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Public Enemy's 1987 debut album Yo!Bum Rush the Show, while acclaimed by hip hop critics and aficionados, had gone ignored for the most part by the rock and R&B mainstream, [13] selling only 300,000 copies, which was relatively low by the high-selling standards of other Def Jam recording artists such as LL Cool J and Beastie Boys at the time. [14]
The Best of A Tribe Called Quest; Best of KMD; The Best of Mac Dre; The Best of N2Deep; Big Air Experience; Black Slave; Boombox – Early Independent Hip Hop, Electro and Disco Rap 1979–82; Buckwild: Diggin' in the Crates; The Butcher Shop
Regarded as a landmark album in East Coast hip hop, as one of the greatest and most influential hip hop albums of all time, and having significantly contributed to the revival of the New York City rap scene. [261] [262] Accolades; Impact and legacy of Illmatic; 25 April 1994 Parklife: Blur: Britpop; Food: Accolades: 26 April 1994 Yank Crime ...
At the time, the 1987 Def Jam tour was the most ambitious hip-hop trek ever produced, with a lineup that included soon-to-be double-platinum headliner LL Cool J, Whodini, Eric B. & Rakim, DJ Jazzy ...
Bacdafucup peaked at number 17 on the US Billboard 200, and number 8 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart. The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA on October 25, 1993. In 1994, the album was nominated as "Rap/Hip-Hop New Artist" on American Music Awards of 1994 and won "Best Rap Album" on 1994 Soul Train Music Awards .
The album also featured innovative hip-hop tracks such “Paul Revere,” inspired by MCA playing the tape of an 808 beat in reverse to create its distinctively warped backwards drums. 21.
Doggystyle was included on The Source magazine's list of the 100 Best Rap Albums, as well as Rolling Stone magazine's list of Essential Recordings of the '90s. [citation needed] About.com placed the album in No. 17 of the greatest hip hop/rap albums of all time. [6] The album was certified 4× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of ...
Fear of a Black Planet is the third studio album by American hip hop group Public Enemy.It was released on April 10, 1990, by Def Jam Recordings and Columbia Records, and produced by the group's production team The Bomb Squad, who expanded on the sample-layered sound of Public Enemy's previous album, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988).