4th & B’way Records publish Eric B. & Rakim’s debut album : ‘Paid In Full’ (1987)

Eric B. & Rakim's 'Paid in Full' is their debut album released on July 7, 1987 by 4th & B'way Records.

1 . I Ain't No Joke

2 . My Melody (Dirty Music Video)

3 . I Know You Got Soul (Soul Train, 1987)

4 . Move The Crowd

5 . Paid In Full

6 . As The Rhyme Goes On (Music Video)

Track Listing : 1.I Ain'T No Joke (Eric B. & Rakim) - 03:54 . . 2.Eric B. Is On The Cut (Eric B. & Rakim) - 03:48 . . 3.My Melody (Eric B. & Rakim) - 06:46 . . 4.I Know You Got Soul (Eric B. & Rakim) - 04:46 . . 5.Move The Crowd (Eric B. & Rakim) - 03:49 . . 6.Paid In Full (Eric B. & Rakim) - 03:50 . . 7.As The Rhyme Goes On (Eric B. & Rakim) - 04:00 . . 8.Chinese Arithmetic (Eric B. & Rakim) - 04:07 . . 9.Eric B. Is President (Eric B. & Rakim) - 06:20 . . 10.Extended Beat (Eric B. & Rakim) - 03:49

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N.W.A. release their debut album : ‘Straight Outta Compton’ (1988)

N.W.A.'s 'Straight Outta Compton' is their debut studio album produced by Dr. Dre with DJ Yella and released August 8, 1988 by Ruthless Records.

1 . Straight Outta Compton (Official Video)

2 . Express Yourself

3 . Dopeman (Houston, 1989)

Track Listing : 1.Straight Outta Compton (Ice Cube, Mc Ren, The D.O.C., Eazy-E) - 04:18 . {Samples : "Funky Drummer" By James Brown; "You'Ll Like It Too" By Funkadelic; "West Coast Poplock" By Ronnie Hudson And The Street People; "Get Me Back On Time, Engine No. 9" By Wilson Pickett; "Amen, Brother" By The Winstons; "One For The Treble" By Davy Dmx] . 2.Fuck Tha Police (Ice Cube, Mc Ren, Eazy-E) - 05:45 . {Samples : "Funky President (People It'S Bad)" By James Brown; "It'S My Thing" By Marva Whitney; "Boogie Back" By Roy Ayers; "Feel Good" By Fancy;

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Lana Del Rey releases her fifth album : ‘Lust for Life’ featuring The Weeknd, A$AP Rocky, Stevie Nicks, Sean Lennon & Playboi Carti (2017)

Lana Del Rey' s 'Lust for Life' is her fifth studio album featuring The Weeknd, A$AP Rocky, Stevie Nicks, Sean Lennon & Playboi Carti as guests and released on July 21, 2017 by Polydor Interscope.

1 . Love

2 . Love (O2 Academy Brixton, 24.07.17

3 . Lust For Life (Official Video, w/ The Weeknd)

4 . Lust For Life (Radio 1's Big Weekend, 2017)

5 . 13 Beaches Live (Lollapalooza Brazil, 2018)

6 . White Mustang (Official Video)

7 . White Mustang (Lollapalooza Brazil)

8 . Get Free (Lollapalooza Brazil)

Track Listing : 1.Love (Lana Del Rey, Rick Nowels, Benjamin Levin, Emile Haynie) - 04:32 . 2.Lust For Life (Lana Del Rey, Rick Nowels, Abel Tesfaye, Max Martin) - 04:24 . 3.13 Beaches (Lana Del Rey, Rick Nowels) - 04:55 . 4.Cherry (Lana Del Rey, Tim Larcombe) - 03:00 . 5.White Mustang (Lana Del Rey

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Columbia publish Tyler, The Creator’s fourth album : ‘Flower Boy’ featuring Frank Ocean, ASAP Rocky, Lil Wayne, Kali Uchis, Steve Lacy, Estelle, Jaden Smith among other guests (2017)

