# 1999 in hip-hop

This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 1999.

## Released albums

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

## Highest-charting singles

Hip hop singles from any year which charted in the 1999 Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 :
| Song | Artist | Project | Peak position |
| "What's It Gonna Be?!" | Busta Rhymes featuring Janet Jackson | Extinction Level Event: The Final World Front | 3 |
| "Jamboree" | Naughty By Nature featuring Zhané | Nineteen Naughty Nine: Nature's Fury | 10 |
| "Ghetto Cowboy" | Mo Thugs Family featuring Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | Chapter II: Family Reunion | 15 |
| "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)" | Jay-Z | Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life | 15 |
| "Can I Get A..." | Jay-Z featuring Amil & Ja Rule | Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life | 19 |
| "Back That Thang Up" | Juvenile featuring Mannie Fresh & Lil Wayne | 400 Degreez | 19 |
| "I Want It All" | Warren G featuring Mack 10 | I Want It All | 23 |
| "Pushin' Weight" | Ice Cube featuring Mr. Short Khop | War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc) | 26 |
| "Vivrant Thing" | Q-Tip | Amplified | 26 |
| "Jigga My Nigga" | Jay-Z | Ryde or Die Vol. 1 | 28 |
| "Changes" | 2Pac featuring Talent | Greatest Hits | 32 |
| "Got Your Money" | Ol' Dirty Bastard featuring Kelis | Nigga Please | 33 |
| "Everything Is Everything" | Lauryn Hill | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill | 35 |
| "My Name Is" | Eminem | Slim Shady LP | 36 |
| "Bling Bling" | B.G. featuring Big Tymers & Hot Boys | Chopper City in the Ghetto | 39 |
| "You Got Me" | The Roots featuring Erykah Badu | Things Fall Apart | 39 |

## Highest first-week sales

List of top ten albums with the highest first-week :
| 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 |