500 Degreez is a 2002 album released on Cash Money Records by the New Orleans rapper Lil Wayne. The album gets its name because it was released after Juvenile, who had an album called 400 Degreez, had left Cash Money earlier, and Wayne stated he was going to do better than Juvenile. Lil' Wayne did not, as Juvenile's album went multi-platinum. The album would go on to sell 536,000 copies in the U.S. and 900,000 copies worldwide. This is Wayne's lowest album in terms of sales but is still considered to be a success by reaching Gold status with very little promotion or marketing support. The album was also released in a clean version, which removes most vulgar content like language and sex/drug related lyrics.
