I always tell people how dope of a performace list the 1999 show had. 2000 had some dope rappers but the execution of the show was turrible imo. I think the show got moved business wise or something & the production and the whole nine changed.
1999 had Ruff Ryders, Dungeon Family, Snoop, Xzibit & Nate, No Limit, Hot Boys, Nas, Puff, Lauryn Hill & Busta Rhymes & Flipmode Squad performing. I think they should've done a Jigga &/or Pun performance that year too. Maybe they did & they cancelled tho.
2000 had some gems too still tho. Cash Money did they thing, Mobb Deep, Jay-Z, Memph Bleek & Beanie Mack, Eastsidaz & Dead Prez, Bow Wow & JD (i guess, lol), Lil' Kim (i guess), Wyclef & The Rock (lol), Made Men, Method Man &Redman; Dr. Dre, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Kurupt & Nate Dogg.
Like i said those the performances weren't all that good & the production of the show was bad IMO.
2001 had gems too but that's when they also had some rappers performing at an outside stage, remember?
But DMX performed, Ja Rule, MOP (with that blend of video footage & live performance - bad move IMO), Ludacris, Trick Daddy, Eminem & D12, Mary J & etc.