On this day in Hip-Hop history, Sir Mix-A-Lot released his third album Mack Daddy.
On this day in 1992, Sir Mix-A-Lot released his third album Mack Daddy on Def American. The album was produced by Sir Mix-A-Lot, Rick Rubin, Nate Foxx, and Strange. Mack Daddy featured the controversial mega hit single "Baby Got Back," which stayed at #1 for five weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and sold over two million copies and won a Grammy. The album peaked at #9 on the Billboard 200. It was certified platinum by the RIAA in July, 1992.
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1993 - Lords of the Underground released the hit single "Funky Child" on Pendulum. 2007 - Timbaland released his second studio album Shock Value on Mosley.
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Cam'ron (1976) - American rapper, actor, and entrepreneur from Harlem, New York. The de facto leader of the East Coast hip-hop group The Diplomats.
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Here is this week's Free Sample + MIDI for February 03, 2019 from White Gravy Sounds. What's good?! Welcome back for this week's helping of free gravy from White Gravy Sounds! This week we have another lo-fi piano sample. It's an 8 bar loop in the key of A minor. It is a 1-7-6-5 chord progression originally at 105 beats per minute. As always, the accompanying MIDI file is included. Keep it Gravy! A Minor: Am9 - G - F - Em7 A Minor: 1 - 7 - 6 - 5 (i - VII - VI - v) BPM: 105
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On this day in Hip-Hop history, Brand Nubian released their second album In God We Trust.
On this day in 1993, Brand Nubian released their sophomore album In God We Trust on Elektra. The album featured production from Brand Nubian, Diamond D, and Raphael and Sting International. It continued the group's central theme on teachings of the Nation of God and Earth. In God We Trust produced the classic hit singles "Punks Jump Up to Get Beat Down," which reached #77 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on the Rap chart; "Allah U Akbar," and "Love Me or Leave Me Alone." The album peaked at #12 on the Billboard 200. It reached #4 on the R&B chart.
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1993 - Young Black Teenagers released their final album Dead Enz Kidz Down' Lifetime Bidz on MCA. 2010 - Lil Wayne released his seventh studio album Rebirth on Young Money.
On this day in Hip-Hop history, the Fugees released their debut studio album Blunted on Reality.
On this day in 1994, the Fugees released their debut studio album Blunted on Reality on Ruffhouse. The album was produced by the Fugees, Salaam Remi, Rashad Muhammad, Stephen Walker, Brand X, and Ronald "Kool" Bell of Kool & the Gang. Blunted on Reality spawned the hit "Nappy Heads," which reached #49 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the fan favorites "Boof Bar," and "Vocab." The album reached #62 on the Billboard 200.
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1994 - Odd Squad released Fadanuf Fa Erybody!! on Rap-A-Lot. 2011 - Chris Brown released the single "Look at Me Now" on Jive.
This day in Birthdays...
Big Boi (1975) - American rapper, songwriter, musician, actor, and record producer was born in Savannah, Georgia. One-half of the hip-hop duo Outkast. |
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