• Kanye West Late Registration Turns 15 Years Old Today
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    Kanye West Late Registration Turns 15 Years Old Today

    The Late Registration from Kanye West turns 15-years-old today. Late Registration is the follow-up to his debut album, College Dropout he released a year prior. With College Dropout being such a great album, expectations were high for this one. Late Registration went on to sell over 3 million copies off the strength of 5 singles. Diamonds from Sierra Leone was the first one and it was a dope track. Diamond from Sierra Leone went on to go platinum after its release. The track was so good that Jay-Z jumped on the remix and it also appeared on the album. Diamonds from Sierra Leone won the Grammy Award for Best Rap…

  • 27 No Limit Records Albums That Should Be In Your Collection
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    27 No Limit Records Albums That Should Be In Your Collection

    Tonight is the world premiere of the No Limit Chronicles on BET. No Limit Records had one of the great runs in hip hop. Master P was dropping a new album from a different artist every other week. Trust me; I was buying everything No Limit was dropping. Master P, C-Murder, Silkk the Shocker, Mia X, TRU, Mystikal, Snoop Dogg and Magic. Fiend, Mac, Soulja Slim, Kane & Abel, 504 Boyz, Big Ed, Mr. Serv-On, Young Bleed and some movie soundtracks. No Limit Records went on to sell about 75 million records. The 5-part BET special will highlight the rise of the iconic label and Master P. No Limit Records…

  • Rick Ross Released Teflon Don 10 Years Ago Today
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    Rick Ross Released Teflon Don 10 Years Ago Today

    Rick Ross released Teflon Don 10 years ago today. Teflon Don marked his fourth album and to me it marked him transitioning to a great rapper. Rick Ross just teamed with August Alsina to drop the Entanglement track, which adds to the Will and Jada drama. Teflon is the second biggest selling album in his discography as it only trails his debut, Port of Miami album. Less than two months before Teflon Don, Rick Ross dropped the dope Albert Anastasia EP mixtape. The year before, Rick Ross dropped his Deeper Than Rap album which was another great album. During the Deeper Than Rap album, Rick Ross was beefing with 50…

  • Mr. Mike Stop Lying Featuring 8Ball And MJG
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    Mr. Mike Stop Lying Featuring 8Ball And MJG

    Once again, we’ve arrived at another Thursday which means we’re one step closer to the weekend. My sounds for this week consisted of my personal Suave House Records compilation, Luther Vandross and a personal Jay-Z CD. Ja Rule’s Rule 3:36 album and Me Against the World by 2Pac also. As you can see there were definitely some dope music being listened to this week. With it being Thursday, we know that it’s time for my Throwback Thursday. For my featured track, we’re going to pick this one from the Suave House click. Suave House is arguably my third favorite label and produced some great music. Mr. Mike released one solo…

  • Beanie Sigel The B. Coming Released 15 Years Ago Today
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    Beanie Sigel The B. Coming Released 15 Years Ago Today

    Beanie Sigel was undoubtedly one of the hardest rappers to come in the game in the 2000s. Last month, Sigel celebrated the 20th anniversary of his hard-hitting debut album, The Truth. A little over a year later, Beanie Sigel dropped his follow-up, The Reason. Almost four years later, Beanie released his third album, The B. Coming. The B. Coming had its fair share of guest appearances and it made this another classic in Beanie Sigel’s discography. Snoop Dogg, Bun B, Jay-Z, Redman, Cam’Ron, Freeway, Twista and many more. The amount of growth shown on The B. Coming was impressive and Beanie became a better storyteller in the process. The Neptunes,…

  • Usher Dropped Raymond vs. Raymond 10 Years Ago Today
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    Usher Dropped Raymond vs. Raymond 10 Years Ago Today

    It’s hard to believe that Usher has been in the game for over 25 years now. Usher hasn’t released a studio album in over 3 years. There are rumors that he’s working on a new album that could be released this year. Confessions is one of my all-time favorite albums. 10 years ago today, Usher released his sixth studio album, Raymond vs. Raymond. Overall, this was a great album that produced a lot of great tracks. A couple of them appeared on my Usher Greatest Hits playlist on Spotify. If you’re an Usher fan, you would probably agree with me on good this album was. The album went platinum and…

