Claim: Lil Wayne has released music.

Tha Block Is Hot is the debut studio album by American rapper Lil Wayne . It was released on November 2 , 1999 , by Cash Money Records and Universal Music Group . Recording sessions took place from 1998 to 1999 , with the executive production from Baby and Ronald `` Slim '' Williams , all of these tracks production that were provided by Mannie Fresh himself . Apart from the use of the word `` fuck '' , the album is nearly free of explicit lyrics from Wayne himself , due to his mother 's wishes . The most violent and sexual verses that was done by Big Tymers , and the other members of the Hot Boys , including rappers Juvenile , B.G. and Turk .