Tha Block Is Hot

Tha Block Is Hot
Studio album by Lil Wayne
Released	November 2, 1999
Recorded	1998-1999
Genre	Gangsta Rap Bounce music Southern hip hop
Length	70:18
Label	Cash Money, Universal
Producer	Mannie Fresh
Lil Wayne chronology
Tha Block Is Hot (1999) Lights Out (2000)
Singles from Tha Block Is Hot
"Tha Block Is Hot" Released: September 23, 1999 "Respect Us" Released: 2000

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Chicago Tribune	(positive)[2]
Hartford Courant	(positive)[3]
The Harvard Crimson	C+[4]
RapReviews	(7/10)[5]
Robert Christgau	[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[7]

Tha Block Is Hot is the debut studio album by American hip hop recording artist Lil Wayne; it was released on November 2, 1999, by Cash Money Records.^[8] The album is nearly free of explicit lyrics from Wayne himself, due to his mother's wishes, with the most violent and sexual verses done by Big Tymers and the other Hot Boys. ^[9] Due to this, the album doesn't have a parental advisory explicit content label on the album cover for the explicit version thus the only Lil Wayne album to do so.

The album debuted at number 3 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 229,500 copies in its first week, and selling 117,000 copies in its second week.^[10][11] On December 10, 1999, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over one million copies in the United States. By 2012 it had sold over 1.4 million copies.^[12]

Track listing

• All songs are produced by Mannie Fresh

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intro" (featuring Big Tymers)	1:47
2.	"Tha Block Is Hot"	4:12
3.	"Loud Pipes" (featuring Big Tymers, Juvenile and B.G.)	5:14
4.	"Watcha Wanna Do"	3:50
5.	"Kisha" (performed by Hot Boys)	4:17
6.	"High Beamin'" (featuring B.G.)	4:09
7.	"Lights Off"	4:07
8.	"Fuck tha World"	4:46
9.	"Remember Me" (featuring B.G.)	3:54
10.	"Respect Us" (featuring Juvenile)	5:01
11.	"Drop It Like It's Hot" (featuring B.G. and Mannie Fresh)	5:23
12.	"Young Playa" (featuring Big Tymers)	3:47
13.	"Enemy Turf" (featuring Juvenile)	4:19
14.	"Not Like Me" (featuring Big Tymers)	4:03
15.	"Come On" (featuring B.G.)	3:35
16.	"Up to Me" (featuring Turk)	4:31
17.	"You Want War" (featuring Turk)	3:25
Total length:		70:18

Samples credits

• "Loud Pipes" — Contains samples of "Rich Niggaz" performed by Juvenile

Charts and certifications

Chart (1999) Peak position US Billboard 200[11][13] 3 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[13] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2000) Position US Billboard 200[14] 112

References

1. Birchmeier, Jason. Tha Block Is Hot at AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
2. Baker, Soren (1999-11-14). "Lil Wayne Tha Block Is Hot (Cash Money/Universal)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
3. Comer, Andrea (1999-12-16). "Tha Block Is Hot - Lil Wayne". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
4. Leonard, Franklin (1999-11-19). "Album Review: Lil Wayne (Tha Block Is Hot)". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
5. Wallace, Emanuel (2011-05-03). "Lil Wayne :: Tha Block Is Hot :: Cash Money Records / Universal". RapReviews. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
6. Christgau, Robert. "CG: Lil Wayne". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
7. 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.
8. Tha Block Is Hot album
9. http://www.complex.com/music/2013/01/40-things-you-didnt-know-about-lil-wayne/curse-free
10. https://books.google.com/books?id=fwgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA29&lpg=PA29&dq=lil+wayne+tha+block+is+hot+1.3+million+billboard&source=bl&ots=4-WewzaKlA&sig=-KpES6kS6h_0wUgDGE1tPBSK84k&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5lqSVdHkBpW0yASBlKf4Cw&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=lil%20wayne%20tha%20block%20is%20hot%201.3%20million%20billboard&f=false
11. "G-Unit Rapper Banks No. 1 Solo Debut". Billboard. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
12. http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/482379/cash-money-the-billboard-cover-story.
13. "Tha Block Is Hot - Lil Wayne".Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
14. "2006 Year-End Charts – Billboard 200 Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 28, 2015.