23 years ago to date, rapper Craig Mack released his debut studio album, ‘Project: Funk da World’. As the second album release on Bad Boy Records, released just one week after The Notorious B.I.G.’s ‘Ready to Die’, Mack’s album was a major success eventually reaching Gold-RIAA sales. The album’s …
Read More »Baller Alert’s Today in Hip-Hop: ‘Lean Back’ Peaks at No. 1 On Billboard’s Hot Rap Songs Chart for 6th Consecutive Week
On Sept. 18, 2004, Terror Squad’s hit song ‘Lean Back’ peaked at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Rap Songs chart for the 6th week in a row. ⠀⠀ Released as the second single of the group’s album ‘True Story’, ‘Lean Back’ featured verses from rappers Fat Joe and Remy Ma. …
Read More »Baller Alert’s Today in Hip-Hop: Sugar Hill Gang Released ‘Rapper’s Delight’
On September 16, 1979, Sugar Hill Gang introduced the rest of the world to a new sound that would change music forever. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ With the release of ‘Rapper’s Delight’, hip-hop became a mainstream genre, introducing people all over the world to the sounds that were once only familiar to …
Read More »Baller Alert’s Today in Hip-Hop: Kid Cudi Released ‘Man on the Moon: The End of Day’
Eight years ago today, rapper Kid Cudi released his debut album, ‘Man on the Moon: The End of Day’. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ In collaboration with Kanye West’s GOOD Music, Dream On, and Universal Motown, Cudi’s album was a unique body of work, with an alternative, yet hip-hop, sound that remains unmatched. …
Read More »Baller Alert’s Today in Hip-Hop: Ol’ Dirty Bastard Releases ‘N**** Please’
On September 14, 1999, Russell Tyrone Jones, better known as Ol’ Dirty Bastard, released his second and final solo album, ‘N**** Please’. Within the first week of its release, the album debuted at #10 on the Billboard 200 charts with 93,000 copies sold. After only three months, the album …
Read More »Baller Alert’s Today in Hip-Hop: 21st Anniversary of the Death of Tupac Shakur
21 years ago today, the world lost the rap icon Tupac Shakur. Shakur was born Lesane Parish Crooks on June 16, 1971 in East Harlem, New York. ⠀⠀⠀ He got his start at a young age as a background dancer for Digital Underground, before starting his own rap career in …
Read More »Baller Alert’s Today in Hip-Hop: Notorious B.I.G Releases Debut Album ‘Ready to Die’ ⠀
On this exact day, 23 years ago, Notorious B.I.G released his debut album ‘Ready to Die’. Not only was this the album to launch the iconic emcee’s career, but it also catapulted the reputation of Bad Boy Records, as the first album to release on the label. ⠀⠀⠀ Whether it …
Read More »Baller Alert’s Today in Hip-Hop: ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’ Reaches #1 on Billboard 200
19 years ago today, Lauryn Hill’s debut album ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’, debuted at #1 on the #Billboard200 charts, only confirming how iconic this body of work was. The album, which gave us the classic hit ‘Doo Wop (That Thing)’ and earned Ms. Hill five Grammys (including Album …
Read More »“The Race” V.S. The Case With Tay-K
“F**k a beat, I was tryna beat a case. But I ain’t beat that case, b***h I did the race,” is Tay-K’s first words in his hit single “The Race.” The 17-year-old rapper from Dallas, speaking his truth through the music after having an on-going murder case. Taymor “Tay-K” …
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