Retrospect Album Releases

Three iconic albums came out on this day in Hip-hop, and a retrospect look qualifies a break from the mainstream at acknowledging the rap minds behind these memorable magnum opus'.

 

Blowout Comb (1994)

• Acclaimed rap group Digable Planets launched their second studio album, which notably showcased the group taking a dive into more stripped-down, minimalistic sounds, and also featured appearances from Jeru the Damaja, DJ Jazzy Joyce, and Guru of Gang Starr. Though a lack of support and promotion led to a decline in their chart listings, many critics alluded the album as “a textured soundscape of a mythical world of rhymes, jazz, and urban ambience”, and agreed to both the album's formidability as well as attesting to the preservation of the group's prominent reputation.

 

Word Life (1994)

• That same year, underground artist OC made his memorable debut with this critically-acclaimed album, which imminently led to his membership among the legendary group DITC. The album listed the hit-track “Time's Up”, which was later included Eminem's biographical movie, 8 Mile. The memorable song catered to OC's hard-hitting hooks against false images growing in the Hip-hop scene.

 

Disposable Arts (2001)

• Silent since 1995, Masta Ace returned with his fourth studio recording with an album featuring Ace's storytelling forte, as he narrates the tale of a young man from Brooklyn, as re-enters a post-prison life—this eye-opening story eventually becomes regarded as “one of the best on a rap album”. Disposable Arts catalogued several critically-acclaimed singles, such as “Unfriendly Game”, “Acknowledge”, and “Take a Walk”.

 

By Jods Arboleda for RAPStation.com