…your rapper, or you had to listen to the radio at a certain time of day to hear your favorite DJ play new records. It’s pleasantly nostalgic to remember those…
…style mixed with the more R&B influenced production that would come to fruition later in the 90’s. O.C. would go on to make a few more records, the only one…
Untitled Unmastered (stylized as untitled unmastered.) is a compilation album by Kendrick Lamar. It was released on March 4, 2016, by Top Dawg Entertainment, Aftermath Entertainment, and Interscope Records. untitled…
…Big Pun, Armageddon, Freddie Foxxx, and frequent contributor DJ Premier – just to name a few – added to a formidable roster of MC’s and producers that preferred their underground…
…of what would become a career like no other. He returned with the more angst-ridden and socially-charged Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z., which brought us classics like “Keep Ya Head Up”,…
…and emotion—without chasing trends or bending to outside pressure. Across decades and labels, they built one of the deepest catalogs in Hip Hop, full of records that sound alive, layered,…
This article is a salute to a label based out of Phoenix, AZ which has been referred to as “the new Rawkus Records”. By all means, the comparison is very…
With this list, we go to the house the legendary Dr. Dre built. When he left Deathrow Records, he wanted a fresh new start, a completely new slate – so…
…release from Duck Down Records 2005 “Triple Threat Campaign”, followed by Buckshot & 9th Wonder’s Chemistry, and Smif-N-Wessun’s Smif ‘N’ Wessun: Reloaded. Monkey Barz was possibly the most acclaimed of…
…drums and loops pulled from TV shows, jazz records, forgotten funk grooves—nothing was off limits. His voice carried the weight of someone who’d seen too much, but he never gave…
Mobb Deep created a sound that was their own, built from harsh rhythms, minimal melodies, and hard-cut lyrics. From Queensbridge, New York, Havoc and Prodigy carved out a place in…
Mobb Deep‘s second album. Release date: April 25, 1995. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoYZf-lBF_U The Infamous is the second studio album by Mobb Deep. It was released on April 25, 1995, by Loud Records….
