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On this day in Hip-Hop history, Common released his third studio album One Day It'll All Make Sense.

On this day in 1997, Common released his third studio album One Day It'll All Make Sense on Relativity.  The album was mostly produced by No I.D.  Some guests featured on the album included Cee-Lo Green, De La Soul, and Canibus.

One Day It'll All Make Sense spawned a few singles: "Retrospect for Life," which featured Lauryn Hill; "Reminding Me (of Self)," which featured Chantay Savage and reached #9 on the Rap chart; and "All Night Long," which featured Erykah Badu and was produced by the Roots.

The third set from the Chicago rapper reached #12 on the R&B chart and #62 on the Billboard 200.

This day in Birthdays...

Marley Marl (1962) - American pioneering DJ, rapper, record producer, and record label founder.

On this day in Hip-Hop history, Kurtis Blow released his self-titled debut album.

On this day in 1980, Kurtis Blow released his self-titled debut album on Mercury.  Blow's debut album was the first rap record to be released on a major label.  It was the first hip-hop record to be certified gold and sold close to 700,000 copies in 1980.

Kurtis Blow featured Blow's second hit single "The Breaks," which would be sampled numerous times in future hip-hop joints.  The final track on the album, "Takin' Care of Business," was a hip-hop rendition of Bachman-Turner Overdrive's  1973 hit and was the first attempt at merging rock 'n' roll with rap, six years prior to the release of Run-D.M.C.'s "Walk This Way." 

Also on this day...

1998 - A Tribe Called Quest released their fifth studio album The Love Movement on Jive Records.

1998 - Black Star released Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star on Rawkus Records.

1998 - Jay Z released Vol. 2...Hard Knock Life on Roc-A-Fella Records.

1998 - Outkast released their third studio album Aquemini on LaFace Records.

2008 - T.I. released his sixth studio album Paper Trail on Atlantic.

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On this day in Hip-Hop history, Method Man and Redman released Blackout! on Def Jam.

​On this day in 1999, the two East Coast rappers Method Man & Redman released their first full-length album collaboration Blackout! on Def Jam.  The album included production from Redman, Erick Sermon, RZA, and Mathematics.  Guests on the set included LL Cool J, Ja Rule, and Ghostface Killah.

Blackout! debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200.  It would be certified platinum within months after its release.  It spawned three hit singles: "Tear It Off," "Y.O.U.," and "Da Rockwilder," all of which were top twenty hits on the Rap chart.

The duo would release a sequel album, 10 years later, titled The Blackout! 2.

Also on this day...

​1993 - Souls of Mischief released their debut album 93 'til Infinity.

1993 - KRS-One released his first official solo album Return of the Boom Bap on Jive.

1993 - Spice 1 released his second studio album 187 He Wrote on Jive.

On this day in Hip-Hop history, J. Cole released his debut studio album Cole World: The Sideline Story.

On this day in 2011, J. Cole released his debut studio album Cole World: The Sideline Story on Columbia.  The debut set spawned four singles, including the platinum-selling "Work Out," which would be J. Cole's first top twenty Billboard Hot 100 hit and "Can't Get Enough," which reached #5 on the Rap chart.

The album was mostly self-produced and included guest appearances by Jay Z, Drake, and Missy Elliot.  Cole World: The Sideline Story debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200.  It also peaked at #1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop and Rap chart.  It was certified platinum. 

Also on this day...

1980 - Kurtis Blow performs "The Breaks" on Soul Train.

2012 - Lil Wayne passed Elvis Presley for the most appearances on the Billboard Hot 100.

2016 - Danny Brown released his fourth album Atrocity Exhibition on Warp.

On this day in Hip-Hop history, Mystikal released his fourth album Let's Get Ready.

On this day in 2000, Mystikal released his fourth studio album Let's Get Ready on Jive.  It would be his first album since parting ways with No Limit and was the most successful set of his career. 

​The album included production by the Neptunes, the Medicine Men, KLC, and Earthtone III.  Featured guests on the album included Pharrell Williams, Petey Pablo, Da Brat, Nivea, and Outkast.

Let's Get Ready debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200.  It spawned two hit singles: "Shake Ya Ass," and "Danger (Been So Long)," both were top twenty hits on the Billboard Hot 100.  The album would be certified multi-platinum.

Also on this day...

2006 - Ludacris released his fifth studio album Release Therapy on Def Jam.

2006 - Akon released the single "Smack That" on Universal.

On this day in Hip-Hop history, Fetty Wap released his self-titled debut album.

On this day in 2015, Fetty Wap released his self-titled debut album on his own label RGF Productions.  New Jersey rap trio Remy Boyz was extensively featured on the album, which included P-Dice and Monty.

The album spawned four Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles, including "679," "My Way," "Again," and "Trap Queen."  "Trap Queen" earned Fetty Wap two Grammy nominations.

The self-titled debut set reached #1 on the Billboard 200 and the R&B/Hip-Hop chart.  It would be certified platinum in 2016.

This day in Birthdays...

T.I./T.I.P. (1980) - American rapper, producer, actor, and record executive from Atlanta.

On this day in Hip-Hop history, A Tribe Called Quest released their second album The Low End Theory.

On this day in 1991, A Tribe Called Quest released their second album The Low End Theory on Jive.  The second set from the group fused jazz and hip-hop seamlessly and became one of the most critically acclaimed landmark hip-hop albums of all time.

The Low End Theory spawned three singles: "Check the Rhime," "Jazz (We've Got)," and "Scenerio," which hit #57 on the Billboard's Hot 100.  The album reached #45 on the Billboard 200 and #13 on the R&B chart.  It was certified platinum in 1995.

Also on this day...

1996 - The Roots released their third studio album Illadelph Halflife on Geffen.

2012 - Wiz Khalifa released "Remember You" on Atlantic.

2013 - Drake released his third studio album Nothing Was the Same on Young Money.

​What's good?!  Welcome back for this week's helping of free gravy from White Gravy Sounds!

This week we have a 8 bar lo-fi piano loop in the key of C minor.  It is a long, 5-1-3-7-1-7-6-7 chord progression.  The original tempo is at 130 beats per minute.  As always the accompanying MIDI file is included.

​Keep it Gravy!

C minor:  Gm - Cm - Eb - Bb - Cm - Bb - Ab - Bb
C minor:  5 - 1 - 3 - 7 - 1 - 7 - 6 - 7 (v - i - III - VII - i - VII - VI - VII)
​BPM:  130

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On this day in Hip-Hop history, Outkast released their fifth album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.

 
On this day in 2003, Outkast released their fifth studio album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below on LaFace.  It was released as a double album with Speakerboxxx fronted by Big Boi and The Love Below by Andr'e 3000.  The album would establish the group as one of the most successful and influential artists of that decade.

Outkast's fifth studio album sold over eleven million copies and was certified diamond.  It spawned two #1 pop singles.  The Grammy-nominated "Hey Ya!," which spent nine weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "The Way You Move," which replaced "Hey Ya!" at the top of the chart.  The album had a third single "Roses," which reached the top five on the Billboard Hot 100.

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below reached #1 on the Billboard 200.  Outkast won three Grammys in 2004, including the Grammy for album of the year and best rap album

Also on this day...

2014 - Kendrick Lamar released the single "i" on Interscope.