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'{{Unreferenced|date=May 2014}} {{YYYY music|1999}} {{Year nav topic5|1999|hip hop music}} This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in [[hip hop music]] for the year 1999. ==Released albums== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col"| Release Date ! scope="col"| Artist ! scope="col"| Album |- | rowspan="2"|January 19 | [[Peanut Butter Wolf]] | ''[[My Vinyl Weighs a Ton]]'' |- | [[Silkk the Shocker]] | ''[[Made Man (album)|Made Man]]'' |- | February 2 | [[Three 6 Mafia|Tear Da Club Up Thugs]] | ''[[CrazyNDaLazDayz]]'' |- | rowspan="2"|February 9 | [[Defari]] | ''[[Focused Daily]]'' |- | [[MC Breed]] | ''[[It's All Good (MC Breed album)|It's All Good]]'' |- | February 16 | [[Mr. Serv-On]] | ''[[Da Next Level]]'' |- | rowspan="5"|February 23 |[[A+ (rapper)|A+]] |''[[Hempstead High]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/hempstead-high-mw0000600120|title=Hempstead High - A+ {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-05-06}}</ref> |- |[[Black Moon (group)|Black Moon]] |''[[War Zone (album)|War Zone]]'' |- | [[Eminem]] | ''[[The Slim Shady LP]]'' |- | [[Prince Paul (producer)|Prince Paul]] | ''[[A Prince Among Thieves]]'' |- | [[The Roots]] | ''[[Things Fall Apart (album)|Things Fall Apart]]'' |- | March 2 | [[Three 6 Mafia]] | ''[[Underground Vol. 1: (1991-1994)]]'' |- | rowspan="3"| March 9 | [[C-Murder]] | ''[[Bossalinie]]'' |- | [[Harlem World (group)|Harlem World]] | ''[[The Movement (Harlem World album)|The Movement]]'' |- | [[Naughty by Nature]] | ''[[Nature's Finest: Naughty by Nature's Greatest Hits]]'' |- | rowspan="3"| March 23 | [[N.W.A]] | ''[[The N.W.A Legacy, Vol. 1: 1988-1998]]'' |- | Various Artists | ''[[Foolish (soundtrack)|Foolish]]'' |- | [[Wu-Tang Clan]] | ''[[Wu-Chronicles]]'' |- |March 30 | [[Krayzie Bone]] | ''[[Thug Mentality 1999]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/thug-mentality-1999-mw0000049887|title=Thug Mentality 1999 - Krayzie Bone {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-05-06}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |April 6 |[[Lords of the Underground]] |''[[Resurrection (Lords of the Underground album)|Resurrection]]'' |- | [[Nas]] | ''[[I Am... (Nas album)|I Am...]]'' |- | April 16 | [[The Sugarhill Gang]] | ''[[Jump on It!]]'' |- | rowspan="3"| April 20 | [[B.G. (rapper)|B.G.]] | ''[[Chopper City In the Ghetto]]'' |- | [[MF DOOM]] | ''[[Operation: Doomsday]]'' |- | [[Wu-Syndicate]] | ''[[Wu-Syndicate (album)]]'' |- | rowspan="3"| April 27 | [[Lil Soldiers]] | ''[[Boot Camp (album)|Boot Camp]]'' |- | Naughty by Nature | ''[[Nineteen Naughty Nine: Nature's Fury]]'' |- | [[Death Row Records]] | ''[[Suge Knight Represents: Chronic 2000]]'' |- | May 11 | [[Snoop Dogg]] | ''[[No Limit Top Dogg]]'' |- | rowspan="2"|May 18 | [[Rawkus Records]] | ''[[Soundbombing II]]'' |- | [[8Ball & MJG]] | ''[[In Our Lifetime, Vol. 1]]'' |- | rowspan="2"| May 25 | [[Slick Rick]] | ''[[The Art of Storytelling]]'' |- | [[No Limit Records]] | ''[[Who U Wit?]]'' |- | May 31 | [[Swollen Members]] | ''[[Balance (Swollen Members album)|Balance]]'' |- | rowspan="2" |June 1 |[[Ja Rule]] |[[Venni Vetti Vecci]] |- | [[TRU (group)|TRU]] | ''[[Da Crime Family]]'' |- | June 8 | [[MC Eiht]] | ''[[Section 8 (album)|Section 8]]'' |- |June 14 |[[DJ Spinna]] |''[[Heavy Beats Vol. 1]]'' |- |June 21 |[[KutMasta Kurt|Kutmasta Kurt]] |''Masters of Illusion'' ''EP'' |- | rowspan="4" |June 22 |[[Blackalicious]] |''A2G EP'' |- |[[Company Flow]] |''[[Little Johnny from the Hospitul: Breaks & Instrumentals Vol.1|Little Johnny from the Hospital: Breaks & Instrumentals Vol. 1]]'' |- | [[Missy Elliott]] | ''[[Da Real World]]'' |- | [[RZA]] | ''[[The RZA Hits]]'' |- | rowspan="2" |June 29 | [[GZA]] | ''[[Beneath