MC Hammer’s ‘Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt ‘Em” was the first Hip-Hop album to go Diamond
Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt ‘Em (Released February 12, 1990), the third studio album by MC Hammer was the first hip-hop album to…
Da Brat was the first solo female rapper to go platinum with her debut album “Funkdafied”
Shawntae Harris, aka Da Brat released her debut album Funkdafied on June 28, 1994 and sold over one million copies, making her…
Lil Jon was a producer on Ghost Town DJ’s “My Boo” but couldn’t be credited as a producer because he was an A&R director for So So Def
Jermaine Dupri’s So So Def’s 90s group Ghost Town DJ’s (Virgo, DJ and producer Greg Street, producer Rodney Terry, and DJ…
Ice-T’s album “Rhyme Pays” was the first rap album to carry a Parental Advisory label
In the summer of 1990, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), after years of pressure from the Parents Music Resource Center,…
Cee Lo Green sang backup vocals on TLC’s “Waterfalls”
“Waterfalls” was the biggest hit from TLC, spent seven weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, went platinum, and received a…
Diddy directed the music video for “Player’s Ball” by Outkast
In 1993, OutKast released “Player’s Ball,” the hit single that launched their career. The single, produced by Organized…
Ice Cube’s “Kill at Will” was the first hip-hop EP to go platinum
Kill at Will, also known as At Will in its censored version (Released December 18, 1990) the debut EP by Ice Cube was the…
Jay-Z recorded “Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)” in one take
“Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)” the single from Jay-Z‘s third album Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life which turned…