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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Jean Grae and Quelle Chris Everything's Fine Album Anniversary

Jean Grae and Quelle Chris Everything's Fine Album Anniversary

Everything's Fine is a collaborative studio album by rappers Jean Grae and Quelle Chris. It was released on March 30, 2018.

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Onyx's Bacdafucup Album Anniversary

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Onyx's Bacdafucup Album Anniversary

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

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Doja Cat's Amala Album Anniversary

Doja Cat's Amala Album Anniversary

Amala is the debut studio album by American singer and rapper Doja Cat. It was released on March 30, 2018.

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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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NFT Q&A with GIN and LogiKil Thursday 3/31 8pm PST

NFT Q&A with GIN and LogiKil Thursday 3/31 8pm PST

Male hip-hop artist LogiKIL from Hartford, CT, is set to collaborate with female artist, GIN

on Thursday March 31rst on Instagram live to discuss NFTs and its impact on Hip-Hop.

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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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Fresh Artist Fridays: Kordas

Fresh Artist Fridays: Kordas

This week’s Fresh Artist is Lithuanian rapper Kordas who caught our attention with his song “Troublesome”. "Troublesome" is an unquestionably thought-provoking and introspective lyrical piece where Kordas seems to be reflecting on their own life, how they perceive themselves, and how that affects others.

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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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Chi-Ali's The Fabulous Chi-Ali Album Anniversary

Chi-Ali's The Fabulous Chi-Ali Album Anniversary

The Fabulous Chi-Ali released on March 24th, 1992 is Chi’s best known album. It was so popular that a documentary chronicling Chi's life titled The Fabulous Chi Ali was released in 2019. He is also known as a member of the legendary hip-hop collective, Native Tongues.

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