2001 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 2001.

Released albums

Release Date[1] Artist Album
January 16 Lil Keke From Coast to Coast
February 6 Candyman Knockin' Boots 2001: A Sex Odyssey
Typical Cats Typical Cats
February 13 Fredro Starr Firestarr
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
Daz Dillinger & JT the Bigga Figga Game for Sale
Aceyalone Accepted Eclectic
March 13 Luke Somethin' Nasty
March 20 Layzie Bone Thug by Nature
The Beatnuts Take It or Squeeze It
Mr. Short Khop Da Khop Shop
Bizzy Bone The Gift
Kam Kamnesia
Trick Daddy Thugs Are Us
March 27 2Pac Until The End Of Time
Yukmouth Thug Lord: The New Testament
Ghetto Twiinz Got It on My Mind
Rasheeda Dirty South
April 3 Cappadonna The Yin and the Yang
Run–D.M.C. Crown Royal
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
O.C. Bon Appetit
KRS-One The Sneak Attack
May 1 J-Live The Best Part
Tha Dogg Pound Dillinger & Young Gotti
Pete Rock PeteStrumentals
cLOUDDEAD cLOUDDEAD
May 7 Ugly Duckling Journey to Anywhere
May 8 MC Breed The Fharmacist
Saul Williams Amethyst Rock Star
Hi-Tek Hi-Teknology
May 15 Cannibal Ox The Cold Vein
Michael Franti & Spearhead Stay Human
Missy Elliott Miss E... So Addictive
Olivia Olivia
May 22 Kardinal Offishall Quest for Fire: Firestarter, Vol. 1
Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz Put Yo Hood Up
Pastor Troy Face Off
Redman Malpractice
Snypaz Livin' in the Scope
Sticky Fingaz Blacktrash: The Autobiography of Kirk Jones
May 28 Stereo MC's Deep Down & Dirty
June 5 St. Lunatics Free City
Turk Young & Thuggin'
Kool Keith Spankmaster
Tragedy Khadafi Against All Odds
June 12 Jay Tee So Cold
AZ 9 Lives
June 19 Gorillaz Gorillaz
D12 Devil's Night
Outsidaz The Bricks
Sisqo Return Of Dragon
Esham Tongues
June 26 Beanie Sigel The Reason
Lil' Mo Based on a True Story
Screwball Loyalty
Various Artists Big Money Hustlas
July 3 Lil' Romeo Lil' Romeo
Psychopathic Rydas Ryden Dirtay
July 10 Killah Priest Priesthood
Puff Daddy The Saga Continues...
Tha Alkaholiks X.O. Experience
Z-Ro King of da Ghetto
July 17 Bad Azz Personal Business
Dark Lotus Tales from the Lotus Pod
Foxy Brown Broken Silence
Kurupt Space Boogie: Smoke Oddessey
Little-T and One Track Mike Fome Is Dape
July 24 Cormega The Realness
7L & Esoteric The Soul Purpose
Soulja Slim The Streets Made Me
Pep Love Ascension
July 31 Tha Eastsidaz Duces 'n Trayz: The Old Fashioned Way
Gangsta Boo Both Worlds *69
Soopafly Dat Whoopty Woop
August 6 N*E*R*D In Search Of... (first version)
August 7 Jadakiss Kiss tha Game Goodbye
Krazy Breather Life
August 13 Roots Manuva Run Come Save Me
August 14 Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes Supernova
August 21 Juvenile Project English
Chino XL I Told You So
August 28 RZA Digital Bullet
Brotha Lynch Hung & C-Bo Blocc Movement
Tech N9ne Anghellic
Krayzie Bone Thug on da Line
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
Gangsta Pat Return of the No. 1 Suspect
Immortal Technique Revolutionary Vol. 1
September 25 Big Syke Big Syke Daddy
Gemini 6:16 The Genesis
Guru Baldhead Slick & da Click
October 1 Eyedea & Abilities First Born
October 2 Ja Rule Pain Is Love
Stu Dent Altered State
October 9 T.I. I'm Serious
Bubba Sparxxx Dark Days, Bright Nights
October 16 Blaze Ya Dead Homie 1 Less G n da Hood
Masta Ace Disposable Arts
Freestyle Fellowship Temptations
October 23 Dilated Peoples Expansion Team
C-Murder C-P-3.com
Vanilla Ice Bi-Polar
DMX The Great Depression
Jayo Felony Crip Hop
La Chat Murder She Spoke
October 25 Tunnel Rats Tunnel Vision
October 30 Canibus C! True Hollywood Stories
CunninLynguists Will Rap for Food
Erick Sermon Music
Jermaine Dupri Instructions
Three 6 Mafia Choices: The Album
November 6 The Coup Party Music
Lil' Keke Platinum in da Ghetto
Mitchy Slick Trigeration Station
Outlawz Novakane
Petey Pablo Diary of a Sinner: 1st Entry
The R.O.C. Wormholes
November 13 Necro Gory Days
UGK Dirty Money
Swollen Members Bad Dreams
Ghostface Killah Bulletproof Wallets
November 20 G. Dep Child of the Ghetto
Kid Rock Cocky
Mac Dre It's Not What You Say... It's How You Say It
Timbaland & Magoo Indecent Proposal
Illogic Got Lyrics?
Dungeon Family Even in Darkness
November 27 Busta Rhymes Genesis
Ludacris Word of Mouf
December 1 Braintax Biro Funk
December 4 De La Soul AOI: Bionix
Cypress Hill Stoned Raiders
Nate Dogg Music & Me
Mack 10 Bang or Ball
South Park Mexican Never Change
Fat Joe Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.)
OutKast Big Boi and Dre Present...OutKast
December 11 Warren G The Return of the Regulator
Mobb Deep Infamy
December 18 Nas Stillmatic
Wu-Tang Clan Iron Flag
Master P Game Face
Mystikal Tarantula
Ruff Ryders Ryde or Die Vol. 3: In the "R" We Trust
Lil' Bow Wow Doggy Bag
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[2]
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
"Purple Pills" D12 Devil's Night 19
"#1" Nelly Nellyville 22
"Music" Erick Sermon featuring Marvin Gaye Music
"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 Reference
1 Aesop Rock Labor Days 92 5 reviews [3]
2 Missy Elliott Miss E... So Addictive 89 16 reviews [4]
3 Jay-Z The Blueprint 88 12 reviews [5]
4 The Coup Party Music 85 11 reviews [6]
5 De La Soul AOI: Bionix 77 15 reviews [7]
6 Busta Rhymes Genesis 77 8 reviews [8]
7 Gorillaz Gorillaz 71 18 reviews [9]
8 Dilated Peoples Expansion Team 71 12 reviews [10]
9 Eve Scorpion 70 12 reviews [11]
10 Nas Stillmatic 69 12 reviews [12]
11 Wu-Tang Clan Iron Flag 69 12 reviews [13]
12 KRS-One The Sneak Attack 69 8 reviews [14]
13 Stereo MC's Deep Down & Dirty 68 13 reviews [15]
14 Mystikal Tarantula 68 7 reviews [16]
15 Ludacris Word of Mouf 67 8 reviews [17]
16 RZA Digital Bullet 67 8 reviews [18]
17 Tha Liks X.O. Experience 65 10 reviews [19]
18 Arsonists Date of Birth 63 7 reviews [20]
19 Silkk The Shocker My World, My Way 63 6 reviews [21]
20 DMX The Great Depression 62 10 reviews [22]
21 Sisqó Return of Dragon 61 9 reviews [23]
22 Ja Rule Pain Is Love 59 10 reviews [24]
23 Redman Malpractice 59 8 reviews [25]
24 D12 Devil's Night 58 11 reviews [26]
25 2Pac Until the End of Time 51 8 reviews [27]
26 Run-DMC Crown Royal 43 17 reviews [28]
27 Master P Game Face 40 4 reviews [29]

