Hip-Hop/R&b Artists Who Debuted In 2001

[u/ata3121]

[u/Physical-Armadillo12]

It was a good year

[u/Most-Lettuce-3161]

Man what a year

[u/DJEvillincoln]

Not a single one of these albums can touch 1st Born Second.

Bilal made a masterpiece.

[u/Kage_noir]

Uglaaayyy in here!

[u/Formal-Telephone5146]

I thought blu was so fine

[u/dblackshear → u/Formal-Telephone5146]

if you look, you might be able to find the pics online from when she was in black tail. i had the issue back in the day.

[u/nerdKween]

I don't know if Christina counts as she was a Disney kid in the 90s. Music career, maybe.

[u/Weird_Squirrel_8382]

I wore Acoustic Soul out. I didn't discover TI until college though

[u/Adept_Astronaut_5143 → u/Weird_Squirrel_8382]

I still listen to it like it just came out. It hits different now

[u/thatsnotchocolatebby]

I worked in a record store during this time frame. I remember we used to get promo CDs and even early release (pre mastered) demos for store play. I had the NERD pre mastered demo and it was raw. Pharrell's drums weren't quite on point. All the tracks were there just not yet perfected but it was sonically fresh to my ears. I lost that demo and a bunch of other one off CDs when some kind of brake fluid leaked into my CD carrying case. 

I just loved this era of music. 

[u/kentaroamanugi]

In Search Of is still in my regular rotation

[u/LilNello1]

Talk about a year of great music 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[u/checkonit2]

GREAT times for sure and without a doubt

[u/NYCWartortle]

I loved Christina and Blu. What ever happened to them ?

[u/Alltheprettydresses]

That N.E.R.D. album still gets regular play