# 2000 in hip-hop

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

## Released albums

| Release Date | Artist | Album |
| January 4 | Big Hawk | Under Hawk's Wings |
| January 4 | Jungle Brothers | V.I.P. |
| January 18 | Killa Tay | Snake Eyes |
| January 18 | Outsidaz | Night Life |
| January 18 | MC Breed | The Thugz, Vol. 1 |
| January 25 | The LOX | We Are the Streets |
| January 25 | 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 |
| February 8 | dead prez | Let's Get Free |
| February 8 | MC Breed | Rare Breed |
| February 8 | Screwball | Y2K: The Album |
| February 15 | Trick Daddy | Book of Thugs |
| February 22 | D.I.T.C. | D.I.T.C. |
| February 22 | Kid Koala | Carpal Tunnel Syndrome |
| February 29 | Beanie Sigel | The Truth |
| February 29 | Blackalicious | Nia |
| February 29 | 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) |
| March 21 | 3X Krazy | Dual Committee |
| March 21 | Murder Inc Records | Irv Gotti Presents: The Murderers |
| March 21 | Trina | Da Baddest Bitch |
| March 28 | Common | Like Water for Chocolate |
| March 28 | Drag-On | Opposite of H2O |
| April 4 | Big Pun | Yeeeah Baby |
| April 4 | Rah Digga | Dirty Harriet |
| April 11 | Da Brat | Unrestricted |
| April 11 | Del the Funky Homosapien | Both Sides of the Brain |
| April 18 | Tony Touch | The Piece Maker |
| April 25 | Cypress Hill | Skull & Bones |
| April 25 | E.S.G. | City Under Siege |
| April 25 | Ying Yang Twins | Thug Walkin' |
| April 28 | Looptroop | Modern Day City Symphony |
| May 2 | 504 Boyz | Goodfellas |
| May 9 | Killah Priest | View from Masada |
| May 9 | Half a Mill | Milíon |
| May 9 | Suga Free | The Konnectid Project, Vol. 1 |
| May 16 | DJ Quik | Balance & Options |
| May 16 | Spice 1 | The Last Dance |
| May 16 | Big Tymers | I Got That Work |
| May 23 | Deltron 3030 | Deltron 3030 |
| May 23 | DenGee | DenGee Livin' |
| May 23 | Dilated Peoples | The Platform |
| May 23 | Eminem | The Marshall Mathers LP |
| May 23 | Latino Velvet | Velvet City |
| May 23 | Mac Dre | Heart of a Gangsta, Mind of a Hustla, Tongue of a Pimp |
| May 23 | Sauce Money | Middle Finger U |
| May 30 | Kid Rock | The History of Rock |
| May 30 | Zion I | Mind Over Matter |
| June 6 | Jurassic 5 | Quality Control |
| June 6 | People Under the Stairs | Question in the Form of an Answer |
| June 13 | Quasimoto | The Unseen |
| June 13 | Slum Village | Fantastic, Vol. 2 |
| June 13 | Three 6 Mafia | When the Smoke Clears: Sixty 6, Sixty 1 |
| June 13 | Z-Ro | Z-Ro vs. the World |
| June 20 | Afroman | Because I Got High |
| June 20 | Busta Rhymes | Anarchy |
| June 20 | Celly Cel | Deep Conversation |
| June 20 | MC Eiht | N' My Neighborhood |
| June 20 | Mr. Serv-On | War Is Me, Pt. 1: Battle Decisions |
| June 20 | Delinquent Habits | Merry-Go-Round |
| June 27 | Brotha Lynch Hung | EBK4 |
| June 27 | Erick Sermon | Erick Onasis |
| June 27 | Freddie Foxxx | Industry Shakedown |
| June 27 | JT the Bigga Figga | Puttin' It on the Map |
| June 27 | Lil' Kim | The Notorious K.I.M. |
| June 27 | Mo Thugs Family | Mo Thugs III: The Mothership |
| June 27 | Nelly | Country Grammar |
| July 4 | Ruff Ryders | Ryde or Die Vol. 2 |
| July 18 | Canibus | 2000 BC |
| July 18 | Big Moe | City of Syrup |
| July 18 | Lil' Flip | The Leprechaun |
| July 18 | Channel Live | Armaghetto |
| July 18 | Dan the Automator | A Much Better Tomorrow |
| July 25 | Baha Men | Who Let the Dogs Out |
| July 25 | B-Legit | Hempin' Ain't Easy |
| July 25 | C-Bo | Enemy of the State |
| July 25 | Kool Keith | Matthew |
| July 25 | Mr. Marcelo | Brick Livin' |
| July 25 | 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 |
| August 8 | Sole | Bottle of Humans |
| August 15 | Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz | We Still Crunk!! |
| August 15 | South Park Mexican | The Purity Album |
| August 22 | Fiend | Can I Burn? |
| August 22 | Lil' Zane | Young World: The Future |
| August 22 | Wyclef Jean | The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book |
| August 29 | Amil | A.M.I.L. - All Money Is Legal |
| August 29 | Daz Dillinger | R.A.W. |
| August 29 | Don Cisco | Oh Boy |
| August 29 | L.V. | How Long |
| September 5 | Mack 10 | The Paper Route |
| September 5 | C-Murder | Trapped in Crime |
| September 5 | Aesop Rock | Float |
| September 12 | Afroman | Sell Your Dope |
| September 12 | LL Cool J | G.O.A.T. Featuring James T. Smith: The Greatest of All Time |
