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Thirty years ago on this day Run-D.M.C. were rewarded for its high sales, as its self-titled first album became the first hip-hop album in history to earn "Gold" status-which indicates more than 100,000 copies sold-nine months after its release. Hip-hop has come a long way in terms of styles and popularity in those 30 years, so the group's first album is far from the highest sellers in the genre anymore. -
50 Cent Compares Self To Tupac and Biggie, Announces 'Street King Immortal' Follow-Up
50 has always had a key aspect of the hip-hop game down: confidence. You'd be hard pressed to find many dudes in rap who exude the badassery that 50 does. This week, the Queens rapper took that bravado to a new level. -
DJ Premier, Pete Rock Making An Album Together; Due In 2015
The rumors are true: DJ Premier and Pete Rock will be blessing us with a new album in 2015. Premier alerted fans of the impending release via a Reddit AMA session — the news sort of slipped out after discussing a potential sequel to PRhyme, his forthcoming disc with Royce da 5'9". -
Faith Evans Planning Notorious B.I.G. Duets Album [WATCH]
Faith Evans recently revealed that she is planning a duets album featuring her late husband, The Notorious B.I.G., aka Christopher Wallace. The pair last hooked up on the 2005 posthumous "The Final Chapter." Evans told HipHollywood that the project was inspired by Natalie Cole and Nat King Cole's 1991 effort "Unforgettable." It is tentatively titled "The King and I." "It's something I've been thinking about doing for many, many years," the singer told HipHollywood. "So I finally got all my ducks in a row to try and make it happen." As for what the album would contain, Evans offered this: "It is definitely unheard music. Unheard music in the presentation of it. That's what I will say." The project is still in its infancy, so there is not much to go on, but Evans does not specifically say there will be previously unreleased verses by Biggie on the album. If it is going to be in the same vein as "Unforgettable," then there will probably be edited remixes of Biggie tunes with Evans accompanying on vocals. "I'm just getting into actually working on it," she added. "It's going to be really, really dope." Fans can expect to hear some music from the project within the next year. -
Lil' Kim Talks Notorious B.I.G., New Mixtape 'Hardcore 2K14,' Says She Felt His Spirit While Recording
Earlier this month, Lil' Kim released her new mixtape Hardcore 2K14, and she recently talked about putting the tape together and feeling the Notorious B.I.G.'s spirit while recording. -
Faith Evans Says Diddy Knew Biggie Would Be A Star
Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of the release of the Notorious B.I.G.'s Ready To Die album and the late rapper's then wife Faith Evans recently opened up about the first time she heard his music. -
Emcee Alex Trebek: A Brief Celebration of 'Jeopardy!'s Musical Categories with Raps from Its Iconic Host
Join Music Times for a brief celebration of 'Jeopardy!'s musical categories, particularly those that involve Alex Trebek rapping. -
6 Babies Stop Crying When Their Favorite Music Comes On: Beyoncé, Pharrell, Nine Inch Nails, Florence And The Machine, And More [WATCH]
Let's face it. Babies can be pretty darn cute, and if you're a music lover, nothing warms your heart like a baby having taste in music you like. Thanks to the Internet, videos have been surfacing in recent months of babies being comforted by their favorite artists. If my (theoretical) baby liked the same music as me, I'd be pretty thrilled and want to share it with the world, too. After we found the video of a baby raving to Katy Perry's "Dark Horse," we thought we'd give our readers a big dose of cute and gather up the best videos of babies getting down to their favorite artist. -
The Opposite of Catey Shaw's Brooklyn: Songs By Jay Z, Notorious B.I.G., El-P and More
Catey Shaw made most of Brooklyn blanch when they saw the video for the emigrant's "Brooklyn Girls" video. Here are five tracks that show a much scarier side of living in the biggest borough of them all. -
Green Label Lists Greatest Hip-Hop Album Art of All Time
Green Label has issued its ruling of the Top 14 hip-hop album covers of all time, and we don't envy the process. Hip-hop, like alternative rock, is full of incredibly artistic pieces. -
6 Musical Biopics That Were Criticized by Their Subjects
The new Jimi Hendrix biopic All is By My Side, starring Outkast’s Andre Benjamin, has generated considerable criticism from Hendrix’s estate, which opposes any film about Hendrix’s life produced without their participation. This type of controversy surrounding a biopic is nothing new, however. Here are six biopics of musicians that were criticized by their subjects. http://www.musictimes.com/articles/5787/20140429/jimi-hendrix-biopic-gets-new-release-date.htm -
Record Store Day Reveals Best-Selling Vinyl Exclusives from 2014
Record Store Day is a big part of promoting the rebirth of vinyl, but it's never claimed to be the savior of the recording industry. After all, part of the appeal is that just about everything released on the day is limited edition, drawing in us salivating audiophiles. Nonetheless, the organizers tracked the sales of the various titles that were available on April 19, and accordingly have released a list of the best-selling exclusive albums and singles. -
Billboard's Hot Rap Songs Chart Celebrates 25th Annivesary
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Billboard Hot Rap Songs chart, and the publication has compiled a list of the Top 100 songs ever to grace it. This isn't a ranking system based on the opinions of critics. It actually takes every rap track that's appeared on the Hot Rap Songs chart and assigns scores based on number of weeks on the chart at at which position the song placed. -
Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page remixes Notorious B.I.G's 'Hypnotize'
Jimmy Page has been busy, and it hasn't been with anything related to Led Zeppelin. Actually, correction: It does have something to do with Led Zeppelin, just not a reunion or a new box set or anything that Zep fans want to hear about. No, the legendary guitarist has recently taken a shot at remixing hip-hop.
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