…Latifah, among others. He signed with Stu Fine’s Wild Pitch Records in 1987, and released one album, Ride the Rhythm, on the label. Ride the Rhythm’s tracks alternated between a…
…1989, by Tommy Boy Records and Warner Bros. Records. It marked the first of three full-length collaborations with producer Prince Paul, which would become the critical and commercial peak of…
…to be spoken. Yella remained close to Eazy and stayed on production duties at Ruthless Records after the acrimonious breakup of N.W.A. He produced J.J. Fad’s second album Not Just…
Released 27 years ago today: Ice T “Power” Power is the second studio album by Ice T. The album was released on September 13, 1988, by Sire Records and Warner…
Released 13 years ago today: Nas “The Lost Tapes” The Lost Tapes is a compilation album by Nas. It was released on September 23, 2002, by Ill Will Records and…
…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…
