2001 in hip-hop

This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip-hop for the year 2001.

Released albums

Release Date[1]	Artist	Album
January 9	Various Arists	Oz (soundtrack)
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
	Jay Tee	The Knocks 1992–2000
	Various Artists	Down to Earth (soundtrack)
February 20	Spice 1	Hits II: Ganked & Gaffled
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 19	Various Artists	West Coast Bad Boyz, Vol. 3: Poppin' Collars
March 20	Afrika Bambaataa	Looking for the Perfect Beat: 1980–1985
	Layzie Bone	Thug by Nature
	The Beatnuts	Take It or Squeeze It
	Mr. Short Khop	Da Khop Shop
	Various Artists	Exit Wounds (soundtrack)[2]
	Bizzy Bone	The Gift
	Kam	Kamnesia
	Trick Daddy	Thugs Are Us
March 23	Various Artists	The Brothers (soundtrack)
March 26	Gorillaz	Gorillaz
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 10	C-Bo	C-Bo's Best Appearances
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
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
May 29	Various Artists	What's the Worst That Could Happen? (soundtrack)
June 5	Various Artists	Dr. Dolittle 2 (soundtrack)[3]
	St. Lunatics	Free City
	Turk	Young & Thuggin'
	Kool Keith	Spankmaster
	Tragedy Khadafi	Against All Odds
	Various Artists	The Fast and the Furious (soundtrack)[4]
June 12	Jay Tee	So Cold
	AZ	9 Lives
	Various Artists	MTV's Hip Hopera: Carmen
June 19	Baby Beesh	Savage Dreams
	D12	Devil's Night
	Outsidaz	The Bricks
	Esham	Tongues
	Eric B. & Rakim	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Eric B. & Rakim
	Public Enemy	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Public Enemy
	Various Artists	Baby Boy (soundtrack)
	Scapegoat Wax	Okeeblow
June 26	Beanie Sigel	The Reason
	Lil' Mo	Based on a True Story
	Various Artists	Pootie Tang (soundtrack)
	Screwball	Loyalty
July 3	Lil' Romeo	Lil' Romeo
	Psychopathic Rydas	Ryden Dirtay
	Various Artists	Kiss of the Dragon (soundtrack)
	Various Artists	Nuthin' but a Gangsta Party 2
	Wu-Tang Clan	Wu-Chronicles, Chapter 2
July 10	Killah Priest	Priesthood
	P. Diddy & the Bad Boy Family	The Saga Continues...
	Tha Alkaholiks	X.O. Experience
	Z-Ro	King of da Ghetto
July 17	Bad Azz	Personal Business
	Coolio	Fantastic Voyage: The Greatest Hits
	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
	Violator	Violator: The Album, V2.0[5]
July 31	Tha Eastsidaz	Duces 'n Trayz: The Old Fashioned Way
	Gangsta Boo	Both Worlds *69
	Soopafly	Dat Whoopty Woop
	Various Artists	Rush Hour 2 (soundtrack)
August 6	N*E*R*D	In Search Of... (first version)
August 7	Jadakiss	Kiss tha Game Goodbye
	Krazy	Breather Life
	Various Artists	Osmosis Jones (soundtrack)
August 13	Roots Manuva	Run Come Save Me
August 14	Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes	Supernova
	Various Artists	The Source Hip Hop Music Awards 2001
August 21	Juvenile	Project English
	Various Artists	Rush Hour 2 (soundtrack)[6]
	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 4	MC Lyte	The Very Best of MC Lyte
	Unspoken Heard	Soon Come
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
	Various Artists	Hardball (soundtrack)
	Various Artists	Training Day (soundtrack)[7]
September 18	Aesop Rock	Labor Days
	Coo Coo Cal	Disturbed
	Gangsta Pat	Return of the No. 1 Suspect
	Immortal Technique	Revolutionary Vol. 1
	Brand Nubian	The Very Best of Brand Nubian
September 25	Various Artists	The Wash (soundtrack)[8]
	Big Syke	Big Syke Daddy
	Gemini	6:16 The Genesis
	Guru	Baldhead Slick & da Click
	FUBU	The Good Life (FUBU album)
October 1	Eyedea & Abilities	First Born
October 2	Busta Rhymes	Total Devastation: The Best of Busta Rhymes
	Ja Rule	Pain Is Love
	Stu Dent	Altered State
October 9	T.I.	I'm Serious
	Bubba Sparxxx	Dark Days, Bright Nights
	Various Artists	Bones (soundtrack)[9]
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
	Snoop Dogg	Death Row: Snoop Doggy Dogg at His Best
	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
	Daz Dillinger	Who Ride wit Us: Tha Compalation, Vol. 1
	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	8Ball	Almost Famous
	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.)
	Ice Cube	Greatest Hits
	OutKast	Big Boi and Dre Present...OutKast
December 11	Warren G	The Return of the Regulator
	Mobb Deep	Infamy
	Method Man & Redman	How High (soundtrack)[10]
December 18	Jay-Z and The Roots	MTV Unplugged
	Nas	Stillmatic
	Wu-Tang Clan	Iron Flag
	Master P	Game Face
	Mystikal	Tarantula
	Lil' Bow Wow	Doggy Bag
	Ruff Ryders	Ryde or Die Vol. 3: In the "R" We Trust
	Various Artists	The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits, Vol. 5

