# 2001 in hip-hop

This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2001.

## Released albums

| Release Date | Artist | Album |
| January 16 | Lil Keke | From Coast to Coast |
| February 6 | Candyman | Knockin' Boots 2001: A Sex Odyssey |
| February 6 | Typical Cats | Typical Cats |
| February 13 | Fredro Starr | Firestarr |
| February 13 | Smut Peddlers | Porn Again |
| February 26 | J Dilla | Welcome 2 Detroit |
| February 27 | Big Hawk | Hawk |
| DJ Clue? | The Professional 2 |
| South Central Cartel | Gangsta Conversation |
| Project Pat | Mista Don't Play: Everythangs Workin |
| Silkk the Shocker | My World, My Way |
| March 6 | Eve | Scorpion |
| March 6 | Daz Dillinger & JT the Bigga Figga | Game for Sale |
| March 6 | Aceyalone | Accepted Eclectic |
| March 13 | Luke | Somethin' Nasty |
| March 20 | Layzie Bone | Thug by Nature |
| March 20 | The Beatnuts | Take It or Squeeze It |
| March 20 | Mr. Short Khop | Da Khop Shop |
| March 20 | Bizzy Bone | The Gift |
| March 20 | Kam | Kamnesia |
| March 20 | Trick Daddy | Thugs Are Us |
| March 27 | 2Pac | Until The End Of Time |
| March 27 | Yukmouth | Thug Lord: The New Testament |
| March 27 | Ghetto Twiinz | Got It on My Mind |
| March 27 | Rasheeda | Dirty South |
| April 3 | Cappadonna | The Yin and the Yang |
| April 3 | Run–D.M.C. | Crown Royal |
| April 3 | Big Pun | Endangered Species |
| April 14 | Noah23 | Neophyte Phenotype |
| April 17 | Angie Martinez | Up Close and Personal |
| April 18 | Coolio | Coolio.com |
| April 24 | G Love & Special Sauce | The Electric Mile |
| April 24 | O.C. | Bon Appetit |
| April 24 | KRS-One | The Sneak Attack |
| May 1 | J-Live | The Best Part |
| May 1 | Tha Dogg Pound | Dillinger & Young Gotti |
| May 1 | Pete Rock | PeteStrumentals |
| May 1 | cLOUDDEAD | cLOUDDEAD |
| May 7 | Ugly Duckling | Journey to Anywhere |
| May 8 | MC Breed | The Fharmacist |
| May 8 | Saul Williams | Amethyst Rock Star |
| May 8 | Hi-Tek | Hi-Teknology |
| May 15 | Cannibal Ox | The Cold Vein |
| May 15 | Michael Franti & Spearhead | Stay Human |
| May 15 | Missy Elliott | Miss E... So Addictive |
| May 15 | Olivia | Olivia |
| May 22 | Kardinal Offishall | Quest for Fire: Firestarter, Vol. 1 |
| May 22 | Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz | Put Yo Hood Up |
| May 22 | Pastor Troy | Face Off |
| May 22 | Redman | Malpractice |
| May 22 | Snypaz | Livin' in the Scope |
| May 22 | Sticky Fingaz | Blacktrash: The Autobiography of Kirk Jones |
| May 28 | Stereo MC's | Deep Down & Dirty |
| June 5 | St. Lunatics | Free City |
| June 5 | Turk | Young & Thuggin' |
| June 5 | Kool Keith | Spankmaster |
| June 5 | Tragedy Khadafi | Against All Odds |
| June 12 | Jay Tee | So Cold |
| June 12 | AZ | 9 Lives |
| June 19 | Gorillaz | Gorillaz |
| June 19 | D12 | Devil's Night |
| June 19 | Outsidaz | The Bricks |
| June 19 | Sisqo | Return Of Dragon |
| June 19 | Esham | Tongues |
| June 26 | Beanie Sigel | The Reason |
| June 26 | Lil' Mo | Based on a True Story |
| June 26 | Screwball | Loyalty |
| June 26 | Various Artists | Big Money Hustlas |
| July 3 | Lil' Romeo | Lil' Romeo |
| July 3 | Psychopathic Rydas | Ryden Dirtay |
| July 10 | Killah Priest | Priesthood |
| July 10 | Puff Daddy | The Saga Continues... |
| July 10 | Tha Alkaholiks | X.O. Experience |
| July 10 | Z-Ro | King of da Ghetto |
| July 17 | Bad Azz | Personal Business |
| July 17 | Dark Lotus | Tales from the Lotus Pod |
| July 17 | Foxy Brown | Broken Silence |
| July 17 | Kurupt | Space Boogie: Smoke Oddessey |
| July 17 | Little-T and One Track Mike | Fome Is Dape |
| July 24 | Cormega | The Realness |
| July 24 | 7L & Esoteric | The Soul Purpose |
| July 24 | Soulja Slim | The Streets Made Me |
| July 24 | Pep Love | Ascension |
| July 31 | Tha Eastsidaz | Duces 'n Trayz: The Old Fashioned Way |
