Hip-Hop History
This was so dope! Remember that time Jay Z recreated all of his album covers in a Rhapsody commercial promoting ‘The Blueprint 3’? Hov has always been ahead of the marketing game!
Happy birthday Snoop Dogg! Check out this classic interview with 2Pac and Snoop Dogg circa 1996 with MTV!
Who hasn’t sat in the car with their homie and kick some freestyles around atlesast once in your life?! Very rare freestlye with Eminem and his best friend Proof, RIP Proof!
Boom Moment In Hip-Hop: October 12, 1999 The Debut Of Mos Def: Black on Both Sides On this date in 1999, Yasiin Bey, formally known to the hip-hop world as Mos Def, released his debut album Black on Both Sides. This came after the 1998 collaboration with Talib Kweli, Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are […]
Boom Moment In Hip-Hop: Sept. 28th, 1999 The debut of Redman and Method Man, on this date in 1999, the hip-hop duo released their debut project, Blackout! After many collabs, they finally released a full length project, and the people loved it! The album debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 with 254,000 copies sold, and […]
This is something you do not see everyday. In a world full of turn-up and trap hip-hop sweeping the nation and the youth, their is still hope for us “older” hip-hop heads who enjoy the fundamentals of the genre, which can be argued are far from gone in today’s genre. Like I said, their are […]
This is a real #tbt video right here. Featuring “Puff Daddy”, Birdman, Juvie, and a teenager named Lil Wayne. Was Birdman really 24 in this video though?!
Boom Moment In Hip-Hop On this day in 2003, one of the greatest hip-hop duo’s of all time released their fifth studio album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. The album had a very unique distribution, with over two hours of  music distributed over solo albums from Big Boi and Andre 3000. Speakerboxxx had that classic, southern hip-hop […]
Boom Moment In Hip-Hop On this date in 1998, Big Tymers continued their boisterous raps with the release of How You Luv That Vol. 2. The album was produced entirely by Mannie Fresh, and featured Bun B, Lil Wayne, B.G., and Juvenile. It spawned three major records for the Cash Money discography, “Drop It Like It’s […]
This is the Kanye we miss! Check out some exclusive footage released by Complex of Kanye, Hov, and Pharrell Williams working on their classic cut “Never Let Me Down” in the studio.
BOOM MOMENT IN HIP-HOP: September 17th Act Like You Know is the third album released by the legend MC Lyte. It was released on this day in 1991. The album had a softer, more R&B-like sound than her previous more hardcore albums like Lyte as a Rock & Eyes on This. The project featured some major […]
