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Archaeology. Architecture. Literature. Music. Philosophy. Science. +... This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 1985 . LL Cool J's platinum-selling and critically acclaimed debut album Radio helped launch his hip-hop career.
The album was the first album Kurtis Blow produced in a new deal with Polygram Records that gave Kurtis the title, 'Hip Hop's First Millionaire". The album was released in an era when old school hip hop was being overtaken by a harder sound and attitude. The album includes the first sample loop which revolutionized the music industry.
Paid in Full is the debut studio album by American hip hop duo Eric B. & Rakim, released on July 7, 1987, by Island-subsidiary label 4th & B'way Records.The duo recorded the album at hip hop producer Marley Marl's home studio and Power Play Studios in New York City, following Rakim's response to Eric B.'s search for a rapper to complement his disc jockey work in 1985.
Freddie Jackson (pictured in 2019) spent eight weeks at number one in 1985, the most by any act. Billboard published a weekly chart in 1985 ranking the top-performing singles in the United States in African American-oriented genres ; the chart has undergone various name changes over the decades to reflect the evolution of black music and has been published as Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs since 2005 ...
(pictured) had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100, including the year's biggest hit, Careless Whisper. Madonna (pictured) had five songs on the Year-End Hot 100, the most of any artist in 1985. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 singles of 1985.
September 26 – M. Pokora, French pop, crunk, R&B singer and musician (Christina Millian) September 28 – Alina Ibragimova, Russian British violinist. October 1 – Porcelain Black, American industrial indie pop singer-songwriter. October 2 – Vogue Williams, Irish DJ, radio host, model and dancer.
Dogg Food is the debut studio album by American hip hop duo Tha Dogg Pound, released on October 31, 1995, by Death Row Records and Interscope Records. [2] [3] The album features guest appearances from Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Michel'le, The Lady of Rage, Tray Deee, and Mr. Malik. Two singles were released from the album: "Let's Play House ...
Tentatively called Hip Hop Is Dead...The N, Hip Hop Is Dead was a commentary on the state of hip-hop and featured "Black Republican", a hyped collaboration with Jay-Z. The album debuted on Def Jam and Nas new imprint at that label, The Jones Experience, at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 charts, selling 355,000 copies—Nas's third number one album ...