…love was indeed music. He used his long-standing street credibility and brewing talent as a rapper to get a music deal with Relativity Records. Under them, Joe became Fat Joe…
…Olympics MC Battle, Dre listened to the rapper’s cassette in the basement of executive Jimmy Iovine’s home. Dre was so impressed that he signed Eminem to his Interscope Records label….
…tens of millions of records to top it off. Still — when we talk Top 5s and Top 10s, Big Boi remains an … outcast. So what the problem is?…
…brought to Hip Hop is spreading like an oil spill. The gloomy, gritty, ominous, stripped-down, atmospheric beats and soundscapes used on all of their projects are the best in the…
…and could even recite: Once upon a time a DJ’s task Was just to play records, what more could you ask? That day in Professional’s Record Shop, I already knew…
…feels entirely his own. While he claims Washington D.C. as his hometown, his life has stretched across continents—raised between the U.S., Africa, and the West Indies, the son of a…
…time on Yo! MTV Raps in 1989. After selling millions of records with his own Roc-a-Fella label, Jay-Z created his own clothing line. He wed popular singer and actress Beyoncé…
…D.M.C. During the 1980s, Run-D.M.C. became the biggest Hip Hop group and are credited with breaking Hip Hop into mainstream music. For his skill re-working riffs from classic guitar records,…
…unsigned. He released his second album Revolutionary Vol. 2 in 2003. In 2004, Viper Records and, in 2005, Babygrande Records re-released Immortal Technique’s debut, Revolutionary Vol. 1, to make it…
…and signed the group to Wu-Tang Records. Priest released his first solo album, “Heavy Mental” in 1998 under Geffen Records. This album is still helmed today as a Hip Hop…
…consistently active in the recording industry since her introduction in 1996, she has (amazingly) only two solo album releases to her credit. First was the now “classic” EMI Records release…
Big L’s debut album. Release date: March 28, 1995. Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous is the debut album by Big L, released March 28, 1995 on Columbia Records. Recording…
