This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip-hop for the year 2000.
Released albums
| Release Date[1] | Artist | Album |
| January 4 | Big Hawk | Under Hawk's Wings |
| Jungle Brothers | V.I.P. |
| January 18 | Killa Tay | Snake Eyes |
| Outsidaz | Night Life |
| MC Breed | The Thugz, Vol. 1 |
| January 25 | The LOX | We Are the Streets |
| 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 |
| dead prez | Let's Get Free |
| MC Breed | Rare Breed |
| Screwball | Y2K: The Album |
| February 15 | Trick Daddy | Book of Thugs |
| February 22 | D.I.T.C. | D.I.T.C. |
| Kid Koala | Carpal Tunnel Syndrome |
| February 29 | Beanie Sigel | The Truth |
| Blackalicious | Nia |
| 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) |
| 3X Krazy | Dual Committee |
| Murder Inc Records | Irv Gotti Presents: The Murderers |
| Trina | Da Baddest Bitch |
| March 28 | Common | Like Water for Chocolate |
| Drag-On | Opposite of H2O |
| April 4 | Big Pun | Yeeeah Baby |
| Rah Digga | Dirty Harriet |
| April 11 | Da Brat | Unrestricted |
| Del the Funky Homosapien | Both Sides of the Brain |
| April 18 | Tony Touch | The Piece Maker |
| April 25 | Cypress Hill | Skull & Bones |
| E.S.G. | City Under Siege |
| Ying Yang Twins | Thug Walkin' |
| April 28 | Looptroop | Modern Day City Symphony |
| May 2 | 504 Boyz | Goodfellas |
| May 9 | Killah Priest | View from Masada |
| Half a Mill | Milíon |
| Suga Free | The Konnectid Project, Vol. 1 |
| May 16 | DJ Quik | Balance & Options |
| Spice 1 | The Last Dance |
| Big Tymers | I Got That Work |
| May 23 | Deltron 3030 | Deltron 3030 |
| DenGee | DenGee Livin' |
| Dilated Peoples | The Platform |
| Eminem | The Marshall Mathers LP |
| Latino Velvet | Velvet City |
| Mac Dre | Heart of a Gangsta, Mind of a Hustla, Tongue of a Pimp |
| Sauce Money | Middle Finger U |
| May 30 | Kid Rock | The History of Rock |
| Zion I | Mind Over Matter |
| June 6 | Jurassic 5 | Quality Control |
| People Under the Stairs | Question in the Form of an Answer |
| June 13 | Quasimoto | The Unseen |
| Slum Village | Fantastic, Vol. 2 |
| Three 6 Mafia | When the Smoke Clears: Sixty 6, Sixty 1 |
| Z-Ro | Z-Ro vs. the World |
| June 20 | Afroman | Because I Got High |
| Busta Rhymes | Anarchy |
| Celly Cel | Deep Conversation |
| MC Eiht | N' My Neighborhood |
| Mr. Serv-On | War Is Me, Pt. 1: Battle Decisions |
| Delinquent Habits | Merry-Go-Round |
| June 27 | Brotha Lynch Hung | EBK4 |
| Erick Sermon | Erick Onasis |
| Freddie Foxxx | Industry Shakedown |
| JT the Bigga Figga | Puttin' It on the Map |
| Lil' Kim | The Notorious K.I.M. |
| Mo Thugs Family | Mo Thugs III: The Mothership |
| Nelly | Country Grammar |
| July 4 | Ruff Ryders | Ryde or Die Vol. 2 |
| July 18 | Canibus | 2000 BC |
| Big Moe | City of Syrup |
| Lil' Flip | The Leprechaun |
| Channel Live | Armaghetto |
| Dan the Automator | A Much Better Tomorrow |
| July 25 | Baha Men | Who Let the Dogs Out |
| B-Legit | Hempin' Ain't Easy |
| C-Bo | Enemy of the State |
| Kool Keith | Matthew |
| Mr. Marcelo | Brick Livin' |
| 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 |
| Sole | Bottle of Humans |
| August 15 | Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz | We Still Crunk!! |
| South Park Mexican | The Purity Album |
| August 22 | Fiend | Can I Burn? |
| Lil' Zane | Young World: The Future |
| Wyclef Jean | The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book |
| August 29 | Amil | A.M.I.L. - All Money Is Legal |
| Daz Dillinger | R.A.W. |
| Don Cisco | Oh Boy |
| L.V. | How Long |
| September 5 | Mack 10 | The Paper Route |
| C-Murder | Trapped in Crime |
| Aesop Rock | Float |
| September 12 | Afroman | Sell Your Dope |
| LL Cool J | G.O.A.T. Featuring James T. Smith: The Greatest of All Time |
| Richie Rich | The Game |
| Too Short | You Nasty |
| September 19 | Cam'ron | S.D.E. |
| Nature | For All Seasons |
| Sean T | Heated |
| Tela | The World Ain't Enuff |
| September 26 | The Black Eyed Peas | Bridging the Gap |
| Cella Dwellas | The Last Shall Be First |
