…America (RIAA) two months after its release. It has sold over 800,000 copies and became one of the best-selling records of 1997. To date it remains Brown’s only solo top…
It’d be a gross oversight to brush London rapper and independent label head Fliptrix under the ‘conscious’ umbrella. Y’know, that same place Talib Kweli, KRS-One and Common were swept under…
…1999, Rosa Parks sued OutKast and LaFace Records over the song. The lawsuit alleged that the song misappropriated Parks’ name, and also objected to some of the song’s vulgar language….
…heard them before, they all demand a second listen. If they’re new to you, I think these are a dozen records that are the unsung heroes of the early 90s….
…end badly (exactly the reason he got out early and went into music). He built an impressive career with some excellent records by just being hard and real, without having…
https://soundcloud.com/dj-friedz/criminal-minded-30th-anniversary-mix Criminal Minded is the debut album by Boogie Down Productions, released on March 3, 1987 on B-Boy Records. Largley considered a highly influential Hip Hop album, it is also…
…for a major statement, having been dumped by Elektra Records the week of his brother and bandmate’s death, followed by a crippling bout of manic depression and homelessness. Left with…
…and was his first single as a Death Row Records artist. This is one 2Pac’s best-known songs and his most successful, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for…
“Run’s House” is a single released by Run DMC from their fourth studio album Tougher Than Leather. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xMJZHrG_94 “Run’s House” was released in 1988 through Profile Records and was produced…
“Talkin All That Jazz” is the lead single from Stetsasonic’s second studio album In Full Gear, released in 1988 by Tommy Boy Records. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kdQ4soLcac The song was a response to…
…Pitch Records. It helped establish his membership in the legendary Hip Hop crew D.I.T.C., which includes Lord Finesse, Showbiz & A.G., Diamond D, Fat Joe, Big L and Buckwild, who…
…Pendulum/EMI Records. On Blowout Comb, Digable Planets abandoned the radio friendly style of their debut album and worked with a more stripped-down sound. The album features a diverse range of…