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Top 100 Hip-Hop Albums of 2001".
  2. ^ "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.
  3. ^ "Labor Days by Aesop Rock". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Miss E... So Addictive by Missy Elliott". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  5. ^ "The Blueprint by Jay-Z". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Party Music by The Coup". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  7. ^ "AOI: Bionix by De La Soul". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Genesis by Busta Rhymes". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Gorillaz by Gorillaz". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  10. ^ "Critic Reviews for Expansion Team by Dilated Peoples". Metacritic. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Scorpion by Eve". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  12. ^ "Stillmatic by Nas". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  13. ^ "Iron Flag by Wu-Tang Clan". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  14. ^ "The Sneak Attack by KRS-One". Metacritic. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  15. ^ "Deep Down & Dirty by Stereo MC's". Metacritic. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  16. ^ "Tarantula by Mystikal". Metacritic. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  17. ^ "Word of Mouf by Ludacris". Metacritic. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  18. ^ "Digital Bullet by RZA". Metacritic. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  19. ^ "X.O. Experience by Tha Liks". Metacritic. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  20. ^ "Date of Birth by Arsonists". Metacritic. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  21. ^ "My World, My Way by Silkk The Shocker". Metacritic. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  22. ^ "The Great Depression by DMX". Metacritic. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  23. ^ "Return of Dragon by Sisqo". Metacritic. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  24. ^ "Pain Is Love by Ja Rule". Metacritic. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  25. ^ "Malpractice by Redman". Metacritic. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  26. ^ "Devil's Night by D12". Metacritic. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  27. ^ "Until the End of Time by 2Pac". Metacritic. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  28. ^ "Crown Royal by Run-D.M.C." Metacritic. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  29. ^ "Game Face by Master P". Metacritic. Retrieved 28 July 2021.