August 1, 2000 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, Big L’s 2nd album The Big Picture was posthumously released on Rawkus Records. The GOLD-certified album would peak at 13 on the #2pac200. No Typo RIP Big L.
The album features dimes from 2pac, A.G., Miss Jones, Stan Spit, Fat Joe, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Guru, Sadat X, O.C. and Remy Ma.
On This Date In Hip-Hop, The D.O.C. released his debut album No One Can Do It Better on Ruthless Records.
On This Date In Hip-Hop, Chicago driller and Team 600 member Edai was shot and killed in South Shore.
On This Date In Hip-Hop, Michael “Double K” Turner was born in Hollywood, CA.
On This Date In Hip-Hop, Roger “Rampage” McNair was born in Brooklyn, New York.
On This Date In Hip-Hop, DMX released his 6th album Year Of The Dog Again.
On This Date In Hip-Hop, Harold “Hype Williams” Williams was born in Queens, New York.
On This Date In Hip-Hop, Carlton “Chuck D” Ridenhour was born in Queens, New York.
On This Date In Hip-Hop, EPMD released their 2nd album Unfinished Business.
On This Date In Hip-Hop, MTV was launched — and guess what: THESE N*GGAS REALLY PLAYED MUSIC VIDEOS back then
On This Date In Hip-Hop, XXL released its first issue – a double cover – with JAY-Z and Master P.
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