Tyler, The Creator's 'Flower Boy' is his fourth studio album featuring Frank Ocean, ASAP Rocky, Anna of the North, Lil Wayne, Kali Uchis, Steve Lacy, Estelle, Jaden Smith and Rex Orange County as guests and released on July 21, 2017 by Columbia Records

1 . See You Again (w/ Kali Uchis)

2 . NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

3 . Foreword + Boredom (Atlanta, Ga 2/10/18)

4 . Who Dat Boy

5 . Boredom (Panorama Festival, NYC, 2017)

6 . Boredom (Camp Flog Gnaw 2018)

7 . 911 / Mr. Lonely (Camp Flog Gnaw)

Track Listing : 1.Foreword (Tyler Okonma, Alex O'Connor, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit, Irmin Schmidt, Holger Schuering, Damo Suzuki) - 03:14 . . 2.Where This Flower Blooms (Tyler Okonma, Frank Ocean) - 03:14 . 3.Sometimes... (Tyler Okonma) - 00:36 . 4.See You Again (Tyler Okonma) - 03:00 . 5.Who Dat

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Jay-Z releases his debut album : ‘ Reasonable Doubt’ featuring Mary J. Blige and The Notorious B.I.G. (1996)

Jay-Z' 'Reasonable Doubt' is his debut studio album featuring Mary J. Blige and The Notorious B.I.G. among others and released on June 25, 1996 by Roc-A-Fella / Priority

1 . Can't Knock the Hustle (w/ Mary j. Blige)

2 . Can't Knock the Hustle (w/ Mary j. Blige, at David Letterman 04.04.2008)

3 . The Making of Reasonable Doubt: Brooklyns Finest

4 . Dead Presidents (Official Video)

5 . Dead Presidents II & Can I Live (Barclays Center, Brooklyn 10/06/12)

6 . D'Evils (Tidal Live)

7 . Can I Live (Tidal B-Sides)

8 . Ain't No Nigga (w/ Foxy Brown)

9 . Friend Or Foe & Where I’m From (Tidal Live)

10 . Friend Or Foe (Official Video)

11 . Regrets (Live @ Reasonable Doubt Anniversary)

Track Listing : 1.Can'T Knock The Hustle (Shawn Carter, Marcus Miller, Jerome Foster) - 05:17 . . 2.Politics As

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Columbia publish Nas debut album : ‘Illmatic’ (1994)

Nas 'Illmatic' is his debut studio album released on April 19, 1994 by Columbia Records

1 . N.Y. State Of Mind (SXSW, 2012)

2 . The World Is Yours (Official Video)

3 . The World Is Yours

4 . The World Is Yours (SXSW, 2012)

5 . Halftime (SXSW, 2012)

6 . Memory Lane (SXSW, 2012)

7 . The Story Behind "Memory Lane" (Sittin' In Da Park)

8 . One Love (Official Video)

9 . One Love (SXSW, 2012)

10 . The Story Behind "One Love"

11 . One Time 4 Your Mind (SXSW, 2012)

12 . The Story Behind "One Time 4 Your Mind"

13 . Represent (Official Video)

14 . Represent (SXSW, 2012)

15 . It Ain't Hard To Tell (Official Video)

16 . It Ain't Hard To Tell (SXSW, 2012)

17 . The Story Behind "It Ain't Hard To Tell"

Nas - Illmatic

Track Listing : 1.The Genesis (Nas

ir Bin Olu Dara Jones, F. Braithwaite) - 01:45 . .…

2Pac’s ‘Me Against the World’ is his third album on Interscope (1995)

2Pac's 'Me Against the World' is his third studio album recorded in 1994 and released on March 14, 1995 by Interscope.

