Ray J pulled up on Cam Newton’s podcast and addressed his drug use after the death of Whitney Houston. “I’ve never done one drug with Whitney, and when people asked…
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Suge Knight wants Diddy to tell it all. In a conversation with Aubrey O’Day on the Covering The Diddy Trial podcast, Suge thinks that Knight should dime out everybody he…
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Looks like hell has officially frozen over. In a twist few saw coming, Suge Knight has come to the defense of Sean Diddy Combs as the Bad Boy Records founder…
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Diddy’s trial continues to reveal some quite peculiar details. Testifying in the case was sex worker, Sharay James, nicknamed The Punisher. He admitted that he did not know Diddy was…
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Testimonies continue to ring in for Diddy’s trial. The latest came from David James, a former personal assistant for the mogul, who revealed Diddy took three handguns to Mel’s Diner…
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In the never-ending Snoop Dogg v. Suge Knight feud, one thing is for sure: the Dogg Father isn’t biting his tongue anymore—he’s turning up the volume on decades of tension…
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As part of a wide-ranging interview with The Art of Dialogue, Suge Knight claims Ray J has had conversations with Snoop Dogg, where The Doggfather claims he had a hand…
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Suge Knight is once again talking from behind prison walks. In an interview with The Art of Dialogue, Knight says Whitney Houston’s death is on the hands of Ray J.…
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On this date in 1993, Calvin Broadus Jr. aka Snoop Doggy Dogg released his highly anticipated first album Doggystyle on Death Row Records. This was the label’s first full-length project by a solo artist, which was piggybacking on the success of Death Row’s last release, The Chronic, the Dr. Dre album where many had just heard Snoop for the first time.
Doggystyle, which was produced exclusively by Snoop’s mentor, Dr. Dre, huddled around the concept of the “dogg”, with the animated cover and cartoon insert of a street-wise hound that wanted by the opps and the “bitches” for his “doggystyle”, which of course, is a famous sex position.
Some of the album’s leading tracks include the x-rated “It Ain’t No Fun (If The Homies Can’t Have None)” featuring childhood friend Nate Dogg and then recently formed Dogg Pound, Daz and Kurupt, the Slick Rick ode “Lodi Dodi” and the world-famous alcoholic anthem “Gin And Juice”.
Even with a four mic rating, Source staff writer Reginald Dennis said that the album escaped the coveted Five Mic rating because he felt like it was “rushed”, but nonetheless, with the introduction of such a monumental artist coupled with the authenticity of the gang-ridden West Coast streets, this album is by far one of the most pivotal albums of the 90s, even before the East Coast/West Coast rivalry, which came at least two years later. Salute to Snoop, Dre, the Dogg Pound, The Lady Of Rage, RBX, Suge, and the rest of the legendary Death Row for putting together this classic album!
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On this date in 1996, Tupac Amaru Shakur posthumously released the final album of his illustrious career.
26 years ago today, just two months after the untimely murder of Tupac on the Las Vegas strip alongside Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight, the fifth and final album, Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory, was released. Recognized as ‘Pac’s most influential body of work, the Killuminati album was not only his most controversial, but its concept still has many of his fans believing that ‘Pac is still alive. Besides his beef with Nas, Jay-Z, B.I.G., and almost any relevant New York rapper you can think of, the album hinges on the life of Makaveli, a play on the name of Italian writer and philosopher Nicollo Machiavelli, who is believed to have staged his death.
The album was originally set to be dropped in March of 1997, but after Shakur was killed, Death Row boss Suge Knight released the album four months later. Ironically, Brooklyn rap rival Notorious B.I.G. was shot down in Los Angeles, California, on March 9, 1997.
The album, recorded in 12 days in August 1996, featured a list of timeless, classic singles, including “Hail Mary,” “Me And My Girlfriend,” and “Against All Odds,” all of which were remade by premiere artists after Shakur’s death. The 5X platinum album has been listed as one of the top-selling Hip-Hop albums of all time.
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