Friday Movie Soundtrack Anniversary

Friday Movie Soundtrack Anniversary

Production was handled by film writers Ice Cube and DJ Pooh, as well as DJ Muggs, the 2 Live Crew…

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Da Brat's Unrestricted Album Anniversary

Da Brat's Unrestricted Album Anniversary

In early 2000, Da Brat released her third full-length album Unrestricted, which produced successful singles “That’s What I’m Looking For” and “What Chu Like” .

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Brother Ali's The Undisputed Truth Album Anniversary

Brother Ali's The Undisputed Truth Album Anniversary

After the music video for "Uncle Sam Goddamn" was released in 2007, it quickly gained much attention, and shortly after, the United States Department of Homeland Security froze a money transfer to his record label.

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Public Enemy's Fear Of A Black Planet Album Anniversary

Public Enemy's Fear Of A Black Planet Album Anniversary

In 1990, Public Enemy released Fear of a Black Planet. The album became the group’s first to reach the Top 10.

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ATCQ's People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm Album Anniversary

ATCQ's People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm Album Anniversary

In 1990, the group released Peoples Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, scoring several memorable songs including Bonita Applebum, Can I Kick It and I Left my Wallet in El Segundo.

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Chino XL's Here to Save You All Album Anniversary

Chino XL's Here to Save You All Album Anniversary

He released his debut album Here to Save You All in 1996, which was released to critical acclaim.


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La Chat's Murder She Spoke II Album Anniversary

La Chat's Murder She Spoke II Album Anniversary

Murder She Spoke II was released 7 years ago from today. Murder She Spoke II is La Chat’s follow-up to the 2001 Murder She Spoke album released on Three 6 Mafia’s label Hypnotize Minds.

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Nas's I Am... Album Anniversary

Am... is Nas’s third studio album, released on April 6, 1999. The album debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200, selling over 470,000 copies in its first week of sales. I Am… would later be certified double platinum in the United States, making it Nas' second best-selling release behind It Was Written. This album was originally to have been a double album titled I Am...The Autobiography, however most of the original sessions were bootlegged forcing Nas to discard many songs and adjust the release to one disc. I Am...became one of the first major label releases to be widely leaked using MP3 technology. Read more about Nas and his career here.

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The Root's From The Ground Up Album Anniversary

The Roots' first major-label album, Do You Want More?!!!??!, which features four songs from From The Ground Up, was released in January 1995; forsaking usual hip-hop protocol, the album was produced without any samples or previously recorded material. It peaked just outside the Top 100, but was mostly ignored by fans of hip-hop. Instead, Do You Want More?!!!??! made more tracks in alternative circles, partly due to the Roots playing the second stage at Lollapalooza that summer.

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M.O.P.'s To The Death Album Anniversary

After contributing to the 1992 compilation The Hill That's Real, M.O.P. debuted in 1993 with the single "How About Some Hardcore?", which appeared on the soundtrack for the film House Party 3. The underground success of the single, promoted by a low-budget video from then-unknown director Hype Williams, led to their debut album To the Death. It was released in 1994 on the small label Select Records, almost fully produced by DR Period.

Read more about M.O.P. here.

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Big Pun's Yeeeah Baby Album Anniversary

Big Pun's Yeeeah Baby Album Anniversary

Two months after his death, Big Pun’s second album, Yeeah Baby, was released.

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Rah Digga's Dirty Harriet Album Anniversary

Rah Digga's Dirty Harriet Album Anniversary

Her debut solo, Dirty Harriet, was released in 2000 featuring Busta Rhymes and Eve.

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Cam'ron's Oh Boy Single Anniversary

Cam'ron's Oh Boy Single Anniversary

His most successful album Come Home with Me was released in 2002 featuring guests such as Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel, and Memphis Bleek, and production from Just Blaze, Kanye West and The Heatmakerz. It included the hit singles "Oh Boy" and "Hey Ma"…

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DJ Kool Let Me Clear My Throat Anniversary

DJ Kool Let Me Clear My Throat Anniversary

In 1996, he released the single "Let Me Clear My Throat" on American Recordings, which charted around the world including the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 and top 10 in the UK and Netherlands in March 1997. The song prominently features a sample of "The 900 Number" by the 45 King (which itself features a sample from Marva Whitney's "Unwind Yourself", repeated over a breakbeat for six minutes). The song also began by sampling "Hollywood Swinging" by Kool & the Gang. The song is a recognizable dance floor-filler, and the track remains popular to this day.

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CunninLynguists' SouthernUnderground Album Anniversary

CunninLynguists' SouthernUnderground Album Anniversary

In April 2003, Mr. SOS joined the group on the album SouthernUnderground, which was independently released on Freshchest Records. The album featured guests including Masta Ace, Supastition and others, alongside production from Domingo and RJD2, but again mostly Kno. M.F. DiBella of AllMusic commented on "a lyrical deftness and genuine feel for the music rarely seen in the bling-conscious rap of the latter-day era".

The group landed a distribution contract with Caroline Distribution in 2004, and SouthernUnderground was the first project re-released after inking the deal with Will Rap For Food being re-released shortly thereafter in 2005.

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Gang Starr's Moment of Truth Album Anniversary

Gang Starr's Moment of Truth Album Anniversary

After a prolonged absence Gang Starr returned to the scene in 1998 with the inventive Moment Of Truth. The following year’s compilation set provided a comprehensive overview of one of hip-hop’s most consistently excellent teams.

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Kriss Kross' Totally Krossed Out Album Anniversary

Kriss Kross' Totally Krossed Out Album Anniversary

Kris Kross recorded the "Rugrats Rap" for Rugrats and for Nickelodeon; it was released as a single in 1992 on their debut album Totally Krossed Out and released in 1994 as extras on some Nickelodeon VHS tapes, and was finally released on CD in 1998, on The Best of Nicktoons CD.

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UGK's UGK 4 Life Album Anniversary

UGK's UGK 4 Life Album Anniversary

Upon release, UGK 4 Life received critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received a score of 84, based on 11 reviews indicating universal acclaim.

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Kendrick Lamar's HUMBLE Track Anniversary

"Humble" is a song by rapper Kendrick Lamar. It was released on March 30, 2017. It provided as the lead single from Lamar's fourth studio album, Damn. "Humble" is Lamar's second number-one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 after "Bad Blood" and his first as a lead artist. The song received four nominations at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards, including, Record of the Year, Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song, and Best Music Video, winning the latter three. Read more about Kendrick and his career here.

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Onyx's Bacdafucup Album Anniversary

Onyx's Bacdafucup Album Anniversary

Bacdafucup is the debut album by hip hop group Onyx, released on March 30, 1993

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