…though years like ’97, ’98, 04, 06, 10, and last year are all worthy contenders). Guess what? I’m still not done with my ’20 Years Later’ salutes. This particular selection…
…As dope as Whut? Thee Album was, we knew this would only be the beginning. He would later drop his sophomore effort, Dare Iz A Darkside, two years later and…
…There are some that even say this is better than Illmatic (although I wouldn’t go nearly that far kiddos). In any event, this was an album that twenty years later…
…’96 was one of the strongest years in all of Hip Hop, and we haven’t gotten too many years like that since. With that being said, let’s get on with…
…Dead. This particular album was far from the happy-go-lucky, hippy-themed debut we experienced three years earlier. It was a tad darker, and definitely more focused on them as emcees. Still…
…possibilities… (although Octagon got killed by Dr. Dooom by the end of the album, he resurfaced years later with Return of Dr. Octagon). In any event, this album is an…
…a southern treasure that deserves the praise and respect it gets. Twenty years later, this still is seen as a blueprint for southern Hip Hop. Salute to Bun and Pimp….
…a musical endeavor that was unique and rich in lush sampling as anything we had heard in many years. With production from Salaam Remi (who would later be Nas’ main…
…superficial, commercial, Moet-sipping cats “What They Do”, which both provided organic production that truthfully we haven’t seen as much of until later releases like How I Got Over, Game Theory,…
…gumbo soul to hold you for years to come. Fortunately, we didn’t have to wait but two and a half years for a follow-up, and what a hell of a…
…a legend. Later posthumous albums made him an icon. On the twentieth anniversary of this ageless album, we salute the late, great Mr. Shakur, and his legacy that peaked with…
…and one of the nicest new emcees to come around in years. When it dropped, we were not ready. This album became one of Hip Hop’s most complex, surreal, and…