OutKast's Rosa Parks Single Anniversary

"Rosa Parks" is a song by the hip hop group Outkast. It was released as the second single from their album Aquemini, and was that album's most successful single. Since the name of the song is in reference to the Civil Rights Movement activist Rosa Parks and due to the vulgar language in this track, Rosa Parks sued OutKast and LaFace Records over the song. After the lawsuit being dismissed for years, it was finally settled in 2005. Read more about OutKast and their careers here.

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DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince's He’s the DJ, I’m the Rapper Album Anniversary

Their 1988 follow-up hit, He’s the DJ, I’m the Rapper made them multi-platinum stars. Mostly recorded in the UK, the album was rap musics’s first double-vinyl LP release (also issued as a single cassette and CD). Parents Just Don’t Understand, the lead-off single, made them MTV household names, and tracks like Brand New Funk was received well by their fans. Rock The House was re-released to gold sales later that year.

Read more about DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince here.

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Ol' Dirty Bastard's Return to the 36 Chambers Album Anniversary

Ol' Dirty Bastard's Return to the 36 Chambers Album Anniversary

Off the successful launch of Wu-Tang, ODB released his debut solo album, Return to the 36 Chambers.

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Big L's Lifestylz Ov Da Poor & Dangerous Album Anniversary

Big L's Lifestylz Ov Da Poor & Dangerous Album Anniversary

In 1995, still with Columbia, He released his debut album "Lifestylz Ov Da Poor & Dangerous."

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Run-D.M.C.'s Self-Titled Debut Album Anniversary

Run-D.M.C.'s Self-Titled Debut Album Anniversary

Run-D.M.C. gave rap both its first gold album (Run-D.M.C., 1984) and its first platinum album (King of Rock, 1985).

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The Diplomats Diplomatic Immunity Album Anniversary

The Diplomats Diplomatic Immunity Album Anniversary

The Diplomats followed Cam’Ron’s solo album shortly after with their debut album Diplomatic Immunity released in 2003, which featured a remix of "Hey Ma", as well as the lead single, "Dipset Anthem", produced by Heatmakerz which peaked at #64 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The double-disc album was a success and quickly became certified gold by RIAA less than two months after its release. 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. In 2006, Jim Jones created his own person skating team, called Dipskate.

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Notorious B.I.G.'s Life After Death Album Anniversary

Notorious B.I.G.'s Life After Death Album Anniversary

Biggie's death came just as the rapper was about to put out his second album, Life After Death. In the wake of Biggie's killing, the record was a giant hit, selling nearly 700,000 copies in its first week. Two years later, Born Again, an album of unreleased material from Biggie, was released. A third album of extra material, Duets: The Final Chapter, was released in 2005.

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Guilty Simpson's Ode To The Ghetto Album Anniversary

Guilty Simpson's Ode To The Ghetto Album Anniversary

Simpson’s debut album, Ode to the Ghetto, includes production from J Dilla, as well as from Madlib and Black Milk; all three have been frequent collaborators of his. Along with Black Milk and the late Sean Price, Guilty Simpson formed one-third of the rap trio Random Axe. Simpson is also affiliated with the Detroit hip-hop collective Almighty Dreadnaughtz.

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eMC's The Show Album Anniversary

eMC's The Show Album Anniversary

In 2006, the group's first collaborative track was released online, titled "Four Brothers". eMC's first group effort, The Show was released on iTunes on February 26, and the CD release was on March 25. A single from the album, "What It Stand For", was released in July 2007, and is available for free download on the group's MySpace page. It features production from Nicolay.

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Canibus' Second Round K.O. Single Anniversary

Canibus' Second Round K.O. Single Anniversary

The song "Second Round K.O.'', produced by Wyclef Jean, was a success, with the video featuring Wyclef and a cameo appearance by boxer Mike Tyson.

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Common One-Nine-Nine-Nine Single Anniversary

Common One-Nine-Nine-Nine Single Anniversary

One-Nine-Nine-Nine is a double A-Side single by rapper Common. Each song is featured on Soundbombing II, a compilation album by Rawkus Records released in 1999.

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MF DOOM's Born Like This Album Anniversary

MF DOOM's Born Like This Album Anniversary

Dumile, also known as MF DOOM, created Born Like This on Lex Records on March 24, 2009. The album was Dumile's first solo album to chart in the US.

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Arrested Development's 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life of... Album Anniversary

Arrested Development's 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life of... Album Anniversary

The group's debut album 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of... was the number-one album in the Village Voice's 1992 Pazz and Jop Critic's Poll and in The Wire's 1992 Critic's choice.

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Madvillian's Madvilliany Album Anniversary

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Madvillainy is the only studio album by American hip hop duo Madvillain, consisting of MF Doom and producer Madlib. It was released on March 23, 2004. Madlib created most of the instrumentals during a trip to Brazil in his hotel room using minimal amounts of equipment. Fourteen months before the album was released, an unfinished demo version was stolen and leaked onto the internet. Frustrated, the duo stopped working on the album and returned to it only after they had released other solo projects.

Madvillainy achieved only moderate commercial success, however the album attracted attention from media outlets not usually covering hip hop music, including The New Yorker. Madvillainy received widespread critical acclaim for Madlib's production and MF Doom's lyricism. It has ranked in various publications' lists of all-time greatest albums, including #365 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Read more about MF Doom and his career here.

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P.M. Dawn's The Bliss Album...? (Vibrations of Love and Anger and the Ponderance of Life and Existence) Album Anniversary

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The Bliss Album...? (Vibrations of Love and Anger and the Ponderance of Life and Existence) is the second studio album by hip hop duo P.M. Dawn, released on March 23, 1993. Although some critics considered it less successful than the duo's first record, the album received positive reviews and produced two hit singles—"I'd Die Without You" and "Looking Through Patient Eyes.

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Eyedea & Abilities E&A Album Anniversary

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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.

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Above The Rim Soundtrack Album Anniversary

The soundtrack, which was executively produced by Suge Knight with Dr. Dre as supervising producer, was a critical and commercial success and a cultural phenomenon.

Read more about Dr. Dre here.

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Lil Wayne's I Am Not A Human Being II Album Anniversary

After taking a rest from releasing an album, Weezy returned in 2013 with the second installment of "I Am Not a Human Being". With "I Am Not a Human Being II", he could easily bow at No. 1 on Hot 200 by selling between 190,000 to 210,000 copies in its first week based on one-day estimates. 

Ahead of the album release, he caused a buzz on the web when he was hospitalized for seizures. Rumors suggested he was on drugs but he explained later that he was epileptic who had suffered multiple seizures before without public knowing about it.

Read more about Lil Wayne here.

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M.I.A.'s Arular Album Anniversary

She wound up signing a contract with XL, which re-released the single and, eventually, her debut album Arular in 2005. Anticipation for the release was considerable, only heightened by the Piracy Funds Terrorism mixtape she put together with DJ Diplo.

Read more about M.I.A. here.

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Tone Lōc's Funky Cold Medina Single Anniversary

Tone Lōc's Funky Cold Medina Single Anniversary

The second single, "Funky Cold Medina," also became a hit. It reached the top 5 in the US, peaking at No. 3; the top ten in Australia; and the top twenty in the UK.

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