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July 23, 2023
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Hustle & Flow Movie Debuts in Theaters – Today in Hip-Hop

[ad_1] XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment:July 22, 2005: The independent film Hustle & Flow was released in select theaters on this day in 2005. Some say the notoriety the film would come to achieve from several diverse audiences is a result of the subtle combination of a familiar-faced cast and a realistic, gritty and broadly relative storyline.Director Craig Brewer pulled off a surprisingly well-meshed slew of actors like Terrence Howard, who plays the hard-knocked protagonist DJay, Taryn Manning, playing Nola, one of DJay's main prostitutes, Taraji P. Henson, playing Shug as DJay's pregnant love interest. Chris "Ludacris" Bridges and the storyline serve as a bit of a romanticization...

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July 22, 2023
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Meek Mill Starts Beef With Drake on Twitter – Today in Hip-Hop

[ad_1] XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment:July 21, 2015: Meek Mill went on a late night Twitter rant on July 21, 2015, dissing Drake by saying he doesn't write his own rhymes. These bizarre and seemingly unprovoked Twitter posts would start a chain of events that would go down as one of the biggest hip-hop stories of that year.Although Meek and Drizzy were cool in the past, on July 21, the Philadelphia rapper went at the Toronto star in a series of tweets. He accused Drake of employing ghostwriters to write his rhymes, more specifically an Atlanta artist named Quentin Miller. A bunch of celebrities inside and outside of the...

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April 5, 2023
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Gang Starr Drop Moment of Truth Album – Today in Hip-Hop

[ad_1] XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment:March 31, 1998: Four years after releasing their previous album, Hard to Earn, in 1994, Guru and producer DJ Premier stepped into the studio once again to craft what would be their second to last album. On this day in 1998, Gang Starr released their fifth LP, Moment of Truth in 1998.The 20-track project, which features guest appearances from Bumpy Knuckles, M.O.P., Big Shug, Scarface, Inspectah Deck and more, was on a different musical vibe from their previous jazz-heavy work.The album's lead single, "You Know My Steez," would go on to become one of Gang Starr's most popular songs. The track is about Guru being...

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March 28, 2023
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Run-DMC Drop Self-Titled Debut Album – Today in Hip-Hop

[ad_1] XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment:March 27, 1984: Run-DMC broke musical barriers with their self-titled debut album, which was released on Profile Records on this day in 1984.With aggressive, back-and-forth verses and stripped-down production, Run-DMC changed the sound of hip-hop, which until then had consisted of more of a dance-centered, straightforward delivery. Many of the songs on this Run-DMC album feature simple melodies."Sucker MCs" contains a disco sample from the song "Live at the Disco Fever" by Lovebug Starski and a simple drum beat to back up Joseph "Run" Simmons and Darryl "DMC" McDaniels lyrical synergy. The minimalist approach to the music and emphasis on the lyrics on the...

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March 27, 2023
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Digital Underground Drop Sex Packets – Today in Hip-Hop

[ad_1] XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment:March 26, 1990: Digital Underground was a pioneering rap group from Oakland, Calif., that brought joy and funk to the world. Thirty-three years ago, D.U. released on this day their debut album, Sex Packets, and introduced a brand new funk and a zany character who taught us all how to do the Humpty dance.Digital Underground was founded in 1987 and featured members Gregory "Shock G" Jacobs, Ronald "Money B" Brooks,, Jimi “Chopmaster J” Dright, David "DJ Fuze" Elliott, singer Earl "Schmoovy Schmoov" Cook and the late Kenneth "Kenny-K" Waters. As a group, they produced their own brand of Parliament/Funkadelic-sampled grooves over hip-hop beats...

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March 27, 2023
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Eazy-E, Ruthless Records Founder, Dies of AIDS – Today in Hip-Hop

[ad_1] XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment:March 26, 1995: Eazy-E, a rap pioneer and Ruthless Records founder, has a legacy that went down in the hip-hop history books. Sadly, on this day, the N.W.A member died of AIDS.Eazy-E, born Eric Wright, had an uncanny ability to portray the notorious gang activity and crime in Compton, Calif. with vivid precision. As part of the group N.W.A, alongside Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, MC Ren and DJ Yella, he helped gangster rap gain national exposure. It would later become a groundbreaking phenomenon where hip-hop pundits accepted a pure and unapologetic style. There was nothing like it at the time.Eazy-E was the co-founder of...

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March 25, 2023
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The Notorious B.I.G. Drops Life After Death – Today in Hip-Hop

[ad_1] XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment:March 25, 1997: A few weeks after the death of The Notorious B.I.G., on March 9, 1997, fans rushed to the stores to cop the late Brooklyn rapper's double-disc project, Life After Death, which was released on this day via Bad Boy Records.Picking up right where his debut album Ready to Die left off, Life After Death was Biggie's final studio album. The 24-song collection boasted hit singles such as "Hypnotize," "Mo Money, Mo Problems" and "Sky's the Limit."Much like the title track suggests, B.I.G. took his creativity to new heights with his LP. Among the themes on the album include a hardcore...

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March 24, 2023
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T.I. Fights Lil’ Flip in Houston – Today in Hip-hop

[ad_1] XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment:March 24, 2005: Rappers T.I. and Lil' Flip got into a brawl in the streets of Houston near the Cloverland neighborhood on this day in 2005.Back in 2003, when T.I. started to call himself the "King of the South," Lil' Flip rejected that claim. In 2004, Tip was in jail for violating the terms of his probation. This was a result of a 1998 conviction for violating a state controlled substances act and for giving false information. In the following months, the two Southern rappers traded shots at one another through their mixtapes and various songs.The beef came to a boil when Tip appeared on Houston...

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March 23, 2023
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Eminem Wins Oscar, Sleeps Through Show – Today in Hip-Hop

[ad_1] XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment:March 23, 2003: Eminem achieved a major milestone on this day in 2003 by becoming the first hip-hop artist to win an Oscar for Best Original Song at the 2003 Academy Awards.The Detroit rhymer won for his song "Lose Yourself," which was featured over the closing credits of 8 Mile, the 2002 semi-biopic about Em's life. In the same category, "Lose Yourself" was up against "I Move On" from Chicago, "Burn It Blue" from Frida, "The Hands that Build America" from Gangs of New York and "Father and Daughter" from The Wild Thornberrys Movie.As a surprise winner of the night, Detroit songwriter-musician Luis...

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March 23, 2023
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Future and DJ Esco Drop 56 Nights Mixtape – Today in Hip-Hop

[ad_1] XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment:March 21, 2015: Future finished his epic 2015 mixtape run by dropping 56 Nights with DJ Esco on this day in 2015.Following a sophomore slump in the form of his 2014 album, Honest, Future went back to the drawing board, buckled down and came up with one traplord anthem after another. 2015 really proved to be the year HNDRXX was in his bag. Along with two previous tapes, Monster and Beast Mode, 56 Nights is considered a part of the trilogy of fire projects from the Atlanta rapper.The title for the tape was inspired by an ordeal Future and his camp faced in 2014. While the...

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