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COP YOU ONE | Acapulco Gold’s Big Poppa Camp Cap From the womb to the tomb, we remember one of the greats of our time. Imported japanese herringbone cotton classes it up for Big Poppa finished off with our custom engineer striped nylon webbing.
UNCOVERED: The Making of A Tribe Called Quest’s Midnight Marauders Album Cover (1993) with Art Director Nick Gamma. (via egotripland) This Saturday, November 9th marks the 20th(!) anniversary of the release of A Tribe Called Quest‘s Midnight Marauders.
Interview: Rick Rubin Talks About the Making of “The Marshall Mathers LP 2” (via complexmagazine) Rick Rubin has been in this game for decades. What you know about “It’s Yours” by T-La Rock & Jazzy Jay? That was the 1984 12-inch
RE-ENTERING THE 36 CHAMBERS (via noiseymusic) Words by twitt // Illustrations by @JaeilCho1 I hated Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) the first time I heard it. “What the fuck is this?” I thought, while playing it on the stereo in the living room at
PAY US LIKE YOU OWE US
Dwight Arrington Myers (May 24, 1967 – November 8, 2011)
25 YEARS AGO TODAY |11/8/88| The Jungle Brothers released their debut album Straight out the Jungle, on Warlock Records.
BACK IN THE DAY |11/8/02| The movie, 8 Mile, is released in theaters.
BACK IN THE DAY |11/8/05| The soundtrack to the film, Get Rich or Die Tryin’, is released on Interscope Records.
Happy 35th, Shyne Po.
BACK IN THE DAY |11/8/94| Pete Rock & CL Smooth release their second album, The Main Ingredient, on Elektra Records.
Happy 47th, Eric B.
BACK IN THE DAY |11/8/94| Shaquille O’Neal releases his second album, Shaq-Fu: Da Return, on Jive Records.
HOT BOY$
POSTER BOY
Eminem: The Great Confounder (via nprmusic) There’s this idea of Eminem as a reluctant celebrity turned recluse, who’s holed himself up in his Detroit mansion with more money than he knows what to do with. In this scenario he strives to go
BACK IN THE DAY |11/7/00| Necro released his debut album, I Need Drugs, on Psycho+Logical Records.
BACK IN THE DAY |11/7/95| GZA releases his second album, Liquid Swords, on Geffen Records.
BACK IN THE DAY |11/7/91| Magic Johnson announces his retirement from the Los Angeles Lakers, after testing positive for HIV.
BO KNOWS
Rapper Nipsey Hussle And The 贄 Mixtape (via forbes) Last month, unsigned rapper Nipsey Hussle made 贄,000 by selling 1,000 copies of his latest mixtape, Crenshaw, for 贄 each. Hussle – real name Ermias Asghedom – shifted every single CD in
BACK IN THE DAY |11/6/92| Shaquille O'Neal made his NBA debut for the Orlando Magic
FIFTEEN FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT BIZ MARKIE Everything you always wanted to know about the Biz..but were afraid to ask.
STRIKE ANYWHERE
12 Short Stories Inspired by Wu-Tang Clan’s ‘Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)’
BACK IN THE DAY |11/6/07| Jay-Z released his tenth album, American Gangster, on Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam Records.
FLIPPING SUPREME (via newyorker) “I’ve brought in seven figures a year for the last two years.”
Atlanta to Atlantis: An Outkast Restrospective (via pitchfork) Ten years after from their last major record, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, we trace Big Boi and Andre 3000’s path from Southern vanguards to the most universally beloved rappers in the
EMINEM WEEK STILL DON’T GIVE A FUCK
The Last Days of Jam Master Jay - Playboy Magazine (December 2003)
BACK IN THE DAY |11/5/96| Derek Jeter is named the American League’s Rookie of The Year.
Roc Marciano - The Pimpire Strikes Back
Happy 61st, Bill Walton.
BACK IN THE DAY |11/5/96| Tupac released his fifth and final studio album, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory, on Death Row Records
Isiah Thomas - Rap City (1995)
NEW YORK’S BOLDEST
Eminem - Complex Magazine December/January Cover Story
5 YEARS AGO TODAY |11/4/08| Q-Tip released his second solo album, The Reaniassance, on Universal Motown Records.
BACK IN THE DAY |11/4/97| Jay-Z released his second album, In My Lifetime, Vol. 1, on Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam Records.
15 YEARS AGO TODAY |11/4/98| The movie, Belly, is released in theaters.
BACK IN THE DAY |11/4/97| Rakim released his solo debut, The 18th Letter, on Universal Records.
Happy 44th, Puff.
BACK IN THE DAY |11/4/87| Ice-T released his debut album, Rhyme Pays, on SIRE/Warner Brothers Records
First and Nine.
ATTITUDE
TASTEMAKER
KEEPING UP WITH DEION
SHARPE SHOOTER
ALL I NEED IS ONE HAT
NO DEFENSE
WORK SHOES
CHINA WHITE
15 YEARS AGO TODAY |11/3/98| The soundtrack for the movie, Belly, was released on Def Jam Records.
ME & MY BITCH
SUEDE
Rick Rubin’s Return
KINGS OF ROC
BACK IN THE DAY |11/2/99| Lil Wayne released his solo debut, Tha Block Is Hot, on Cash Money Records.
BACK IN THE DAY |11/2/93| Rudy Giuliani is elected 107th mayor of New York City.
