In 1999, the Cash Money Millionaires snatched the city of New Orleans—and, really, the catbird seat in hip-hop as a whole—from Master P’s No Limit Records. Led by brothers Bryan “Baby” and Ronald “Slim” Williams, the eight-year-old independent label leaped from the local street scene after signing a groundbreaking $30 million deal with Universal Records and rode to power on the raps of their young supergroup the Hot Boys: Juvenile, B.G., Lil Wayne and Young Turk. Juiced by singles “We On Fire” and “I Need a Hot Girl,” the quartet’s album Guerilla Warfare sold 870,000 copies in ’99, while solo albums from B.G. (Chopper City in the Ghetto, featuring the smash hits “Bling Bling” and “Cash Money Is an Army”) and Juvenile (400 Degreez, with “Back That Azz Up” and “Ha”) went for more than four million combined.
Songs of the Year:
“Holla Holla,” Ja Rule
“Back That Azz Up,” Juvenile featuring Mannie Fresh & Lil Wayne
“Got Your Money,” Ol’ Dirty Bastard featuring Kelis
“Vivrant Thing,” Q-Tip
“Da Rockwilder,” Method Man & Redman
“Bling Bling,” B.G. featuring Big Tymers & Hot Boys
“Quiet Storm (Remix),” Mobb Deep featuring Lil’ Kim
“Still D.R.E.,” Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg
“Hate Me Now,” Nas featuring Puff Daddy
“Simon Says,” Pharoahe Monch
Albums of the Year:
2001, Dr. Dre
The Slim Shady LP, Eminem
Murda Muzik, Mobb Deep
Nigga Please, Ol’ Dirty Bastard
Chopper City in the Ghetto, B.G.
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