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January 12, 2023
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EPMD Drop Business As Usual Album – Today in Hip-Hop

[ad_1] XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment:Jan. 11, 1991: After back-to-back successful albums with 1988's Strictly Business and 1989's Unfinished Business, Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith, the duo known as EPMD, brought their talents over to Def Jam when they were signed over from Fresh Records. Mastering their hardcore funk sample-heavy production style, they continued on their quest to destroy sucker MCs with the release of their third studio album, Business As Usual, on this day.Business As Usual finds the Long Island, N.Y. duo building on their already established forte of thick samples and quality rhymes. With the release of the LP, fans were also introduced to future hip-hop...

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January 9, 2023
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Kris Kross Drop Young, Rich & Dangerous – Today in Hip-Hop

[ad_1] XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment:Jan. 9, 1996: On this day in 1996, Kris Kross released Young, Rich & Dangerous, their third and final album together. The project arrived four years after the Atlanta rap duo of Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly and Chris "Daddy Mac" Smith burst onto the scene and dropped their game-changing 1992 debut album, Totally Krossed Out. In 1993, they delivered their second effort, the platinum-seller Da Bomb.Produced entirely by Jermaine Dupri, Young, Rich & Dangerous featured Kelly and Smith rapping more adult-oriented themes of money, fame and women. The rap tandem released two singles from the set: the club banger "Tonight's tha Night" and their braggadocios...

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January 8, 2023
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Drake, Future Summer Sixteen Tour Breaks Highest-Grossing Record

[ad_1] XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment:Jan. 8, 2017: On this day, Drake and Future shattered a new record with their Summer Sixteen Tour. After totaling up the ticket sales from 2016, Drizzy and Hendrix's trek was proclaimed the highest-grossing hip-hop tour of all time.According to Pollstar Pro, Drake and Future's trek grossed over $84.3 million across 56 dates between July and October of 2016. The dynamic rappers dethroned previous record-holders Jay-Z and Kanye West for their 2012 Watch the Throne Tour, which netted $75.6 million through 63 dates from October of 2011 to June of 2012.The Summer Sixteen excursion was produced by Apple Music in support of Drake's fourth album, Views,...

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January 7, 2023
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50 Cent Releases ‘In Da Club’ – Today in Hip-Hop

[ad_1] XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment:Jan. 7, 2003: Twenty years ago, 50 Cent kicked off 2003 with the release of "In Da Club," the first single from his soon-to-be-released debut album, Get Rich or Die Tryin'.Produced by Dr. Dre and Michael Elizondo, "In Da Club" would become one of the best-performing singles of 2003, and rule the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for nine consecutive weeks. The song garnered two nominations for Best Male Rap Solo Performance and Best Rap Song for the 2004 Grammy Awards, along with a Best Rap Album nod for Get Rich or Die Tryin'.Initially, "In Da Club" was slated for Eminem's group...

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January 6, 2023
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Dr. Dre Debuts His Beats by Dre Headphones – Today in Hip-Hop

[ad_1] XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment:Jan. 6, 2008: Music mogul Jimmy Iovine and the world-famous Dr. Dre originally partnered in 2006, forming Beats Electronics. Their primary goals were to combat music piracy, and to improve the audio experience of music fans across the world. Their solution to the latter issue were the Beats by Dre Studio headphones, which debuted on Jan. 6, 2008.The stylish headphones took off quickly, buoyed by many celebrity endorsements and a striking design. It started with music stars like Lil Wayne, Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj and Pharrell. The Beats brand even broke into the world of sports, becoming one of the bigger stories at...

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January 4, 2023
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Cardi B, Bruno Mars Release ‘Finesse (Remix)’ – Today in Hip-Hop

[ad_1] XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment:Jan. 4, 2018: Cardi B continued her meteoric rise in the rap game with a guest verse on Bruno Mars' New Jack Swing-influenced jam "Finesse (Remix)," which dropped on this day in 2018.The song, co-written and co-produced by The Stereotypes, was also accompanied by a music video, self-directed by Bruno, himself. The visual, an obvious nod to the colorful intro of the 1990's sketch comedy series In Living Color, features Bardi as her sassy Bronx self bragging about why she's so fresh and fly."Drop top Porsche, Rollie on my wrist/Diamonds up and down my chain (ha ha!)," she raps at the beginning of the song....

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January 3, 2023
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Main Source Drop Breaking Atoms Album – Today in Hip-Hop

[ad_1] XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment:Jan. 3, 1991: Main Source kicked off the new year with the release of their classic debut album, Breaking Atoms. The 14-song collection is remembered as one of the last seminal albums of the golden age of hip-hop.The group consists of producer and rapper Large Professor, and Toronto DJs and producers Sir Scratch and K-Cut. Breaking Atoms is regarded as an influential album in hip-hop for introducing the production abilities of Large Professor and marking the debut of legendary Queens, N.Y. rapper Nas.Noted for its rich, jazzy sonics and intricately layered percussion, Breaking Atoms would spawn several hit singles. The lead single, "Looking...

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January 2, 2023
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Westside Gunn Drops Flyest N in Charge Vol. 1 – Today in Hip-Hop

[ad_1] XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment:Jan. 2, 2020: Three years ago, on this day, Westside Gunn kicked off the new year with a mixtape he had previously stashed in his vault. The Buffalo, N.Y. rhymer's project, Flyest Nig@@ in Charge, Vol. 1, was initially made in 2005, but wasn't released because he had to handle some pending legal issues."[This is] where it all started from[.] Made this tape in 04-05 didn't take anything off and didn't add anything this just raw Hip Hop," Westside Gunn wrote about the tape in a since-deleted Instagram post. "We was all hustling and heavy in the streets recording wit a house full of Homies that's not...

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January 2, 2023
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Lloyd Banks Drops The Cold Corner Mixtape – Today in Hip-Hop

[ad_1] XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment:Jan. 1, 2009: By the time Lloyd Banks released The Cold Corner mixtape in 2009, he had already dropped two solo albums, The Hunger for More in 2004, and Rotten Apple in 2006. The latter project received lukewarm reviews from critics who felt the Queens, N.Y.-raised rapper lost his hunger for creating street-certified bangers.With The Cold Corner mixtape, hosted by DJ Whoo Kid as part of the DJ's 5 and Better Series, Blue Hefner returns to form and gives the streets what they want—guttural bars over concrete-pounding beats. The 14-song project only has one lone guest feature, Eminem, who gives a final countdown before Banks launches...

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