1999 studio album by Lil Wayne
Tha Block Is Hot is the debut studio album by American rapper Lil Wayne . It was released on November 2, 1999, by Universal Records and Bryan "Baby" Williams ' Cash Money Records .[8] Recording sessions took place at Cash Money Studios in Metairie, Louisiana with the executive production from Bryan "Baby" Williams and Ronald "Slim" Williams , all of these tracks were produced by Mannie Fresh himself. Prior to release, the album was supposed to be titled I Ride At Night .[9]
Commercial performance [ edit ] Tha Block Is Hot debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 229,500 copies in its first week.[10] [11] In its second week, the album dropped to number ten on the chart, selling an additional 117,000 copies.[12] [13] On December 10, 1999, the album became certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over a million copies.[14] As of June 2012, the album has sold 1.4 million copies in the United States.[15]
Track listing [ edit ] Title Featured artist(s) 1. "Intro" Big Tymers 1:47 2. "Tha Block Is Hot " 4:12 3. "Loud Pipes" 5:14 4. "Watcha Wanna Do" 3:50 5. "Kisha" Hot Boys 4:17 6. "High Beamin'" B.G. 4:09 7. "Lights Off" 4:07 8. "Fuck tha World" 4:46 9. "Remember Me" B.G. 3:54 10. "Respect Us" Juvenile 5:01 11. "Drop It Like It's Hot" 5:23 12. "Young Playa" Big Tymers 3:47 13. "Enemy Turf" Juvenile 4:19 14. "Not Like Me" 4:03 15. "Come On" B.G. 3:35 16. "Up to Me" 4:31 17. "You Want War" Turk 3:25 Total length: 70:18
Samples credits
"Loud Pipes" contains a sample of "Rich Niggaz" performed by Juvenile . Weekly charts [ edit ] Year-end charts [ edit ]
Certifications [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ Birchmeier, Jason (November 2, 1999). "Tha Block Is Hot- Lil Wayne" . AllMusic . Retrieved 4 September 2018 . ^ Baker, Soren (November 14, 1999). "Lil Wayne Tha Block Is Hot (Cash Money/Universal)" . Chicago Tribune . Retrieved August 27, 2013 . ^ Comer, Andrea (December 16, 1999). "Tha Block Is Hot - Lil Wayne" . Hartford Courant . Retrieved August 27, 2013 . ^ Leonard, Franklin (November 19, 1999). "Album Review: Lil Wayne (Tha Block Is Hot )" . The Harvard Crimson . Retrieved August 27, 2013 . ^ Wallace, Emanuel (May 3, 2011). "Lil Wayne :: Tha Block Is Hot :: Cash Money Records / Universal" . RapReviews . Retrieved August 27, 2013 . ^ Christgau, Robert . "CG: Lil Wayne" . RobertChristgau.com . Retrieved August 27, 2013 . ^ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide . New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 394 . ISBN 0-7432-0169-8 . rolling stone juvenile album guide. ^ "Tha Block Is Hot" . Lil Wayne HQ . ^ Soulja E (1998). "Ca$h Money Releases" . The Official Cash Money Records Page . Cash Money Records . Retrieved 2020-11-02 . Albums coming soon on Ca$h Money ... Lil Wayne: I Ride at Night ^ C. VERNON COLEMAN II (May 2, 2020). "Drake Promises to Collab With Lil Wayne on New Music" . Retrieved May 20, 2020 . ^ "Billboard" . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 20, 1999 – via Google Books. ^ "BB200 - 1999-11-27" . Billboard . Retrieved March 1, 2020 . ^ Chris Dart (May 13, 2013). "Lil Wayne Playing With Fire" . Exclaim! . Retrieved March 1, 2020 . ^ "RIAA Certifications - Lil Wayne" . Retrieved September 29, 2020 . ^ "Cash Money: The Billboard Cover Story" . billboard.com . ^ "Lil Wayne Chart History (Billboard 200)" . Billboard . Retrieved May 1, 2021. ^ "Lil Wayne Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)" . Billboard . Retrieved May 1, 2021. ^ "2006 Year-End Charts – Billboard 200 Albums" . Billboard . Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 28, 2015 . ^ "2000 The Year in Music" . Billboard . Vol. 112, no. 53. December 30, 2000. p. YE-52. Retrieved May 1, 2021 . ^ "American album certifications – Lil Wayne – The Block Is Hot" . Recording Industry Association of America .
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