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1998 - Best year for hip hop ever?

Dude, LOOK at 1998 in hip hop: January 13: The Lox - "Money, Power & Respect" February 25: Scarface - "My Homies" March 19: DMX - "It's Dark And Hell Is Hot" March 24: Cappadonna - "The Pillage" Hussein Fatal - "In the Line of Fire" (who? One of 2Pac's Outlawz, decent album no less) M.O.P. - "First Family For Life" March 31: Gangstarr - "Moment of Truth" April 7: Goodie Mob - "Still Standing" AZ - "Pieces of a Man" April 28: Big Pun - "Capital Punishment" May 5: Various - "Lyricist's Lounge vol. 1" (the kickoff to a STELLAR line of compilations, I still listen to this today) June 2: Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz - "Make it Reign" June 9: Juvenile - "400 Degreez" June 16: Devin - "The Dude" (yes, his original rap name was just "Devin," but this album caused the second part to be assumed) June 30: Def Squad - "El Nino...
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Slaughterhouse - "Slaughterhouse"

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Here we find Royce Da 5'9", Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz and Crooked I, 4 rappers from four places... No, fuck that, you can Google the story. All the 3 of you need to know is that when I found THE internet, Eminem's first album was coming out and Royce was on the best song album (in my opinion, of course) and when I got HIGH SPEED internet, I was getting Clue CDs for free and Joe Budden was TEARING THEM DOWN. Furthering of connoisseur (yes, that is spelled right) comes from my years at this shit, see my summary of the 90s last week in this very blog if you doubt me. I was never into Crooked I, and only within the last 6 months began to feel Joell Ortiz, but the fact remains that I respect the work of all 4 involved parties PRIOR to this project, especially Budden and Royce. Ignoring the paths of Crooked I and Joell Ortiz, who would flounder on Death Row Records and Aftermath respectively, I STAYED in my fanship of Joey and Royce in the in between, as far as to feel just a litt...
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February 10th -- Ron Brown is elected...

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Before Barack Obama, there was ANOTHER "safe" lightskinned black guy with political pull... His name? Ron Brown . Ron was elected as the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee on 02/10/1989, and would go on to assist in the election of a then little-known Arkansas politician named William Clinton as he himself would become the President of the United States. The reward for his work would be appointment as the Secretary of Commerce in 1993 by new President Clinton. While it might seem on the surface that the plays were in order for Ron to become a (perhaps) major player in a run for the office himself sometime down the road, the unfortunate reality would be that he would leave us early. On 04/03/1996, on an “official trade mission,” the plane carrying Brown and 34 others would crash in/near Croatia, killing everyone onboard. Awards, honors, scholarships and even a NOAA ship have since been named in his honor, so Ron Brown has not...
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