Happy 20th anniversary to Melvin Flynt – Da Hustler, the second solo album by rapper Noreaga. The album was released on August 24, 1999, by Penalty Records. Just when you thought the summer was over N.O.R.E. managed to bring more heat. Noreaga teamed up again with The Neptunes and released the first single “Oh No”. The single spent two weeks on the Billboard chart, peaking at number two. That single spawned the remix featuring Jadakiss, Capone, Big Pun, Angie Martinez, Maze, and Musaliny. N.O.R.E., has done it all from rapping, acting, songwriting, and now media personality with his own…
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Happy 20th Anniversary to Murda Muzik, the fourth studio album by Mobb Deep which was released on August 17, 1999. The album lead single is one of the group’s best-known tracks, “Quiet Storm.” It is also the duo’s most commercially successful album to date, for shipping over 1 million copies in the United States and was certified Platinum by the RIAA. The album debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 charts. A censored version of the album, titled Mobb Muzik, was released simultaneously. Since its release, the album has been certified 2x platinum. https://youtu.be/WAPEjqGbxdE Mobb Deep was a duo both…
Photo: Kevin Mazur (Getty Images for Roc Nation) The NFL has made a deal with Jay-Z and Roc Nation in which Jay-Z will both help the league smooth out the continuing tensions with players over social injustice issues and expand on the NFL’s entertainment like the Super Bowl halftime show and other creative projects. Jay-Z will also have a large role in the social-justice program the NFL launched last year at a time when tensions between some players and owners over the Colin Kaepernick protest. Patriots owner Robert Kraft was among the key figures in bringing the partnership with Roc…
THIS IS LOVE is a feature music documentary that follows obscure soul singer Rudy Love, whose experience in the music industry over the decades encapsulates a quintessential struggle of African American artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. https://vimeo.com/148755536 The new documentary This Is Love features comedian Sinbad, the king of funk George Clinton (Parliament/Funkadelic), Marsai Martin (Black-ish), as well as Fleetwood who executive, produced the film and Jay-Z. Rudy Love is an unsung legend, whose created hits for Ray Charles, Little Richard, and Isaac Hayes, and whose music is behind the samples of Jay Z, Prodigy, and Dilated Peoples, among many…
“The Violator Album” turns 20 years old today. Violator Records were somewhere in between a record label and a management company. Violator was able to assemble its impressive roster of artists to put this album together. They had Busta Rhymes, Missy Elliot, Big Pun, Noreaga, and Mobb Deep. The album was set off with Q Tips long-awaited debut as a solo artist. His single “Vivrant Thing” was a success, charting the Billboard 100 at number 26, making it Q-Tip’s highest-rated single to date. The album had an artist like Ja Rule, The Beatnuts and the Hot Boys who all released…
Congratulations to Cyntoia Brown on her early release from prison. At the age of 16, she was convicted of the murder and robbery of Johnny Michael Allen. Brown said that Allen had paid her $150 to have sex with him and that she feared for her life during their encounter, leading her to shoot him. Prosecutors argued that Brown killed Allen in order to rob him. Brown was found guilty and sentenced to 51 years to life. After renewed interest in her case in 2018, the governor of Tennessee commuted her original sentence to 15 years, scheduling her for release…
Happy 20th anniversary to Memphis Bleek’s Coming of Age. This was his debut album on Roc-A-Fella Records after many appearances on Jay-Z albums. The album was originally released on August 3, 1999 and went on to sale over 500,000 copies making it an RIAA certified gold album. ”Coming of Age”. The album made the Billboard 200, peaking at #7 with 118,000 units sold in its first week. This was an highly anticipated album and showed that Memphis Bleek was truly Coming of Age. Jay-Z’s protégé had a lot of pressure on his shoulders to deliver and many critics feel he…
Congratulations to Meek Mill on launching Dream Chasers Records, a joint venture with Roc Nation. He is now the President and will oversee their daily operations and develop a staff that will spearhead talent acquisition and development. His responsibilities will also include creative strategies, marketing and legal amongst other things. At the press conference, he was quoted saying “Creating a record label has always been the next step in my journey as a businessman and I appreciate Roc Nation and Jay-Z’s support of my venture.” Jay Z was quoted saying “The music and culture we create, you know we’ve been…
Happy 20th anniversary to EPMD’s album “Out Of Business” the dynamic duo’s sixth studio album, originally released on July 20th, 1999. This was also the time when they changed its initialism for the release from Erick & Parrish Making Dollars to Erick & Parrish Millennium Ducats. A limited-edition version of the album was also released with a bonus greatest hits disc that features tracks spanning from 1987 to 1997. This summer was filled with releases from artist like Gang Starr, Too Short and even Lil Cease made his solo debut. But one single came out and started to shake the summer…