20 Hip Hop Albums That Turned 25 Years Old in 2024
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Artist: Eminem Album: The Slim Shady LP Release Date: February 23, 1999
To be fair, when Eminem came on the scene in the late 90s, Hip-Hop was in a very.. strange place. Culturally, we were still recovering from the brutal murders of Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G., industry titans whose gifts were cut short far too soon. Commercially, rap became a lot more pop: Radio-friendly singles and flashy videos translated into massive record sales at a time where people consumed (and physically purchased) music one album at a time. Of course, acts like DMX, Scarface and The Lox still offered more hard-edged records, but the climate was shiny, glossy and things felt very much big-budgeted. And as various competitors eyed the throne, along came Eminem, a white boy from Detroit who was neither flashy or particularly intimidating.. but little did we know (at the time) that’d he’d become one of the biggest acts rap had ever seen.Love The Morning Hustle? Get more! Join the The Morning Hustle Newsletter
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Artist: Nas Album: I Am.. Release Date: April 6, 1999
Commercially carried by two singles, Nas Is Like and Hate Me Now (featuring Puff Daddy), I Am debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. It sold over 470,000 copies in its first week and eventually went double platinum.
Artist: Eve Album: Let There Be Eve…Ruff Ryders’ First Lady Release Date: September 14, 1999
1. The Block is Hot
2. Ja Rule "Venni Vetti Vecci"
3. The Notorious B.I.G. "Born Again"
4. BG "Chopper City in the Ghetto"
5. Slick Rick "The Art of Storytelling"
6. DMX "And Then There Was X"
7. Hot Boyz "Guerilla Warfare"
8. Miss Elliott "Da Real World"
9. Q-Tip "Amplified"
10. Jay-Z "Vol 3: Life and Times of S. Carter"
11. Mobb Deep "Murda Muzik"
12. MF DOOM "Operation Doomsday"
13. Redman and Method Man "Blackout!"
14. Pharoahe Monch "Internal Affairs"
15. Dr. Dre "2001"
16. Mos Def "Black On Both Sides"
17. The Roots "Things Fall Apart"
20 Hip Hop Albums That Turned 25 Years Old in 2024 was originally published on blackamericaweb.com
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