As of October 2009, the album has 1,575,000 copies in the United States. On January 6, 2000, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over a million copies. "īlackout debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 254,000 copies in its first week. The Source (2/00, p. 95) - Included in The Source's "Top 10 Albums of the Year. The Wire (1/00, p. 100) - ".skulk-funk.Redman moans a melody of dank basement isolation, while on 'Cereal Killer' he sabotages over vamping guitar.Meth executes some taut syncopation.on which his syllables alternate cadences with producer Eric Sermon's thumpingest track of the LP." Rolling Stone (11/11/99, p. 132) - 4 stars out of 5 - ".a tight-as-drum album in an era of half-assed efforts."Įntertainment Weekly (10/10/99, p. 73) - ".when hip-hop's most playfully creative rhyme stylers throw down like two superballs in a rubber room, they're unstoppable - and make rap's most joyous ride." - Rating: A. Blackout is also considered a landmark for both rappers and for East Coast Hip Hop. The album has sold 1,575,000 copies to date. The album has also been certified platinum in Canada (100,000 copies). The album's three singles, "Y.O.U.", "Da Rockwilder" and "Tear It Off", spearheaded the highly hyped release to go platinum on January 6, 2000, more than three months after the album's release. The most popular of these previous collaborations was on the song "How High" from the soundtrack to The Show. The CD version of the album features three previously released bonus tracks "Well All Rite Cha" also appeared on Redman's solo album, Doc's Da Name 2000, "Big Dogz" from Method Man's Tical 2000: Judgement Day and 1995's critically acclaimed single "How High". Originally the name of the album was to be Amerikaz Most Blunted and was advertised as that for months before the release, but they changed it to the more commercially acceptable Blackout!.
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