…it was Rhyme Pays (1987) that really put him on the map. Ice-T dropped four classic albums—Rhyme Pays, Power (1988), The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech… Just Watch What You Say (1989),…
…and still maintained a tight, cohesive feel rooted in boom bap precision and lyrical craft. Since then, Finesse has leaned heavier into production, remixing classic material and curating from the…
“Off the Books” is the third single from Stone Crazy, a 1997 album by The Beatnuts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYV7FkoUNPY It was released by Relativity Records in both 12 by Juju and Psycho…
Train of Thought is the debut album of Hip Hop duo Reflection Eternal, released October 17, 2000 on Rawkus Records. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihItq4ZQ8LM Collaborating as a duo, rapper Talib Kweli and DJ…
…29, 1995 by Loud Records. The song was produced by Havoc, using a sample of 1976’s song “Skylark” by The Barry Harris Trio and Al Cohn. The song received acclaim…
…legendary catalog and will be released on 3-10-17 courtesy of ICEH20/Empire Records. Reportedly the album is already done, so a lead-single should be released not too long from now. More…
…influential underground label Rawkus Records. Brooding yet intelligent, dark yet conscious, Funcrusher Plus was as hardcore as it was experimental. It was somewhat of a dichotomy but in brilliant form….
…classic. Similarly, Eiht also contributed vital components and compositions to genre-defining movies, offering the chilling “Growin’ Up In The Hood” to Boyz N The Hood and following up Music To…
…the time and residing in East Point, Atlanta, Georgia would later form the hugely successful rap group OutKast. Signed with LaFace records, the rap duos first single, “Player’s Ball” from…
…New York to the multi-million-dollar sales of the Phat Farm and Roc-a-Wear clothing companies in 2004 and 2007. On this four-decade-long journey from the studios where the first rap records…
…he was soon signed to Columbia records. Nas 1994. Photo by Danny Clinch / Courtesy of Sony Legacy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5PnuIRnJW8 In 1994, Nas’s first record, Illmatic, was released, and it landed…
…Records, but only on the condition he lost his original rapper. The label put him in touch with Guru instead, who had chanced upon one of Premier’s demo tapes in…
