Nas is viewed as one of the greatest rappers of all time. The Queensbridge rapper first hit the scene in 1991. Nas had a guest feature on Live at the Barbeque by Main Source and his verse earned him a record deal. He began recording the Illmatic album in 1992 through 1993. The classic Illmatic from Nas turns 30 years old today. Illmatic earned Nas lofty comparisons to the legendary Rakim. The album debuted at number 12 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 63,000 copies in its first week. Initial sales fell below expectations and its five singles failed to achieve significant chart success. Despite the low album sales,…
Kendrick Lamar HiiiPower for Throwback Thursday
If you follow hip hop, then you know there’s a lot of beef going on. Kendrick Lamar surprised a lot of people with his verse of Future & Metro Boomin’s new album. The song is called Like That, and he went in on J. Cole and Drake. Afterwards, J. Cole released a new album, and it had a diss track towards Kendrick on it. J. Cole apologized at his Dreamville concert and had the song removed from streaming services. The song was called 7 Minute Drill and the responses of him apologizing have been praised and questioned. Drake released a diss track towards Kendrick, Rick Ross and a few others…
2Pac Ghetto Gospel for Throwback Thursday
It’s hard to believe that it has been over 27 years since Pac passed away. Even though he’s been gone for so long Pac is still relevant today. There hasn’t been a new Pac album in over 17 years, but he’s still mentioned as one of the best. Last year, he was named by Billboard as a top 5 rapper of all time. Two of the biggest rappers in the world have named him their biggest influence. Those rappers are Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole and unfortunately, they are beefing with each other. One of his albums was on my playlist this week and many have talked about it till…
Nas I Am Turns 25 Years Old Today
Nas is one of the greatest rappers of all time. He’s my favorite rapper alive and he’s coming off an unbelievable run. In three years, Nas released a total of six albums with the assistance of Hit Boy. Nas hit the scene with the iconic Illmatic back in April of 1994. Illmatic has been called one of the greatest rap albums ever since its release. A little over two years later, he returned with his second album called It Was Written. Many have named It Was Written one of their favorite albums and I’ve put it slightly over Illmatic. In 1997, Nas teamed with AZ, Foxy Brown, and Nature to…
Ras Kass Ghetto Fabulous for Throwback Thursday
Ras Kass was one of the illest lyricists that hit the scene in the mid-90s. He released his debut album, Soul on Ice back in 1996 and it was well-received. Soul on Ice was one of the many highlights of 1996. Two years later, Ras Kass returned with his follow-up to the Soul on Ice joint. Rasassination was the name of the album, and it was on my playlist this past week. Rasassination had its fair share of big name features unlike his first one. Dr. Dre, RZA, Kurupt, Mack 10, Xzibit, Twista, and Jazze Pha appeared on the album. The only single released off the album was Ghetto Fabulous.…
Geto Boys Six Feet Deep for Throwback Thursday
Geto Boys is one of my favorite groups of all-time. They were the first group that I became a fan of along with EPMD. We Can’t Be Stopped is the album that caught my attention and it received 5-mics from The Source magazine. Mind Playing Tricks on Me was their big hit and it has been called one of the greatest records of all time. This week, one of the albums that made my playlist was their Till Death Do Us Part joint. If you weren’t familiar with them, this is the record where Willie D was replaced with Big Mike. Till Death Do Us Part was the Geto Boys…
Sir Mix-A-Lot Posse on Broadway for Throwback Thursday
Let’s take a trip back to the 80s and the year 1988 to be exact. The original Golden Age of Hip Hop was 1988 seeing they produced a lot of classics. This is when I became a fan of hip hop due to the like of Eric B & Rakim. EPMD, Public Enemy, Big Daddy Kane, Slick Rick, KRS-One, Doug E. Fresh and many others made me a fan. Those artists that are mentioned have had a lot of love to this day and deservedly so. There are a lot of rappers that drop music that year and haven’t been shown the same love. One of those rappers is Sir…
C-Murder Bossalinie Released 25 Years Ago Today
C-Murder was one of the more popular rappers from No Limit Records. C-Murder is the younger brother of Master P and together they formed the group TRU with their other brother Silkk the Shocker. Unfortunately, C-Murder is serving a life sentence for shooting and killing a 16-year-old at the New Orleans Platinum Club in 2009. The rapper has been appealing his sentence and even Kim Kardashian has come to his defense. In November of 2023, his conviction was held up and will remain in prison. Before all that, C-Murder was one of the more established rappers on No Limit. In 1998, he released his debut album, Life of Death…
Rick Ross Mastermind Turns 10 Year Old
Rick Ross has had an impressive run ever since he entered the rap game. Ross was on the independent scene for a minute and was even signed to Suave House Records. After that didn’t work out, he inked a deal with Slip-N-Slide Records. For those who aren’t familiar with Slip-N-Slide Records, they are the home to Trick Daddy and Trina. In 2006, Rick Ross released his debut album called Port of Miami. Port of Miami featured his smash hit, Hustlin’ and it was arguably the biggest hit of the summer. Two years later, he followed that up with a gold selling album called Trilla. The following year he dropped his…
2 Chainz Rap or Go to the League Released 5 Years Ago
