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Today in Hip hop marks the nineteenth year since the album Phenomenon, which signified rap icon LL Cool J's seventh studio album under Polygram and Def Jam Records.

Following the success of his previous album, Mr. Smith, Cool J echoed its fundamentals, catering to numerous R&B-influenced tracks, as well as blending a little hardcore rap. The album showcased production from Sean “Puffy” Combs as well as his line of in-house producers, “The Hitmen”.

The album also resonated to the forerunning success gathered by the previous, peaking at #7 for the Billboard 200, and #4 off the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart. To this day, the album has sold well over one million copies nationwide, attaining RIAA-

Gucci Mane is invading the month of October and making it his own with his upcoming album,Woptober.

Since his recent liberation from a lengthy house arrest, the Trap King has placed tremendous amounts of time with his latest music, and he's making sure his fans across the country are rewarded for they're faithfulness.

Fans in Miami are the first to experience Guwop's patronage as he hosts a special event at DJ Khaled's restaurant today, October 13, to continue magnifying the hype towards the album's release. Mane will also be participating in a live Q&A discussion anchored upon the subject of his second LP since his return to the music scene.

In response to his previous critically-acclaimed album, Everybody Looking

Multi-talented artist Questlove recently revealed his latest project in the form of “Questlove Supreme”, a radio show which made its first broadcast last September 7th. Accessible through the Roots drummer's Pandora station, the program has showcases a blend of wide-ranging playlists and conversations with artists such as Maya Rudolph and Kimbra.

“I see in Pandora both a deep respect for the craft of music and a commitment to the musicians that make their living,” mentioned Questlove in an interview with The New York Times

Today in Hip-hop commemorates the release of Nas' 1992 debut single, “Halftime”, which featured his original Nasty Nas persona. The song was initially released under Ruffhouse Records off the Zebrahead soundtrack collective, and later inserted onto Nas' ground-breaking debut record, Illmatic.

Produced by Large Professor, the single contained samples from Average White Band's “Schoolboy Crush”, Gary Byrd's “Soul Traveling”, and “Dead End” by Japanese Hair. Large Professor's sampling presented the song's iconic up-tempo blend, and, reinforced over percussion and trumpets, became the perfect stage for the Illmatic star to dish out his hard-hitting hooks.

“You could

Numerous reports claim Birdman sightings in the Rocky Mountains. As strange as that may sound to some, what it actually means is Cash Money Records found its newest member, in the Denver-based MC, Trev Rich.

Making its first stop in Denver this summer, the Birdman decided he'd found his latest recruit upon hearing the MC's singles “Score” and “All Mine”. Rich began working with a Cash Money engineer the next day. “I was just back and forth from the hotel to the studio,” mentioned Rich pertaining to the sessions spanning for two weeks.

Birdman flew the young artist to their Universal Music Group HQ in New York, and the official signing commenced. “I met everybody, and they treated us like family from the beginning,&rdq

Still riding high from his recent release, The Impossible Kid, Aesop Rock has announced a new run of North American tour dates in support of his acclaimed new album. He will be joined, once again, by Hail Mary Mallon counterpart Rob Sonic and dedicated turntablist DJ Zone for an extensive headlining tour supported by Homeboy Sandman. Aesop and the Stones Throw artist also collaborated on the recently released free EP Lice 2: Still Buggin’. 

In conjunction with the announcement, he’s also shared the visuals for the track “Shrunk” off The Impossible Kid. The Rob Shaw-directed video finds Aesop at the arcade where he is met by Rob Sonic, and manages to contextualize the song’s narrative about t