Mad Skillz's From Where ??? Album Anniversary
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Tupac's All Eyez On Me Album Anniversary
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The Fugees' The Score Album Anniversary
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MC Hammer's Please Hammer Don't Hurt Em Album Anniversary
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Master P's Get Away Clean Album Anniversary
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Fresh Artist Fridays: Mariah
We are switching it up a bit this week and serving you some incredible R&B for our second Fresh Artist Friday of the month. Louisiana singer Mariah is here to charm you with her incredible vocals in her latest song, "MATERIAL GIRL".
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Kanye West's The College Dropout Album Anniversary
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Digable Planets Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) Album Anniversary
Released on February 9, 1993, Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) is the debut album by hip hop group Digable Planets. The single "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)" became a hit in 1993, breaking into the Top 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and winning Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group in 1994. Later on, the single was ranked number 62 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop. The Album Peaked at #5 on US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and #15 on US Billboard 200. Read more about Digable Planets and their career here.
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Black Panther Album Anniversary
On February 9th, 2018, the sound track for the superhero film Black Panther was released. This album included original soundtracks from Kendrick Lamar and various artist including but not limited to, Travis Scott, The Weekend and Vince Staples. The Album was praised by many critics as a milestone for film soundtracks due to its ideas and lyrics. The Album received the top position on the Billboard 200 chart.
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La Chat's Drama Queen: Who Want Smoke? Album Anniversary
In 2019, La Chat dropped her seventh studio album, Drama Queen- Who Want Smoke?, under Dime-A-Dozen Entertainment.
Read more about La Chat here.
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Ghostface Killah's Supreme Clientele Album Anniversary
He would return in 2000 with his follow-up to Ironman, Supreme Clientele. "Cherchez LaGhost ", a single off the album, became a minor club hit, and the sentimental "Child's Play " brought numerous comparisons with Slick Rick.
Read more about Ghostface Killah here.
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Dead Prez's Lets Get Free Album Anniversary
Alfred and Gavin spent the next few years mastering the recording process and in 2000 released their debut full-length, Let’s Get Free, to almost universal acclaim. Much of the praise came on the strength of ‘It’s Bigger Than Hip-Hop’, which welded their common sense critiques of capitalist society to a southern jeep-beat better outfitted to deliver them to the masses. Tracks such as ‘Mind Sex’ and ‘Be Healthy’ found them expanding their philosophical as well as their sonic repertoire, employing Latin guitar and spoken word interludes to promote an alternative lifestyle à la the Native Tongues Posse. They even adopted a cautionary, if not counter-revolutionary tone on ‘Animal In Man’, a rap adaptation of George Orwell’s satirical take on the Russian revolution.
Read more about Dead Prez here.
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Remy Ma's There's Something About Remy Album Anniversary
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50 Cent's Get Rich Or Die Tryin' Album Anniversary
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Fresh Artist Fridays: Slim Baby
Slim Baby just dropped some underground heat you need to hear. The remix to her song “Lost My Mind” now features Boosie Badazz and it is straight fire.
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Sir Mix-a-Lot's Mack Daddy Album Anniversary
In 1991, Sir Mix-A-Lot signed to the Def American label, which also bought the rights to his first two albums, and released his third album Mack Daddy in 1992. The single "Baby Got Back" was a number-one hit that went double platinum and won the 1993 Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance. MTV aired the music video for the song only after 9 PM because of "many, many, complaints."
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Brand Nubian's In God We Trust Album Anniversary
In God We Trust is the second album from hip hop group Brand Nubian. It was released on February 2, 1993. In 1991, Lead Grand Puba left the group to pursue a solo career. Shortly after DJ Alamo left to work with Puba, leaving just Sadat X and Lord Jamar. The album was less successful than the group's debut but still received strong reviews. The album peaked at #4 on US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and #12 on US Billboard 200. Read more about Brand Nubian and their career here.
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Lil Wayne's Rebirth Album Anniversary
Rebirth is the seventh studio album by Lil Wayne, released February 2nd, 2010. Although Lil Wayne is a hip hop artist, the album was promoted as his rock music debut, it still however includes some hip hop tracks. The album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200, selling 176,000 copies in its first week. The album mostly portrayed negative reviews from critics. Christian Hoard of Rolling Stone found Wayne's "taste in rock" to be "very questionable" and the album's flaw. Despite that, the album produced four singles that attained chart success and went on to be Wayne's seventh top-ten album in the United States. The album became certified platinum, selling over a million copies in the US. Read more about Lil Wayne and his career here.
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The Fugees' Blunted on Reality Album Anniversary
The group signed a record deal, changed their name (short for Refugees, an allusion to their Caribbean roots) and, a year later, finished recording their debut album, Blunted on Reality.
Because of internal problems at their label, the album was not released until two years later, in 1993. When it was finally issued, Blunted on Reality made little impact on the music landscape. It was largely a collection of overproduced songs that sounded tremendously dated and, at times, downright annoying. The Fugees' concert appearances didn't add much to their reputation either. Their shows featured live instruments, but, embarrassingly, the group cavorted around the stage in color-coordinated outfits, engaging in somewhat goofy routines. Today, the group readily admits that in their youth, they were just happy to have a record deal and were doing whatever the producers told them to do. Indeed, Hill was only 16 when the album was recorded, and Jean, the eldest member, was a scant 21.
Read more about the Fugees here.
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Atmosphere's Lucy Ford: The Atmosphere EPs Album Anniversary
Now touring nationally on a more regular basis (the twenty-one date Ford One Tour brought them to the East Coast for the first time), Slug was able to leave his job at a record store, as well as a second job working overnight shifts at a department store. In 1999, the Rhymesayers-owned record store, The Fifth Element, was opened in Minneapolis. In 2001, the two EPs, Ford and Lucy, were combined and released as an LP titled Lucy Ford: The Atmosphere EPs. Originally intended as a tour-only release, it sold so well that it was later released as an official LP, making it the only Atmosphere album with producers other than Ant. In 2001, Atmosphere made three separate tours across North America and Europe. With Lucy Ford, Atmosphere also finally achieved national distribution through the independent distributor Fat Beats.
Read more about Atmosphere here.
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