Today in Hip Hop History: Nas’ Iconic ‘Illmatic’ Album Turns 30 Years Old!
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Much more successful than their debut, The Infamous is hailed as a New York classic. Its gritty underground style is a staple in the hardcore movement going on at this time in New York. This album helped New York Hip Hop separate itself from the mediocre backpacker style that was popular a few years prior. Havoc and […] The post Today In Hip Hop History: Mobb Deep’s Classic ‘The Infamous’ LP Released 29 Years Ago first appeared on The Source.
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Today In Hip Hop History: Kwame Dropped His Sophomore LP ‘A Day in the Life: A Pokadelick Adventure’ 34 Years Ago
On this date in 1990, Queens native Kwame Holland released the second album of his career, A Day in the Life: A Pokadelick Adventure, on Atlantic Records. As a follow-up to his debut album, Kwamé the Boy Genius: Featuring a New Beginning, A Day In The Life was a 12-track concept album that described a […] The post Today In Hip Hop History: Kwame Dropped His Sophomore LP ‘A Day in the Life: A Pokadelick Adventure’ 34 Years Ago first appeared on The Source.
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On this day in Hip-Hop history three decades ago, OutKast, the duo that helped pioneer the map-making of southern hip-hop, released their debut classic LP, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik. This Dungeon Family masterpiece recorded by Andre 3000 and Big Boi paved the way for Atlanta and the rest of the Dirty South to have their unique voice in […] The post Today in Hip-Hop History: Outkast Dropped Their Debut Album ‘Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik’ 30 Years Ago first appeared on The Source.