  • Yukmouth Still Ballin for Throwback Thursday
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    Yukmouth Still Ballin for Throwback Thursday

    Once again, we have arrived at Thursday which means the weekend is getting closer. My playlist this week consisted of some Jay-Z, Eminem, The Game, UGK and a few others. The album that’s highlighted is the 18K: The Golden Years project from Yukmouth. To be honest, it’s more of greatest hits for him and the Luniz if anything. Yukmouth been in the game for over 25 years and he’s the owner of Smoke-A-Lot Records. Luniz entered the game with the classic I Got 5 on It back in 1995. Yukmouth has put out some hits over the years as a solo artist. He’s put out nine solo projects over the…

  • Beanie Sigel Feel It in the Air for Throwback Thursday
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    Beanie Sigel Feel It in the Air for Throwback Thursday

    Once again, we have arrived at another Thursday which brings us closer to the weekend. This week was full of classics that were on my playlist. Ready to Die, Smif-N-Wessun debut album and my personal Jay-Z Greatest Hits Volume 1 were amongst those played. For my Throwback Thursday, we’re going in another direction and it’s from a classic album. Beanie Sigel released his third album, The B. Coming almost 15 years ago. The B. Coming had crazy features like Snoop Dogg, Beanie Sigel, Grand Puba, Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige and many others. I’ve always been a big Beanie Sigel fan and his discography is amongst the best from Roc-A-Fella Records.…

  • Best of Jay Z for Mixtape Friday
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    Daddy’s Hangout Best of Jay Z for Mixtape Friday

    With this being the final Friday of the year and decade, we have one more Mixtape Friday. With Jay-Z having his albums on Spotify now, why not do a Jay-Z playlist? The playlist will be his best tracks from his solo albums and the Watch the Throne collabo with Kanye. Jay-Z is definitely in my top-15 rappers of all-time and one of the greatest to ever do it. Everything from Reasonable Doubt to his 4:44 album was included in this selection. There’s a total of 101 tracks and I’m sure some will think a few tracks were left off, but this is personal. Check out the track listing below and…

  • Second Half of 2019 Throwback Thursday
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    Second Half of 2019 Throwback Thursday

    It’s hard to believe that 2019 will be history in a few short days. What’s even crazier is that we’re entering another decade. I’m hoping you all had a very Merry Christmas with your loved ones. With this being the final Throwback Thursday, we like to do a playlist. At the end of June, we put out the First Half of 2019 playlist. We can’t do one without the other, so we’ve put the second half on a playlist also. I’m pretty sure you’ll find something to your liking with this one. We’ve touched some hip hop and we also got some classic R&B stuff also. Check out the track…

  • Urban Legend from T.I. Released 15 Years Ago Today
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    Urban Legend from T.I. Released 15 Years Ago Today

    Trap Muzik was arguably the best album from T.I. Actually, Trap Muzik is my top album from T.I. and Urban Legend is slightly after that. Urban Legend is the third album from T.I. and the follow up to Trap Muzik. Urban Legend dropped 15 years ago today and it continued T.I.’s incredible run. During this time, T.I. started referring himself as the King of the South. After the Urban Legend album, we all can understand why he done that. While T.I. was still putting out music from Trap Muzik, he dropped his first single off of Urban Legend. Bring Em’ Out was the first single released and it was dropped…

  • Jay Z Song Cry for Throwback Thursday
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    Jay Z Song Cry for Throwback Thursday

    First off, Happy Halloween to everyone out there and be safe! Make sure you remember this weekend that the time falls back due to Daylight Savings. With that said, let’s move on for another Throwback Thursday. As always, the featured track is usually something I’ve listened to during the week. One album that stuck out to me this week was one of my personal Jay-Z mixes. If you follow hip hop, Jay-Z’s name was tossed around by T.I. Tip stated that Jay called him because of his Top 50 list. T.I. had 2Pac on top and Jay-Z followed by him and Jigga questioned him about it. For me, I’m not…

