…Ice-T. The album was released on October 10, 1989, by Sire Records and Warner Bros. Records. The album has an uncharacteristically gritty sound, featuring some of the darkest musical tracks…
…Can Do It Better was released on August 1, 1989, by Ruthless Records and Atlantic Records. It reached number-one on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for two weeks, while…
…Loud Records and RCA Records. The album was loosely composed to play like a film with Raekwon as the “star,” fellow Wu-Tang member Ghostface Killah as the “guest-star,” and producer…
…Mob Records and his first studio album in six years since his previous album, War & Peace Vol. 2 (The Peace Disc). After spending the previous six years mainly doing…
…Pan Records. The correct title is simply Jurassic 5, although in some listings it is referred to wrongly as the Jurassic 5 LP, as “LP” confusingly appears on the album…
…conviction and purpose. Every release carried a vision. Artists built identities that still guide Hip Hop today. Their records spoke directly to listeners who recognized their own realities in the…
…scheduled for release in 1993, but Elektra Records canceled the album, reportedly due to the controversial cover art, which shows a Sambo figure being lynched, and its black nationalist, Five-Percenter…
…Bass’ “Gas Face” (featuring KMD) or KMD’s surprise hit single “Peachfuzz” off of Mr. Hood, their debut album on Elektra Records. However, Black Bastards easily qualifies as one of the…
…on Fool’s Gold Records as a free digital download. Their follow-up record, Run The Jewels 2, was released through Mass Appeal Records on October 24, 2014. A light-hearted remix album…
…February 4, 2003, by Aftermath Entertainment, under a joint venture with Shady Records, and distributed by Interscope Records. Its initially planned release was pushed seven days ahead due to heavy…
February 23rd, 1999 is a big day in Hip Hop history, with three releases that would become classics. The Roots “Things Fall Apart” Things Fall Apart (also referred to as…
Hip Hop Hall of Fame Museum & Artist Prep Notorious B.I.G. Memorial Sculpture for Brooklyn Park Commemorating His Bad Boy Records Legacy HHHOF & Dove Entertainment To Plan Special Event…
