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The year is 1999! The song: "One-Nine-Nine-Nine"/"Like They Used to Say" is a double A-Side single by Common. "One-Nine-Nine-Nine" is also featured on 'Soundbombing II', a compilation album by Rawkus Records released in 1999. The song features an introduction by Talib Kweli, guest rapping by Sadat X and production by Hi-Tek.
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Nas released his third studio album 'I Am . . .' in 1999 - a collaboration between Nas and producer DJ Premier.
Check out the official music video which features a cameo by NBA player, Ron Artest:
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On this track from his 1999 release 'Operation: Doomsday', MF DOOM sampled Sade's "Kiss of Life" and BDP's "Poetry"
(He also sampled the Daily Double sound effect from "Jeopardy"),
Check out tributes from hip-hop artists to MF DOOM from early this year:
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Debut studio album from L.A. duo The Next Step - Christopher Portugal (Thes One) and Michael Turner (Double K) - 'People Under the Stairs', released in 1998 (listened to in 1999!)
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Featuring OutKast's Big Boi, "Street Talkin’" was the first and only single released from Slick Rick's 1999 album, 'The Art of Storytelling'.
Check out the video!
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1999 release from Oakland rapper/producer The Grouch - founding member of L.A. underground hip hop collective Living Legends.
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Playing the Crocodile December 15.
More tour dates, music & etc:
www.therealgrouch.com
1999 debut studio album from singer/songwriter Macy Gray. The lead single "Do Something" samples OutKast's 1994 song "Git Up, Git Out" and Nice & Smooth's 1989 song "Funky for You".
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1999 Jean Grae - as What What - featured on the 1999 release 'Very Mercenary' from West London jazz hip hop duo The Herbaliser.
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1999 debut album from Swollen Members - a Canadian hip hop group consisting of Madchild and Prevail. Moka Only was there when the group formed and Rob the Viking has been a member since 2002.
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RIP to Marcus "Kutfather" Tufono, Seattle DJ legend, featured on the cuts here, too -- he passed in January 2021 at 48. Learn more about his impact: tinyurl.com
From producer Mums the Word and L.A. rapper 2Mex, who describes the 1999 release:
"2mex and producer mums the word make up the mindclouders one of my most important works during one of the most critical times of my life. living on san vicente and la brea there was alot of creative highs on this effort ,i felt i was coming into my own as far as writing and concepts. after b boys in occupied mexico and right in between the 1st and 2nd visionaries album this album represents a deep portion of my mind.. enjoy."
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One of several political-minded compilations released in 1999, 'The Unbound Project Volume 1' brought together underground hip-hop's best acts to protest the unjust incarceration and execution of Black Panther and journalist Mumia Abul-Jamal. 'The Unbound Project' also addresses the prison-industrial complex, slavery, and segregation.
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In 1999 Yasiin Bey (as Mos Def) released his debut solo studio album 'Black on Both Sides'. This track was produced by Psycho Les of The Beatnuts.
From the soundtrack to the 1999 film 'The Hurricane' tells the tragic story of boxer Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter, who was wrongly accused for a triple murder. The soundtrack features this hip-hop version of Bob Dylan's “The Hurricane” - with Common, Mos Def, Black Thought, The Roots - as well as other songs by Ray Charles, Etta James, Gil Scott-Heron and Me'Shell Ndegéocello.
Geologic wrote this Blue Scholars song about the WTO protests in Seattle, reflecting back on this day in 1999.
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Sacramento hip hop duo Blackalicious - Gift of Gab, teamed with DJ and producer Chief Xcel - first released their debut studio in Europe in August 1999 - then re-released it in the U.S. the following February, with a slightly altered track listing.
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The debut studio album from Handsome Boy Modeling School, released in 1999, and featuring vocals by Roisin Murphy and sampling "Coffee Cold" by Galt MacDermot.
Read "How A Joke Created One of Hip-Hop's Coolest Collabs" (between Dan the Automator and Paul Prince aka Handsome Boy Modeling School):
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From The Roots's 1999 album 'Things Fall Apart', "You Got Me" was co-written by musician Jill Scott, who recorded vocals for the song's chorus and bridge. Her part was subsequently re-recorded by Badu at the insistence of MCA Records, who wanted a higher-profile collaboration for the album's official lead single (at the time, Scott was relatively unknown outside Philadelphia). When the group later went on tour, Scott joined them during performances of the song. The track also features vocals by Eve, who raps the second verse but does not appear in the music video.
Check out the video - a trip through the streets of Philly, seen from a bus window:
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Released in 1999, 'Chant Down Babylon' is a remix album by various hip hop and rock artists covering songs by Bob Marley & The Wailers, produced by Stephen Marley.
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Produced by Marie Daulne, the album included Daulne's sister, Anita - and on this track, The Roots/Black Thought.
Check out a beautiful intimate 2021 performance of "Rafiki" from Zap Mama in her home.
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Released in 1999, the debut studio album by beatboxer and hip hop artist Rahzel (former member of The Roots). The lead single from the album, "Southern Gul" was co-written with Erykah Badu, featured on vocals.
From a 1999 12" that included eight different versions, the Neptunes remix version of Prince song " The Greatest Romance Ever Sold" featured a guest rap from Q-Tip.
Video of the original:
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