Release Date[1] | Artist | Album |
January 12 | Keith Murray | It's a Beautiful Thing |
January 19 | Peanut Butter Wolf | My Vinyl Weighs a Ton |
Silkk the Shocker | Made Man |
February 2 | Tear Da Club Up Thugs | CrazyNDaLazDayz |
February 9 | Defari | Focused Daily |
MC Breed | It's All Good |
February 16 | Mr. Serv-On | Da Next Level |
February 23 | Black Moon | War Zone |
Eminem | The Slim Shady LP |
Prince Paul | A Prince Among Thieves |
The Roots | Things Fall Apart |
Yukmouth | Thugged Out: The Albulation |
February 26 | Esham | Mail Dominance |
March 2 | Three 6 Mafia | Underground Vol. 1: (1991-1994) |
March 9 | C-Bo | The Final Chapter |
C-Murder | Bossalinie |
E.S.G. | Shinin' n' Grindin' |
Harlem World | The Movement |
Naughty by Nature | Nature's Finest: Naughty by Nature's Greatest Hits |
March 23 | A+ | Hempstead High |
Domingo | Behind the Doors of the 13th Floor |
N.W.A | The N.W.A Legacy, Vol. 1: 1988-1998 |
Various Artists | Foolish |
Wu-Tang Clan | Wu-Chronicles |
April 6 | Krayzie Bone | Thug Mentality 1999 |
Lords of the Underground | Resurrection |
Nas | I Am... |
April 16 | The Sugarhill Gang | Jump on It! |
April 20 | B.G. | Chopper City In the Ghetto |
T.W.D.Y. | Derty Werk |
Wu-Syndicate | Wu-Syndicate |
April 27 | Lil Soldiers | Boot Camp |
Ruff Ryders | Ryde or Die Vol. 1 |
Naughty by Nature | Nineteen Naughty Nine: Nature's Fury |
Death Row Records | Suge Knight Represents: Chronic 2000 |
May 4 | Kool Keith | First Come, First Served |
May 11 | Snoop Dogg | No Limit Top Dogg |
May 18 | Rawkus Records | Soundbombing II |
8Ball & MJG | In Our Lifetime, Vol. 1 |
GRITS | Grammatical Revolution |
May 25 | Slick Rick | The Art of Storytelling |
No Limit Records | Who U Wit? |
May 31 | Swollen Members | Balance |
June 1 | Group Home | A Tear for the Ghetto |
Ja Rule | Venni Vetti Vecci |
TRU | Da Crime Family |
June 8 | MC Eiht | Section 8 |
June 14 | DJ Spinna | Heavy Beats Vol. 1 |
June 15 | Mase | Double Up |
June 21 | Kutmasta Kurt | Masters of Illusion EP |
June 22 | Blackalicious | A2G EP |
Company Flow | Little Johnny from the Hospital: Breaks & Instrumentals Vol. 1 |
Missy Elliott | Da Real World |
RZA | The RZA Hits |
Shyheim | Manchild |
June 29 | GZA | Beneath the Surface |
Lootpack | Soundpieces: Da Antidote! |
July 6 | Fiend | Street Life |
Kreators | No Contest |
July 13 | Gang Starr | Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr |
Lil' Cease | The Wonderful World of Cease A Leo |
Lil' Keke | It Was All a Dream |
Too Short | Can't Stay Away |
July 20 | EPMD | Out of Business |
Public Enemy | There's a Poison Goin' On |
The Roots | The Legendary |
July 27 | Hot Boy$ | Guerrilla Warfare |
August 3 | Lil Italy | On Top of da World |
Memphis Bleek | Coming of Age |
August 10 | The Beatnuts | A Musical Massacre |
Kool Keith | Black Elvis/Lost in Space |
Rahzel | Make the Music 2000 |
Various Artists | Violator: The Album |
August 17 | Ludacris | Incognegro |
Mobb Deep | Murda Muzik |
August 24 | Arsonists | As the World Burns |
Beastie Boys | Scientists of Sound (The Blow Up Factor Vol. 1) |
The High & Mighty | Home Field Advantage |
Mack 10 | Hoo-Bangin': The Mix Tape, Vol. 1 |
N.O.R.E. | Melvin Flynt - Da Hustler |
Puff Daddy | Forever |
Three 6 Mafia | Underground Vol. 2: Club Memphis |
August 30 | Blackalicious | Nia |
August 31 | CJ Mac | Platinum Game |
Lexicon | Antiquity |
Magic | Thuggin' |
O.G.C. | The M-Pire Shrikez Back |
September 7 | Jeru the Damaja | Heroz4Hire |
Mr. Mike | Rhapsody |
September 14 | Duck Down Records | Duck Down Presents: The Album |
Eve | Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders' First Lady |
Ol' Dirty Bastard | Nigga Please |
Project Pat | Ghetty Green |
DJ Vadim | U.S.S.R. Life from the Other Side |
September 21 | A.G. | The Dirty Version |
The Madd Rapper | Tell 'Em Why U Madd |
Terror Squad | The Album |
The Lost Boyz | LB IV Life |
Mac | World War III |
September 28 | Mac Dre | Rapper Gone Bad |
Method Man & Redman | Blackout! |
October 5 | Inspectah Deck | Uncontrolled Substance |
Various Artists | Thicker than Water |
October 11 | Aim | Cold Water Music |
October 12 | Chilldrin of da Ghetto | Chilldrin of da Ghetto |
Ice-T | The Seventh Deadly Sin |
Mos Def | Black on Both Sides |
Warren G | I Want It All |
Busdriver | Memoirs of the Elephant Man |
Spice 1 | Immortalized |
October 19 | Handsome Boy Modeling School | So... How's Your Girl? |
Living Legends | UHB IV: Stop & Retaliate |
MF DOOM | Operation: Doomsday |
Pharoahe Monch | Internal Affairs |
U-God | Golden Arms Redemption |
October 26 | Above the Law | Forever Rich Thugs |
Akinyele | Aktapuss |
Buckshot | The BDI Thug |
Koopsta Knicca | Da Devil's Playground |
Master P | Only God Can Judge Me |
Natas | WicketWorldWide.COM |
November 2 | Lil Wayne | Tha Block Is Hot |
The Roots | The Roots Come Alive |
Tash | Rap Life |
November 9 | B-Legit | Hempin' Ain't Easy |
Beat Junkies | World Famous Beat Junkies Vol. 3 |
E-40 | Charlie Hustle: The Blueprint of a Self-Made Millionaire |
Tech N9ne | The Calm Before the Storm |
November 16 | Dr. Dre | 2001 |
Kurupt | Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha |
Raekwon | Immobilarity |
November 23 | Beastie Boys | Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science |
Nas | Nastradamus |
November 30 | Rakim | The Master |
Q-Tip | Amplified |
December 7 | Cypress Hill | Los Grandes Éxitos en Español |
Funkmaster Flex | The Tunnel |
The Notorious B.I.G. | Born Again |
December 14 | Juvenile | Tha G-Code |
Various Artists | Next Friday soundtrack |
December 21 | DMX | ...And Then There Was X |
Goodie Mob | World Party |
2Pac + Outlawz | Still I Rise |
December 28 | Jay-Z | Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter |