Common: 'The Game'

Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr.

AKA:  COMMON

BORN:

MARCH 13, 1972

REPPIN':

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

 

SOLO ALBUMS:

    1992:  Can I Borrow a Dollar?     
    1994:  Resurrection
    1997:  One Day It'll All Make Sense
    2000:  Like Water for Chocolate     
    2002:  Electric Circus
    2005:  Be    
    2007:  Finding Forever
    2008:  Universal Mind Control
    2011:  The Dreamer/The Believer

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Dom Kennedy: 'Watermelon Sundae'

Dominic Hunn

AKA:  DOM KENNEDY

BORN:

AUGUST 22, 1984

  

REPPIN':

LEIMERT PARK, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

SOLO ALBUMS:

    2011:  From The Westside With Love II 
    2012:  Yellow Album

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Lloyd Banks: 'On Fire'

Lloyd Banks
AKA:  THE BOY WONDER

  

BORN:

APRIL 30, 1982

  

REPPIN':

SOUTH JAMAICA, QUEENS, NEW YORK

SOLO ALBUMS:

    2004: The Hunger for More
    2006: Rotten Apple
    2010: H.F.M. 2 (The Hunger for More)

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Tech N9ne: 'Red Nose'

Aaron Dontez Yates

AKA:  TECH N9NE

BORN:

NOVEMBER 8, 1971

REPPIN':

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

SOLO ALBUMS:

    1911:  The Calm Before the Storm
    2000:  The Worst 
    2001:  Anghellic 
    2002:  Absolute Power 
    2006:  Everready (The Religion) 
    2007:  Misery Loves Kompany 
    2008:  Killer 
    2009:  Sickology 101 
    2009:  K.O.D. 
    2010:  The Gates Mixed Plate 
    2011:  All 6's And 7's 
    2011:  Welcome to Strangeland 
    2012:  *TBA with K.A.B.O.S.H. 
               *TBA Amafrican Psycho

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Missy Elliott: 'Work It'

Melissa Arnette Elliott

AKA:  MISSY ELLIOTT

  

BORN:

JULY 1, 1971

  

REPPIN':

PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA

SOLO ALBUMS:

    1997:  Supa Dupa Fly 
    1999:  Da Real World 
    2001:  Miss E... So Addictive
    2002:  Under Construction 
    2003:  This Is Not a Test! 
    2005:  The Cookbook 
    2012:  Block Party

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Snoop Dogg: 'Boom'

Calvin Broadus
AKA:  SNOOP DOGG

BORN:

OCTOBER 20, 1971

REPPIN':

LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA

SOLO ALBUMS:

    1993:  Doggystyle 
    1996:  Tha Doggfather 
    1998:  Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told 
    1999:  No Limit Top Dogg 
    2000:  Tha Last Meal 
    2002:  Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss 
    2004:  R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece
    2006:  Tha Blue Carpet Treatment 
    2008:  Ego Trippin' 
    2009:  Malice n Wonderland 
    2011:  Doggumentary 
    2012:  Reincarnated

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Busta Rhymes: 'Why Stop Now'

Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr.

AKA:  BUSTA RHYMES

BORN:

MAY 20, 1972

  

REPPIN':

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

SOLO ALBUMS:

    1996:  The Coming
    1997:  When Disaster Strikes
    1998:  E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front
    2000:  Anarchy 
    2001:  Genesis 
    2002:  It Ain't Safe No More
    2006:  The Big Bang
    2009:  Back on My B.S. 
    *E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event) 2: End of the World (TBA)

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Bishop Lamont: 'Sodom and Gomorrah'

Philip Martin

AKA:  BISHOP LAMONT

BORN:

OCTOBER 31, 1978

REPPIN':

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

SOLO ALBUMS:

    2007:  Nigger Noize 
    2007:  Caltroit (with Black Milk) 
    2007:  Pope Mobile 
    2008:  The Confessional 
    2009:  Team America Fuck Yeah: Special Forces (With Indef) 
    2010:  The Shawshank Redemption/Angola 3
    2012:  The Reformation

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AZ: 'Problems'

