400 Degreez

400 Degreez is the commercial debut and overall third studio album by American rapper Juvenile. The album was released on November 3, 1998, by Universal Records and Bryan "Baby" Williams' Cash Money Records. It remains Juvenile's best-selling album of his solo career, with six million copies sold as of 2021.^[2] The album received quadruple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on December 19, 2000.^[3]

400 Degreez
Studio album by Juvenile
Released	November 3, 1998 (1998-11-03)
Studio	Cash Money Studios, Metairie, Louisiana, U.S.
Genre	Southern hip hop[1] bounce gangsta rap trap
Length	72:29
Label	Universal Cash Money
Producer	Manny Fresh
Juvenile chronology
Solja Rags (1997) 400 Degreez (1998) Tha G-Code (1999)
Singles from 400 Degreez
"Ha" Released: October 17, 1998 "Back That Azz Up" Released: June 11, 1999 "Follow Me Now" Released: 1999

Its two preceding singles, "Ha" and "Back That Azz Up" (censored as "Back That Thang Up") peaked at numbers 68 and 19 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively. The album peaked at number nine on the Billboard 200 and number two on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums; it peaked atop the latter chart for its Year-End list of 1999. The album also features the remix of the single "Ha" with New York rapper Jay-Z, its only guest appearance from outside the Cash Money roster and the first time a rapper from the label worked with an East Coast rapper on a song. The album won the Billboard Music Award for Top R&B Album in 1999. The explicit version of the album was not totally uncensored; lines such as "do a (homicide) with me" on "Gone Ride with Me" and "put a (pistol) in his face" can be heard in "Welcome 2 tha Nolia".^[4]

In 2020, Rolling Stone ranked the album number 470 on their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.^[5] Consequence in 2023 and Billboard in 2024 ranked 400 Degreez 38 and 44 in their respective all-time best hip hop album lists.^[6][7] In 2017, The Ringer ranked it as the third-best Southern hip hop album of all time.^[1] HipHopDX named it among 18 of the best hip hop and R&B albums of 1998.^[8]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[9]
Pitchfork	9.4/10[4]
RapReviews	7/10[10]
Rolling Stone	[11]
The Source	[12]
The Village Voice	[13]

Track listing

• All songs produced by Mannie Fresh

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intro (Big Tymers)" (featuring Mannie Fresh)	2:12
2.	"Ha"	4:52
3.	"Gone Ride with Me"	4:23
4.	"Flossin' Season" (featuring Big Tymers, B.G., and Lil Wayne)	4:33
5.	"Ghetto Children"	4:05
6.	"Follow Me Now"	3:55
7.	"Cash Money Concert (skit)"	0:51
8.	"Welcome 2 tha Nolia" (featuring Turk)	5:51
9.	"U.P.T." (featuring Hot Boys and Baby)	4:17
10.	"Run for It" (featuring Lil Wayne)	4:45
11.	"Ha (Hot Boys Remix)" (featuring Hot Boys)	4:25
12.	"Rich Niggaz" (featuring Lil Wayne, Mannie Fresh, Turk, and Papa Reu)	5:03
13.	"Back That Azz Up" (featuring Mannie Fresh and Lil Wayne)	4:25
14.	"Off Top" (featuring Big Tymers)	3:50
15.	"After Cash Money Concert (skit)"	1:19
16.	"400 Degreez"	4:15
17.	"Juvenile on Fire"	4:57
18.	"Ha (Remix)" (featuring Jay-Z)	4:25

Notes and sample credits

• "Ha" contains a sample of "Solja Rag" from Juvenile's previous album.

Personnel

• Ronald Williams - Executive producer
• Bryan Williams - Executive producer
• Juvenile - Performer
• Big Tymers - Performer
• Lil Wayne - Performer
• Mannie Fresh - Producer, engineer, mixing
• Turk - Performer
• B.G. - Performer
• Paparue - Performer
• Pen & Pixel - Cover art^[14]

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1998–1999) Peak position US Billboard 200[15] 9 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[16] 2

Year-end charts Chart (1999) Position US Billboard 200[17] 18 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[18] 1 Chart (2000) Position US Billboard 200[19] 50 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[20] 39

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[21]	4× Platinum	4,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

• Billboard Year-End