These Release dates are all found from different sources. Release dates for CD's are sometimes changed or canceled, so not all of these are completely accurate, but check it out anyways, cuz i can assure you that most of them are pretty much right!
July 27
Hot Boys - Guerilla Warfare (Cash Money)
August 3
Charli Baltimore - Ice - (ft. Cam'ron, Noreaga, Lady Of Rage,
Queenpen, Da Brat, Gangsta Boo, Ghostface Killah, Dutch & Spade, Eightball, Mobb Deep, Teddy Riley, DJ Premier, Clark Kent, Rza, Havoc) (Untertainment)
Memphis Bleek - Coming of Age - (ft. Jay-Z, Sauce Money, Ranjhaz, Beanie Seagil, Ja Rule, Noreage, Big Jaz, Buckwild, Swizz Beatz) (Rocafella/Def Jam)
Deep Blue Sea - Soundtrack - (ft. LL Cool J, Cormega, Carl Thomas) (Rock The Bells)
August 10
Violator Compilation - Compilatiom - (ft. Foxy Brown, Busta Rhymes, Flipmode Squad, Cormega) (Violator)
Rhazel - Make The Music With Your Mouth 2000 - (ft. The Roots, Pete Rock, Q-Tip, Aaron Hall) (Motive)
August 17
OGC - The M-Pire X Back - (ft. Heltah Skeltah, Cocoa Brovas, Buckshot, Havoc) (Duck Down/Priority)
Mobb Deep - Murder Music - (ft. Big Noyd, Onyx, Cormega, Kool G Rap, Eightball, Lil' Kim) (Loud)
Mary J Blige - Mary - (ft. Nas, DMX, K-Ci, Lauryn Hill, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Jadakiss, Rodney Jerkins, Trackmasters) (MCA)
August 24
Puff Daddy - Forever - (ft. Mase, Black Rob, Bone Thugs 'N Harmony, Faith Evans, 112, The Lox, Shyne, R.Kelly, Nas, Jay-Z, Nancy Wilson, Hurricane G, Bizzy Bone, The Neptunes) (Bad Boy)
Made Men - Classic Limited Edition - (ft. Master P, The Lox, Montell Jordan, Kurupt, Prodigy, Monifah, Mase, Big Punisher, Carden, Wise Guys, Queen Pen) (Restless)
Noreaga - Melvin Flint: The Hustler - (ft. Nas, Nature, Capone, Cam'ron, Three 6 Mafia, JT Money, Trick Daddy, Jay-Z, Royal Flush, Missy Elliot, Scarlett, Maze & Mussolini, The Neptunes) (Penalty)
Ol' Dirty Bastard - Nigga, Please - (ft. Rza, Sublime, Maddonna) (Elektra)
August 31
Madd Rapper - Heated - (ft. DMX, Piasco Black, Desert Rose, Eminem, Deric "D-Dot" Angelletie, Kurupt, Tracy Lee, Puff Daddy) (Crazy Cat/Columbia)
Eve - Eve Of Destruction - (ft. DMX, Drag-On, The Lox, Lil' Kim, Missy Elliot, Swizz Beatz, PK) (Ruff Ryders/Interscope)
The Beatnuts - Musical Massacre - (ft. Carl Thomas, Big Punisher, Cuban Links, Common) (Relatively)
Duck Down Presents... - The Album - (ft. Blackmoon, Cocoa Brovas, Heltah Skeltah, O.G.C, The Representativez, B.T.J's, Lord Digga, Illa Noyz, M.S. & H.B., Jahdan, Rustee Jux, BDI Thug, Swan) (Duck Down/Priority)
September 7
Tragedy - Against All Odds - (ft. Iman Thug, Ja Rule, Rza, Canibus, Cam'ron, Younglord) (25 To Life)
September 14
Redman & Method Man - America's Most Blunted - (ft. Rza, Erick Sermon) (Def Jam)
Goodie Mob - World Party - (ft. Outkast, Cool Breeze, TLC) (Laface)
September 21
Thicker Than Water - Soundtrack - (ft. Mack 10, Ice Cube, AllfrumtheI, Noreaga, MC Eiht, Fat Joe) (Hoo-Bangin)
E-40 - Charlie Hustle: Blueprints Of A Self-Made Millionaire - (ft. B-Legit, Suga T, Juvenile, Sauce Money, Fat Joe, Yuckmouth, Studio Tone, Battlecat) (Sick Wit It/Jive)
September 28
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Cliente - (ft. Raekwon, Cappadonna, Rza, Stevie J.)
