Today in Hip Hop History:

Capone-N-Noreaga released their debut album The War Report June 17, 1997

Capone-N-Noreaga - T.O.N.Y. (Top Of New York) ft. Tragedy Khadafi

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The Source unsigned hype - October 1995

Def Jam's Violator Album Anniversary

Violator: The Album is the first installment in the Violator hip hop compilations series. It was released on August 10, 1999 through Violator/Def Jam Recordings. It was the first release through the imprint Violator Records, a spin-off of Mona Scott & Chris Lighty's Violator Management company.

The LP features production from The Beatnuts, DJ Scratch, Diamond D, Havoc, Nottz, Q-Tip and Swizz Beatz, and featured Busta Rhymes, LL Cool J, Mobb Deep, Ja Rule, The Hot Boys and the first appearance of well-known Bronx rapper Mysonne. Q-Tip's "Vivrant Thing", the first solo single for the former A Tribe Called Quest member, was the album's first single and a major pop success. "Say What", by LL Cool J, was the album's second single. The album was certified gold in September 1999. Read about the 90s here.

CAPONE-N-NOREAGA - T.O.N.Y. (1997)

PRODIGY (R.I.P) CAPONE CEE-LO @ Violator Release Party in NYC. The Source, 2001.

Today in Hip Hop History:

Capone-N-Noreaga released their debut album The War Report June 17, 1997

When I saw the news about Malika Andrews and Taylor Rooks earlier this week, I was hurt. My black brothers was hurt and going through it on social media. I slid down the wall in my crib. And all I could think about was this Nas song. 😂

A few weeks ago, Wale released More About Nothing on streams. And one of the things I’ve talked about was clearing samples and the difficulty doing so with old mixtapes. So when the fans noticed that The Trip (Downtown) wasn’t on the stream version of More About Nothing, we was upset. But Wale quietly got the song cleared and put it out last night as a surprise. So now we can properly enjoy The Trip (Downtown) and The Ambitious Girl back-to-back, as it’s suppose to be consumed. I hope it ends up on the vinyl version of this mixtape, because I’ve brought a copy.

More hiphop from the 90s, and 1 from the early 2000s with Jean Grae.

Capone-N-Noreaga - "Closer" Ft Nneka- Album:The War Report - (1997) - Prod:Sam Sneed - Label: DefJam, Tommy Boy Records - Hiphop -

Capone-N-Noreaga - "Closer" Ft Nneka- Album:The War Report - (1997) - Prod:Sam Sneed - Label: DefJam, Tommy Boy Records - Hiphop -

🎙️ARTIST: Capone-N-Noreaga📣TITLE: Closer 💿ALBUM: The War Report📆RELEASED: (1997) 📍La Note Firebarzzz “Closer” est une chanson emblématique du groupe de hip-hop Capone-N-Noreaga, en collaboration avec Nneka. Sortie en 1997 dans leur album légendaire “The War Report”, cette piste a rapidement captivé l’attention des amateurs de musique rap et a laissé une marque indélébile dans l’histoire du…

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Capone-N-Noreaga's The War Report Album Anniversary

In October 1995, Capone-N-Noreaga appeared in The Source magazine's "Unsigned Hype" column. In 1996, the duo secured a recording contract with Neil Levine's Penalty Recordings. In 1996, before the group's debut album was completed, Capone was jailed for a parole violation, and Noreaga finished their debut album The War Report, with the help of various fellow New York City hip-hop acts, including Mobb Deep and Tragedy Khadafi. The album was met with critical and commercial acclaim; it also saw the group partake in the conflict between Death Row Records and Bad Boy Entertainment, making it a more widespread East Coast/West Coast rivalry, responding to West Coast hip hop duo Tha Dogg Pound's single "New York, New York", with their own rendition of "L.A L.A". Read more about Capone-N-Noreaga here.