…The New Classic, has done gold and platinum units virtually all over the world. The question is now, where’s the next crop of superstar female emcees? Perhaps a better question…
…Date: Mar 5, 2013 Record Label: Get On Down Color: Black Vinyl Also available: Nas: Illmatic | CD Release Date: Apr 19, 1994 Record Label: Columbia Records And: Nas: Illmatic…
…infamous returned nearly two years after their sophomore album The Infamous became a classic that still impacts the game today, thanks to the violently anthemic “Shook Ones Pt. 2”. Mobb…
…and Large Professor. As they were trying to figure out what was next for them, they got the call they had been waiting on. They got signed to Loud Records,…
…Bad Boy Records and the Wu-Tang Clan! While 24 Hours to Live is indeed the kind of track we have in mind when we discuss “posse cuts”, the styles and…
…talent and connections, it just might’ve been. Unfortunately, 1993 and 1994 were outliers in rap history. Those years brought classic debuts from Snoop Dogg, Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, Mobb Deep, Black…
…style comes from the same culture that produced the classic scratch records and live DJ performances of Hip Hop’s formative decades. Smith has even described scratching as something he practices…
…as violence. Signing with Death Row Records in late 1995, 2Pac released the double-album All Eyez On Me in the spring of 1996, and the record, as well as its…
…us are ‘industrialized’ as I like to call it, meaning we’re slaves to an industry, even when we don’t realize it. We have to do something that radio will find…
…Records. In September 2010, Thornton announced his signing to Kanye West’s GOOD Music imprint, under the aegis of Def Jam Recordings. In March 2011, he released his first solo project,…
…turned Eminem from an underground rapper into a high-profile celebrity. Interscope Records awarded him with his own record label, Shady Records, and he embarked on an extensive touring schedule to…
…along with two more singles. Shortly after this, Kool G Rap appeared on the Juice Crew’s classic posse cut “The Symphony” before they released their debut album, Road to the…
