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Spotify releases the list of Top 50 Most Streamed Rap Albums

To celebrate the 50-year anniversary of hip-hop and demonstrate the genre’s impact over the music industry, Spotify shared the list of top 50 most streamed rap albums of all-time.

The metrics show that Drake, Eminem, Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar have utterly dominated the platform. Atop the list is the late XXXTentacion’s 2018 album ?. Drake (Scorpion at No. 2 and Views at No. 3), the late Juice Wrld (Goodbye & Good Riddance), and Travis Scott (Astroworld) round out the top five slots.

Drake makes the most appearances on the list with his albums Scorpion, Views, More Life (No. 9), Take Care (No. 19), Certified Lover Boy (No. 22), Nothing Was The Same (No. 26), If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late (No. 35), and Dark Lane Demo Tapes (No. 48), all finding a home in the top 50.

Eminem is the second most placed rapper on the list thanks to his albums The Eminem Show (No. 11), Recovery (No. 24), The Marshall Mathers LP (No. 28), The Marshall Mathers LP2 (No. 29), Music To Be Murdered By (No. 30), Kamikaze (No. 36.) landing on the list.

Kendrick Lamar and Kanye West tied for the third most-placed rappers, with three albums each making the list. Lamar’s DAMN. (No. 8), Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City (No. 17) and Black Panther: The Album (No. 23) were listed. While Ye’s The Life Of Pablo (No. 18), Graduation (No. 20), and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (No. 34) were credited.

Dr. Dre‘s 2001 album also made the list at No. 25. Check out the full list of top 50 most streamed rap albums of all time below:

  1. ? – XXXTENTACION
  2. Scorpion – Drake
  3. Views – Drake
  4. Goodbye & Good Riddance – Juice WRLD
  5. ASTROWORLD – Travis Scott
  6. 17 – XXXTENTACION
  7. Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon – Pop Smoke
  8. DAMN. – Kendrick Lamar
  9. More Life – Drake
  10. Legends Never Die – Juice WRLD
  11. The Eminem Show – Eminem
  12. Luv is Rage 2 – Lil Uzi Vert
  13. Death Race for Love – Juice WRLD
  14. 2014 Forest Hills Drive – J. Cole
  15. Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight – Travis Scott
  16. Invasion of Privacy – Cardi B
  17. good kid, m.A.A.d. city – Kendrick Lamar
  18. The Life of Pablo – Kanye West
  19. Take Care – Drake
  20. Graduation – Kanye West
  21. The Heist – Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
  22. Certified Lover Boy – Drake
  23. Black Panther The Album: Music From and Inspired By – Kendrick Lamar
  24. Recovery – Eminem
  25. 2001 – Dr. Dre
  26. Nothing Was the Same – Drake
  27. Get Rich or Die Tryin’ – 50 Cent
  28. The Marshall Mathers LP – Tour Edition – Eminem
  29. The Marshall Mathers LP2 – Eminem
  30. Music to be Murdered By – Side B (Deluxe Edition) – Eminem
  31. Eternal Atake (Deluxe) – LUV vs. The World 2 – Lil Uzi Vert
  32. Culture II – Migos
  33. Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial – Roddy Ricch
  34. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West
  35. If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late – Drake
  36. Kamikaze – Eminem
  37. Meet the Woo 2 – Pop Smoke
  38. We Love You Tecca – Lil Tecca
  39. The Pinkprint – Nicki Minaj
  40. DUMMY BOY – 6ix9ine
  41. Hoodie SZN – A Boogie wit da Hoodie
  42. THE GOAT – Polo G
  43. Culture – Migos
  44. My Turn – Lil Baby
  45. IGOR – Tyler, the Creator
  46. All Eyez On Me – Tupac
  47. BLAME IT ON BABY – DaBaby
  48. Dark Lane Demo Tapes – Drake
  49. Grateful – DJ Khaled
  50. Legendary (Deluxe Edition) – Tyga

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The Game regrets comments he made about Dr. Dre, calls Eminem one of the greatest

The Game wishes he had handled a not-so-nice remarks he made about Dr. Dre in a 2022 interview differently, but he still stands by what he said.

The initial comment arrived during an appearance on Drink Champs while discussing Kanye West, who at the time had just teamed up with The Game for his single titled “Eazy” – which netted the latter his highest-charting Billboard Hot 100 song in nearly 15 years. “It’s crazy that Ye did more for me in the last two weeks than Dr. Dre did for me my whole career,” he told N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN.

During a recent interview with Amazon Music, The Game admitted he was a bit drunk when he said that and that he should have been more grateful that Dre did anything for him at all.

“So basically I was hollering at N.O.R.E. and them a little inebriated and I said some things that I meant. I’m not gon’ take it back – I ain’t no sucker. But having Dre do anything for your project, anything in your career, touch any part of anything you’re doing in life is such a blessing that I shall not ever s–t on that again.” said The Game

Then he continued: “And I haven’t talked to Dre since. And it don’t really matter if we talk again in life. Like, I’m a standup Compton, L.A. ni–a and it is what it is. I said what I said, I’m not going back on it. It’s just that I should have actually gave him more grace for what he did do and that was actually mentoring me and doing things that nobody could have done for me in my career.”

“When I was talking on there, I was speaking in terms of what Ye was doing right at that moment which was life-changing for me in that moment last year. And then I based it on Dre’s lack thereof because I took the business part personal and I should have left it business. But Dre is Dre, bro. We all know what Dr. Dre do.” The Game added.

