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We took 2001 for granted
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prophecypro
Hollywood North
This is a year where when people look at it they think nothing much happened outside of the East Coast beefs and the classics they produced but there was a lot of good slept on albums from this era and Nas wasnt the only one who made a comeback of sorts (Foxy Brown, Busta Rhymes)
Off the top of my head..
Jay-Z Blueprint
Stillmatic-Nas
Disposble Arts-Masta Ace
Black Trash; The Autobiography of Kirk Jones-Sticky Fingaz
Malpractice (fukk y'all this was still a good Redman album)-Red
Kiss the Game Goodbye-Jadakiss
The Reason-Beanie Siegel
The Realness-Mega
NERD-In Search of.. (For better or worse this influenced a lot of kids and younger artists today)
Iron Flag-Wu (Not that bad at all)
That Beatminerz album dropped that summer.
Broken Silence-Foxy (Imo still one of her best works)
9 Lives-AZ (No Aziatic, but it started to bring AZ back in a big way)
Tha Liks-XO Experience (another album that I think was good despite the commercial experiment)
Tha Wash Soundtrack
RZA-Bobby Digital 2
The Beatnuts Take it or Squeeze it
Ghostface-Bulletproof Wallets (Although I felt like the mix up in tracklisting's punished this album a bit)
De La Soul-Bionix vol 2
Busta Rhymes-Gensis (I think this brought Busta back in a big way)
Ludacris-Word of Mouf (speaks for itself)
UGK-Dirty Money (Possibly slept on outside of the South)
Erik Sermon-The Music album (That single was classic)
Training Day-Soundtrack
Adam F presents Khaos (Only UK heads will know this but this album was lowkey banging with Redman's Smash Smuthin and tracks with MOP)
Hi-Tek Hitekology
Depending on your persuasion you might have felt the albums like Fab's debut, Ja's Pain is Love, Trick Daddy's second mainstream album, TI's debut, Eve's second album, Nate Dogg's solo album, D-12's album, DMX's great depression, Mystikal's joint, Petey Pablo's and Fat Joe's JOSE album whch brought him into the mainstream.
All in all not a bad year and some gems were there. I think its fondly remembered because there was still a healthy Street and Backpack underground scene on the East Coast and this was a time when people were still buying CDs and thus you could value even an album that might have been a 3.5 but a strong 3.5
Off the top of my head..
Jay-Z Blueprint
Stillmatic-Nas
Disposble Arts-Masta Ace
Black Trash; The Autobiography of Kirk Jones-Sticky Fingaz
Malpractice (fukk y'all this was still a good Redman album)-Red
Kiss the Game Goodbye-Jadakiss
The Reason-Beanie Siegel
The Realness-Mega
NERD-In Search of.. (For better or worse this influenced a lot of kids and younger artists today)
Iron Flag-Wu (Not that bad at all)
That Beatminerz album dropped that summer.
Broken Silence-Foxy (Imo still one of her best works)
9 Lives-AZ (No Aziatic, but it started to bring AZ back in a big way)
Tha Liks-XO Experience (another album that I think was good despite the commercial experiment)
Tha Wash Soundtrack
RZA-Bobby Digital 2
The Beatnuts Take it or Squeeze it
Ghostface-Bulletproof Wallets (Although I felt like the mix up in tracklisting's punished this album a bit)
De La Soul-Bionix vol 2
Busta Rhymes-Gensis (I think this brought Busta back in a big way)
Ludacris-Word of Mouf (speaks for itself)
UGK-Dirty Money (Possibly slept on outside of the South)
Erik Sermon-The Music album (That single was classic)
Training Day-Soundtrack
Adam F presents Khaos (Only UK heads will know this but this album was lowkey banging with Redman's Smash Smuthin and tracks with MOP)
Hi-Tek Hitekology
Depending on your persuasion you might have felt the albums like Fab's debut, Ja's Pain is Love, Trick Daddy's second mainstream album, TI's debut, Eve's second album, Nate Dogg's solo album, D-12's album, DMX's great depression, Mystikal's joint, Petey Pablo's and Fat Joe's JOSE album whch brought him into the mainstream.
All in all not a bad year and some gems were there. I think its fondly remembered because there was still a healthy Street and Backpack underground scene on the East Coast and this was a time when people were still buying CDs and thus you could value even an album that might have been a 3.5 but a strong 3.5
phonthought3000
All Star
To be honest 00-05 were criminally underrated and somewhat underappreciated years in hip-hop. during this time you had a shytload of joints that dropped that were just 
but I think the latter part of the 00's overshadowed it due to the downward steps the music was goin so we tend to forget the 1st half was actually up to par with the era's before.
but I think the latter part of the 00's overshadowed it due to the downward steps the music was goin so we tend to forget the 1st half was actually up to par with the era's before.
California Burrito
Slangin' Chorizo
you forgot fabolous debut "ghetto fabolous" I remembered it dropped the same day as the blueprint on 9/11 
I was in school and all we were doing was watching footage of the towers falling 
I said fukk this ditched school hopped on the bus to sam goody and bought both albums 
rolled up a strawberry swisha and I was in heaven 
I was in school and all we were doing was watching footage of the towers falling I said fukk this ditched school hopped on the bus to sam goody and bought both albums rolled up a strawberry swisha and I was in heaven 
Amazing thread right hereMr Uncle Leroy
All Star
where the west coast artist at?
Mr Uncle Leroy
All Star
That didn't come out in 2001.
It was a pioneering album to called 2001 and not even come out in 2001
album was ahead of its time.
yall really took 2001 for granted
California Burrito
Slangin' Chorizo
That didn't come out in 2001.
lol I remember listening to "dreams" by game and hearing him say "I woke up out that coma in 2001, right around the same time dre dropped 2001" I was like
nobody not even dre tapped game like "yo my shyt came out in 99 homie" 
Lefty Gunz
Superstar
2001, 2002, 2003 are my favorite years
prophecypro
Hollywood North
Also a lot of Coli/SOHH posters were probably in their final year or two of High School and/or first couple of years of college when we talking about these years so we reminisce on the good ol' days when thinking of the music
