A much needed Black Music thread.

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Early 50 Cent. From the 'Power of the Dollar' mixtape (2000). Three years later 50 pennies dropped his seminal debut album 'Get Rich or Die Tryin' and the rest is history.

The lyrics are hilarious

This the one with tracks like Ghetto Quaran?

 

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Gladys Knights & The Pips - Neither One of Us

 

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Roddy Ricch - Ballin

 

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Too oldies from the recently released movie "Eileen"...

 

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The Miracles - Shop Around

 

[K Douglas]

This the one with tracks like Ghetto Quaran?

Yep. They actually classify 'Power of the Dollar' it as an EP, not a mixtape. Came out in 2000, 3 years before his first LP.
Ghetto Qu'ran was also featured on the mixtape, Guess Who's Back, which had some heavy hitter producers like Trackmasters, L.E.S. and DJ Clark Kent.

 

[K Douglas]

Co-produced by Kanye West. This beat is ridiculous.
Cam'ron - "Down and Out" (2004)

 

[K Douglas]

Fabolous - "Breathe" (2004). Produced by Just Blaze. An even more ridiculous beat.

 

[K Douglas]

This was produced by Dr. Dre and is one of my 5 favorite beats from him. Obie had rhymes. And the "King of the Hooks" Nate Dogg fits perfectly. RIP.

The remix version is even better. One of my favorite Redman verses.

 

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Cam and Juelz were just hype men. The real lyricists in that crew were Hell Rell, Jr. and 40.

 

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The President of Motown, Berry Gordy Jr., would regularly have several different artists record the same songs using the original backing tracks, and then release the one(s) he liked best.

Her are some alternate recordings of various Motown songs...

The Supremes

 

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Kim Weston

 

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The Velvelettes

 

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The Temptations

 

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The Supremes

 

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The Originals

 

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The Temptations

 

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Ivory Joe Hunter

 

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The Contours