August 8, 1988 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, NWA released their debut album Straight Outta Compton on Ruthless/Priority. Led by Straight Outta Compton, Gangsta Gangsta, Express Yourself and Fuck The Police, NWA’s Nationally Preserved (in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress), 3x PLATINUM album would peak at #4 on the #2pac200. No Typo RIP Eazy-E
On This Date In Hip-Hop, SeanPrice’s posthumous album Imperius Rex was released on Duck Down Music.
On This Date In Hip-Hop, we lost Boot Camp Clik and Heltah Skeltah member SeanPrice.
On This Date In Hip-Hop, MC Shan released his debut album Down By Law.
On This Date In Hip-Hop, Mohandas “Kool Moe Dee” Dewese was born in Manhattan, New York.
On This Date In Hip-Hop, 2pac’s step-father Mutulu Shakur was born in Baltimore, Maryland.
On This Date In Hip-Hop, Joe Budden was met with a little wu-resistance at the Los Angeles stop on the Rock the Bells tour.
On This Date In Hip-Hop, JAY-Z and Kanye West released their collaborative effort Watch The Throne on Roc-a-fella / Def Jam / Roc Nation.
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my mom had this lol
one of the best to touch the streets