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

Contents

Released albums

Release Date [1] ArtistAlbum
January 4 Big Hawk Under Hawk's Wings
Jungle Brothers V.I.P.
January 18Killa TaySnake 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 14 Do or Die Victory
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 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 Deltron 3030 Deltron 3030
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 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.
Mo Thugs Family Mo Thugs III: The Mothership
Nelly Country Grammar
July 4 Ruff Ryders Ryde or Die Vol. 2
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
B-Legit Hempin' Ain't Easy
C-Bo Enemy of the State
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.
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 3T.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 Afu-Ra Body of the Life Force
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 Everlast Eat at Whitey's
Ludacris Back for the First Time
MausbergNon Fiction
Reflection Eternal Train of Thought
October 24 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 Ill Will Records Nas & Ill Will Records Presents QB's Finest
Wu-Tang Clan The W
B.G. Checkmate
Capone-N-Noreaga The Reunion
8Ball & MJG Space Age 4 Eva
Doggy's Angels Pleezbaleevit!
Lil' O Da Fat Rat wit da Cheeze
November 28 Master P Ghetto Postage
Rawkus Records Lyricist Lounge 2
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 Lil Wayne Lights Out
Snoop Dogg Tha Last Meal

Highest-charting singles

Hip hop singles from any year which charted in the 2000 Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 [2]
SongArtistProjectPeak 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 Eminem25
"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
NumberAlbumArtist1st-week sales1st-week position
1 The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem 1,760,0001
2 The Dynasty: Roc La Familia Jay-Z 558,0001
3 Stankonia Outkast 530,0002
4 Tha Last Meal Snoop Dogg 397,2389
5 Let's Get Ready Mystikal 330,0001
6 The W Wu-Tang Clan 301,0005
7 BTNHResurrection Bone Thugs-N-Harmony 280,0002
8 Rule 3:36 Ja Rule 276,0001
9 Ryde or Die Vol. 2 Various artists254,0002
10 Country Grammar Nelly 235,0003

All critically reviewed albums ranked (Metacritic)

NumberArtistAlbumAverage scoreNumber of reviewsReference
1 Outkast Stankonia 9520 reviews [3]
2 Wu-Tang Clan The W 8017 reviews [4]
3 Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP 7821 reviews [5]
4 Jurassic 5 Quality Control 7717 reviews [6]
5 De La Soul Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump 7526 reviews [7]
6 Xzibit Restless 7511 reviews [8]
7 Black Eyed Peas Bridging the Gap 749 reviews [9]
8 Mystikal Let's Get Ready 747 reviews [10]
9 LL Cool J G.O.A.T. 7312 reviews [11]
10 Dilated Peoples The Platform 6911 reviews [12]
11 Wyclef Jean The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book 6721 reviews [13]
12 Everlast Eat at Whitey's 6716 reviews [14]
13 Snoop Dogg Tha Last Meal 6510 reviews [15]
14 The Pharcyde Plain Rap 656 reviews [16]
15 Canibus 2000 B.C. 609 reviews [17]
16 Master P Ghetto Postage 576 reviews [18]
17 Ja Rule Rule 3:36 565 reviews [19]

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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.
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