1991: Snoop Dogg got his start the way so many hip-hop stars did before the internet became the main mode of music discovery: on a tape. Snoop was featured on a cassette that somehow made its way into the hands of Dr. Dre, who was at the time presiding over a record label called...
There are many ways to look at 1994: lists of great albums (here’sa top 50 to get you started); a look back at whatfansandtastemakerswereactuallylistening to at the time; thebest overlooked obscurities. But the best way to really understand why a single 365 three decades ago had such ...
The best posthumousTupac Shakuralbum isThe Don Killuminati: The Seven Day Theory, butBetter Dayzshouldn't be overlooked. Comprised mostly of tracks ’Pac recorded between his release from prison in October of 1995 and his untimely death in September of 1996, the LP, which arrived on Nov. 26,...
" Xan continued. "I was doing Norcos, too. I was withdrawing from opiates and Benzos. It landed me in the hospital too many times. And one day, I was just like, 'This ain't fun, I can't live this life.' A lot of rappers don't really be talking about not doing drugs. You k...
RG:I was heading back in L.A. — going to the Grammys actually. Terrace hit me up like, “I need you to come out now — like, tomorrow.” He said, “Kendrick is putting this song on the album that has Tupac and him, like in an interview situation. I’m writing t...
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I guess I started to get bored with hardcore punk around 1985. It felt like it had lost its edge. Too many doofus kids at my school were walking through the halls carrying Clash albums, and there were even punk rockers onQuincyfor god’s sake. My band was breaking up. Lee Ving from...
There was also a bit of behind-the-scenes drama surrounding a claim from Janet’s co-star Tupac Shakur that she’d demanded he get tested for HIV before they filmed love scenes. “I did not disagree—if we were really going to make love,” 2Pac would tell MT...
‘90s legends like Tupac and Biggie, the terrifying sound that Three 6 started crafting 25 years ago is a huge hit. It’s hard to imagine that ever being the case ifLast 2 Walkhad popped off a few hits, went platinum, and led to more diluted crossover albums that made Juicy and ...
All of this — the worldwide concerts, the big-deal collaborations, the multimedia domination — shows that Rolling Loud is much more than a music festival. It has become an event, the founders say, that many artists plan their whole year — and their release schedules — around. The name...