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In 2004, Kanye West partnered with Jacob Arabo, a jeweler that outfitted many hip-hop artists with their jewelry. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] West's personal Jesus piece created by Jacob cost $25,000, was the size of a man's palm and had clear diamonds for Jesus' crown of thorns , yellow and light-brown diamonds as Jesus' blond hair, aquamarines for blue eyes ...
The album was produced by DJ Premier, Diamond D, Big French Productions, Norty Cotto, Showbiz, and KRS-One. It features guest appearances from Busta Rhymes, Channel Live, Das EFX, Dexter Thibou, Fat Joe, and Mad Lion. The album made it to number 19 on the Billboard 200 and number 2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States.
Joseph Kirkland (born April 5, 1968), better known by his stage name Diamond D (or simply Diamond), is an American hip hop MC and record producer from The Bronx, New York City, [1] and one of the founding members of the Diggin' in the Crates Crew, abbreviated as D.I.T.C. [2]
The duo's first release was an extended play Soul Clap, self-released in late 1991 via their own independent record label, Showbiz Records. [1] [2] The EP included a song "Diggin' in the Crates" with verses from Diamond D and Lord Finesse, which became the name of a bigger group called D.I.T.C. [3] They signed with Payday/London Records and re-released the EP on March 17, 1992, as "Party ...
A hip hop song, "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" features a sample of "Diamonds Are Forever", performed by Shirley Bassey. Lyrically, it sees West connect his material wealth to Sierra Leone's blood diamonds and the resulting Sierra Leone Civil War. The song received generally positive reviews from music critics, who mostly complimented West's ...
The Rolling Stones review, Hackney Diamonds: Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood rip through riffs like guitarists half their ages Mark Beaumont October 9, 2023 at 3:05 PM
The World's Most Hardest MC Project was met with generally positive reviews from music critics. Nick De Molina of XXL gave the album an L rating, stating that the album is "a brief, hard-bodied offering from, as the title suggests, an MC who has made it his business to stay gutter in the ever-softening climate of mainstream hip-hop."
Violator proved to be a success, making it to #8 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and spawned one sequel, Violator: The Album, V2.0, in 2001. Q-Tip's " Vivrant Thing ", the first solo single for the former A Tribe Called Quest member, was the album's first single and a major pop success.