The second wave of Wu-Tang solos would also see the artist work with producers other than RZA who'd almost exclusively and single handedly handled the production on the first wave of Wu-Tang solos. Ghostface also released his best offering with the classic 'Supreme Clientele', this would be by far his best work. Outkast released their third classic with 'Stankonia' helped along by the runaway success of the 'Ms. 2000 saw Aftermath building on it's fantastic 1999 with Eminem's Magnum Opus 'The Marshall Mathers LP' while other '2001' collaborators Xzibit and Snoop Dogg capitalised on its success with their own Dre assisted offerings 'Restless' and 'The Last Meal' with Dre and Aftermath (and its affiliates) once again dominating the year! One mishap though was the Source rating of Em's masterpiece, they would go against the grain, rating it 2.5 out of a possible 5, sewing the seeds for the Eminem/Source/Benzino beef that was to follow! Snoop started to re-aline himself with Dre following last years smash '2001' having worked with Dre on his last album and again on his aptly titled 2000 release 'Last Meal' (this was a shot at No Limit Records as this would be the last time they'd eat off him).

By the time the new millennium rolled around, Southern powerhouse No Limit Records had started to falter, as Birdman's Cash Money Records began to rise! Snoop had made his intentions to leave No Limit known and other artists like Mystikal and Young Bleed had left a year or two prior.

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