Happy 31st birthday to Nas’ iconic debut album “Illmatic,” released on April 19, 1994! What songs from this album have had you in a three decade chokehold? #Nas #Illmatic #Illmatic31 #SoulBounce #BlackSky #BlackMusicSky #MusicSky #HipHopSky

Janet Jackson released "That's The Way Love Goes" as the lead single from 'janet.' 32 years ago on April 20, 1993 | Watch the official video, listen to the album + revisit our tribute here: album.ink/JJjanet

Ghostface Killah released ‘The Pretty Toney Album’ 21 years ago on April 20, 2004 | Listen to the album + revisit our tribute here: album.ink/GKprettytoney

Mobb Deep released their second studio album ‘The Infamous’ (1995) 30 years ago this week | Listen to the album + read our tribute by @justinchadwick.bsky.social here: album.ink/MobbDeepTI

best hip hop album ever! a complete game changer 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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What are your Top 10 Hip-Hop Sophomore albums that are better than the Debuts?

What are your personal top 10 Hip-Hop Albums of the 90s?

List your Top 10 most Underrated Rappers that you think more hip-hop fans should give more respect?

What are your Top 10 Debut Hip-Hop Albums?

Happy Birthday Babyface! album.ink/BabyfaceHBD

Show me some yellow vinyl! #vinylsky #vinylcommunity #musicsky

Stakes is High studio session. 1995. Happy Birthday Q-Tip 🎂 #ThankYouDave 📸: T. Eric Monroe @tdoteric.bsky.social

What really makes Jay-Z great is that he could rap about hustling and still be an MC at the same time. A lot of rappers couldn't do that. Either they would lean on the drug dealing and their bars were garbage. Or they had bars and would battle rap you to death but couldn't tell a story. He's a GOAT

Big Pun really was like a Latino Biggie. He was able to make the club hits, he had the dope street album cuts. He was just a lyrical monster. We can only imagine what he would've been like now if he was still alive.

What are your Top 10 Hip-Hop Sophomore albums that are better than the Debuts?

What are your personal top 10 Hip-Hop Albums of the 90s?

List your Top 10 most Underrated Rappers that you think more hip-hop fans should give more respect?

What are your Top 10 Debut Hip-Hop Albums?

Agreed 🥂

“Hip-hop started out in the heart, now everybody tryin to chart” 🔥🔥🔥🔥 this song is so real! Still relevant! open.spotify.com/track/4zSmsH...

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Bring back cds with cover art, lyrics, graphic and liner notes!!! That was apart of the experience for the artist and the listener.

Life changing ❤️❤️❤️

Here's a 5 min video of @naturallyalise.bsky.social, @etbowser.bsky.social & I discussing the art of sampling using Faith Evans' "Life Will Pass You By", then get into a convo about today's sampling vs yesterday's sampling Check it out: youtu.be/EjUtH0TKhLE?...

I ascribe to this. @theycallmekeish.bsky.social, @naturallyalise.bsky.social, @jrworldofsoul.bsky.social, and @geeknstereo.bsky.social already know I'm weird, so it's fine.

Here's a clip of @naturallyalise.bsky.social and I sitting down with @itstamone.bsky.social discussing the first time we listened to Tweet's "Southern Hummingbird" Watch here: youtu.be/ePOpL4JKY7I?...

I’m reading Dilla Time by @dancharnas.bsky.social and it’s great. There are so many good stories, like the time @questlove.bsky.social ran up a $300 phone bill listening to Slum Village’s album on a transatlantic call

Dug this pitch by @dancharnas.bsky.social for hip hop's early DJs as librarians granting "access to specific records [sometimes from parents' collections], both on the airwaves and in those temples of music, discotheques, a portmanteau, en français, literally meaning 'record library.'"

Happy Birthday Robert Glasper! album.ink/RGlasperHBD

Nas released 'I Am...' 26 years ago on April 6, 1999 | Listen to the album + discover where it ranks in our readers' poll here: album.ink/NasPoll

We're the GOATs!!!!

En Vogue released their debut album ‘Born To Sing’ 35 years ago on April 3, 1990 Listen to the album + read our anniversary tribute by @beyondtheencore.bsky.social here: album.ink/EVBornToSing

Happy Birthday Jill Scott! Explore her musical legacy (including audio & video highlights) here:

De La Soul: The Grind Date (20th Anniversary Edition)/Clear Lake Audiotorium EP spectrumculture.com/2025/04/03/d...

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Mariah Carey released "Make It Happen" as the third & final single from 'Emotions' 33 years ago on April 4, 1992 album.ink/MCemotions

This is me and my dude Suthurn Faze barring up!

Elzhi's rhymes are always jam packed with multisyllabic schemes and witty punchlines. If you're new to Elzhi, you should listen to The Preface and Elmatic, where he did a cover of the entire Illmatic album.

Phonte Coleman is just a calm assassin on the mic. He has this thing he does where he rhymes his words in unexpected places. Like he'll start a rhyme in one line and it won't be until like the end of his second line that he'll come back around to it.

Pete Rock Explains How He Makes Beats In Detail: youtu.be/H_9WCk3BDjg?...

Breaking Down J Dilla's Microchopping Technique: youtu.be/_OCNEhW8CDs?...

On any given day if you ask me who my favorite MC is, I'll probably say Black Thought. One thing that impressed me about Thought is whenever I first realized that he was nice with coming off the dome. That's kinda of a bonus when it comes to somebody who you already know is a great writer.

Life After Death:  If I were to trim the fat from Life After Death to make it a single album, I'd change from a 24 track album to an 18 track album and the tracklist would go as follows: (thread) Life After Death Intro Somebody's Gotta Die Hypnotize Kick In The Door Fuck You Tonight Last Day

Here's something else dope I found that I didn't know it existed. This is Jay-Z explaining the meaning of songs from 4:44.

This is something ill that I stumbled upon the other day that tells me everything I need to know about why I haven't like an Eminem album in a long time. Now don't misunderstand. I didn't say I don't like Eminem as an MC, I don't like his albums.