Rakim's The Master Album Anniversary
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La' Chat's Bad Influence Album Anniversary
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Queen Latifah’s All Hail the Queen Album Anniversary
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Ludacris’ Word of Mouf Album Anniversary
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D-Nice's To Tha Rescue Album Anniversary
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The Root's Phrenology Album Anniversary
The long-awaited Phrenology was released in late November 2002 amid rumors of the Roots losing interest in their label arrangements with MCA. In 2004, the band remedied the situation by creating the Okayplayer company. Named after their website, Okayplayer included a record label and a production/promotion company. The same year, the band held a series of jam sessions to give their next album a looser feel. The results were edited down to ten tracks and released as The Tipping Point in July of 2004.
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Missy Elliott's This Is Not a Test! Album Anniversary
On November 25th, 2003, Missy Elliott released This Is Not a Test as her fifth studio album. It was primarily produced by Timbaland, with additional production from Craig Brockman, Nisan Stewart and Elliott herself. The album received generally favorable reviews from critics. The album debuted at number thirteen on the US Billboard 200, selling 183,600 copies in the first week of release. On December 17, 2003, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of over one million copies in the United States. Read more about Missy Elliott and her career here.
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Rick Ross' Hood Billionaire Album Anniversary
"Hood Billionaire” is Rick Ross’ seventh album and was released through Maybach Music Group, Def Jam Recordings and Slip-n-Slide Records on November 24, 2014. The album features notable artist like Jay Z, Snoop Dogg, Big K.R.I.T. and more
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Kanye West's 808s & Heartbreak Album Anniversary
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RZA's Bobby Digital in Stereo Album Anniversary
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Kool G Rap & DJ Polo's Live and Let Die Album Anniversary
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The Pharcyde's Bizarre Ride II Album Anniversary
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The Diplomats' Diplomatic Immunity 2 Album Anniversary
By the time of the release of their 2004 followup, Diplomatic Immunity 2, additional members Hell Rell, 40 Cal., and J. R. Writer had joined the group. Before long the Dipset empire was growing adding members such as: Jay Bezel, Un Kasa, the late Stack Bundles, Max B., comedian Katt Williams, and female first lady, Jha Jha.
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Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle Album Anniversary
Through his friend Warren G, Snoop met famed rapper Dr. Dre, which led to Snoop's start in the music business. His first album, Doggystyle (1993), climbed its way to the No. 1 spot on Billboard's hip-hop and Top 200 charts, based in part on the success of the singles "What's My Name" and "Gin and Juice."
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Nas' Nastradamus Album Anniversary
Originally scheduled by Columbia as a follow-up album comprised of the pirated material from the I Am sessions, Nastradamus (1999) -- released in time for the holiday shopping season, roughly six months after its predecessor -- was instead comprised almost entirely of new material, recorded quickly to meet the late-November release date. The album failed to garner the abundance of critical praise that had become customary for Nas. Moreover, unlike its two predecessors, Nastradamus failed to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart, peaking at number seven instead, and failed to go double platinum. Though relatively disappointing on these counts, Nastradamus still went platinum and spawned two charting singles, "Nastradamus" and "You Owe Me," so the album wasn't a failure, just disappointing.
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Del the Funky Homosapien's No Need for Alarm Album Anniversary
No Need for Alarm saw the introduction of the Oakland clique Hieroglyphics, whose original members included Souls of Mischief (Opio, A-Plus, Phesto and Tajai), Casual, Pep Love, Del, and producer Domino. No Need for Alarm helped to expose both the regional Oakland sound of hip hop, as well as the freestyle based, "golden era 90s" style of hip hop being expanded at the time.
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Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday Album Anniversary
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Slick Rick's Behind Bars Album Anniversary
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Redman's Dare Iz A Darkside Album Anniversary
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Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Album Anniversary
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