Lil' Kim - Notorious K.I.M - (ft. Lil' Cease, Puff Daddy, Mia X, DMX, Eightball, Kelly Price, Grace Jones, Jay-Z, E-40, Cam'ron, Charli Baltimore, Genius, Nashiem Myrick, DJ Premier)(Undeas)
Black Rob - My Life Story - (ft. Mase, Puff Daddy, The Lox, Cee-Lo, Jenefir Lopez, Deric "D-Dot" Angellettie) (Bad Boy)
Run DMC - Crown Royale - (ft. Method Man, Beastie Boys, Nas, Fat Joe, Cam'ron, Redman, Big Kap, Bad Boy Hitmen Producers) (Profile/Arista)
October 5
Kurupt - Trilogy - (ft. Daz, Tray Dee, Dr. Dre, Cool Breeze, KRS-One, Snoop Dogg, Organized Noize, Soopafly, Battlecat) (Antra)
U-God - Redemption - (ft. Wu-Tang) (Priority)
October 19
Beanie Seigel - The Truth - (ft. Jay-Z, Memphis Bleek, Amil) (Def Jam)
October 26
Nas - Nastradomus - (Nature, Noreaga, Havoc, Trackmasters) (Columbia)
November 9
DJ Clue - The Professional On Tour - (ft. Jay-Z, Beanie Seigel, Memphis Bleek, DMX, Busta Rhymes, The Lox, Master P, Mystikal, Noreaga, Cam'ron, Redman, Method Man) (Rocafella/Def Jam)
November 16
Capone-N-Noreaga - The Reunion (Penalty)
November 23
EPMD - Greatest Hits (Def Jam)
LL Cool J - Untitled - (ft. Dr. Dre, DJ Premier, Swizz Beatz) (Def Jam)
December 21
DMX - The Man, The Dog, & The God - (ft. The Lox, Drag-On, Eve, Swizz Beatz, Dame Grease) (Def Jam)
December 28
Jay-Z - Untitled (ft. Memphis Bleek, Sauce Money, DMX, Beanie Seigel, Ja Rule, Amil, Big Jaz, Swizz Beatz, DJ Premier) (Rocafella/Def Jam
Summer Releases
Prodigy - Untitled - (ft. Havoc, Big Noyd) (Loud)
Tha Dogg Pound - Dogg Shit - (ft. Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre) (Death Row)
Dyme - Untitled - (ft. TQ, Cuban Linx, DMX, Younglord) (Artista)
Cuban Links - 24 Karet - (ft. Fat Joe, Big Punisher, Terror Squad, Method Man, Busta Rhymes, Buckwild, Younglord) (Big Beat/Atlantic)
Tha Dogg Pound - Aftershock (EP) - (ft. Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Lady of Rage) (Death Row)
Tha Dogg Pound - Dogg Shit - (ft. Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Lady of Rage) (Death Row)
Fat Joe & Big Punisher - Twinz - (ft. Terror Squad, Noreaga) (Big Beat/Atlantic)
Sticky Fingaz - Untitled - (ft. Onyx, All City, Dr. Dre) (Def Jam)
Lord Have Mercy - The Ungodly Hour - (ft. Busta Rhymes, Flipmode Squad) (Flipmode/Elektra)
Lost Boyz - LB For Life (Universal)
Freddie Foxx - Follow Me - (ft. DJ Premier, Beatminerz) (KJAC Ent)
Notorious B.I.G - Greatest Hits (Bad Boy)
Prodigy - White Lines - (ft. Havoc, Cormega) (Loud)
Easy Mo Bee - Now or Never: Odysessy 2000 - (ft. Boot Camp Clik, AZ, Mack 10, Prodigy, Bad Azz, Big Mike) (Priority)
Da Brat - Untitled - (ft. Jermaine Dupri, R.O.C, Total, Krayzie Bone, Missy Elliot, Timbaland, Lil' Kim, Trackmasters, L.E.S, Swizz Beatz) (So So Def)