Anthony Cruz

AKA:  AZ

BORN:

MARCH 9, 1972

REPPIN':

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

 

SOLO ALBUMS:

    1995:  Doe or Die
    1998:  Pieces of a Man
    2001:  9 Lives 
    2002:  Aziatic 
    2005:  A.W.O.L. 
    2006:  The Format 
    2008:  Undeniable 
    2009:  Legendary 
    *Doe or Die 2 (TBA)

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Dumbfoundead: 'Bullets of Truth'

Jonathan Park

AKA:  DUMBFOUNDEAD

BORN:

FEBRUARY 18, 1986

REPPIN':

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

 

SOLO ALBUMS:

    2009:  Fun With Dumb
    2011:  DFD
    2012:  Love Everyday [EP] 

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Nas: 'The Don'

Nasir Bin Olu Dara Jones
AKA: NAS

BORN:

SEPTEMBER 14, 1973

REPPIN':

QUEENSBRIDGE, QUEENS, NEW YORK

 

SOLO ALBUMS:

    1994:  Illmatic
    1996:  It Was Written
    1999:  I Am
    1999:  Nastradamus
    2001:  Stillmatic
    2002:  God's Son
    2004:  Street's Disciple
    2006:  Hip Hop Is Dead
    2008:  Untitled
    2012:  Life Is Good

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Kendrick Lamar: 'She Needs Me'

Kendrick Lamar Duckworth
AKA:  K. DOT

BORN:

JUNE 17, 1987

REPPIN':

COMPTON, CALIFORNIA

 

SOLO ALBUMS:

    2011:  Section.80 
    2012:  Good Kid in a Mad City

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Mos Def: 'Sex, Love & Money'

Yasiin Bey
AKA:  MOS DEF

BORN:

DECEMBER 11, 1973

REPPIN':

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

SOLO ALBUMS:

    1999:  Black on Both Sides
    2004:  The New Danger
    2006:  True Magic
    2009:  The Ecstatic
    *Yasiin Bey Presents (TBA)

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Yelawolf: 'Daddy's Lambo'

Michael Wayne Atha

AKA:  YELAWOLF

BORN:

DECEMBER 30, 1970

REPPIN':

GADSDEN, ALABAMA

SOLO ALBUMS:

    2005:  Creek Water 
    2011:  Radioactive 
    2012:  Love Story

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Scarface: 'Mary Jane'

Brad Terrence Jordan
AKA:  MR. SCARFACE

BORN:

NOVEMBER 9, 1970

REPPIN':

HOUSTON, TEXAS

 

SOLO ALBUMS:

    1991:  Mr. Scarface Is Back
    1993:  The World Is Yours
    1994:  The Diary 
    1997:  The Untouchable 
    1998:  My Homies 
    2000:  The Last of a Dying Breed
    2002:  The Fix 
    2003:  Balls and My Word 
    2006:  My Homies Part 2
    2007:  Made 
    2008:  Emeritus 
    *Rooted (TBA)

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Ice Cube: 'You Know How We Do It'

O'Shea Jackson

AKA:  ICE CUBE

BORN:

JULY 15, 1969

REPPIN':

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

SOLO ALBUMS:

    1990: AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
    1991: Death Certificate
    1992: The Predator
    1993: Lethal Injection
    1998: War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc)
    2000: War & Peace Vol. 2 (The Peace Disc)
    2006: Laugh Now, Cry Later
    2008: Raw Footage
    2010: I Am the West
    2012: Everything's Corrupt

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Talib Kweli: 'Hot Thing'

 Talib Kweli Greene

AKA:  THE PRINCE OF BROOKLYN

BORN:

OCTOBER 3, 1975

  

REPPIN':

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

SOLO ALBUMS:

    2002:  Quality
    2004:  The Beautiful Struggle
    2005:  Right About Now
    2007:  Eardrum
    2011:  Gutter Rainbows
    2012:  Prisoner of Conscious

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WC: 'Better Days'

William Calhoun 

AKA:  WC

BORN:

AUGUST 9, 1970

REPPIN':

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

SOLO ALBUMS:

    1998:  The Shadiest One
    2002:  Ghetto Heisman
    2007:  Guilty by Affiliation
    2011:  Revenge of the Barracuda

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Pharaohe Monch: 'Still Standing'

Troy Donald Jamerson
AKA:   Pharaohe Monch

BORN:

OCTOBER 31, 1972

REPPIN':

SOUTH JAMAICA, QUEENS, NEW YORK

SOLO ALBUMS:

    1991:  Internal Affairs
    2007:  Desire
    2011:  W.A.R. (We Are Renegades)

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Q-Tip: 'Vivrant Thing'

Jonathan Davis

AKA:  Q-TIP

BORN:

APRIL 10, 1970

REPPIN':

ST. ALBANS, QUEENS, NEW YORK

SOLO ALBUMS:

    1999: Amplified
    2008: The Renaissance
    2009: Kamaal/The Abstract
    2013: The Last Zulu

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Xzibit: 'Concentrate'

Alvin Nathaniel Joiner

AKA:  XZIBIT

BORN:

SEPTEMBER 18, 1974

REPPIN':

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

SOLO ALBUMS:

    1996:  At the Speed of Life     
    1998:  40 Dayz & 40 Nightz 
    2000:  Restless 
    2002:  Man vs. Machine 
    2004:  Weapons of Mass Destruction
    2006:  Full Circle 
    2012:  Napalm

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Da Brat: 'What'chu Like'

Shawntae Harris

AKA:  DA BRAT

BORN:

APRIL 4, 1974

REPPIN':

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

SOLO ALBUMS:

    1994:  Funkdafied
    1996:  Anuthatantrum
    2000:  Unrestricted
    2003:  Limelite, Luv & Niteclubz

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Jadakiss: 'Time's Up'

Jason Phillips

AKA:  JADAKISS

BORN:

MAY 27, 1975

REPPIN':

YONKERS, NEW YORK

SOLO ALBUMS:

    2001: Kiss tha Game Goodbye
    2004: Kiss of Death 
    2009: The Last Kiss
    TBD: Top 5, Dead or Alive

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Maylay: 'Mic It'

Christopher Bellard

AKA:  MAYLAY

BORN:

FEBRUARY 17, 1979

REPPIN':

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

 

SOLO ALBUMS:

      I T W (in the works)
      *2005:  San Andreas - The Original Mixtape 

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Termanology: 'So Amazing'

Daniel Carrillo

AKA:  TERMANOLOGY

BORN:

OCTOBER 8, 1982

REPPIN':

LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS

 

SOLO ALBUMS:

    2005:  Out the Gate (with DC the Midi Alien)
    2008:  Politics As Usual
    2010:  (with Statik Selektah as 1982)
    2012:  (with Statik Selektah as 1982) 
    *Fizzyology (with Lil' Fame) (TBA)

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E-40: 'Concrete'

Earl Stevens

AKA:  E-40

BORN:

NOVEMBER 15, 1967

REPPIN':

VALLEJO, CALIFORNIA

SOLO ALBUMS:

    1993: Federal
    1995: In a Major Way
    1996: Tha Hall of Game
    1998: The Element of Surprise
    1999: Charlie Hustle - The Blueprint of a Self-Made Millionaire
    2000: Loyalty & Betrayal
    2002: Grit & Grind
    2003: Breakin' News
    2006: My Ghetto Report Card
    2008: The Ball Street Journal
    2010: Revenue Retrievin': Day Shift
    2010: Revenue Retrievin': Night Shift
    2011: Revenue Retrievin': Overtime Shift
    2011: Revenue Retrievin': Graveyard Shift
    2012: The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 1 
    2012: The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 2
    2012: The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 3

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Reks: '25th Hour'

Corey Isiah Christie

AKA: REKS

BORN: 
AUGUST 24, 1977

REPPIN':

LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS

SOLO ALBUMS:

    2001: Along Came The Chosen
    2003: Rekless    

    2008: Grey Hairs
    2011: Rhythmatic Eternal King Supreme
    2012: Straight, No Chaser
    2012: REBELutionary (with Numonics) 
 

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