1999 in hip hop music

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

1999 in music
By location
By genre
By topic
  • List of albums released
List of years in hip hop music

Released albums
Release Date[1] Artist Album
January 19 Peanut Butter Wolf My Vinyl Weighs a Ton
Silkk the Shocker Made Man
February 2 Tear Da Club Up Thugs CrazyNDaLazDayz
February 9 Defari Focused Daily
MC Breed It's All Good
February 16 Mr. Serv-On Da Next Level
February 23 Black Moon War Zone
Eminem The Slim Shady LP
Prince Paul A Prince Among Thieves
The Roots Things Fall Apart
February 26 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 A+ Hempstead High
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
MF DOOM Operation: Doomsday
Wu-Syndicate Wu-Syndicate (album)
April 27 Lil Soldiers Boot Camp
Ruff Ryders Ryde or Die Vol. 1
Naughty by Nature Nineteen Naughty Nine: Nature's Fury
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
8Ball & MJG In Our Lifetime, Vol. 1
GRITS Grammatical Revolution
May 25 Slick Rick The Art of Storytelling
No Limit Records Who U Wit?
May 31 Swollen Members Balance
June 1 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 Mase Double Up
June 21 Kutmasta Kurt Masters of Illusion EP
June 22 Blackalicious A2G EP
Company Flow Little Johnny from the Hospital: Breaks & Instrumentals Vol. 1
Missy Elliott Da Real World
RZA The RZA Hits
June 29 GZA Beneath the Surface
Lootpack Soundpieces: Da Antidote!
July 6 Fiend Street Life
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
Memphis Bleek Coming of Age
August 10 The Beatnuts A Musical Massacre
Kool Keith Black Elvis/Lost in Space
Various Artists Violator: The Album
August 17 Ludacris Incognegro
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
N.O.R.E. 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
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
The Lost Boyz LB IV Life
Mac World War III
Method Man & Redman Blackout!
September 28 Mac Dre Rapper Gone Bad
October 5 Inspectah Deck Uncontrolled Substance
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
October 19 Handsome Boy Modeling School So... How's Your Girl?
Living Legends UHB IV: Stop & Retaliate
Pharoahe Monch Internal Affairs
U-God Golden Arms Redemption
October 26 Above the Law Forever Rich Thugs
Akinyele Aktapuss
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 B-Legit Hempin' Ain't Easy
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 Beastie Boys Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science
Nas Nastradamus
November 30 Rakim The Master
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 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

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
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See also

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