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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Wu-Tang Clan's The W Album Anniversary
The W was released on November 21, 2000. A leaner, more focused collection, The W featured only one track from ODB.
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Mia X's Good Girl Gone Bad Album Anniversary
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Group Home's Livin' Proof Album Anniversary
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Megan Thee Stallion's Good News Album Anniversary
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Ghostface Killah's Bulletproof Wallets Album Anniversary
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Fresh Artist Fridays: Shawn TheDon
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Talib Kweli's Quality Album Anniversary
When Kweli returned with his Quality album in 2002, things had changed a bit. For one, he was truly solo. Mos Def was long gone, and Hi-Tek was off focusing on his own solo career as a for-hire producer. So Quality featured Kweli collaborating with a host of different artists, among them a young and promising yet still largely unknown producer named Kanye West. "Get By" was the fruit of Kweli's collaboration with West, and it became the rapper's biggest hit to date, aided quite a bit by a non-album remix featuring Jay-Z of all people.
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Foxy Brown's Ill Na Na Album Anniversary
Sixteen-year-old Foxy prior to Ill Na Na's release Before winning a local talent competition in 1994, Foxy had given only passing consideration to a full-fledged career in music. A subsequent invitation to freestyle on stage, however, brought young Foxy to the attention of hip-hop producers Trackmasters, who were working on LL Cool J’s Mr. Smith LP at the time. A guest appearance on “I Shot Ya,” a B-side single from that 1995 album, marks Brown’s first commercial credit. The song was a hit, and before releasing any material of her own, Foxy would appear on several other 1995-1996 platinum and gold singles, including Case’s “Touch Me, Tease Me,” Jay-Z’s “Ain’t No…,” Total’s “No One Else,” and the remix to Toni Braxton’s “You’re Makin’ Me High.”
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LL Cool J's Radio Album Anniversary
Released on November 18th, 1985, Radio is the debut album of rapper LL Cool J. Radio was a significant success and became became a Billboard chart hit and sold over 500,000 copies within its first five months of release. By 1989, it had been certified platinum, having sales surpassing one million copies in the United States. Initial reception of the album was generally positive, with praise given to LL Cool J's lyricism and Rubin's production. It has since been recognized by critics as LL Cool J's best album. Read more about LL Cool J and his career here.
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Ice Cube's Album Anniversary
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Dr. Dre's 2001 Album Anniversary
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