Ja Rule's Rule 3:36 Album Anniversary

Ja Rule's Rule 3:36 Album Anniversary

Ja Rule's second album, Rule 3:36, was released on October 10, 2000, and took a much different artistic direction to Ja Rule's previous work, including Venni Vetti Vecci, eschewing the hardcore hip-hop style he had become known for in favor of a mainstream-oriented pop-rap sound to greater success, debuting at #1 on the Billboard 200 with 276,000 copies sold in its first week, making it Ja Rule's first number one album.

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AZ's Doe or Die Album Anniversary

AZ's Doe or Die Album Anniversary

AZ signed with EMI, and soon released his debut album, Doe or Die, in 1995, to critical acclaim.

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KRS-One's Self-Titled Album Anniversary

KRS-One's Self-Titled Album Anniversary

KRS-One’s 1995 self-titled album is his second solo studio album. It was released on October 10, 1995 via Jive Records.

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Biz Markie's The Biz Never Sleeps Album Anniversary

Biz Markie's The Biz Never Sleeps Album Anniversary

1989's The Biz Never Sleeps went gold, and the single "Just a Friend" went platinum. The album's title derived in part from Markie's desire to assure listeners that he would be as effective as his own producer as he had been as a performer.

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T.I.'s I'm Serious Album Anniversary

T.I.'s I'm Serious Album Anniversary

His debut album, "I'm Serious", afterwards was released in October 2001 and did moderately well as it managed to enter the top 30 of Billboard Top R&B Hip-Hop chart, evoking people to begin taking notice on him.

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Cypress Hill's Cypress Hill IV Album Anniversary

Cypress Hill's Cypress Hill IV Album Anniversary

Cypress Hill released IV in 1998 which went gold in the U.S., even though the reviews were somewhat negative, on the backs of hit singles “Tequila Sunrise” and another tribute to smoking cannabis “Dr. Greenthumb.”

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Common's Can I Borrow A Dollar? Album Anniversary

Common's Can I Borrow A Dollar? Album Anniversary

His first album was titled "Can I Borrow A Dollar?" and received positive feedback from underground hip-hop.

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Inspectah Deck's Uncontrolled Substance Album Anniversary

Inspectah Deck's Uncontrolled Substance Album Anniversary

September (of 1999) brought plenty of new Wu product: Ol' Dirty Bastard's ***** Please, released while the rapper was in rehab; Method Man's acclaimed duo album with Redman, Blackout!; and the first-ever solo album by Inspectah Deck, Uncontrolled Substance, which appeared on Loud Records.

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Roxanne Shanté's The Bitch is Back Album Anniversary

Roxanne Shanté's The Bitch is Back Album Anniversary

By 1986, Shante was being edged from the centre of the female rap stage by The Real Roxanne (Adelaida Martinez) and her turntable wizard Hitman Howie Tee. Perhaps her most infamous post-'Roxanne' moment came with the release of 'Big Mama', off of her album The Bitch is Back, which would see her take out her frustrations by dissing other female rappers Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, Yo Yo and Monie Love.

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Common's Resurrection Album Anniversary

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Common's Resurrection Album Anniversary

It is the last album to feature the rapper's full stage name, as after this album the "Sense" portion of the name was dropped, making the rapper simply known to this day as "Common".

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Ultamagnetic MC's Critical Beatdown Album Anniversary

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Ultamagnetic MC's Critical Beatdown Album Anniversary

The Ultramagnetic MCs released a new school classic in 1988, Critical Beatdown, introducing many new sampling techniques.

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Kanye West’s ‘Runaway’ Anniversary

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Kanye West’s ‘Runaway’ Anniversary

"Runaway" by Kanye West, was released as the second single from his fifth studio album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy on October 4, 2010 and features Pusha T.

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Jedi Mind Tricks’ Violent By Design Album Anniversary

Jedi Mind Tricks’ Violent By Design Album Anniversary

The album was originally released on JMT's self-run Superegular Records on October 3, 2000.

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Scarface’s Mr. Scarface is Back Album Anniversary

Scarface’s Mr. Scarface is Back Album Anniversary

He released his debut solo album, "Mr. Scarface Is Back" on October 3, 1991.

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Ja Rule's Pain Is Love Album Anniversary

Ja Rule's Pain Is Love Album Anniversary

Ja Rule released his third studio album, Pain Is Love, on October 2, 2001. Like its predecessor, Pain Is Love topped the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 361,000 copies and is certified triple platinum by the RIAA.

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Public Enemy’s Apocalypse 91 Album Anniversary

Public Enemy’s Apocalypse 91 Album Anniversary

Public Enemy’s next album, 1991’s Apocalypse 91…The Enemy Strikes Black, reached Number Four on the charts and included the hits “Can’t Truss It” and “Shut Em Down.”

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Kanye West Through the Wire Song Anniversary

Kanye West Through the Wire Song Anniversary

On his way home from a marathon recording session in L.A., West crashes his Lexus after falling asleep at the wheel. While recovering in the hospital, West pens "Through the Wire," a song about the crash where he jokes about drinking "a Boost for breakfast, a Ensure for dizzert/Somebody ordered pancakes, I just sip the sizzurp." He'll record the song three weeks later with his jaw still wired shut.

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T.I. Paper Trail Album Anniversary

T.I. Paper Trail Album Anniversary

The album, which was released September 30, 2008, was titled "Paper Trail", a reference to the method he used in writing the materials. Unlike his previous projects, T.I. was back to the traditional pen and paper instead of technology generated sound from studio in the six songs he had written. Like its predecessor, "Paper Trail" debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 568,000 copies in its first week, becoming T.I.'s highest debut sales at that time.

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OutKast's Aquemini Album Anniversary

OutKast's Aquemini Album Anniversary

In keeping with the New-Age vibe, Benjamin and Patton formed their own boutique label, which they named "Aquemini." The word was made up from a combination of their respective astrological signs, Gemini and Aquarius. They also used it for the title of their third LP. Aquemini reached the double-platinum sales mark.

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Kurtis Blow's Self-Titled Album Anniversary

Kurtis Blow's Self-Titled Album Anniversary

n 1979, Kurtis Blow signed a deal with Mercury Records, making him the first rapper signed by a major label. Blow was soon officially a superstar as well.

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