…Outta Compton is a seminal album in the history of Hip Hop. Released in 1988, it was a bold and unapologetic statement from a group of young Black men who…
Eminem‘s fourth album. Release date: May 21, 2002. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZIzD0ZfTFg The Eminem Show is the fourth studio album Eminem, released on May 21, 2002 by Aftermath Records, Shady Records, and Interscope…
…tempo than the previous album for performance purposes. The album charted for 49 weeks on the US Billboard 200, peaking at number 42. By August 1989, it was certified Platinum…
Snoop Doggy Dogg‘s debut album. Release date: November 23, 1993. Doggy Style was recorded soon following the release of Dr. Dre‘s landmark debut album The Chronic (1992), to which Snoop…
…for the second time on his sophomore album release. 9th also has 3 albums with MURS, an Emcee that hails from MidCity, CA, in which all three albums have received…
Black Bastards (or Bl_ck B_st_rds) is an album by KMD (featuring Zev Lov X, an early alias of MF DOOM), released in 2001 through ReadyRock. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H3suBgxc2M Initially, the album was…
Mos Def’s fourth studio album. Release date: June 9, 2009. https://youtu.be/vwjwKPXy4sg The Ecstatic is the fourth studio album by Mos Def. After venturing further away from Hip Hop with an…
…influential albums in history with Rolling Stone proclaiming, “a portrait of an artist as a hood, loner, tortured soul, juvenile delinquent, and fledgling social critic… [the album] still stands as…
…released six critically acclaimed and influential albums from 1989 to 2003. Two albums, Moment of Truth (1998) and compilation Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr (1999) were certified gold…
…Records and Columbia Records. Prior to the album’s recording, Mos Def had collaborated with rapper Talib Kweli for the duo’s studio album, Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star…
…YOU is an exceptional album in its own right. The album does lose some steam towards the end (“Sideways” and “Who Even Cares” are the album’s weakest tracks for us),…
…accolades, including a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album at the 47th Grammy Awards. It is West’s best-selling album in the United States, with domestic sales of 3.4 million copies…