Change is Now: Renewing America's Promise includes previously released tracks from an American hip hop recording artist who debuted in 1992 with what album?
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Change Is Now: Renewing America's Promise Change is Now: Renewing America's Promise is a compilation album released on April 28, 2009 through Hidden Beach Recordings in conjunction with the Presidential Inaugural Committee. The album includes previously released tracks from Wilco, Stevie Wonder, Death Cab for Cutie, and Common. An accompanying DVD features eight speeches by Barack Obama, starting with the campaign announcement in Springfield, Illinois and ending with the election night victory speech in Chicago. The album sold retail online and at inaugural events in Washington.
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Common (rapper) Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. (born March 13, 1972), better known by his stage name Common (formerly Common Sense), is an American hip hop recording artist, actor, poet and film producer from Chicago, Illinois. Common debuted in 1992 with the album "Can I Borrow a Dollar?" and maintained a significant underground following into the late 1990s, after which he gained notable mainstream success through his work with the Soulquarians. In 2011, Common launched Think Common Entertainment, his own record label imprint, and, in the past, has released music under various other labels such as Relativity, Geffen and GOOD Music, among others.
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The Chronic The Chronic is the debut studio album by American hip hop recording artist Dr. Dre. It was released on December 15, 1992, by his own record label Death Row Records and distributed by Priority Records. Recording sessions for the album took place in June 1992 at Death Row Studios in Los Angeles and at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood. The album is named after a slang term for high-grade cannabis, and its cover is a homage to Zig-Zag rolling papers. It was Dr. Dre's first solo album after he had departed from hip hop group N.W.A and its label Ruthless Records over a financial dispute. On "The Chronic", he included both subtle and direct insults at Ruthless and its owner, former N.W.A member Eazy-E. Although a solo album, it features many appearances by Snoop Dogg, who used the album as a launch pad for his own solo career.
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Jamaican Funk—Canadian Style Jamaican Funk—Canadian Style is the debut album of Canadian emcee Michie Mee, in collaboration with DJ L.A. Luv, released May 14, 1991. It was released on First Priority/Atlantic Records in the United States, where 60,000 copies were sold. The album, which also featured dancehall reggae music, was nominated for Rap Recording of the Year at the 1992 Juno Awards. The only single, "Jamaican Funk," was released in 1990.
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Method Man discography The discography of Method Man, an American hip hop recording artist, consists of five studio albums (including one collaborative album) and 34 singles (including 16 as a featured artist). Method Man embarked on his music career in 1992, as a member of East Coast hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan. After the Wu-Tang Clan released their highly acclaimed debut album "Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)" (1993), Method Man would be the first member to release his solo debut album. In November 1994, he released "Tical", under Def Jam Recordings. His debut album "Tical", features his biggest hit single to date, "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By", which features American R&B singer Mary J. Blige and peaked at number three on the US "Billboard" Hot 100. Method Man would then go on to collaborate with fellow East Coast rapper Redman, and subsequently form a duo together.
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I Don't Give a Fuck "I Don't Give a Fuck" is a song by American rapper 2Pac and the fourth track of his debut studio album "2Pacalypse Now" (1991). The song, which features R&B singer Pogo, deals overtly with police brutality and racism. In the song, he narrates how the black community in the United States face harassment by racists, including police.
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AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted is the debut studio album by American rapper Ice Cube. It was released on May 16, 1990, by Priority Records. It serves as his first solo album, after his acrimonious split from his former group N.W.A. The album was primarily produced by Public Enemy's production team The Bomb Squad, and the album was an unexpectedly large critical and commercial success, and remains one of the defining hip hop albums of the 1990s.
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Beninese hip hop Hip hop music is a genre developed in the 1970s by African Americans in New York City. It began to spread across the world in the 1980s, and became a major part of Beninese music after a 1992 concert by Senegalese-French rapper MC Solaar. At that concert, the crew H2O performed a Fon language-cover of Solaar's "Bouge de là". H2O are known for using folk styles like the Mahi tchinkounme and Yoruba music gbon.
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I Got a Man "I Got a Man" is a song by American hip hop rapper Positive K. It was released in December 1992 as the first single from his debut album "The Skills Dat Pay Da Bills".
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Bump n' Grind (R. Kelly song) "Bump n' Grind" is a song by American R&B recording artist R. Kelly. It was released on January 25, 1994 as the second single from his debut solo studio album "12 Play" (1993). The track became a number one single on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 (temporarily interrupting the six-week run of Ace of Base's "The Sign"), and it also spent twelve weeks at number one on the US Hot R&B Songs chart as Kelly's third number-one R&B hit, becoming the longest-running number-one of 1994 in the US, and the longest-running R&B single at that time. The song also reached number eight on the UK Singles Chart, following the massive success of his previous single, "She's Got That Vibe" (which was actually a re-release).
