1999 in hip-hop

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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 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
	Black Moon	War Zone
	Eminem	The Slim Shady LP
	Prince Paul	A Prince Among Thieves
	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
	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	Domingo	Behind the Doors of the 13th Floor
	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
	T.W.D.Y.	Derty Werk
	Wu-Syndicate	Wu-Syndicate
April 27	Lil Soldiers	Boot Camp
	Ruff Ryders	Ryde or Die Vol. 1
	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
	Eightball & MJG	In Our Lifetime, Vol. 1
	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
	Ja Rule	Venni Vetti Vecci
	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
	Mase	Double Up
	Sporty Thievz	Street Cinema
June 21	Kutmasta Kurt	Masters of Illusion EP
June 22	Missy Elliott	Da Real World
	RZA	The RZA Hits
	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
	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
August 3	Memphis Bleek	Coming of Age
August 10	The Beatnuts	A Musical Massacre
	Kool Keith	Black Elvis/Lost in Space
	Rahzel	Make the Music 2000
	Various Artists	Violator: The Album
August 17	Ludacris	Incognegro
August 17	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
	Noreaga	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
September 7	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
September 28	The Lost Boyz	LB IV Life
	Mac	World War III
	Mac Dre	Rapper Gone Bad
	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
	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
	MF DOOM	Operation: Doomsday
	Pharoahe Monch	Internal Affairs
	U-God	Golden Arms Redemption
October 26	Above the Law	Forever Rich Thugs
	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	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	Akinyele	Aktapuss
	Beastie Boys	Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science
	Nas	Nastradamus
November 30	Rakim	The Master
November 30	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
December 14	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
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^[2]
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

References

[1] "The Top 100 Hip-Hop Albums of 1999".

[2] "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.

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Released albums

Highest-charting singles

Highest first-week sales

See also

References