Terror Squad - Untitled - (ft. Noreage, The Beatnuts, L.E.S)
Inspectah Deck - Uncontrollable Substance - (ft. Wu-Tang, M.O.P, Pete Rock, Gangstarr, DJ Premier) (Loud)
Dr. Dre - The Chronic 2001: No Seeds - (ft. Snoop Doggy Dogg, Kurupt, King T, D.O.C, Xzibit, Eminem, Hitmen, RBX, Sticky Fingaz, Nate Dogg) (Aftermath)
Cam'ron - Sports, Drugs, and Entertainment - (ft. Charli Baltimore, Prodigy, Noreaga, R. Kelly, Dutch & Spade, Ol' Dirty Bastard) (Untertainment)
Lord Have Mercy - The Ungodly Hour - (ft. Busta Rhymes, Flipmode Squad) (Flipmode Entertainment)
Tash - Rap Life - (ft. Xzibit, King T, J-Ro, Raekwon, Kutupy, E-Swift) (Loud)
Sauce Money - Middle Finger U - (ft. Jay-Z, Wais, Big Jaz, Puff Daddy, Memphis Bleek, Total, DJ Premier, Clark Kent) (MCA)
Cha Cha - Dear Diary - (ft. Nas, Jagged Edge, Memphis Bleek, Ja Rule, Jim Crow, Trick Daddy, Latocha of Xscape, Irv Gotti, Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence) (Epic)
Fall Releases
Shyne - The Truth - (ft. Total, Black Rob, Puff Daddy, The Lox, Sauce Money) (Bad Boy)
Notorious B.I.G - Born Again - (ft. Loryetta Wallace, Sadat X, Nas, DJ Premier, Swizz Beatz, Lord Finesse) (Bad Boy)
Half-A-Mil - Milion - (ft. AZ, Noreaga, Kool G Rap, Mussolini) (Penalty)
Nature - For All Seasons - (ft. Nas, Noreaga, Cam'ron, Prodigy, Sparkle, Dr. Dre, Trackmasters) (Ill Will/Columbia)
Dame Grease - Live From Lennox - (ft. Cam'ron, Hot Ones, Nas, DMX, Noreaga, Scarface, Harlem World) (Priority)
DJ Premier - Untitled - (ft. Guru, Freddie Foxx, Afu-Ru, Jay-Z, Nas)
Winter Releases
Michael Jackson - Untitled - (ft. Lauryn Hill, Dru Hill, Rodney Jerkins) (Epic)
Gza/Genuis - Untitled - (ft. Masta Killa, Killah Priest, Rza, Mathmatics) (MCA)
Ice Cube - War & Peace (The Peace Disc) - (ft. Mack 10, Mr. Short Khop, Kurupt, DMX) (Heavyweight/Priority)
De La Soul - Artofficial Intellegence - (ft. Prince Paul, Redman, Al Green) (Tommy Boy)
Other Releases
Cardan - Untitled - (ft. Jermaine Dupri, Mase, Noreaga) (Penalty)
Rza - The Cure - (ft. Wu-Tang, Rage Against The Machine, Isaac Hayes, Ras Kass) (Gee Street)
Phife - Untitled (ft. Q-Tip, DJ Premier, Slum Village, The Ummah) (Jive)
Richie Rich - The Truth (Def Jam)
Krs-One - Maximum Strength - ft. Cam'ron, Prodigy, Redman, Keith Murray, Puff Daddy, Ras Kass, Punchline, Killah Priest, Run, Vilgilante, Buckshot, Wyclef DJ Premier) (Jive)
CJ Mac - Platinum Game - (ft. Mack 10, WC, Ice Cube) (Hoo Bangin)
DJ Muggs - Soul Assasins Pt. II - (ft. Goodie Mob, MC Eiht, Cypress Hill) (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
The Source Presents: The Unsigned Hype - Compilation - (ft. Capone-N-Noreaga, Common, Notorious B.I.G, DMX, Chocaltt, Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz, Wise Guys) (Polygram)