| September 12 | Richie Rich | The Game |
| September 12 | Too Short | You Nasty |
| September 19 | Cam'ron | S.D.E. |
| September 19 | Nature | For All Seasons |
| September 19 | Sean T | Heated |
| September 19 | Tela | The World Ain't Enuff |
| September 26 | The Black Eyed Peas | Bridging the Gap |
| September 26 | Cella Dwellas | The Last Shall Be First |
| September 26 | Mystikal | Let's Get Ready |
| September 26 | Shyne | Shyne |
| September 26 | Shad Moss | Beware of Dog |
| September 26 | Phife Dawg | Ventilation: Da LP |
| October 3 | T.W.D.Y. | Lead the Way |
| October 3 | Eligh | Gas Dream |
| October 3 | Soul Assassins | Soul Assassins II |
| October 3 | Guru | Guru's Jazzmatazz, Vol. 3: Streetsoul |
| October 3 | Scarface | The Last of a Dying Breed |
| October 3 | Jedi Mind Tricks | Violent by Design |
| October 10 | Afu-Ra | Body of the Life Force |
| October 10 | E-40 | Loyalty and Betrayal |
| October 10 | Flesh-n-Bone | 5th Dog Let Loose |
| October 10 | Ja Rule | Rule 3:36 |
| October 10 | M.O.P. | Warriorz |
| October 10 | Murs | Murs Rules the World |
| October 17 | Everlast | Eat at Whitey's |
| October 17 | Ludacris | Back for the First Time |
| October 17 | Mausberg | Non Fiction |
| October 17 | Reflection Eternal | Train of Thought |
| October 24 | Souls of Mischief | Trilogy: Conflict, Climax, Resolution |
| October 24 | Willie D | Loved by Few, Hated by Many |
| October 24 | Young MC | Ain't Goin' Out Like That |
| October 31 | Binary Star | Masters of the Universe |
| October 31 | The Cross Movement | Human Emergency |
| October 31 | Insane Clown Posse | Bizzar/Bizaar |
| October 31 | JAY-Z | The Dynasty: Roc La Familia |
| October 31 | OutKast | Stankonia |
| October 31 | Twiztid | Freek Show |
| October 31 | Micranots | Obelisk Movements |
| October 31 | Snoop Dogg | Dead Man Walkin' |
| November 7 | Necro | I Need Drugs |
| November 7 | Outlawz | Ride wit Us or Collide wit Us |
| November 7 | The Pharcyde | Plain Rap |
| November 7 | Punchline & Wordsworth | Punch n' Words |
| November 13 | Twiztid | Cryptic Collection |
| November 14 | Prodigy | H.N.I.C. |
| November 14 | Masters of Illusion | Masters of Illusion |
| November 21 | Ill Will Records | Nas & Ill Will Records Presents QB's Finest |
| November 21 | Wu-Tang Clan | The W |
| November 21 | B.G. | Checkmate |
| November 21 | Capone-N-Noreaga | The Reunion |
| November 21 | 8Ball & MJG | Space Age 4 Eva |
| November 21 | Doggy's Angels | Pleezbaleevit! |
| November 21 | Lil' O | Da Fat Rat wit da Cheeze |
| November 28 | Master P | Ghetto Postage |
| November 28 | Rawkus Records | Lyricist Lounge 2 |
| December 5 | Funkmaster Flex | The Mix Tape, Vol. IV |
| December 5 | Memphis Bleek | The Understanding |
| December 5 | AMG | Bitch Betta Have My Money 2001 |
| December 12 | Xzibit | Restless |
| December 12 | South Park Mexican | Time Is Money |
| December 19 | Lil Wayne | Lights Out |
| December 19 | 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 :
| 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 | 2001 | 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 | The Dynasty: Roc La Familia | Jay-Z | 558,000 | 1 |
| 3 | Stankonia | Outkast | 530,000 | 2 |
| 4 | Tha Last Meal | Snoop Dogg | 397,238 | 9 |
| 5 | Let's Get Ready | Mystikal | 330,000 | 1 |
| 6 | The W | Wu-Tang Clan | 301,000 | 5 |
| 7 | BTNHResurrection | Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | 280,000 | 2 |
| 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 |
| 1 | Outkast | Stankonia | 95 | 20 reviews |
| 2 | Wu-Tang Clan | The W | 80 | 17 reviews |
| 3 | Eminem | The Marshall Mathers LP | 78 | 21 reviews |
| 4 | Jurassic 5 | Quality Control | 77 | 17 reviews |
| 5 | De La Soul | Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump | 75 | 26 reviews |
| 6 | Xzibit | Restless | 75 | 11 reviews |
| 7 | Black Eyed Peas | Bridging the Gap | 74 | 9 reviews |
| 8 | Mystikal | Let's Get Ready | 74 | 7 reviews |
| 9 | LL Cool J | G.O.A.T. | 73 | 12 reviews |
| 10 | Dilated Peoples | The Platform | 69 | 11 reviews |
| 11 | Wyclef Jean | The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book | 67 | 21 reviews |
| 12 | Everlast | Eat at Whitey's | 67 | 16 reviews |
| 13 | Snoop Dogg | Tha Last Meal | 65 | 10 reviews |
| 14 | The Pharcyde | Plain Rap | 65 | 6 reviews |
| 15 | Canibus | 2000 B.C. | 60 | 9 reviews |
| 16 | Master P | Ghetto Postage | 57 | 6 reviews |
| 17 | Ja Rule | Rule 3:36 | 56 | 5 reviews |