| July 31 | Gangsta Boo | Both Worlds *69 |
| July 31 | Soopafly | Dat Whoopty Woop |
| August 6 | N*E*R*D | In Search Of... (first version) |
| August 7 | Jadakiss | Kiss tha Game Goodbye |
| August 7 | Krazy | Breather Life |
| August 13 | Roots Manuva | Run Come Save Me |
| August 14 | Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes | Supernova |
| August 21 | Juvenile | Project English |
| August 21 | Chino XL | I Told You So |
| August 28 | RZA | Digital Bullet |
| August 28 | Brotha Lynch Hung & C-Bo | Blocc Movement |
| August 28 | Tech N9ne | Anghellic |
| August 28 | Krayzie Bone | Thug on da Line |
| August 28 | Dru Down | Pimpin' Phernelia |
| September 11 | Arsonists | Date of Birth |
| Fabolous | Ghetto Fabolous |
| JAY-Z | The Blueprint |
| Killarmy | Fear, Love & War |
| Professor Griff | And the Word Became Flesh |
| Techno Animal | The Brotherhood of the Bomb |
| Yesterday's New Quintet | Angles Without Edges |
| September 18 | Aesop Rock | Labor Days |
| September 18 | Gangsta Pat | Return of the No. 1 Suspect |
| September 18 | Immortal Technique | Revolutionary Vol. 1 |
| September 25 | Big Syke | Big Syke Daddy |
| September 25 | Gemini | 6:16 The Genesis |
| September 25 | Guru | Baldhead Slick & da Click |
| October 1 | Eyedea & Abilities | First Born |
| October 2 | Ja Rule | Pain Is Love |
| October 2 | Stu Dent | Altered State |
| October 9 | T.I. | I'm Serious |
| October 9 | Bubba Sparxxx | Dark Days, Bright Nights |
| October 16 | Blaze Ya Dead Homie | 1 Less G n da Hood |
| October 16 | Masta Ace | Disposable Arts |
| October 16 | Freestyle Fellowship | Temptations |
| October 23 | Dilated Peoples | Expansion Team |
| October 23 | C-Murder | C-P-3.com |
| October 23 | Vanilla Ice | Bi-Polar |
| October 23 | DMX | The Great Depression |
| October 23 | Jayo Felony | Crip Hop |
| October 23 | La Chat | Murder She Spoke |
| October 25 | Tunnel Rats | Tunnel Vision |
| October 30 | Canibus | C! True Hollywood Stories |
| October 30 | CunninLynguists | Will Rap for Food |
| October 30 | Erick Sermon | Music |
| October 30 | Jermaine Dupri | Instructions |
| October 30 | Three 6 Mafia | Choices: The Album |
| November 6 | The Coup | Party Music |
| November 6 | Lil' Keke | Platinum in da Ghetto |
| November 6 | Mitchy Slick | Trigeration Station |
| November 6 | Outlawz | Novakane |
| November 6 | Petey Pablo | Diary of a Sinner: 1st Entry |
| November 6 | The R.O.C. | Wormholes |
| November 13 | Necro | Gory Days |
| November 13 | UGK | Dirty Money |
| November 13 | Swollen Members | Bad Dreams |
| November 13 | Ghostface Killah | Bulletproof Wallets |
| November 20 | G. Dep | Child of the Ghetto |
| November 20 | Kid Rock | Cocky |
| November 20 | Mac Dre | It's Not What You Say... It's How You Say It |
| November 20 | Timbaland & Magoo | Indecent Proposal |
| November 20 | Illogic | Got Lyrics? |
| November 20 | Dungeon Family | Even in Darkness |
| November 27 | Busta Rhymes | Genesis |
| November 27 | Ludacris | Word of Mouf |
| December 1 | Braintax | Biro Funk |
| December 4 | De La Soul | AOI: Bionix |
| December 4 | Cypress Hill | Stoned Raiders |
| December 4 | Nate Dogg | Music & Me |
| December 4 | Mack 10 | Bang or Ball |
| December 4 | South Park Mexican | Never Change |
| December 4 | Fat Joe | Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.) |
| December 4 | OutKast | Big Boi and Dre Present...OutKast |
| December 11 | Warren G | The Return of the Regulator |
| December 11 | Mobb Deep | Infamy |
| December 18 | Nas | Stillmatic |
| December 18 | Wu-Tang Clan | Iron Flag |
| December 18 | Master P | Game Face |
| December 18 | Mystikal | Tarantula |
| December 18 | Ruff Ryders | Ryde or Die Vol. 3: In the "R" We Trust |
| December 18 | Lil' Bow Wow | Doggy Bag |
| December 18 | Bell Biv DeVoe | BBD |

