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Step In The Arena – Gang Starr – Released on Chrysalis Records, February 15th 1991 Released in 1991, Step In The Arena was the second album by Gang Starr, following their breakout debut, No More Mr. Nice Guy. At the controls once again was DJ Premier, who remains one of my favourite hiphop producers, alongside … Read more
Lethal Injection – Ice Cube – Released December 7th, 1993 In December 1993, west coast rapper, actor, director and all-round fucking legend Ice Cube released his fourth solo album, Lethal Injection. Ice Cube had already released three hit albums by the time his fellow NWA cohort, Dr Dre, released his debut, The Chronic, in December … Read more
Scarface (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Various – Released December 9th, 1983 This month sees the 40th anniversary of one of the most influential gangster movies of all time. 1983’s Scarface stars Al Pacino as Cuban immigrant-turned-coke kingpin Tony Montana and a young Michelle Pfeiffer as Elvira, his loveless love interest. The … Read more
Jurassic 5 – Jurassic 5 – TVT/Interscope Records – Released 1st December 1998 This post celebrates the 25th anniversary of the eponymous debut album from Jurassic 5. Also known as J5, the group consists of the inimitable Chali 2na, alongside Marc7, Akil and Zaakir, plus DJs Nu-Mark and Cut Chemist. Now sentences like that tend … Read more
Doggystyle – Snoop Doggy Dogg – Released on Death Row Records November 23rd 1993 Doggystyle is the 1993 debut album by west coast rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg, or Snoop Dogg as he’s known today. Before Doggystyle, Snoop appeared on Dr Dre’s 1992 debut release The Chronic. Both albums were released on Death Row records. Although … Read more
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) – Wu Tang Clan – Released November 9th 1993 The debut album from the Wu Tang Clan, Enter The Wu Tang (36 Chambers), remains one of the most pivotal and inspirational hiphop albums of all time. This post celebrates its 30th anniversary. 2023 has seen many hiphop anniversaries, the first … Read more
Been another hectic month with lots of interesting releases, news of more exiting releases on the way, not to mention lots of 30th anniversaries I really wanted to make sure are covered here. But anyways, at the risk of sounding unpopular (perish the thought) let’s get this out of the way: So now that I’ve … Read more
Return Of The Boom Bap – KRS-One – Released September 28, 1993 Released 30 years ago today, on 28th September 1993, Return Of The Boom Bap is the solo debut album from veteran MC and all-round hiphop legend, KRS-One. It came following two back-to-back albums as one half of Boogie Down Productions (BDP), alongside DJ … Read more
Judgment Night Soundtrack – Various Artists – Released September 14th 1993 Back when I was in school we didn’t have the pressures of social media. All we had to worry about was the constant threat of getting our heads kicked in based on what music we listened to. (Oops, sorry, trigger warnings and all that bollocks.) … Read more
Psyence Fiction – UNKLE – released on Mo Wax records August 24, 1998 Released back in 1998, Psyence Fiction was the debut release from UNKLE. Or was it? 🤔 There’s actually quite a lot of debate about whether or not this album is really an UNKLE album or just another DJ Shadow album. Ask DJ … Read more