Canibus - The C-Quel - (ft. Raekwon, Busta Rhymes, DJ Premier, Clark Kent, The Neptunes) (Group Home/Universal)
King T - Til Kingdom Come - (ft. Dr. Dre, Too Short, The Alkaholiks, Xzibit, DJ Quik, Bud'da)
Akineyle - Ak-Ta-Puss (Jive)
The Four Horsemen - Untitled - (Collaboration of Canibus, Kurupt, Killah Priest, and Ras Kass) Dr. Dre, Daz) (Released on each of the artist's labels)
Raekwon - Blood On The Chef's Apron - (ft. Wu-Tang, Pete Rock, DJ Premier) (Loud)
D' Angelo - Voodoo - (ft. Q-Tip, DJ Premier) (Noo Trybe)
Mos Def - Black On Both Sides - (ft. Medina Green, Twalib Kweli, Common, Q-Tip, Black Thought, Shawn J. Period, Diamond D, DJ Premier) (MCA)
Dead Prez - These Are The Times (Loud)
Capone - Life or Death - (ft. Noreaga, Maze & Mussolini) (Penalty)
D.I.T.C - All Luv - (ft. Big Punisher, Buckwild) (Tommy Boy)
Thugged Out Compilation - The Jump Off - (ft. Noreaga, Maze, Mussolini, Scarlett) (Thugged Out Entertainment)
Soopafly - Like It Or Not - (Daz Dillinger, Kurupt, Snoop Dogg, Richie Rich, Nate Dogg, Xzibit) (Death Row)
Grades:
A+ mean that you gotta have this CD
A mean that this CD is fresh and definately worth your money
A- mean that this CD is phat, worth your money all the way
B+ mean that this CD is dope
B+ mean that this CD is
B mean that this Cd is cool, you know it's like normal
B- mean it could have been a little bit better
C+ mean it could have been alot better, get it when it's on sale
C mean you gotta buy this CD used or something cuz
C- mean that it'll slide, this is like passing point
D+ mean that it'll almost slide, but it won't
D mean don't even waste your time with this wack CD
D- mean that it's almost an F
F meant that if you get this CD kn, you a stupid azz
Bone Thugs ~n~ Harmony: Creepn on ah Come up = D+
Bone Thugs ~n~ Harmony: East 1999 = A-
Bizzy Bone: Heaven’z Movie = C-
Flesh ~n~ Bone: T.H.U.G.S = F
Cypress Hill: IV = B-
Bootleg: Death Before Dishonesty = B
Snoop Doggy Dogg: Doggy Style = A+
Snoop Doggy Dogg: Tha Dogg Father = C+
Snoop Dogg: Da Game is to be Sold, Not to be Told = B+
Snoop Dogg: Top Dogg = A
Dr. Dre: The Chronic = A-
Tha Dogg Pound: Dogg Food = A
Warren G: Regulate = A
The Lady of Rage: Necessary Roughness = B+
Nate Dogg: G Funk Classics = B+
Various Artists: Chronic 2000 = A-
Kurupt: Kuruption = C+
Tupac: Greatest Hits = A+
Makaveli: The 7 Day Theory = B-
Bad Azz: Word on the Streets = B-
Soundtrack: Gang Related = B
Various Artists: The N.W.A Legacy = B+
LL Cool J: Mr. Smith = D
LL Cool J: Phenomenon = A-
Method Man: Tical = B
Method Man: Tical 2000 = A-
Jay-Z: In my Lifetime, Vol. 1 = B+
Jay-Z: Hard Knock Life, Vol. 2 = A
EPMD: Strictly Business = A
