'Back That Azz Up' peaked at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 and 'Ha' peaked at #68. Two singles, 'Ha' and 'Back That Azz Up' became hip hop hits in the United States. The album was certified 4x Platinum by the RIAA, on December 19, 2000. It remains Juvenile's best-selling album of his solo career and the best-selling album ever released on Cash Money Records. The album received rave reviews and introduced Juvenile to mainstream hip hop listeners, selling over four million copies in the United States. ''400 Degreez'' is the third studio album by New Orleans-based rapper Juvenile, released J, on Cash Money Records. Look at it in the Light EP Ĭhloe and the Next 20th Century Giving The World Away įirst Born (20 Year Anniversary Edition) Ģ+2+1= (Grassy Green) (Grn) Same Old Blood Rush With A New Touch (Fbr 25 Aniv) Mingus Three (Feat Hampton Hawes & Danny Richmond) Genesis Of Genius: The Contemporary Albums Ĭurtain Call (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) Charles Mingus with Danny Richmond & Hampton Hawes.This album, of course, made Juvenile a superstar and, in turn, towered over him for years as the achievement by which he would always be measured. All of this, along with perfect timing, dropping just as the Dirty South broke into the mainstream, made 400 Degreez a phenomenal release for Cash Money, quite arguably the label's crowning achievement. In particular, 'Flossin Season' features some incredibly brash boasts from the Big Tymers, and 'Rich Niggaz' features an absolutely frantic beat that ricochets on for five breathtaking minutes. Among the singles and the filler here, there are also a few great album tracks as well. And, yes, there is filler here, as with any Cash Money album, but even it is worthwhile, either because of Juvenile's carefully structured rhyming or producer Mannie Fresh's seemingly bottomless well of hot beats. These four highlights - 'Ha,' 'Back That Azz Up,' and the 'Ha' remixes - break up the album, somewhat concealing the filler. Moreover, two remixes of 'Ha' come late on the album, one with the Hot Boys, the other with Jay-Z. They're absolutely two of the best songs to come out of the late-'90s Dirty South boom. But nothing prepared anyone for the success of 400 Degreez, particularly its two anthemic singles, the tongue-twisting 'Ha' and the booty-calling 'Back That Azz Up.' These two songs alone make 400 Degreez noteworthy. Before 400 Degreez, Cash Money had been operating relatively well, securing a distribution deal with Universal and broadening its audience with every successive release. Among the flurry of Cash Money releases during the late '90s, 400 Degreez certainly stands out, and not just as Juvenile's shining moment but also as the album that forced everyone to suddenly take this Dirty South collective very seriously.

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