the Surface (GZA album)|Beneath the Surface]]'' |- |[[Lootpack]] |[[Soundpieces: Da Antidote|''Soundpieces: Da Antidote!'']] |- | rowspan="2" | July 6 | [[Fiend (rapper)|Fiend]] | ''[[Street Life (Fiend album)|Street Life]]'' |- |Kreators |''No Contest'' |- | rowspan="4" | 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 (Lil' Keke album)|It Was All a Dream]]'' |- | [[Too Short]] | ''[[Can't Stay Away]]'' |- | rowspan="3" |July 20 | [[EPMD]] | ''[[Out of Business]]'' |- | [[Public Enemy (group)|Public Enemy]] | ''[[There's a Poison Goin' On]]'' |- | The Roots | ''[[The Legendary]]'' |- | July 27 | [[Hot Boys|Hot Boy$]] | ''[[Guerrilla Warfare (album)|Guerrilla Warfare]]'' |- | rowspan="2"| August 3 | [[Lil Italy]] | ''[[On Top of da World]]'' |- | [[Memphis Bleek]] | ''[[Coming of Age (Memphis Bleek album)|Coming of Age]]'' |- | rowspan="2" |August 10 |[[The Beatnuts]] |''[[A Musical Massacre]]'' |- | Various Artists | ''[[Violator: The Album]]'' |- | rowspan="2"| August 17 | [[Ludacris]] | ''[[Incognegro]]'' |- | [[Mobb Deep]] | ''[[Murda Muzik]]'' |- | rowspan="7" |August 24 |[[Arsonists (hip hop group)|Arsonists]] |''[[As the World Burns]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/as-the-world-burns-mw0000241678|title=As the World Burns - Arsonists {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-05-06}}</ref> |- | [[Beastie Boys]] | ''[[Scientists of Sound (The Blow Up Factor Vol. 1)]]'' |- |[[The High & Mighty]] |''[[Home Field Advantage (album)|Home Field Advantage]]'' |- | [[Mack 10]] | ''Hoo-Bangin': The Mix Tape, Vol. 1'' |- | [[N.O.R.E.]] | ''[[Melvin Flynt - Da Hustler]]'' |- | [[Sean Combs|Puff Daddy]] | ''[[Forever (Puff Daddy album)|Forever]]'' |- | Three 6 Mafia | ''[[Underground Vol. 2: Club Memphis]]'' |- | rowspan="3" |August 31 |Lexicon |''Antiquity'' |- | [[Magic (rapper)|Magic]] | ''[[Thuggin']]'' |- | [[O.G.C.]] | ''[[The M-Pire Shrikez Back]]'' |- | rowspan="2" |September 7 | [[Inspectah Deck]] | ''[[Uncontrolled Substance]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/uncontrolled-substance-mw0000245606|title=Uncontrolled Substance - Inspectah Deck {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-05-06}}</ref> |- | [[Jeru the Damaja]] | ''[[Heroz4Hire]]'' |- | rowspan="4"| September 14 | [[Duck Down Records]] | ''[[Duck Down Presents: The Album]]'' |- | [[Eve (rapper)|Eve]] | ''[[Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders' First Lady]]'' |- | [[Ol' Dirty Bastard]] | ''[[Nigga Please]]'' |- | [[Project Pat]] | ''[[Ghetty Green]]'' |- | rowspan="6"| September 21 | [[A.G. (rapper)|A.G.]] | ''[[The Dirty Version]]'' |- | [[D-Dot|The Madd Rapper]] | ''Tell 'Em Why U Madd'' |- | [[Terror Squad (group)|Terror Squad]] | ''[[The Album (Terror Squad album)|The Album]]'' |- |[[Lost Boyz|The Lost Boyz]] |''[[LB IV Life]]'' |- | [[Mac (rapper)|Mac]] | ''[[World War III (Mac album)|World War III]]'' |- | [[Method Man & Redman]] | ''[[Blackout! (Method Man & Redman album)|Blackout!]]'' |- |October 5 | Various Artists | ''[[Thicker than Water (soundtrack)|Thicker than Water]]'' |- | rowspan="4"| October 12 | [[Ice-T]] | ''[[The Seventh Deadly Sin]]'' |- | [[Mos Def]] | ''[[Black on Both Sides]]'' |- | [[Warren G]] | ''[[I Want It All (album)|I Want It All]]'' |- | [[Busdriver]] | ''[[Memoirs of the Elephant Man]]'' |- | rowspan="4"|October 19 | [[Handsome Boy Modeling School]] | ''[[So... How's Your Girl?]]'' |- | [[Living Legends (group)|Living Legends]] | ''UHB IV: Stop & Retaliate'' |- | [[Pharoahe Monch]] | ''[[Internal Affairs (Pharoahe Monch album)|Internal Affairs]]'' |- | [[U-God]] | ''[[Golden Arms Redemption]]'' |- | rowspan="5" |October 26 |[[Above the Law (group)|Above the Law]] |''[[Forever: Rich Thugs, Book One|Forever Rich Thugs]]'' |- |[[Akinyele (rapper)|Akinyele]] |''[[Aktapuss: The Soundtrack]]'' |- | [[E-40]] | ''[[Charlie Hustle: The Blueprint of a Self-Made Millionaire]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/charlie-hustle-the-blueprint-of-a-self-made-millionaire-mw0000251144|title=Charlie Hustle: The Blueprint of a Self-Made Millionaire - E-40 {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-05-06}}</ref> |- | [[Koopsta Knicca]] | ''Da Devil's Playground'' |- | [[Master P]] | ''[[Only God Can Judge Me]]'' |- | rowspan="3" |November 2 | [[Kurupt]] | ''[[Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/tha-streetz-iz-a-mutha-mw0000252808|title=Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha - Kurupt {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-05-06}}</ref> |- | [[Lil Wayne]] | ''[[Tha Block Is Hot]]'' |- | [[The Roots]] | ''[[The Roots Come Alive]]'' |- | rowspan="3"|November 9 | [[B-Legit]] | ''[[Hempin' Ain't Easy]]'' |- |[[Beat Junkies]] |''World Famous Beat Junkies Vol. 3'' |- | [[Tech N9ne]] | ''[[The Calm Before the Storm (Tech N9ne album)|The Calm Before the Storm]]'' |- | rowspan="2" | November 16 | [[Dr. Dre]] | ''[[2001 (Dr. Dre album)|2001]]'' |- | [[Raekwon]] | ''[[Immobilarity]]'' |- | rowspan="3"| November 23 | [[Beastie Boys]] | ''[[Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science]]'' |- | Nas | ''[[Nastradamus]]'' |- | [[Tash (rapper)|Tash]] | ''[[Rap Life]]'' |- | rowspan="2"| November 30 | [[Rakim]] | ''[[The Master (album)|The Master]]'' |- | [[Q-Tip]] | ''[[Amplified (Q-Tip album)|Amplified]]'' |- | rowspan="3"| December 7 | [[Cypress Hill]] | ''[[Los grandes éxitos en español|Los Grandes Éxitos en Español]]'' |- | [[Funkmaster Flex]] | ''[[The Tunnel (album)|The Tunnel]]'' |- | [[The Notorious B.I.G.]] | ''[[Born Again (The Notorious B.I.G. album)|Born Again]]'' |- | December 14 | Various Artists | ''[[Next Friday (soundtrack)|Next Friday soundtrack]]'' |- | rowspan="3"| December 21 | [[DMX (rapper)|DMX]] | ''[[...And Then There Was X]]'' |- | [[Goodie Mob]] | ''[[World Party (album)|World Party]]'' |- | [[2Pac]] + [[Outlawz]] | ''[[Still I Rise (album)|Still I Rise]]'' |- | December 28 | [[Jay-Z]] | ''[[Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter]]'' |- |Unknown |E Money Bags |In E Money Bags We Trust |} == Highest first-week sales == {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |+List of top ten albums with the highest first-week ! scope="col"|Number ! scope="col"|Album ! scope="col"|Artist ! scope="col"|1st-week sales ! scope="col"|1st-week position |- ! scope="row"| 1 | ''[[...And Then There Was X]]'' | [[DMX (rapper)|DMX]] | 698,000 | 1 |- ! scope="row"| 2 | ''[[2001 (Dr. Dre album)|2001]]'' | [[Dr. Dre]] | 516,000 | 2 |- ! scope="row"| 3 | ''[[Born Again (The Notorious B.I.G. album)|Born Again]]'' | [[The Notorious B.I.G.]] | 485,000 | 1 |- ! scope="row"| 4 | ''[[I Am... (Nas album)|I Am...]]'' | [[Nas]] | 470,000 | 1 |- ! scope="row"| 5 | ''[[Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter]]'' | [[Jay-Z]] | 462,000 | 1 |- ! scope="row"| 6 | ''[[Still I Rise (album)|Still I Rise]]'' | [[2Pac + Outlawz]] | 408,000 | 7 |- ! scope="row"| 7 | ''[[Tha G-Code]]'' | [[Juvenile (rapper)|Juvenile]] | 290,000 | 10 |- ! scope="row"| 8 | ''[[The Slim Shady LP]]'' | [[Eminem]] | 283,000 | 2 |- ! scope="row"| 9 | ''[[Blackout! (Method Man & Redman album)|Blackout!]]'' | [[Method Man & Redman]] | 254,000 | 3 |- ! scope="row"| 10 | ''[[Made Man (album)|Made Man]]'' | [[Silkk the Shocker]] | 240,244 | 1 |} ==See also== *Last article: [[1998 in hip hop music]] *Next article: [[2000 in hip hop music]] ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} {{List of years in hip hop music}} {{DEFAULTSORT:1999 In Hip Hop}} [[Category:1999 in music|Hip hop]] [[Category:Years in hip hop music]]'