1 . Heavy In The Game (w/ Richie Rich, fan made)

2 . Dear Mama

Track Listing : 1.Intro (2Pac

) - 00:00 . 2.If I Die 2Nite (2Pac, Easy Mo Bee) - 04:02 . . 3.Me Against The World (2Pac, Burt Bacharach, Hal David, Minnie Riperton, Richard Rudolph, Leon Ware) - 04:38 . . 4.So Many Tears (2Pac, E. Baker, Eric Baker, Greg Jacobs, Stevie Wonder) - 03:58 . . 5.Temptations (2Pac, George Clinton, Shirley Murdock, Roger, Garry Shider, David Spradley, Larry Troutman) - 05:00 . . 6.Young Niggaz (2Pac, Larry Blackmon, Charlie Singleton, Le-Morrious "Funky Drummer" Tyler, Moe Z) - 04:53 . . 7.Heavy In The Game (2Pac, Sam Bostic) - 04:22 . Band] . 8.Lord Knows (2Pac, Tupac Shakur)…

Alicia Keys releases her sixth album : ‘Here’ featuring ‘In Common’ (2016)

Alicia Keys' 'Here' is her sixth studio album, released on November 4, 2016 by RCA

1 . Holy War (Live)

2 . Blended Family (Acoustic, "Elvis Duran Live")

3 . The Gospel (Short Film)

4 . The Gospel (Times Square NYC, October 9, 2016)

5 . Alicia Keys Talks Why Her Blended Family Is So Important

Track Listing : 1.The Beginning (Interlude) (Alicia Keys) - 01:04 . 2.The Gospel (Mark Batson, Kasseem Dean, Robert Diggs, Jason Hunter, Alicia Keys, Shawn Martin, Corey Woods) - 03:02 . 3.Pawn It All (Mark Batson, Kasseem Dean, Alicia Keys, Harold Lilly) - 03:10 . 4.Elaine Brown (Interlude) (Alicia Keys) - 00:50 . 5.Kill Your Mama (Alicia Keys, Emeli Sandé) - 02:40 . 6.She Don'T Really Care_1 Luv (William Henry Allen, Roy Ayers, Edwin Birdsong, Walter Booker, Kasseem Dean, Kamaal Fareed, Tyrone

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Maroon 5 release their sixth album : ‘Red Pill Blues’ featuring ‘Don’t Wanna Know,’ ‘Cold,’ What Lovers Do’ and ‘Wait’ (2017)

Maroon 5' s 'Red Pill Blues' is their sixth studio album (the first with multi-instrumentalist Sam Farrar) released on November 3, 2017 by 222 / Interscope Records.

1 . What Lovers Do (w/ Sza )

2 . What Lovers Do (w/ Sza, Official Video)

3 . Cold (w/ Future, On "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon")

4 . Cold (w/ Future, Behind The Scenes)

Track Listing : 1.Best 4 U (Adam Adam Levine, Julian Bunetta, John Ryan, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Alexander Izquierdo, Andrew Haasian Franzino) - 03:59 . 2.What Lovers Do (Adam Levine, Brittany Talia Hazzard, Solána Imani Rowe, Oladayo Olatunji, Jason Evigan, Victor Rådström, Elina Stridh) - 03:19 . 3.Wait (Adam Levine, John Ryan, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Ammar Malik) - 03:10 . 4.Lips On You (Adam Levine, Charlie Puth, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Julia

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“Illmatic” by Nas

"Illmatic" by Nas is his debut studio album released on April 19, 1994.

Track Listing :

1.The Genesis (Nasir Bin Olu Dara Jones, F. Braithwaite) - 01:45 . . 2.N.Y. State Of Mind (Nasir Jones, C.F. Martin) - 04:53 . . 3.Life'S A Bitch (Nasir Jones, A. Cruz, Olu Dara, Ronnie Wilson, Oliver Scott) - 03:30 . . 4.The World Is Yours (Nasir Jones, Pete Rock) - 04:50 . . 5.Halftime (Nasir Jones, William Paul Mitchell, Gary Byrd) - 04:20 . . 6.Memory Lane (Sittin' In Da Park) (Nasir Jones, C. Martin, Reuben Wilson, P. Barsella) - 04:08 . . 7.One Love (Nasir Jones, Jonathan Davis, Jimmy Heath) - 05:25 . . 8.One Time 4 Your Mind (Nasir Jones, Gary Byrd) - 03:18 . . 9.Represent (Nasir Jones, C. Martin) - 04:12 . . 10.It Ain'T Hard To Tell (Nasir Jones, Gary Byrd) - 03:22 .

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