2000 in hip hop music

This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2000.

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Released albums

Release Date^[1]	Artist	Album
January 4	Big Hawk	Under Hawk's Wings
	Jungle Brothers	V.I.P.
January 18	Killa Tay	Snake Eyes
	Outsidaz	Night Life
	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	Ghostface Killah	Supreme Clientele
	dead prez	Let's Get Free
	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.
	Kid Koala	Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
February 29	Beanie Sigel	The Truth
	Blackalicious	Nia
	Bone Thugs-N-Harmony	BTNHResurrection
March 7	Black Rob	Life Story
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
	Rah Digga	Dirty Harriet
April 11	Da Brat	Unrestricted
	Del the Funky Homosapien	Both Sides of the Brain
April 18	Psychopathic Records	Psychopathics from Outer Space
	Tony Touch	The Piece Maker
April 25	Cypress Hill	Skull & Bones
	E.S.G.	City Under Siege
	Ying Yang Twins	Thug Walkin'
April 28	Looptroop	Modern Day City Symphony
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
	Zion I	Mind Over Matter
June 6	Jurassic 5	Quality Control
	People Under the Stairs	Question in the Form of an Answer
June 13	Mo Thugs Family	Mo Thugs III: The Mothership
	Quasimoto	The Unseen
	Slum Village	Fantastic, Vol. 2
	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
	MC Eiht	N' My Neighborhood
	Mr. Serv-On	War Is Me, Pt. 1: Battle Decisions
	Delinquent Habits	Merry-Go-Round
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
	Channel Live	Armaghetto
	Dan the Automator	A Much Better Tomorrow
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
	Sole	Bottle of Humans
August 15	Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz	We Still Crunk!!
	South Park Mexican	The Purity Album
August 22	Fiend	Can I Burn?
	Lil' Zane	Young World: The Future
	Wyclef Jean	The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book
August 29	Amil	A.M.I.L. - All Money Is Legal
	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
	Aesop Rock	Float
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	Cam'ron	S.D.E.
	Nature	For All Seasons
	Sean T	Heated
	Tela	The World Ain't Enuff
September 26	The Black Eyed Peas	Bridging the Gap
	Cella Dwellas	The Last Shall Be First
	Mystikal	Let's Get Ready
	Shyne	Shyne
	Shad Moss	Beware of Dog
	Phife Dawg	Ventilation: Da LP
October 3	T.W.D.Y.	Lead the Way
	Eligh	Gas Dream
	Soul Assassins	Soul Assassins II
	Guru	Guru's Jazzmatazz, Vol. 3: Streetsoul
	Scarface	The Last of a Dying Breed
	Jedi Mind Tricks	Violent by Design
October 10	E-40	Loyalty and Betrayal
	Flesh-n-Bone	5th Dog Let Loose
	Ja Rule	Rule 3:36
	M.O.P.	Warriorz
	Murs	Murs Rules the World
October 17	Deltron 3030	Deltron 3030
	Everlast	Eat at Whitey's
	Ludacris	Back for the First Time
	Mausberg	Non Fiction
	Reflection Eternal	Train of Thought
October 24	Afu-Ra	Body of the Life Force
	Souls of Mischief	Trilogy: Conflict, Climax, Resolution
	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
	Micranots	Obelisk Movements
	Snoop Dogg	Dead Man Walkin'
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.
	Masters of Illusion	Masters of Illusion
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!
	Lil' O	Da Fat Rat wit da Cheeze
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-charting singles

Hip hop singles from any year which charted in the 2004 Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100^[2]

Song	Artist	Project	Peak position
"The Real Slim Shady"	Eminem	The Marshall Mathers LP	4
"Hot Boyz (Remix)"	Missy Elliott featuring Nas, Eve & Q-Tip	Da Real World	5
"(Hot S**t) Country Grammar"	Nelly	Country Grammar	7
"I Just Wanna Love U (Give It To Me)"	Jay-Z	The Dynasty: Roc La Familia	11
"Big Pimpin'"	Jay-Z featuring UGK	Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter	18
"The Next Episode"	Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg	2001	23
"Forgot About Dre"	Dr. Dre featuring Eminem		25
"You Can Do It"	Ice Cube featuring Mack 10 & Ms. Toi	War & Peace Vol. 2 (The Peace Disc)	35

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

All critically reviewed albums ranked (Metacritic)

Number	Artist	Album	Average score	Number of reviews	Reference
1	Outkast	Stankonia	95	20 reviews	^[3]
2	Wu-Tang Clan	The W	80	17 reviews	^[4]
3	Eminem	The Marshall Mathers LP	78	21 reviews	^[5]
4	Jurassic 5	Quality Control	77	17 reviews	^[6]
5	De La Soul	Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump	75	26 reviews	^[7]
6	Xzibit	Restless	75	11 reviews	^[8]
7	Black Eyed Peas	Bridging the Gap	74	9 reviews	^[9]
8	Mystikal	Let's Get Ready	74	7 reviews	^[10]
9	LL Cool J	G.O.A.T.	73	12 reviews	^[11]
10	Dilated Peoples	The Platform	69	11 reviews	^[12]
11	Wyclef Jean	The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book	67	21 reviews	^[13]
12	Everlast	Eat at Whitey's	67	16 reviews	^[14]
13	Snoop Dogg	Tha Last Meal	65	10 reviews	^[15]
14	The Pharcyde	Plain Rap	65	6 reviews	^[16]
15	Canibus	2000 B.C.	60	9 reviews	^[17]
16	Master P	Ghetto Postage	57	6 reviews	^[18]
17	Ja Rule	Rule 3:36	56	5 reviews	^[19]

See also

• Last article: 1999 in hip hop music
• Next article: 2001 in hip hop music

References

1. "The Top 100 Hip-Hop Albums of 2000".
2. "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.
3. "Reviews for Stankonia by OutKast". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
4. "Reviews for The W by Wu-Tang Clan". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
5. "Reviews for The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
6. "Reviews for Quality Control by Jurassic 5". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
7. "Reviews for Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump by De La Soul". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
8. "Reviews for Restless by Xzibit". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
9. "Reviews for Bridging the Gap by Black Eyed Peas". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
10. "Reviews for Let's Get Ready by Mystikal". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
11. "Critic Reviews for G.O.A.T. by LL Cool J". Metacritic. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
12. "Reviews for The Platform by Dilated Peoples". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
13. "Reviews for The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book by Wyclef Jean". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
14. "Critic Reviews for Eat at Whitey's". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
15. "Critic Reviews for Tha Last Meal by Snoop Dogg". Metacritic. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
16. "Critic Reviews for Plain Rap by The Pharcyde". Metacritic. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
17. "Critic Reviews for 2000 B.C. by Canibus". Metacritic. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
18. "Critic Reviews for Ghetto Postage by Master P". Metacritic. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
19. "Critic Reviews for Rule 3:36 by Ja Rule". Metacritic. Retrieved July 23, 2021.