January 27, 2023
Twista Drops Kamikaze Album – Today in Hip-Hop
[ad_1] XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment:Jan. 27, 2004: Twista dropped Kamikaze, his fourth and most successful studio album to date on Jan. 27, 2004.Kamikaze was a commercial and critical success for the quick-tongued Chicago MC and undoubtedly raised his profile in rap beyond the Chi-town area. The album holds producing credits from the likes of Kanye West, The Legendary Traxstar and R. Kelly. Kamikaze birthed two of Twista’s most memorable singles, "Slow Jamz" and "Overnight Celebrity."Marketed in 1992 as the world’s fastest rapper according the Guinness Book of World Records, the rhymer who once went by Tung Twista exhibited exceptional rapid rap prowess on the 17-track album. This LP was his first solo...