400 Degreez

400 Degreez
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 3, 1998 (1998-11-03)
StudioCash Money Studios, Metairie, Louisiana, U.S.
Genre
Length72:29
Label
ProducerMannie Fresh
Juvenile chronology
Solja Rags
(1997)
400 Degreez
(1998)
Tha G-Code
(1999)
Singles from 400 Degreez
  1. "Ha"
    Released: October 17, 1998
  2. "Back That Azz Up"
    Released: June 11, 1999
  3. "Follow Me Now"
    Released: 1999

400 Degreez is the 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 was solely produced by Cash Money's in-house producer, Mannie Fresh.

400 Degreez is a hip-hop album that also takes influence from the bounce music scene of New Orleans, the home city of both Juvenile and Cash Money. It discusses life in New Orleans' Magnolia Projects in both humorous and dark ways at different points. The album is well known for its successful singles, "Ha" and "Back That Azz Up", which peaked at numbers 68 and 19 respectively on the Billboard Hot 100. 400 Degreez itself was also a commercial success, peaking at number nine on the Billboard 200 and number two on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. It additionally peaked atop the latter chart for its Year-End list of 1999 and won the Billboard Music Award for Top R&B Album the same year.

The album received quadruple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on December 19, 2000, and it has become Juvenile's best-selling solo album. 400 Degreez has also been acclaimed as a highly influential album upon Southern hip-hop, both for inspiring later Southern hip-hop artists and for introducing distinctively Southern styles to the hip-hop mainstream. It has been recognized among the best albums of its kind by outlets such as Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Consequence, and The Ringer.