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
February 6	Typical Cats	Typical Cats
February 13	Fredro Starr	Firestarr
February 13	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
June 12	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
July 3	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	NER*D	In Search Of... (first version)
August 7	Jadakiss	Kiss tha Game Goodbye
August 7	Krazy	Breather Life
August 13	Roots Manuva	Run Come Save Me
August 14	Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes	Supernova
August 21	Juvenile	Project English
August 21	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
October 2	Stu Dent	Altered State
October 9	T.I.	I'm Serious
October 9	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
November 27	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
December 11	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	17
"Purple Pills"	D12	Devil's Night	19
"#1"	Nelly	Nellyville	22
"Music"	Erick Sermon featuring Marvin Gaye	Music	22
"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]

References

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

[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.

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Released albums

Highest-charting singles

Highest first-week sales

All critically reviewed albums ranked (Metacritic)

See also

References