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This is Hip Hop Raised Me The Blog!!!Where is about The Knowledge, The Culture, & The Lifestyle!!! Where we celebrate the 47 years of the youngest genre of music which is Hip Hop!!!HIP HOP RAISED ME!!!! ——————————————————–Posted based on the “fair use” statute/ act. Strictly for Non-Profit and entertainment purposes only. Subject to copyrights( writing […]

IT WAS ON THIS DATE, DEC 3, 1995 2PAC & DR. DRE RELEASED THEIR SINGLE CALIFORNIA LOVE.

California Love” is a hip hop song by 2Pac featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman. The song was released as 2Pac’s comeback single after his release from prison in 1995 and was his first single as the newest artist of Death Row Records. This is one of 2Pac’s most widely known and most successful singles, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks […]

IT WAS ON THIS DATE DEC 3. 1996 DEATH ROW RECORDS RELEASED CHRISTMAS ON DEATH ROW

Christmas on Death Row is a compilation album released by Death Row Records and Interscope Records on December 3, 1996. The album sold 200,000 copies. The album was made as a form of charity to the community. Professional Ratings Track listing Snoop Doggy Dogg ft. Daz Dillinger, Nate Dogg, Tray Deee, Bad Azz – “Santa Claus Goes Straight to the Ghetto” [produced by Snoop Doggy Dogg] Isaac Hayes sample […]

Over a dozen gang members indicted for killing teen, other crimes

As reported by the new york post By Rebecca Rosenberg December 1, 2020 | 5:38pm Caswell Senior, aka Casanova, a Gorilla Stone fugitive sought in the case.US Attorney’s Office More than a dozen members of the Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation gang were indicted on a range of serious raps — including for the slaying of a […]

IT WAS ON THIS DATE, DEC 1ST 1986 AFRICA BAMBATTA & THE SOUL SONIC FORCE RELEASED PLANET ROCK THE ALBUM

Planet Rock: The Album is an old school hip hop album by Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force, released in 1986 as a collection of previous singles. The song “Planet Rock” was one of the earliest hits of the hip hop music genre and remains one of its pioneering recordings. The single’s liner notes include members of Kraftwerk with the songwriting credits. In creating the track, portions of Kraftwerk’s “Numbers” […]

IT WAS ON THIS DATE NOV 29, 1994 THE QUEEN OF HIP HOP/R&B/SOUL MARY J BLIGE RELEASED HER SECOND STUDIO ALBUM “MY LIFE

My Life is the second studio album by American R&B recording artist Mary J. Blige, released on November 29, 1994, by Uptown Records. Many of the topics on My Life deal with clinical depression, Blige’s battling with both drugs and alcohol, as well as being in an abusive relationship. Unlike her debut, What’s the 411? (1992), Blige co-wrote fourteen of the album’s tracks, making it her most […]

Hip-Hop In Nashville Is Making Its Own Way

Nashville’s music industry has never given homegrown hip-hop the support it deserves, so the city’s artists and entrepreneurs are creating their own institutions.ilbusca/Getty Images It’s no wonder that journalistic surveys of Nashville’s hip-hop underground typically frame the mere fact of its existence as a big reveal. To a large degree, the scene here is the […]

IT WAS ON THIS DATE NOV 25, 1987 RUN-DMC RELEASED THEIR SINGLE “CHRISTMAS IN HOLLIS”

Christmas in Hollis” is a single by Run-DMC that was included on two 1987 Christmas compilation albums featuring various artists: A Very Special Christmas (A&M 3911) and Christmas Rap (Profile 1247). When Bill Adler first asked Run-DMC to contribute to “A Very Special Christmas”—the first in a series of various artists compilation albums produced to benefit the Special Olympics—they refused. After Bill—who was then […]

NOV 24, 1992 THE PHARCYDE RELEASED THEIR DEBUT ALBUM BIZARRE RIDE 2 THE PHARCYDE

Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde is the debut album of American hip hop group The Pharcyde, released on November 24, 1992 through Delicious Vinyl Records and EastWest Records. The album was produced by former group member J-Swift, and features only one guest appearance, provided by little known Los Angeles rapper Bucwheed (known then as “Buckwheat” from The Wascals). In the […]

IT WAS ON THIS DATE NOV 24, 1992 KOOL G RAP & DJ POLO RELEASED THIER THIRD & FINAL STUDIO ALBUM “LIVE AND LET DIE”

Warner Bros. Records eventually refused to distribute Live and Let Die as part of its deal with Cold Chillin’ Records because of the album’s lyrical content and cover art.[1] It is not known if a Warner Bros. catalogue number was ever assigned to the release. Live and Let Die remained out of print until it was re-released and remastered with various bonus material […]