It’s hard to believe that the Get Rich or Die Trying album turned 20-years-old a few months ago. To celebrate the milestone, 50 Cent announced a new tour called The Final Lap to commemorate the album’s anniversary. You can visit his website to the date and to purchase tickets when he hits your town. 50 Cent hit the scene and took the rap game by storm along with his G-Unit crew. Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, Tony Yayo and even The Game all experienced success under the G-Unit umbrella. Unfortunately, 50 isn’t cool with them anymore except for Tony Yayo because it would be nice to see G-Unit on stage together.…
Bun B You’re Everything for Throwback Thursday
UGK is one of the most influential groups or duos to ever touch the mic. Unfortunately, Chad Butler aka Pimp C passed away in December of 2007. Bun B dropped his solo debut two years prior called Trill. About five months later, Bun B released his second solo joint called II Trill. II Trill became the #1 album in the country and has sold over 300,000 copies. Lil Wayne, Lupe Fiasco, Juvenile, Pimp C, Young Buck, Slim Thug, Chamillionaire, 8Ball & MJG all made appearances. One of my favorite tracks off the album is called You’re Everything. You’re Everything features southern all-stars Rick Ross, David Banner, 8Ball & MJG. With…
Nelly Dilemma Featuring Kelly Rowland for Throwback Thursday
In the early-2000s, Nelly was one of the biggest rappers in the world. Even Jay-Z shouted him out on Excuse Me Miss. Jay mentioned that only his crew, Eminem and Nelly were moving units during that time. Nelly released his debut album Country Grammar in 2000. Country Grammar sold over 10 million units off the strength of four singles. Nelly also introduced the world to his St. Lunatics crew. Two years later, Nelly released his second joint titled Nellyville. Nellyville was another strong effort from Nelly. In my opinion, the second one is better than the debut project. The album went on to sell over 7 million copies and he…
The Roots What They Do for Throwback Thursday
The Roots have been putting it down for almost 30 years now. They hit the scene all the way back in 1994 with their From the Ground Up EP. Black Thought is one of the greatest rappers to ever touch the mic. Black Thought is listed as the 28th greatest rapper of all-time by Billboard magazine. There discography consists of fourteen studio albums, plus three collaborative studio albums, three compilation albums, two extended plays, and two live albums. In addition, that those joints, Black Thought has released three studio and three EPs also. In 1995 is when I became a huge fan of The Roots. The Do You Want More…
Come and Talk to Me by Jodeci for Throwback Thursday
This week was one for memory lane because it was lot of great times in the 90s. My week was filled with a lot of classic R&B music from that era. While listening to the debut joint from KCi & JoJo, it took me back to the Jodeci times. Jodeci is one of the greatest R&B groups of not only the 90s, but of all-time. This month will make 32 years they released their classic, debut joint Forever My Lady. The album went triple platinum and made them major stars during this time. Jodeci marked a new era of R&B and they set the trend for what was to come…
Lauryn Hill Ex-Factor for Throwback Thursday
The Fugees were one of the highest selling acts in hip hop in the mid-1990s. Blunted on Reality was their first album that hit the store in 1994. Despite being a good album, it didn’t sell too well after its release. In 1996, they released their second album called The Score. The project was released on the same day as All Eyez on Me by 2Pac. The Score went on to win the Grammy for Best Rap Album. The album went on to sell over 7 million copies and Lauryn Hill was one of the hottest artists in the world. Lauryn Hill also was featured on the classic If I…
Dogg Pound Let’s Play House for Throwback Thursday
The Dogg Pound is one legendary hip hop group that never gets mentioned as one of the greatest duos ever. They appeared on the legendary Death Row albums like the Chronic and Doggystyle. The pair also had classic tracks on the Above the Rim and Murder Was the Case Soundtracks. The Dogg Pound released their debut joint Dogg Food back in 1995. Kurupt and Daz have also put out some great solo records over the years. Daz is one of the more underrated producers as he’s blessed some dope work on several Death Row releases. Many have talked about him giving beats and songs for 2Pac and the classic All…
Goodie Mob Beautiful Skin for Throwback Thursday
Goodie Mob is one of the most underrated rap groups to ever touch the mic. Of course, they are a part of the legendary Dungeon Family with Outkast. They were first introduced to the world on the classic Git Up, Git Out from Outkast’s debut Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik. The following year they released their classic debut album, Soul Food. Soul Food has been mentioned by many as one of the most influential albums ever in hip hop. Two and a half years later, Goodie Mob released their second album called Still Standing. Still Standing went gold just like their debut album and it was another great project. They released two singles from…
Natural Born Killaz by Dr. Dre & Ice Cube for Throwback Thursday
Let’s go back to my favorite time of hip hop and that’s the 90s. For this one, we will adventure over to Death Row Records. As many of you know, Death Row Records is my all-time favorite label. I’ve told you about the classic Death Row Records projects you should have in your collection. The Chronic by Dr. Dre started things off and it was followed by Doggystyle from Snoop Dogg. Doggystyle was such a huge album that Snoop made a short film surrounding the Murder Was the Case track. It also came with its own music soundtrack. I’ve stated for the longest it’s one of my favorite rap soundtracks…
