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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 .
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Commercial performance
Tha Block Is Hot debuted at number three on the US
Billboard 200 chart, selling 229,500 copies in its first week.
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[11] In its second week, the album dropped to number ten on the chart, selling an additional 117,000 copies.
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[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.
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Track listing
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 .
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
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"Album Review: Lil Wayne (Tha Block Is Hot )" .
The Harvard Crimson . Retrieved August 27, 2013 .
^ Wallace, Emanuel (May 3, 2011).
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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.
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"Tha Block Is Hot" . Lil Wayne HQ .
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