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BACK IN THE DAY |4/15/97| Jay-Z released, Feelin’ It, the fourth and final single from his debut album, Reasonable Doubt.
BACK IN THE DAY |4/15/99| The video for Nas’ “Hate Me Now” featuring Puff Daddy, premiered on MTV TRL Live. Allegedly, the wrong edit was incorrectly sent to MTV and TRL, and within minutes of the broadcast, Puffy had barged into the
25 YEARS AGO TODAY |4/15/88| Run-D.M.C. released the lead single, Run’s House, from their fourth album, Tougher Than Leather.
BACK IN THE DAY |4/15/97| Mobb Deep released, G.O.D. Pt. III, their third single off of the album, Hell On Earth.
BACK IN THE DAY |4/15/47| Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American player in Major League Baseball.
25 YEARS AGO TODAY |4/15/88| The movie, Colors, was released in theaters.
20 YEARS AGO TODAY |4/15/93| Big Daddy Kane released the lead single, How U Get a Record Deal?, from his fifth album, Looks Like a Job For… on Cold Chillin’ Records.
BACK IN THE DAY |4/15/97| Artifacts released their second album, That’s Them, through Big Beat Records.
25 YEARS AGO TODAY I4/14/88| Public Enemy released their second album, It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back on Def Jam Records.
Happy 72nd, Charlie Hustle.
Happy 39th, Da Brat.
BACK IN THE DAY |4/14/89| The movie, Say Anything, is released in theaters.
20 YEARS AGO TODAY |4/13/93| Mobb Deep released their debut album, Juvenile Hell, through Polygram Records
K.O.N.Y.
15 YEARS AGO TODAY |4/13/98| Cam'ron released the lead single, Horse & Carriage, from his debut album, Confessions of Fire.
#SpotiFriday: Our favorite @Spotify Playlists of the Week
The Secret History of Kobe Bryant’s Rap Career (via @grantland33) For three weeks during the summer of 1998, Kobe Bryant lived in the New Jersey mansion of hip-hop record executive Steve Stoute. Bryant was there to try on the role of rap star, but
Masters Of The Mix (L to R - Big Kap, Doo Wop, Frankie Cutlass, Biz Markie, Funk Flex, Enuff, Mr.Cee, Dj Riz)
Psychadelic Knicks Sports Illustrated Covers From the 60s and 70s
PRODIGY + ALCHEMIST = ALBERT EINSTEIN DROPS JUNE 11TH
ON YOUR HOT97 EVERYDAY THAT’S MY WORD
25 YEARS AGO TODAY |4/12/88| The soundtrack to the movie, Colors, was released on Warner Bros. Records.
Happy 73rd, Herbie.
NINETEEN NINETY-KNICKS
BACK IN THE DAY |4/12/91| The movie, Out for Justice, starring Steven Segal is released in theaters.
Earl Stevens had us thinking rational
#TonyStarksThursdays: Ghostface & Raekwon Interview [BET Interview] (2001) (via damnheresatissue)
White House Press Secretary, Jay Carney, on Jay-Z’s song, Open Letter.
Tity & Hargitay.
Eminem & Proof [MTV News Freestyle] (1999)
Heavy D, Big Daddy Kane & Kool G Rap recording, “Don’t Curse” (1990)
BACK IN THE DAY |4/11/95| The soundtrack to the movie, Friday, was released on Epic Records.
BACK IN THE DAY |4/11/90| A Tribe Called Quest released, “I Left My Wallet in El Segundo, the first single from their debut album.
BACK IN THE DAY |4/11/90| MC Shan released his 3rd and final album, Play It Again Shan, on Cold Chillin’ Records.
BACK IN THE DAY |4/11/00| Jay-Z released, Big Pimpin’, the last single from his fourth album, Vol 3..Life and Tiems of S. Carter.
DeShaun “Proof” Dupree Holton (October 2, 1973 – April 11, 2006)
Chance The Rapper - Na Na (Directed by Hannibal Buress & Austin Vesely)
Big K.R.I.T. - King Remembered In Time
All I Need Is One Mag: Nas Invests In Mass Appeal Media (via @Forbes) Nas first appeared on the cover of Mass Appeal magazine in 2002. A decade later, he’s coming back—as an owner.The Queens-born rapper tells FORBES that he has invested a “six-figure”
Happy Hump Day
Happy Bornday, Tip.
BACK IN THE DAY |4/10/90| Public Enemy released their third album, Fear of a Black Planet, on Def Jam Records.
Oh Sheet Music! It’s Hip-Hop Transcriptions To Many Rap Classics (via @egotripland) “Approximate transcriptions of great hip-hop passages made with pen, graph paper, and a ruler.” That’s the description from music enthusiast Charlie Hely hanging
TOUCH THE SKY (via flight-time)
What’s Beef? (A Year Later): Havoc’s diss to Prodigy on Twitter
#GoldToothTuesdays
Bill Clinton’s hand-written letter to Chris Webber after the 1993 NCAA Championship Game.
BACK IN THE DAY |4/9/92| Dr. Dre released his solo debut single, Deep Cover, which featuring Snoop Dogg’s first appearance on a record.
Happy 87th, Hef.
10 YEARS AGO TODAY |4/9/03| Scarface released his eighth album, Balls and My Word, on Rap-A-Lot Records.
BACK IN THE DAY |4/9/96| Chino XL released his debut album, Here To Save You all, on Warner Bros. Records.
A Tribe Called Quest - Rap Pages, December 1993
BACK IN THE DAY |4/8/74| Hammerin’ Hank Aaron hits 715th HR, breaks Babe Ruth’s record.
Happy Birthday, Kid.
Happy 49th, Biz.
The Wu-Tang Clan’s 20-Year Plan (via @nprmusic) This year marks the 20th anniversary of a remarkable year in music. Over the 12 months of 1993, Queen Latifah, De La Soul, Salt-N-Pepa, Snoop Dogg, A Tribe Called Quest and more than a dozen other
YOUNG MELO
BACK IN THE DAY |4/7/89| The movie, Major League, is released in theaters.
BACK IN THE DAY |4/7/94| M.O.P released their debut album, To The Death, through Select Records.
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