Classic Q-Tip Move for Throwback Thursday
A Tribe Called Quest is one of the greatest hip hop groups of all time. They released their first album People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm in 1990. The following year, they dropped their classic Low End Theory. The platinum selling project has been listed as one of the greatest albums ever in many publications. A Tribe Called Quest went on to drop three more albums before calling it quits as a group. In 1998, they dropped their final album The Love Movement. The following year, Q-Tip released his first solo album. The album was called Amplified, and it went gold. Despite the album being a success, Q-Tip…
Snoop Dogg Tha Shiznit for Throwback Thursday
Death Row Records is considered by many one of the greatest hip hop labels ever. It’s my personal favorite and it all began on the Deep Cover Soundtrack. Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg had the track Deep Cover on it, and it blew up. The following year, Dr. Dre released the iconic Chronic album. The Chronic changed the game and it viewed as one of the most important hip hop records of all-time. The following year, Snoop Dogg would release his much-anticipated Doggystyle album. Just like the Chronic, Snoop’s debut is looked at as one of the greatest hip hop albums also. We all know the outcome of Death Row…
AZ Featuring Nas The Essence for Throwback Thursday
AZ is one of the best rappers when it comes to his pen game. AZ first hit the scene with his classic verse from Life’s A Bitch off Illmatic from Nas. About a year and half later, he dropped his debut joint Do or Die. We all consider it a classic and on the album he and Nas reunited for Mo Money, Mo Murder. A couple years later, they formed the Firm with Nature and Foxy Brown to drop an album. While the album had a couple of good joints it was viewed as a disappointed and not living up to the hype. Nas and AZ teamed up a couple…
Freeway Featuring Jay-Z & Mariah Carey You Got Me
Death Row and Bad Boy Records ruled the mid-to-late 90s by dropping some of the biggest hip hop records ever. No Limit Records took baton in the late-90s as they were dropping albums every other week. After that, Roc-A-Fella Records was one of the labels that took off. Jay-Z and Kanye West lead the charge for the label by releasing classic after classic. While Jay & Ye got a lot of the attention they ventured to Philadelphia to grab some other talent. Beanie Sigel was the first one and he brought along his State Property crew. Freeway was one of the rappers from the City of Brotherly love to be…
Fabolous Into You for Throwback Thursday
One of the albums that stood out this week was Street Dreams by Fabolous. Street Dreams was the second album released by Fabolous. It was the follow-up to his platinum selling, debut Ghetto Fabolous. Street Dreams would also go on to sell over a million copies. Fabolous released three singles off the album. The third single from Street Dreams is my Throwback Thursday and it’s called Into You. Fabolous had two versions of the single with one featuring Ashanti and the other Tamia. The original was a single from Tamia’s self-titled debut album. Fabolous sampled the smash-hit from five years prior and she’s on the hook. The track can be…
DJ Quik Born and Raised in Compton for Throwback Thursday
When people talk about west coast hip hop there are quite a few names that come to mind. Ice-T is the OG and then he was followed by NWA. Dr. Dre introduced us to Snoop Dogg and Death Row Records. 2Pac is viewed as one of the best to ever do it and there are a handful of others that’s not mentioned. Speaking of not mentioned, there’s another artist that comes to mind when it comes to classic west coast music. DJ Quik is the name and he’s one of the more underrated rappers and producers. DJ Quik dropped his debut over 30+ years ago and it was called Quik…
The Lox Money Power & Respect for Throwback Thursday
The Lox is regarded as one of the greatest hip hop groups of all-time. They consist of Sheek Louch, Jadakiss and Styles P. The signed to Bad Boy Records upon entering the game. They had the honor of appearing on the Life After Death joint from the late, great Notorious Big. The following year they released their debut album. Money, Power & Respect was the name of it, and it just celebrated its 25-year anniversary. Money, Power & Respect went platinum, but they left the Bad Boy soon after over money. Lil Kim sung the hook on Money, Power & Respect and it was a classic record. Money, Power &…
Boogie Down Productions Released Criminal Minded 35 Years Ago
KRS-One is widely considered one of the greatest rappers of all-time. He was definitely one of the MCs that made the original Golden Era of Hip Hop special. KRS-One formed the Boogie Down Productions with DJ Scott LaRock. They released their debut album 35 years ago today and it was called Criminal Minded. Criminal Minded is considered a classic and has appeared on many lists of all-time greatest rap albums. Unfortunately, DJ Scott LaRock was killed less than six months later. Boogie Down Productions released their first single off the album the year prior. South Bronx was the name of it and song serves as a diss track aimed at…
50 Cent Hustler’s Ambition for Throwback Thursday
Welcome to another Thursday as that mean we are closer to the weekend. Once again, there was plenty of great music being played this week. Doggfather from Snoop Dogg, Carter IV by Lil Wayne, and the New Yo Gotti joint started things off. All Eyez on Me from Pac, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Greatest Hits and a personal compilation was also played. I Go That Work from the Big Tymers and the Festivus joint from Wale made a nice week of music. Like always, one of those albums could’ve produced my featured track this week. The last album that got some play was the Best of 50 Cent. The Best of 50…