| Mystikal | Let's Get Ready |
| Shyne | Shyne |
| Shad Moss | Beware of Dog |
| Phife Dawg | Ventilation: Da LP |
| October 3 | T.W.D.Y. | Lead the Way |
| Eligh | Gas Dream |
| Soul Assassins | Soul Assassins II |
| Guru | Guru's Jazzmatazz, Vol. 3: Streetsoul |
| Scarface | The Last of a Dying Breed |
| Jedi Mind Tricks | Violent by Design |
| October 10 | Afu-Ra | Body of the Life Force |
| E-40 | Loyalty and Betrayal |
| Flesh-n-Bone | 5th Dog Let Loose |
| Ja Rule | Rule 3:36 |
| M.O.P. | Warriorz |
| Murs | Murs Rules the World |
| October 17 | Everlast | Eat at Whitey's |
| Ludacris | Back for the First Time |
| Mausberg | Non Fiction |
| Reflection Eternal | Train of Thought |
| October 24 | Souls of Mischief | Trilogy: Conflict, Climax, Resolution |
| Willie D | Loved by Few, Hated by Many |
| Young MC | Ain't Goin' Out Like That |
| October 31 | Binary Star | Masters of the Universe |
| The Cross Movement | Human Emergency |
| Insane Clown Posse | Bizzar/Bizaar |
| JAY-Z | The Dynasty: Roc La Familia |
| OutKast | Stankonia |
| Twiztid | Freek Show |
| Micranots | Obelisk Movements |
| Snoop Dogg | Dead Man Walkin' |
| November 7 | Necro | I Need Drugs |
| Outlawz | Ride wit Us or Collide wit Us |
| The Pharcyde | Plain Rap |
| Punchline & Wordsworth | Punch n' Words |
| November 13 | Twiztid | Cryptic Collection |
| November 14 | Prodigy | H.N.I.C. |
| Masters of Illusion | Masters of Illusion |
| November 21 | Ill Will Records | Nas & Ill Will Records Presents QB's Finest |
| Wu-Tang Clan | The W |
| B.G. | Checkmate |
| Capone-N-Noreaga | The Reunion |
| 8Ball & MJG | Space Age 4 Eva |
| Doggy's Angels | Pleezbaleevit! |
| Lil' O | Da Fat Rat wit da Cheeze |
| November 28 | Master P | Ghetto Postage |
| Rawkus Records | Lyricist Lounge 2 |
| December 5 | Funkmaster Flex | The Mix Tape, Vol. IV |
| Memphis Bleek | The Understanding |
| AMG | Bitch Betta Have My Money 2001 |
| December 12 | Xzibit | Restless |
| South Park Mexican | Time Is Money |
| December 19 | Lil Wayne | Lights Out |
| Snoop Dogg | Tha Last Meal |
Highest-charting singles
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 |
See also
References
- ^ "The Top 100 Hip-Hop Albums of 2000".
- ^ "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.
- ^ "Reviews for Stankonia by OutKast". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ "Reviews for The W by Wu-Tang Clan". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ "Reviews for The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ "Reviews for Quality Control by Jurassic 5". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ "Reviews for Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump by De La Soul". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ "Reviews for Restless by Xzibit". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
- ^ "Reviews for Bridging the Gap by Black Eyed Peas". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
- ^ "Reviews for Let's Get Ready by Mystikal". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
- ^ "Critic Reviews for G.O.A.T. by LL Cool J". Metacritic. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
- ^ "Reviews for The Platform by Dilated Peoples". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
- ^ "Reviews for The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book by Wyclef Jean". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
- ^ "Critic Reviews for Eat at Whitey's". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
- ^ "Critic Reviews for Tha Last Meal by Snoop Dogg". Metacritic. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
- ^ "Critic Reviews for Plain Rap by The Pharcyde". Metacritic. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
- ^ "Critic Reviews for 2000 B.C. by Canibus". Metacritic. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
- ^ "Critic Reviews for Ghetto Postage by Master P". Metacritic. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
- ^ "Critic Reviews for Rule 3:36 by Ja Rule". Metacritic. Retrieved July 23, 2021.