1999 in hip hop music
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This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 1999.
Released albums[]
| Release Date[1] | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| MF DOOM | Operation: Doomsday | |
| Wu-Syndicate | Wu-Syndicate (album) | |
| 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 | Ja Rule | Venni Vetti Vecci |
| TRU | Da Crime Family | |
| June 8 | MC Eiht | Section 8 |
| June 14 | DJ Spinna | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
Highest first-week sales[]
| Number | Album | Artist | 1st-week sales | 1st-week position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ...And Then There Was X | DMX | 698,000 | 1 |
| 2 | 2001 | Dr. Dre | 516,000 | 2 |
| 3 | Born Again | The Notorious B.I.G. | 485,000 | 1 |
| 4 | I Am... | Nas | 470,000 | 1 |
| 5 | Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter | Jay-Z | 462,000 | 1 |
| 6 | Still I Rise | 2Pac + Outlawz | 408,000 | 7 |
| 7 | Tha G-Code | Juvenile | 290,000 | 10 |
| 8 | The Slim Shady LP | Eminem | 283,000 | 2 |
| 9 | Blackout! | Method Man & Redman | 254,000 | 3 |
| 10 | Made Man | Silkk the Shocker | 240,244 | 1 |
See also[]
- Last article: 1998 in hip hop music
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References[]
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