## Highest-charting singles

Hip hop singles from any year which charted in the 2001 Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 :
| Song | Artist | Project | Peak position |
| "Ms. Jackson" | OutKast | Stankonia | 1 |
| "Ride Wit Me" | Nelly featuring City Spud | Country Grammar | 3 |
| "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)" | Jay-Z | The Blueprint | 8 |
| "E.I." | Nelly | Country Grammar | 15 |
| "Girls, Girls, Girls" | Jay-Z | The Blueprint | 17 |
| "I'm a Thug" | Trick Daddy | Thugs Are Us | 17 |
| "Purple Pills" | D12 | Devil's Night | 19 |
| "#1" | Nelly | Nellyville | 22 |
| "Music" | Erick Sermon featuring Marvin Gaye | Music | 22 |
| "Area Codes" | Ludacris featuring Nate Dogg | Word of Mouf | 24 |
| "Can't Deny It" | Fabolous featuring Nate Dogg | Ghetto Fabolous | 25 |
| "Oochie Wally" | Nas & Bravehearts | Nas & Ill Will Records Presents QB's Finest | 26 |
| "So Fresh, So Clean" | OutKast | Stankonia | 31 |

## 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 Great Depression | DMX | 439,000 | 1 |
| 2 | Until The End of Time | 2Pac | 427,000 | 1 |
| 3 | The Blueprint | Jay-Z | 420,000 | 1 |
| 4 | Devil's Night | D12 | 372,000 | 1 |
| 5 | Pain Is Love | Ja Rule | 361,000 | 1 |
| 6 | Stillmatic | Nas | 342,000 | 8 |
| 7 | Doggy Bag | Lil' Bow Wow | 320,000 | 11 |
| 8 | Word of Mouf | Ludacris | 281,000 | 3 |
| 9 | Project English | Juvenile | 213,000 | 2 |
| 10 | Kiss tha Game Goodbye | Jadakiss | 204,000 | 5 |

## All critically reviewed albums ranked (Metacritic)

| Number | Artist | Album | Average score | Number of reviews |
| 1 | Aesop Rock | Labor Days | 92 | 5 reviews |
| 2 | Missy Elliott | Miss E... So Addictive | 89 | 16 reviews |
| 3 | Jay-Z | The Blueprint | 88 | 12 reviews |
| 4 | The Coup | Party Music | 85 | 11 reviews |
| 5 | De La Soul | AOI: Bionix | 77 | 15 reviews |
| 6 | Busta Rhymes | Genesis | 77 | 8 reviews |
| 7 | Gorillaz | Gorillaz | 71 | 18 reviews |
| 8 | Dilated Peoples | Expansion Team | 71 | 12 reviews |
| 9 | Eve | Scorpion | 70 | 12 reviews |
| 10 | Nas | Stillmatic | 69 | 12 reviews |
| 11 | Wu-Tang Clan | Iron Flag | 69 | 12 reviews |
| 12 | KRS-One | The Sneak Attack | 69 | 8 reviews |
| 13 | Stereo MC's | Deep Down & Dirty | 68 | 13 reviews |
| 14 | Mystikal | Tarantula | 68 | 7 reviews |
| 15 | Ludacris | Word of Mouf | 67 | 8 reviews |
| 16 | RZA | Digital Bullet | 67 | 8 reviews |
| 17 | Tha Liks | X.O. Experience | 65 | 10 reviews |
| 18 | Arsonists | Date of Birth | 63 | 7 reviews |
| 19 | Silkk The Shocker | My World, My Way | 63 | 6 reviews |
| 20 | DMX | The Great Depression | 62 | 10 reviews |
| 21 | Sisqó | Return of Dragon | 61 | 9 reviews |
| 22 | Ja Rule | Pain Is Love | 59 | 10 reviews |
| 23 | Redman | Malpractice | 59 | 8 reviews |
| 24 | D12 | Devil's Night | 58 | 11 reviews |
| 25 | 2Pac | Until the End of Time | 51 | 8 reviews |
| 26 | Run-DMC | Crown Royal | 43 | 17 reviews |
| 27 | Master P | Game Face | 40 | 4 reviews |