
Shyne |
Shyne |
Shad Moss |
Beware of Dog |
Phife Dawg |
Ventilation: Da LP |
October 3 |
Ja Rule |
Rule 3:36 |
T.W.D.Y. |
Lead the Way |
Eligh |
Gas Dream |
Soul Assassins |
Soul Assassins II |
Guru |
Guru's Jazzmatazz, Vol. 3: Streetsoul |
Jedi Mind Tricks |
Violent by Design |
October 10 |
E-40 |
Loyalty and Betrayal |
Flesh-n-Bone |
5th Dog Let Loose |
M.O.P. |
Warriorz |
October 17 |
Deltron 3030 |
Deltron 3030 |
Everlast |
Eat at Whitey's |
Ludacris |
Back for the First Time |
Reflection Eternal |
Train of Thought |
October 24 |
Afu-Ra |
Body of the Life Force |
Willie D |
Loved by Few, Hated by Many |
Young MC |
Ain't Goin' Out Like That |
October 31 |
Binary Star |
Masters of the Universe |
The Cross Movement |
Human Emergency |
Insane Clown Posse |
Bizzar/Bizaar |
JAY Z |
The Dynasty: Roc La Familia |
OutKast |
Stankonia |
Twiztid |
Freek Show |
November 7 |
Necro |
I Need Drugs |
Outlawz |
Ride wit Us or Collide wit Us |
The Pharcyde |
Plain Rap |
Punchline & Wordsworth |
Punch n' Words |
November 13 |
Twiztid |
Cryptic Collection |
November 14 |
Prodigy |
H.N.I.C. |
November 21 |
Wu-Tang Clan |
The "W" |
B.G. |
Checkmate |
Capone-N-Noreaga |
The Reunion |
Eightball & MJG |
Space Age 4 Eva |
Doggy's Angels |
Pleezbaleevit! |
November 28 |
Master P |
Ghetto Postage |
December 5 |
Funkmaster Flex |
The Mix Tape, Vol. IV |
Memphis Bleek |
The Understanding |
AMG |
Bitch Betta Have My Money 2001 |
December 12 |
Xzibit |
Restless |
South Park Mexican |
Time Is Money |
December 19 |
Ill Will Records |
Nas & Ill Will Records Presents QB's Finest |
Lil Wayne |
Lights Out |
Snoop Dogg |
Tha Last Meal |
Highest first-week sales
List of top ten albums with the highest first-week
Number |
Album |
Artist |
1st-week sales |
1st-week position |
1 |
The Marshall Mathers LP |
Eminem |
1,760,000 |
1 |
2 |
Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water |
Limp Bizkit |
1,050,000 |
1 |
3 |
The Dynasty: Roc La Familia |
Jay-Z |
558,000 |
1 |
4 |
Stankonia |
Outkast |
530,000 |
2 |
5 |
Tha Last Meal |
Snoop Dogg |
397,238 |
9 |
6 |
Let's Get Ready |
Mystikal |
330,000 |
1 |
7 |
The W |
Wu-Tang Clan |
301,000 |
5 |
8 |
Rule 3:36 |
Ja Rule |
276,000 |
1 |
9 |
Ryde or Die Vol. 2 |
Various artists |
254,000 |
2 |
10 |
Country Grammar |
Nelly |
235,000 |
3 |
Highest critically reviewed albums (Metacritic)
See also
References