Here is a list of the 25 best-selling hip hop albums in US history that no one will ever forget. It doesn't get any better than this in the world of hip hop. These are the albums that were in everyone's hands, went nonuple and decuple (that's 9x and 10x) platinum, held the highest of positions in American culture and made millions upon millions of dollars for the artists, their labels, and everyone involved. And more and more profitable.Īs Drake once said, we "started from the bottom now we're here." But how did hip hop music get "here," exactly? To be one of the most pervasive and influential music genres in the world? A great way to get the full picture is to look at the most important - and lucrative - rap albums of all time. It's not going away any time soon, and in fact it's only getting stronger. Still, that doesnt change the fact that DMX ran rap music. Hip hop has maintained its place among rock, country, jazz and pop as one of the most important genres in music. What happened to him after his first few albums is one of hip hop musics greatest disappointments. Even as rap hit its awkward phase in the 90s, it was taken fully to the mainstream by Eminem and Jay Z, then morphed into the various poppy subsectors it has today.
& Rakim, The Sugarhill Gang and Grandmaster Flash, through the first signs of widestream popularity with LL Cool J, Biggie and Tupac, hip hop has been a form of expression and cultural importance that has spoken to a vast ocean of people in a way few genres can. DMX made a splash in 1998 with his first studio album, It’s Dark and Hell is Hot, which debuted No. Hip hop music has long been a part of the American consciousness. FILE- DMX performs during the BET Hip Hop Awards in Atlanta on Oct.
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