Highest-charting singles

Hip hop singles from any year which charted in the 2001 Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100^[11]

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	Miss E...So Addictive	Missy Elliott	250,000	2
10	Project English	Juvenile	213,000	2

All critically reviewed albums ranked (Metacritic)

Number	Artist	Album	Average score	Number of reviews	Reference
1	Aesop Rock	Labor Days	92	5 reviews	[12]
2	Missy Elliott	Miss E... So Addictive	89	16 reviews	[13]
3	Jay-Z	The Blueprint	88	12 reviews	[14]
4	The Coup	Party Music	85	11 reviews	[15]
5	De La Soul	AOI: Bionix	77	15 reviews	[16]
6	Busta Rhymes	Genesis	77	8 reviews	[17]
7	Gorillaz	Gorillaz	71	18 reviews	[18]
8	Dilated Peoples	Expansion Team	71	12 reviews	[19]
9	Eve	Scorpion	70	12 reviews	[20]
10	Nas	Stillmatic	69	12 reviews	[21]
11	Wu-Tang Clan	Iron Flag	69	12 reviews	[22]
12	KRS-One	The Sneak Attack	69	8 reviews	[23]
13	Stereo MC's	Deep Down & Dirty	68	13 reviews	[24]
14	Mystikal	Tarantula	68	7 reviews	[25]
15	Ludacris	Word of Mouf	67	8 reviews	[26]
16	RZA	Digital Bullet	67	8 reviews	[27]
17	Tha Liks	X.O. Experience	65	10 reviews	[28]
18	Arsonists	Date of Birth	63	7 reviews	[29]
19	Silkk The Shocker	My World, My Way	63	6 reviews	[30]
20	DMX	The Great Depression	62	10 reviews	[31]
21	Sisqó	Return of Dragon	61	9 reviews	[32]
22	Ja Rule	Pain Is Love	59	10 reviews	[33]
23	Redman	Malpractice	59	8 reviews	[34]
24	D12	Devil's Night	58	11 reviews	[35]
25	2Pac	Until the End of Time	51	8 reviews	[36]
26	Run-DMC	Crown Royal	43	17 reviews	[37]
27	Master P	Game Face	40	4 reviews	[38]

See also

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34. "Malpractice by Redman". Metacritic. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
35. "Devil's Night by D12". Metacritic. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
36. "Until the End of Time by 2Pac". Metacritic. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
37. "Crown Royal by Run-D.M.C." Metacritic. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
38. "Game Face by Master P". Metacritic. Retrieved 28 July 2021.