This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip-hop for the year 2001.
Released albums Release Date Artist AlbumJanuary 9Various AristsOz (soundtrack) January 16 Lil KekeFrom 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 ShopVarious Artists Exit Wounds (soundtrack) 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 AnywhereMay 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 5Various ArtistsDr. Dolittle 2 (soundtrack) St. Lunatics Free City Turk Young & Thuggin' Kool Keith Spankmaster Tragedy Khadafi Against All OddsVarious ArtistsThe Fast and the Furious (soundtrack) June 12 Jay Tee So Cold AZ 9 Lives Various Artists MTV's Hip Hopera: CarmenJune 19Baby BeeshSavage 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 AscensionViolatorViolator: The Album, V2.0 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 EnglishVarious ArtistsRush Hour 2 (soundtrack) 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' PherneliaSeptember 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) 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 NubianSeptember 25Various ArtistsThe Wash (soundtrack) Big Syke Big Syke Daddy Gemini 6:16 The Genesis Guru Baldhead Slick & da ClickFUBUThe 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 NightsVarious ArtistsBones (soundtrack) 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 InfamyMethod Man & RedmanHow High (soundtrack) 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 100SongArtistProjectPeak position "Ms. Jackson" OutKast Stankonia 1"Ride Wit Me"Nelly featuring City SpudCountry Grammar3 "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 NumberAlbumArtist1st-week sales1st-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 2 Missy Elliott Miss E... So Addictive 89 16 reviews 3 Jay-Z The Blueprint 88 12 reviews 4 The Coup Party Music 85 11 reviews 5 De La Soul AOI: Bionix 77 15 reviews 6 Busta Rhymes Genesis 77 8 reviews 7 Gorillaz Gorillaz 71 18 reviews 8 Dilated Peoples Expansion Team 71 12 reviews 9Eve Scorpion 70 12 reviews 10 Nas Stillmatic 69 12 reviews 11 Wu-Tang Clan Iron Flag 69 12 reviews 12 KRS-One The Sneak Attack 69 8 reviews 13 Stereo MC's Deep Down & Dirty 68 13 reviews 14 Mystikal Tarantula 68 7 reviews 15 Ludacris Word of Mouf 67 8 reviews 16 RZA Digital Bullet 67 8 reviews 17 Tha Liks X.O. Experience 65 10 reviews 18 Arsonists Date of Birth 63 7 reviews 19 Silkk The Shocker My World, My Way 63 6 reviews 20 DMX The Great Depression 62 10 reviews 21 Sisqó Return of Dragon 61 9 reviews 22 Ja Rule Pain Is Love 59 10 reviews 23 Redman Malpractice 59 8 reviews 24 D12 Devil's Night 58 11 reviews 25 2Pac Until the End of Time 51 8 reviews 26 Run-DMC Crown Royal 43 17 reviews 27 Master P Game Face 40 4 reviews
See also
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