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Tupac Shakur, PAC, Makavelli—names all synonymous to a music legend. This day in Hip-hop acknowledges the anniversary of his fifth album, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory.

The “Seven days” alludes to the time span behind the albums recording: three days for writing and recording, and four days apart for mixing—the week also signified Tupac's last moments in studios and recording sessions, as the West Coast legend tragically passed one month later. Although scheduled to drop on March of the following year, producer Suge Knight opted to release Shakur's final album four months in advance.

Always quite the enigmatic individual, Tupac's final album sleeve interestingly captioned, “Exit 2PAC, Enter Makavelli,&rdqu

From push-backs to setbacks, media leaks and cancellation announcements—fret not Hip-hop fans, French Montana finally releases his much, much-awaited MC4 project.

Montana took to Instagram announcing the good news via short video paying tribute to the late Riot Squad member Chinx. In all caps, “Droping MC4 tonight on iTunes Datpiff Spotify OVOSound,” read the caption. The Bad Boy rapper voiced a more sentimental line on Twitter, “Listening to this Chinx and [Max B] song made me tear up man, miss my Bros... 'was hard for me to do without my Bros but I know God got a plan.”

The album lists fourteen tracks and features a laundry list of guest artists, such as Kanye West, Nas, Miguel, Beanie Sigel, Jadakiss, Max B and Ch

Chicago MC Chance The Rapper proudly announces his “Parade To The Polls” free concert, to be commenced Monday, November 7^th.

While the nation mounts only a stone's throw away from perhaps the most heated presidential election in US history, a myriad of artists, athletes, musicians, and personalities utilize their platforms, attempting to bridge the gap between the Democrat party's Hilary Clinton, and Republican enthusiast Donald Trump, and in certain cases, neither.

Chance The Rapper brandished his own political banner early morning on Saturday, November 5^th, displaying the official flyer to his free concert entitled “Parade To The Polls: A Live Show Of Democracy”, working in tandem with the Social Works non-profi

November 6—This day in Hip-hop takes a throwback to the date these two very memorable albums entered the scene, authored of course by only among the industry's finest.

History Mob Music (2012)

• The album marked the highly-anticipated collaborative effort combining “The Ghetto” rapper Too Short and The Click co-founder, E-40. Released under Heavy On The Grind Entertainment and EMI Group, the record existed in two pairs: Mob Music and Function Music—as well as featuring numerous guest appearances from artists such as B-Legit, Kurupt, DJ Battlecat, and Stressmatic. While the duo managed to land top seats off charts such as the US Top Rap Albums and Top R&

Chicago emcee, Canon, just dropped the third addition to his Loose Canon collective series, and the background behind it is simply breathtaking.

Born Aaron McCain, better known as Canon, the young rapper began making a name for himself rhyming over some araabMUZIK tunes scavenged from the internet. Since then his prominence would only continue to soar, as Canon served as hypeman under indie powerhouse rapper, Lecrae.

In 2012, Canon's solo venture debuted with the release of his first EP, Loose Canon, only to be followed by his premier album Mad Haven the following year,and the second addition to his Loose Canon series in 2014. His career as a soloist reaped much acclaim as reviews dubbed his debut EP

Presenting Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) deluxe edition 7-inch casebook, brought to life by Get On Down Records, who also announced its first 1,000 orders to be shipped next month, early December.

The package features the Wu-Tang Clan's classic 1993 debut, complete with all twelve songs catalogued on six 7-inch vinyl records, and for the first time, housed inside a premium casebook created in collaboration with The RZA himself. The casebook is built with both sturdy and snazzy material, made manifest in the form of a premium leatherette outer slipcase, that definitely passes as a trophy-figure when resting on the top shelf.

As mentioned above, the interiors house six 7-inch vinyl records, as well as the inclusion of a bonus record, “Prote