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E&A is the second studio album by hip hop duo Eyedea & Abilities. It was released on March 23, 2004. The album Peaked at #37 on the US Heatseekers Albums and #25 on the US Independent Albums. Compared to their debut album, First Born, this album was seen as a real representation of Eyedea & Abilities talents has a hip hop artist duo.
Till Death Do Us Part is the fourth studio album by the Geto Boys, released in March 9th, 1993. Rapper Willie D had left the group in 1992 temporarily to pursue a solo career. In his position, fellow Rap-A-Lot member Big Mike joined Scarface and Bushwick Bill for this album. This album became the group's first #1 on the R&B/hip hop charts. Read more about Geto Boyz and their career here.
Released March 9th, 1993, Here Come the Lords is the debut studio album of the group Lords of the Underground. The album was a success for the group, making it to #66 on the Billboard 200 and #13 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart as well as five singles making it to the Billboard charts.
Though such forays encouraged speculation that Gang Starr was about to split, the duo belied the critics with a storming return on Hard To Earn. Back to their freestyle, flowing best, it was the second outing for the posse of rappers that Guru had formed into the Gang Starr Foundation: Jeru The Damaja, Big Shug (who was a collaborator with Guru in his early days in Boston), Little Dap and Felachi The Nutcracker.
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War Zone is the second album by American hip hop trio Black Moon released on February 23rd, 1999. The album was released almost six years after its influential debut Enta da Stage. The group began a lengthy legal battle with Nervous Records in 1995 over the licensing of their name, which finally settled soon before the release of War Zone. It features guest appearances from Busta Rhymes, Heather B, Louieville Sluggah, M.O.P., Q-Tip, Rock, Smif-N-Wessun and Teflon. The album peaked at number 35 on the Billboard 200 and number 9 on the Top R&B Albums. Read more about Black Moon and their career here.
Released February 23rd, 1988, Goin' Off is Biz Markie’s debut studio album. The album was strictly produced by Marley Marl. The lyrics for the first five songs on the album were written by Big Daddy Kane. Biz also shows his talent for beat boxing on the song "Make the Music with Your Mouth, Biz". The album includes some timeless tracks with “Vapors” being one of his most widely known songs. Read more about Biz Markie and his career here.
Released February 23rd, 1999, A Prince Among Thieves is the second studio album by hip hop artist Prince Paul. The album was well received by music critics and features cameos by Kool Keith, Big Daddy Kane, Chubb Rock, Biz Markie, De La Soul, Everlast, Sadat X, Xzibit, Kid Creole, Special Ed, Chris Rock, RZA and Buckshot.
Things Fall Apart is the fourth studio album by American hip hop band The Roots, released on February 23, 1999. This was the group's first record to sell over 500,000 copies. It includes the song "You Got Me", which won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group, while Things Fall Apart was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album of the same year, losing to Eminem for The Slim Shady LP. Read more about The Roots and their career here.
19 Naughty III is the third album from Naughty by Nature, released on February 23rd, 1993. The album debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 and even went certified platinum. Production was handled entirely by group member Kay Gee himself, with additional production from S.I.D. Reynolds. It includes guest appearances from Heavy D, Queen Latifah, Freddie Foxxx and Rottin Razkals. The album was a success, having the single “Hip Hop Hooray” be the groups second top 10 single. Read more about Naughty by Nature and their career here.
Released on February 16th, 1993, Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z... is 2Pac’s second studio album. The albums title includes a backronym; N.I.G.G.A, which stands for "Never Ignorant in Getting Goals Accomplished." The Album features many guest appearances such as Ice-T, Live Squad and Ice Cube. Similar to his debut album, 2Pacalypse, 2Pac shares his social and political views. The album received mostly positive views debuting at number 24 on the US Billboard 200 and number 4 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, selling 38,000 units in its first week. By April 1995 the album was certified platinum selling over 1 million copies in the US. Read more about 2Pac and his career here.
Released on February 16, 2018, Victory Lap is Nipsey Hussle’s debut album. It is also the only album to be released during his life time after releasing a string of mixtapes for thirteen years. The album debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 and at number three on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Following Hussle's death on March 31, 2019, the album reached a new peak of number two on the US Billboard 200. Read more about Nipsey Hussle and his career here.
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.
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.
In 2019, La Chat dropped her seventh studio album, Drama Queen- Who Want Smoke?, under Dime-A-Dozen Entertainment.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
