The Beastie Boy's Ill Communication Album Anniversary

The Beastie Boy's Ill Communication Album Anniversary

Ill Communication is among the Beastie Boys’ most varied releases.

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Boogie Down Productions' By All Means Necessary Album Anniversary

Boogie Down Productions' By All Means Necessary Album Anniversary

BDP was influential in provoking political and social consciousness in hip-hop, for example in Stop The Violence off 1988's By All Means Necessary.

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Naughty By Nature's Poverty's Paradise Album Anniversary

Naughty By Nature's Poverty's Paradise Album Anniversary

1995's Poverty's Paradise was the group's final album for Tommy Boy; it went on to win a Grammy for Best Rap Album.

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Antoinette's Burnin' At 20 Below Album Anniversary

Antoinette's Burnin' At 20 Below Album Anniversary

But her sophomore disc, Burnin’ at 20 Below, proved that not only could Antoinette snap, she could shine, too.

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Mobb Deep's Survival of the Fittest Single Anniversary

Mobb Deep's Survival of the Fittest Single Anniversary

‘Survival of the Fittest’ was produced by Havoc at his apartment in Queensbridge, where the duo worked on The Infamous album.

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The Fat Boys 'Fat Boys' Album Anniversary

The Fat Boys 'Fat Boys' Album Anniversary

It was their manager Charles Stettler who, after being presented with an inflated hotel food bill for the group suggested they change their name to the Fat Boys.

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LL Cool J's Bigger and Deffer Album Anniversary

LL Cool J's Bigger and Deffer Album Anniversary

In his follow-up album, 1987's Bigger and Deffer, LL Cool J showed his softer side with the popular ballad, "I Need Love."

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N.W.A.'s EFIL4ZAGGIN Album Anniversary

N.W.A.'s EFIL4ZAGGIN Album Anniversary

The group quickly released an EP, 100 Miles and Runnin', in 1990 before following it up early the next year with Efil4zaggin ("****** 4 Life" spelled backward).

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ASAP Rocky's At. Long. Last. ASAP Album Anniversary

ASAP Rocky's At. Long. Last. ASAP Album Anniversary

Upon its release, At. Long. Last. A$AP received generally positive to mixed reviews from music critics.

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Menace II Society Soundtrack Anniversary

Menace II Society Soundtrack Anniversary

The Menace II Society (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) album was released on May 26, 1993 via Jive Records.

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Eminem's The Eminem Show Album Anniversary

Eminem's The Eminem Show Album Anniversary

On May 24, 2022, Eminem announced an expanded version of “The Eminem Show” album will arrive on May 26, 2022 in celebration of the album’s 20th anniversary.

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Slick Rick's The Art of Storytelling Album Anniversary

Slick Rick's The Art of Storytelling Album Anniversary

Rick The Ruler’s fourth Def Jam recording, The Art of Storytelling, appeared in 1999.

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Big Daddy Kane's Looks Like A Job For... Album Anniversary

Big Daddy Kane's Looks Like A Job For... Album Anniversary

Looks Like a Job For... is the fifth album by Big Daddy Kane, released in 1993 on Cold Chillin' Records.

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Compton's Most Wanted It's A Compton Thang Album Anniversary

Compton's Most Wanted It's A Compton Thang Album Anniversary

It's a Compton Thang was entirely produced by DJ Slip and The Unknown DJ and all song lyrics were written by MC Eiht.

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Jeru the Damaja's The Sun Rises In the East Album Anniversary

Jeru the Damaja's The Sun Rises In the East Album Anniversary

The Sun Rises in the East, was released in 1994, produced entirely by DJ Premier and was ranked as one of the 100 greatest hip-hop albums of all time by the editors of About.com.

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Chill Rob G's Ride the Rhythm Album Anniversary

Chill Rob G's Ride the Rhythm Album Anniversary

Ride the Rhythm’s tracks alternated between a somewhat hardcore sound and an easygoing, conversational tone.

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Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP Anniversary

Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP Anniversary

"The Marshall Mathers LP" sold 1.76 million copies in its first week of release in the U.S.

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Luniz's I Got 5 On It Single Anniversary

Luniz's I Got 5 On It Single Anniversary

Luniz is best known for the internationally successful hit in 1995 titled "I Got 5 on It".

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Eric B & Rakim's Let the Rhythm Hit Em Album Anniversary

Eric B & Rakim's Let the Rhythm Hit Em Album Anniversary

Let the Rhythm Hit ‘Em was released on May 22, 1990 by hip-hop duo Eric B & Rakim. The group's sound develops further…

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KRS-One's I Got Next Album Anniversary

KRS-One's I Got Next Album Anniversary

The prodigious talent has released fifteen classic Rap albums; Criminal Minded (1987), By All Means Necessary (1988), Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hiphop (1989), Edutainment (1990), Sex and Violence (1992), Return of the Boom Bap (1994), KRS-ONE (1995), I Got Next (1997), A Retrospective (2000), Sneak Attack (2001), Spiritual Minded (2002), Prophets vs. Profits;The Mix Tape (2003), D.I.G.I.T.A.L (2003), Kristyles (2003), Keep Right (2004), LIFE (2006), Hip Hop Lives (2007), Adventures in Emceein (2007) and Maximum Strength (2008). In 1997 he reached #3 on the Billboard charts with the hit "Step into a World (Rapture's Delight)" featuring a remix by P. Diddy and has since collaborated with a string of artists running the gamut of R.E.M and Ziggy Marley to Chuck D and EPMD.

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