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With hip hop having greatly increased in mainstream popularity in the late 1980s, Billboard introduced the chart in their March 11, 1989 issue under the name Hot Rap Singles. [1] [2] Prior to the addition of the chart, hip hop music had been profiled in the magazine's "The Rhythm & the Blues" column and disco-related sections, while some rap ...
Hip-Hop Prankster: MC Hammer: Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em: February 20 Above The Law: Livin' Like Hustlers: March 19 Salt-n-Pepa: Blacks' Magic: March 20 Digital Underground: Sex Packets: March 27 Everlast: Forever Everlasting: March 28 The Dogs: The Dogs: April 1 Three Times Dope: Live From Acknickulous Land April 10 A Tribe Called Quest
This is a list of former artists who have recorded for Def Jam Recordings, organized alphabetically by last name. Listed in parentheses are names of Def Jam affiliated labels, under which the artist recorded.
Christopher Wallace (AKA Notorious B.I.G.) was a ‘90s rap titan and this breakthrough song is widely considered to be one of the greatest hip-hop tracks of all time. Listen Now 5.
Jock Jams, Volume 1 is the first album in the Jock Jams compilation album series, released in July 1995. Two years after this album was released, " Jock Jam Megamix " was released, containing songs from this album and the next two.
In the mid-1990s, neo soul, which added 1970s soul influences to the hip hop soul blend, arose, led by artists such as D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, and Maxwell. Lauryn Hill and Missy Elliott further blurred the line between R&B and hip hop by recording both styles. D'Angelo's Brown Sugar was released in June 1995.
Regarded as having helped introduce the hip-hop subgenre of G-funk to a mainstream audience, bringing forward West Coast hip-hop as a dominant force in the early-mid 1990s. [233] [234] Praised for the lyrical "realism" that Snoop Dogg delivers on the album and for his distinctive vocal flow. [233] [235] Accolades: 29 November 1993 () Incunabula
1990s hip-hop album stubs (464 P) Pages in category "1990s in hip-hop" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.