EPMD: Unfinished Business = A-
EPMD: Business as Usual = C
EPMD: Back in Business = B-
DMX: It’s Dark and Hell is Hot = A+
Ja Rule: Venni Vetti Vecci = A+
Redman: Doc’s Da Name 2000 = B
Def Squad: El Nino = B+
Jayo Felony: Watcha Gonna Do = B-
Public Enemy: He Got Game = C+
Dj Clue: The Professional = A-
Soundtrack: Belly = B+
Slick Rick: The Great Adventures of Slick Rick = B+
Slick Rick: Behind Bars = A-
Slick Rick: The Art of Storytelling = A-
Keith Murray: It’s a Beautiful Thing = C-
Ol’ Dirty Bastard: Return to the 36 Chambers = B-
Cappadonna: The Pillage = F
Raekwon: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx = D
Genius/GZA: Liquid Swords = D
Rahzel: Make the Music 2000 = A
Wu-Tang Clan: Enter the Wu-Tang = C-
Wu-Tang Clan: Wu-Tang Forever = B-
Master P: MP Da Last Don = B+
TRU: Da Crime Family = B+
Fiend: There’s one in Every Family = B+
Fiend: Street Life = B-
Silkk the Shocker: Charge it 2 da Game = B-
Silkk the Shocker: made Man = B
Mystikal: Mind of Mystikal = B-
Mystikal: Unpredictable = B
Mystikal: Ghetto Fabulous = B-
Mr. Serv-On: Life Insurance = F
JT Money: Pimpin on Wax = B+
Trick Daddy: www.thug.com = B
Juvenile: 400 Degreez = A
Goodie Mob: Still Standing = C
E-40: Element of Surprise = B-
Outkast: Atliens = B
Outkast: Quemini = B+
Ice Cube: War & Peace, Vol. 1 = B
Mack 10: The Recipe = B+
WC: The Shadiest One = A-
AllFrumTha I: AllFrumTha I = B
Black Eyed Peas: Behind the Front = C+
Shaquille O’neal: You Can’t Stop the Reign = D-
Will Smith: Big Willie Style = B
Canibus: Can-I-Bus = B+
Blackstreet: Another Level = C+
112: Room 112 = B-
Usher: My Way = B
Lauryn Hill: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill = B
Notorius B.I.G: Life After Death = A-
Puff Daddy: No Way Out = B+
Mase: Harlem World = B+
The Lox: Money, Power, & Respect = B+
Lil’ Cease: The Wonderful World of Cease a Leo = A-
Busta Rhymes: When Disaster Strikes = B-
Busta Rhymes: Extinction Level Event = A-
Big Pun: Capital Punishment = B+
Fat Joe: Don Cartagena = B+
Lost Boyz: Legal Drug Money = C+
Lost Boyz: Love, Peace, & Nappiness = B
Timbaland & Magoo: Welcome to our World = C+
Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz: Make it Reign = B-
Xzibit: 40 Dayz & 40 Nightz = B-
Rakim: The 18th Letter = B-
Rass Kass: Rasassination = B-
Dj Quik: Rhythmalism = A-
Coolio: My Soul = C
Domino: Domino = C
TQ: They Never Saw me Coming = B
Soundtrack: The PJ’s = B-
Various Artists: In the Beginning there was Rap = B+
Various Artists: Yo Raps = B+
Da Brat: Funktafied = C+
Jermaine Dupri: Life in 1472 = B+
Limp Bizkit: Significant Other = B+
Eminem: The Slimp Shady LP = B+
Soundtrack: Sould Food = B-
Soundtrack: Dr. Dolittle = C
Soundtrack: Murder was the Case = B-
