Today In Hip Hop History: 50 Cent Dropped His ‘Guess Who’s Back?’ Mixtape 22 Years Ago
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The Source— Today in 2002, 50 Cent released Guess Who’s Back?, his first official mixtape following the Power of the Dollar LP on the Full Clip Records indie imprint. It was this offering that would catapult Curtis Jackson into the public eye. Eventually, the project would gain the attention of Eminem via his attorney/manager Paul Rosenberg and […] The post Today In Hip Hop History: 50 Cent Dropped His ‘Guess Who’s Back?’ Mixtape 22 Years Ago first appeared on The Source.
The Source—Today in Hip-Hop History: GangStarr’s Third LP ‘Daily Operation’ Dropped 32 Years Ago. Nothing beats a classic rap record, and a few MCs were dropping them on the regular quite like the legendary ’90s rap duo Gang Starr. The group, consisting of Guru holding things down on the mic and DJ Premier handling the head-bumping production, dropped six albums in their career before calling it quits in 2003. […] The post Today in Hip-Hop History: GangStarr’s Third LP ‘Daily Operation’ Dropped 32 Years Ago first appeared on The Source.
The Source—Today In Hip Hop History: Public Enemy’s DJ Dropped ‘Terminator X And The Valley Of The Jeep Beats’ LP 33 Years Ago. On this date in 1991, the DJ that “speaks with his hands” dropped his own full length album shortly after the release of Public Enemy’s Fear Of A Black Planet entitled Terminator X And The Valley Of The Jeep Beats, which featured the front man of PE, Chuck D, Sister Souljah and the metal band […] The post Today In Hip Hop History: Public Enemy’s DJ Dropped ‘Terminator X And The Valley Of The Jeep Beats’ LP 33 Years Ago first appeared on The Source.
The Source—Today in Hip-Hop History: Outkast Dropped Their Debut Album ‘Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik’ 30 Years Ago. On this day in Hip-Hop history three decades ago, OutKast, the duo that helped pioneer the map-making of southern hip-hop, released their debut classic LP, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik. This Dungeon Family masterpiece recorded by Andre 3000 and Big Boi paved the way for Atlanta and the rest of the Dirty South to have their unique voice in […] The post Today in Hip-Hop History: Outkast Dropped Their Debut Album ‘Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik’ 30 Years Ago first appeared on The Source.