2 Chainz is one of the more accomplished rappers of this generation. Chainz got his start as Tity Boi, and he was signed with Ludacris as part of the Playaz Circle. In 2011, he decided to change his stage name to 2 Chainz seeing it as more family friendly. In 2012, 2 Chainz released his debut solo album titled Based on a T.R.U. Story. The album went platinum, and he became another big star in the Atlanta rap scene. Fast forward about seven years later and 2 Chainz released my favorite album from him. Rap or Go to the League was the name of the album and you can stream…
Scrappy No Problem for Throwback Thursday
Lil Scrappy first hit the rap scene about 20 years ago under the tutelage of Lil Jon. A little over 20 years ago, Scrappy & the group Trillville released their debut album. The King of Crunk & BME Recordings Present: Trillville & Lil Scrappy was released on February 24th of 2004. They both had great tracks and the album would go gold. Trillville would go on to have moderate success after the album. They released three more albums, but not as successful as their debut with the final project dropping in 2018. Lil Scrappy had a little more successful run after his debut album. Scrappy discovered Crime Mob and signed…
The D.O.C. The Formula for Throwback Thursday
In hip hop, there are a lot of “what ifs” that come to mind. What if Big L didn’t get killed early into his career? What would the rap game be like if 2Pac & Biggie didn’t pass away? How great Big Pun would’ve been if he didn’t pass away? One of the first ones that come to mind is the D.O.C. The D.O.C. released his debut album in 1989 called No One Can Do It Better. The album was released on Ruthless Records, and they were running the game at the time. Before Death Row, we had Ruthless and the D.O.C. album would go platinum. Months after its release,…
Kanye West The College Dropout Dropped 20 Years Ago
Kanye West is one of the most controversial musicians of all time. It feels like not a day goes by we don’t see or hear something crazy about Kanye. This is when people started saying we want the old Kanye back. Before all the madness and craziness with him, Kanye worked his way into the good graces of Roc-A-Fella Records. After producing some of Jay-Z’s classic Blueprint album he focused on his solo debut. The College Dropout was the name of his debut album, and it was released 20 years ago today. The College Dropout went on to win several awards for Album of the Year. The album went on…
Tear Da Club Up Thugs Released CrazyNDaLazDayz 25 Years Ago
First off, rest in peace to the late, great Gangsta Boo. She passed away a little over a year ago from a drug overdose. Lord Infamous and Koopsta Knicca from the group passed away in 2013 and 2015 respectively. Three 6 Mafia is one of the more underrated and best groups of all-time. Throughout the years they have had subgroups like the Tear Da Club Up Thugs. The Tear Da Club Up Thugs consisted of DJ Paul, Juicy J, and Lord Infamous. They dropped their only studio album CrazyNDaLazDayz 25 years ago today. CrazyNDaLazDayz went gold and it was a solid album. They had several features and some of them…
Kamikaze by Twista Released 20 Years Ago Today
Twista dropped his first album back in 1992 under the name of Tung Twista. In 1994, he dropped his 2nd album called Resurrection, but only went by Twista then. Both albums didn’t get a lot of love, so we didn’t hear from him for a couple years. In 1996, Twista reemerged with Do or Die as he was featured on their smash hit Po Pimp. Due to the massive success of the single, Twista was back in the spotlight. The following year, he dropped his third album called Adrenaline Rush. Adrenaline Rush is considered by many, and I’m included to be a classic album. The album went platinum and Twista…
Method Man and Redman How High for Throwback Thursday
One of the albums that was on my playlist this week was the Best of Method Man. The mixtape featured a lot of classic tracks and features from the legendary MC. These days you can find Method Man on your TV screen than a microphone. Meth is most notable on the series Power Book II: Ghost, which is one of 50 Cent many shows. As we all know, Method Man is a part of the legendary Wu-Tang Clan. The debut from the Wu Tang Clan is looked at as one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time. The following year, Method Man became the first of the Clan…
Ludacris Child of the Night Featuring Nate Dogg
Recently, there was a discussion regarding who’s the most underrated rapper of all-time. One name came to my mind after plenty of thought and it was Ludacris. Ludacris can spit, he’s witty, has fun and can hit you with some crazy bars. Ludacris is more known for his roles in the Fast & Furious franchise over the years. Luda haven’t put out an album since 2015. He’s been teasing by putting out random freestyles on his Instagram page. Recently, he was honored with the Hollywood Walk of Fame star. Before that, he was listed as one of the 50 greatest rappers ever by Billboard magazine. This past week, one of…
Killer Mike All 4 U for Throwback Thursday
Killer Mike just dropped one of my favorite albums this year in Michael. Michael is his 6th album and it’s a good album. Killer Mike is known more for his political stance and views he’s been sharing over the years. Mike recently teamed with T.I. to reopen a prominent seafood spot in Atlanta. While Mike has flexed his entrepreneurial skills, he’s been in the game for over 20 years now. In March of 2003, Killer Mike released his debut album called Monster. Monster debut at #4 and he boasted some big features on his debut joint. Outkast, T.I and Bun B all made appearances on Monster. Mike dropped two singles…