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Homebase (album) Homebase is the fourth studio album released by hip-hop duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince. The album was released on July 23, 1991, reaching #12 on the "Billboard" 200 charts and #5 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop albums chart. It received generally favorable reviews from critics. The album was certified Platinum and won an American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Album.
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To Whom It May Concern... To Whom It May Concern... is the debut studio album by American hip hop group Freestyle Fellowship. It was released on October 5, 1991.
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Spice 1 (album) Spice 1 is the self-titled debut album by American rapper Spice 1, released April 14, 1992 on Jive Records.The album did very poor first week sales but by the second week sales bumped up to 900,000 copies.It was certified gold by the RIAA.The album was produced by Ant Banks, Blackjack, E-A-Ski & CMT and Spice 1. It peaked at number 14 on the "Billboard" Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and at number 82 on the "Billboard" Top Heatseekers. One single, "Welcome to the Ghetto", peaked at number 39 on the "Billboard" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and at number 5 on the "Billboard" Rap Songs.
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Stephen Wiley Stephen Wiley (born 1956) is recognized as the first artist to have recorded a full-length Christian rap album with his 1985 release on the Brentwood Records label, "Bible Break", a fact which was acknowledged by T-Bone (rapper) in his song "Our History" on his own album entitled "GospelAlphaMegaFunkyBoogieDiscoMusic" in 2002. At the time of this recording, Wiley was a member of the crusade team at Kenneth Hagin’s Rhema Bible Church in Broken Arrow, OK.
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1 Step Ahead of Yall 1 Step Ahead of Yall is the debut album by rapper, EA-Ski. It was originally released in 1992 for In a Minute Records, but was later re-released on February 16, 1999, through No Limit Records.
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Portrait (Portrait album) Portrait is the debut album of the R&B group Portrait, released in 1992 on Capitol Records. Several of the album's tracks are considered new jack swing classics.
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Passion (rapper) Passion is an American former rapper. She first appeared on Erick Sermon's 1995 album, "Double or Nothing" on the track "Move On". From 1996 to 1998 Passion appeared as guest on numerous albums, ranging from Jamal to Rappin' 4-Tay. In 1996 Passion signed a deal with MCA Records and released her debut single "Where I'm From", which peaked at 29 on the Hot Rap Singles. Her debut album, "Baller's Lady" was released on August 27, 1996 and managed to make it to the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, peaking at 85. She continued to perform into 1998, with her last major appearance being on No Limit Records compilation "".
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That's How It Is "That's How It Is" is a song by American hip hop artist Casual. The song was recorded for his debut album "Fear Itself" (1994) and released as the debut single from the album in August 1993.
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Lil Durk Durk Banks (born October 19, 1992), better known by his stage name Lil Durk, is an American hip hop recording artist and singer-songwriter from Chicago, Illinois. He is the leader of his own collective, OTF (abbreviated for "Only the Family"), and is also signed to Def Jam Recordings.
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Born Gangstaz Born Gangstaz is the debut album released by gangsta emcee Boss, released on May 25, 1993, on Def Jam Recordings' West Coast-based sub-label DJ West and featured production from some of hip hop's top producers at the time, including Def Jef, Erick Sermon and Jam Master Jay. "Born Gangstaz" was a success, peaking at #22 on the "Billboard" 200 and #3 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Despite the success of this album, Boss has yet to release another album. According to Nielsen SoundScan, "Born Gangstaz" has sold 378,000 copies to date.
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Come Home with Me Come Home with Me is the 3rd studio album by Harlem rapper Cam'ron, it is also his debut on Roc-A-Fella Records. The album was released on May 14, 2002, by Roc-A-Fella Records, Diplomat Records and Def Jam Recordings. It served as an introduction of the Cam'ron-fronted rap group, The Diplomats, to the general public. There are featured guest appearances from The Diplomats, DJ Kay Slay, Daz Dillinger, Tiffany, Jay-Z, McGruff, Memphis Bleek, and Beanie Sigel. To date it is his most commercially successful album, it peaked at #2 on the "Billboard" 200 with first-week sales of 226,000 copies and eventually sold over 1 million copies in the United States of America, being certified Platinum by the RIAA.
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Ruby Terry Pastor Ruby Terry (born February 1952 as Ruby Karen Frances or Ruby Karen Francis), is an American gospel musician and Christian R&B artist. She started her music career, in 1990 with the release of "Chapter One" by Malaco Records, and all of her released have been released by that label. Her second album, "Live with the Southwest Louisiana Mass Choir", was released in 1992, and it was her breakthrough release upon the "Billboard" magazine Gospel Albums chart. The third album, "What a Time", came out in 1994, and this release charted on the aforementioned chart. She released, "God Can Do It", in 1996, yet this failed to chart.