![]() I’ve always been a big, big fan of when different parts of different things get folded over onto each other (like when Will Smith had that song with Freddy Krueger, or when Boyz II Men were on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air with Will Smith, or when Will Smith did the “Men in Black” song for the Men in Black movie, and also various other non–Will Smith examples). Because you had the song, and then you had the movie, and then you had the video, which actually had Michelle Pfeiffer in it as her character from Dangerous Minds and she was talking to Coolio and he was rapping at her and it really just blew my fucking mind. I remember being really excited about it because I was really excited about the movie Dangerous Minds, and they were using that song in the trailer for Dangerous Minds. People are often saying how young I am, because I am so young.Īt any rate, what was the first music you remember buying with your own money and being very excited about? Mine was “Gangsta’s Paradise” by Coolio. Shea: I don’t know who wrote that italicized intro up there but I would like it stated for the record that I am not one of the “old(er) Ringer staff writers.” I just turned 24 this past summer, thank you. ![]() Shout-out to Variety Records in Wheaton Plaza. Shea Serrano: Wait, Donnie, how old are you? Are you a billion years old?ĭonnie: Was it the “Sophie’s choice” reference? Let’s just say I’m old enough to have bought Purple Rain, with allowance money, on vinyl. Which is why any release day that presented more than one viable option felt like Sophie’s choice. I literally couldn’t afford to choose a wack album, so every decision felt weighty. Rather than passively waiting for an album to leak online or appear on a streaming service, this was an active experience that felt deliberate and meaningful. Two old(er) Ringer staff writers reminisced over rap’s biggest release days over the past 30 years to determine whether 9/29/98 was truly the best one.ĭonnie Kwak: I don’t know whether this is true for you, Shea, but visiting a record store to rummage through vinyl (when I was super young) or cassettes (elementary through middle school) or CDs (high school, college, and beyond) was a formative part of my music fandom. Yet there was a time when if you liked rap and had limited disposable income, every Tuesday presented some difficult buying choices. ![]() Twenty years later, it is still remembered as the greatest rap album release day ever.īut was it? In today’s age of staggered drops and surprise albums, when Spotify and Apple Music have rendered Tower Records and HMV obsolete, the idea of a crowded music release day feels quaint. 2… Hard Knock Life and Outkast’s Aquemini ), a breakthrough debut (Black Star’s Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star ), and two albums from legendary groups ( A Tribe Called Quest’s The Love Movement and Brand Nubian’s Foundation ). On that fateful Tuesday, record stores stocked their shelves with no fewer than five must-cop hip-hop releases-two soon-to-be classics (Jay-Z’s Vol. September 29, 1998, might as well have been Christmas Day for rap fans. ![]()
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