"You see me I eat sleep shit and talk rap," he declares. For whatever reason, it incited something deadly in Juvenile, who opted to assert his dominance from the opening bars onward. In contrast to the bulk of the album's production, "400 Degreez" feels oddly sinister with its off-kilter robotic chant. At the forefront of the movement was Juvenile, who came through to make a resounding statement with his debut album 400 Degreez. Released twenty-two years ago to this day (one year earlier than Lil Wayne's 1999 debut The Block Is Hot), Juvie's Mannie Fresh-produced classic is widely praised on the strength of "Back Dat Azz Up" and "Ha." Yet throughout the eighteen-track project are plenty of highlights to behold, with the title track shining particularly bright. In the late nineties, Birdman and his Cash Money Millionaires were in the process of taking control of the rap game. Retrieved August 18, 2020.1 MAKE IT STOP Twenty-two years ago to this day, Juvenile came through to deliver his classic debut album "400 Degreez." ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2000".^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2000".^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1999".^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1999".
But it wasn't until Juvenile's conversational 'Ha', a furiously paced monologue dwelling on the details of everyday life, broke that the label was able to. "Intro (Big Tymers)" (featuring Mannie Fresh) 400 Degreez Climbing on the burly shoulders of the No Limit record label, New Orleans's Cash Money Records leads the Dirty South's second assault on the ears of the rest of the country.
In September 2020, Rolling Stone ranked the album number 470 on their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The album was released on November 3, 1998, on Cash Money Records. The explicit version of the album was not totally uncensored such as the line "do a (homicide) with me" on "Gone Ride With Me" and "put a (pistol) in his face" in "Welcome 2 Tha Nolia". 400 Degreez is the third studio album by American rapper Juvenile. The album won R&B Album of the Year at the 1999 Billboard Music Awards. As of 2013, 400 Degreez has sold well over 6 million copies worldwide. The album also features a bonus remix of the single "Ha" with New York rapper Jay-Z, the only guest appearance outside of the Cash Money roster and the first time Cash Money collaborated with an East Coast rapper on a song. As a single, " Back That Azz Up" was released, credited, and charted as the more censored "Back That Thang Up". It also claimed the top position on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart on the Billboard Year-End chart for 1999. The album peaked at number two on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums music chart and number nine on the Billboard 200 music chart in 1999. Two official singles, " Ha" and " Back That Azz Up" (the latter having been released commercially as "Back That Thang Up") peaked at numbers 68 and 19 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively. The album was certified 4x Platinum by the RIAA, on December 19, 1999. It remains Juvenile's best-selling album of his solo career and currently the best-selling album ever released on Cash Money Records. While gentrification may have us hearing the name Harmony Oaks and envisioning an idyllic place to live, Juveniles 1998 masterpiece 400 Degreez refuses to. The album was released on November 3, 1998, on Universal Records and Baby's Cash Money Records. 400 Degreez is the third studio album by American rapper Juvenile.
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