2001 & Tha Streetz Iz A Mutha's 15th anniversary

[bouli77]

heard it was a party in Europe 

lol, jk, but I can't believe it's already been 15 years since both albums were released, I was in sixth grade at the time, time sure does fly by.

[Sccit]

yea, shits insane. 15 years from when those dropped, run dmc released their first album.

[Desoto Loco]

i remember this day like yesterday. i was getting both cd's already one day before release date as US Import. And still rememberin the skip on Kurupt's CD on Song 8, Never Gonna Give It Up. Took me over a year to get a version without the skip. Also rememberin that Streetz Iz A Mutha european release was censored all over the record, but having a parental advisory sticker on the cover.

Both records truly classics, timeless music. Still bumpin them a lot. 

[Will_B]

i remember this day like yesterday. i was getting both cd's already one day before release date as US Import. And still rememberin the skip on Kurupt's CD on Song 8, Never Gonna Give It Up. Took me over a year to get a version without the skip. Also rememberin that Streetz Iz A Mutha european release was censored all over the record, but having a parental advisory sticker on the cover.

Thats the child's voice censored right? Where else is it cut??

[Desoto Loco]

nah, the whole album was the clean version. european PIAS missprinted the record. i was so glad to have the us import already

[Fresh Bone]

I remember it too. To think, Kurupt dropped "Tha Streetz Iz A Mutha..." on the SAME DAY as Chronic 2001 which means it was recorded around the same exact time. Classic.

[HighEyeCue]

I remember going to the local mom and pop and getting these CDs a few days earlier than the normal release date...good times

[Hack Wilson - real]

1999 was a pretty damn good year for rap releases

[hitsaw]

1999 was a pretty damn good year for rap releases

[Black Excellence]

I remember coppin' both these classics when I first came home. 

[TraceOneInfinite]

I remember coppin these two albums the day they came out.  Kurupt really came out hard on Streetz Is A Mutha with a lot more determination then he had on Kuruption.  These albums stayed in my car all the way into MMLP dropped I was bumping them back to back.

I also remember I had a leak of 2001 before it dropped... there was like one kid in the school that had his own fast computer and a burner and was burning cd's for everyone.  I alerted him about where to find the Dre album, and after I got it everybody was wanting it.  My cd for some reason wouldn't play in my car (I was 17 years old) and would only play on my home cd player.  So I remember I loaded up my home stereo with a bunch of batteries and stuck it in the back of my car and used to ride around bumping 2001 like that!!  Then ofcourse the official album was finally released in mid-November.  I remember Dre and Snoop took over timesquare on MTV about the time of it's release.  DOC was in the back of a car similar to the G Thang video...

Then even "Girls All Pause" got a little love from MTV, and that song wasn't even that good, but it just showed that the West was finally getting some love again.

[AlerG]

I remember coppin these two albums the day they came out.  Kurupt really came out hard on Streetz Is A Mutha with a lot more determination then he had on Kuruption.  These albums stayed in my car all the way into MMLP dropped I was bumping them back to back.

I also remember I had a leak of 2001 before it dropped... there was like one kid in the school that had his own fast computer and a burner and was burning cd's for everyone.  I alerted him about where to find the Dre album, and after I got it everybody was wanting it.  My cd for some reason wouldn't play in my car (I was 17 years old) and would only play on my home cd player.  So I remember I loaded up my home stereo with a bunch of batteries and stuck it in the back of my car and used to ride around bumping 2001 like that!!  Then ofcourse the official album was finally released in mid-November.  I remember Dre and Snoop took over timesquare on MTV about the time of it's release.  DOC was in the back of a car similar to the G Thang video...

Then even "Girls All Pause" got a little love from MTV, and that song wasn't even that good, but it just showed that the West was finally getting some love again.

That's a dope story. The lengths you had to go to then to hear your jam. I remember dubbing 'callin out names' off the local college radio station on cassette a couple weeks before the release. I can remember a great memory of listening to it over and over to and from a high school football game. We were so pumped up. Must've listened to it 15 times over that night.
Also at the same time, because it's the Detroit area where I live, they always got the new exclusive eminen joints. They played Still DRE which had been released as a single already followed by Forgot About Dre and What's The Difference. I remember thinking 2001 was going to be the greatest hiphop album of all time, and in all honesty it's up there. The day of release I bought the album and instrumental album as well. Also copped kurupt album the week after, I only had so much restaurant t dishwashing money to spare

[doggfather]

1999 was a pretty damn good year for rap releases

nah, that was 98

[Desoto Loco]

1999 was a pretty damn good year for rap releases

nah, that was 98

west coast related or east? 98 and west brings me to daz retaliation album, kuruption and snoops da game no limit album. East related i remember onyx and dmx albums, Def Jam was runnin well that time. Some wu-tang albums that year and master p no limit all over.

1999 i remember no limit top dogg, eminem slim shady lp and dre 2001 and tha streetz and tash's rap life. But mostly i was diggin more east that time, mostly wu-tang and wu-fam