  • Master P Only God Can Judge Me Dropped 20 Years Ago Today
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    Master P Only God Can Judge Me Dropped 20 Years Ago Today

    I’ve mentioned many times that Death Row Records is my favorite label of all-time. No Limit Records is my second favorite label ever. During their run, Master P was dropping a new album damn near every week. While Master P was running the label, he also was the biggest seller also. To me, Master P doesn’t get the credit he deserves. 20 years ago today, Master P released his 8th album, Only God Can Judge Me. If you remember that far, this was the return to the rap game for Master P. The year before, Master P said his double album, Da Last Don was his final album. Only God…

  • Kendrick Lamar Compilation for Mixtape Friday
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    Kendrick Lamar Compilation for Mixtape Friday

    Last week, we highlighted J. Cole as he’s one of two favorite artists of this generation. This week, we’re highlighting the other one and it’s none other than Kendrick Lamar. Kendrick Lamar has released four studio albums and the Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City being his breakout project. Kendrick has also released a countless number of mixtapes, collaborations and features over the years. Kendrick hasn’t released a new album in over two and half years. Damn was the last album he dropped, and it went triple platinum. Either way, he has enough material to hold us over until he decides to release some new music. For this Kendrick Lamar playlist, there…

  • The Beautiful Struggle Dropped 15 Years Ago by Talib Kweli
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    The Beautiful Struggle Dropped 15 Years Ago by Talib Kweli

    Talib Kweli is someone that many people haven’t even heard of or paid attention to. Jay-Z gave him props talking about how lyrical he is. Talib Kweli teamed with Mos Def to form Black Star and they dropped one of the dopest albums ever. Talib Kweli have released eight solo and collaborative albums and a plethora of mixtapes in over 20 years.  Talib Kweli released his debut album, Quality a couple years prior and I loved that album. The Beautiful Struggle was his second album and my expectations were high because of his debut project. The Beautiful Struggle featured Common, Faith Evans, Anthony Hamilton, Mary J. Blige and John Legend.…

  • Very Best of Rick Ross for Mixtape Friday
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    Very Best of Rick Ross for Mixtape Friday

    Rick Ross have just released his 9th album, Port of Miami 2. With Rick Ross, you either love him or you hate him. Seeing that I’ve been known to venture on various hip hop sites, that’s pretty much how people view him. The ones that like him will point out how he’s putting out good albums consistently, plus his ear for beats. The ones that don’t hold him in high regard is usually because he lied about being a correction officer. For me, none of that matters and I’m always looking forward to his latest music. For my Mixtape Friday, we’re putting out the Very Best of Rick Ross. If…

  • J. Cole Dead Presidents II for Throwback Thursday
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    J. Cole Dead Presidents II for Throwback Thursday

    In the hip hop community, there has been a major discussion on regarding the top-50 rappers of all-time. It all started with someone putting their list on Twitter. It caused an uproar and people like Old Man Ebro and DJ Vlad put out their lists. Honestly, I’ve never cared or criticized anyone’s list because it’s their list. One of the things that people disagreed about was how high J. Cole ranks on a lot of people list. J. Cole is one of my favorite rappers out now. Last year, he dropped the K.O.D. album which was great. His Dreamville imprint just released a compilation last month. A little over 10…

  • Daddy’s Hangout Presents Mixtape Friday Volume 24
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    Daddy’s Hangout Presents Mixtape Friday Volume 24

    Welcome to another week for Mixtape Friday. This week, we’ll have Mixtape Friday Volume 24. Everything started with a dope mixtape. DJ Prime Cuts released a classic mixtape with a lot of old-school hip hop. There are about 9 tracks from that project is featured. The following album I listened to be the Greatest Hits from Jon B. There are six tracks from Jon B, and it’s followed by a Big Mike Mixtape. There’s only a pair of tracks that’ll appear on this compilation. Mixtape Friday Volume 23 was next and hopefully you all checked it out. With the 48th Birthday Of 2Pac, my latest installment was next. For the…