From there The Game talks about his beef with 50 Cent and G-Unit: “What was the center of frustration? I felt like… Dre found Eminem and let him flourish to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Eminem found 50 and brought him to Dre and let that ni–a go ten times platinum and be the greatest ni–a that he could be. When it came to G-Unit, I felt like 50 was trying to suppress us and keep us like soldiers when I was never a soldier. I didn’t put myself in the group. I did not ask to be in a group. I’m thankful for the opportunity. Jimmy Iovine would always say some s–t like ‘Why’d you guys have to go and break up The Beatles, you are the Black Beatles!’ At 24-25 years old I was not thinking about that. I was just thinking I wanted that ni–a to die. Because what he was trying to do to me, we had just did to Murder Inc. So I was like ‘I’m not about to get Ja Rule.’ At that time, we were just young.”

Then he continues: “I hollered at 50 in LA one time in the club. We were on my side and we exchanged few words, nothing violent or anything like that. We both could not figure out where the young us went wrong. 50 is a real d–khead. He get back to New York, a little time passed and for some reason he want to bring me up and say some s–t. You know 50, he’s a troll. At the end of the day, the older 50 and 50 now, he’s like a teddy bear. He cool. We good. Ain’t no drama. I ain’t gonna see 50 and whoop his a– at 40 years old. Ni–a got a star on Hollywood Walk Of Fame. I ain’t gonna blood walk on it or nothing like that. That’s not bad idea [laughs]. But we ain’t trying to go viral for that. We were just young and disconnected. A lot of money involved. A lot of ego and just youth. Biggie and Pac didn’t make out of that. They didn’t get to have another sit down. They both died in that. Me and 50 had shootouts and it could have ended the same way but by the grace of god he’s alive and I’m alive. And we are here today.”

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Russ hits the studio with Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg

Russ was recently spotted having a “dream come true” studio session with one of his biggest influences as a producer Dr. Dre and his long-time friend and collaborator Snoop Dogg.

Russ shared some pictures of him and Dre in the studio on Monday, June 26, 2023. The collage post also shows the rapper going to the gym and Larry Jackson’s wedding, where Timberland and Swizz Beatz put on a fantastic live performance. Larry Jackson is a former Apple creative director and a record producer.

Jackson was also present at the iconic studio session, along with Death Row co-founder Michael “Harry-O” Harris and Snoop Doggy Dogg.

“When I was 7 and writing raps in a notebook it was because of the music and artists this guy cultivated. Recording with Dr. Dre at his house and having him coach me on the mic was insane. Can’t even believe it. Dream come true shoutout to Larry Jackson for making the introduction and capturing this moment.” – wrote Secaucus, New Jersey-born rapper on Instagram.

Larry responded in the comment section: “Soooo much more to do! Only the beginning.”

Check out Russ’ posts below.

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Dr. Dre to receive a star on Hollywood Walk Of Fame

Legendary Dr. Dre is one of the 31 entertainers chosen to earn a star on the prestigious Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The new honorees were revealed in a press conference on Monday, June 26, by the official Walk of Fame selection committee, which is made up of former Walk of Fame recipients. From among the hundreds of nominations, they chose the new recipients.

No dates or times have been scheduled regarding the respective star ceremonies.

“Rock fans are gonna love this,” iHeartRadio radio personality and selection committee chair Ellen K remarked before announcing Def Leppard in the recording category. The band, known for hits such as “Rock of Ages” and “Bringin’ on the Heartbreak,” was previously inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2019.

Ellen K also shouted out “Legendary hip-hop artist Dr. Dre,” who received the first-ever ASCAP Hip-Hop Icon Award earlier this month and Global Icon Award earlier this year at the Grammys.

Dr. Dre has previously supported Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Big Boy and 50 Cent at their celebration of getting a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Snoop Dogg presents Dr. Dre with first-ever ASCAP Hip-Hop Icon Award

Celebrating 50 years of hip-hop culture, Snoop Dogg presented his long-time friend and collaborator Dr. Dre with the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers’ (ASCAP) first-ever Hip-Hop Icon Award.

“Dre, you are my brother, it’s an honor to know you, to work with you, to hang out with you and to present you with this very first ASCAP Hip-Hop Icon award. Dr. Dre, come get this s–t, dawg!” said Snoop on the stage.

“I feel so fortunate to have been a part of the movement where disenfranchised Black youth had a hand in revolutionizing our culture. We were young Black people watching the impact of drugs, violence, police brutality and an unfair justice system wreak havoc on our communities. But hip-hop gave an outlet for a creative young man like myself who didn’t excel in school or athletics but had gifts the same and allowed us to be seen and heard beyond the concrete walls of our neighborhood.” said Dre while accepting the award.

“Dr. Dre’s groundbreaking early work laid a foundation for hip-hop as we know it today. As a champion for some of today’s biggest artists and a successful entrepreneur, he changed the culture around hip-hop. Dre continues to be a pivotal figure in the music industry and we are thrilled to recognize him with the inaugural ASCAP Hip-Hop Icon Award as we mark 50 years of hip-hop.” – ASCAP board chairman and President Paul Williams said in a statement before ASCAP’s Rhythm & Soul Music Awards Celebration of 50 Years of Hip-Hop at London West Hollywood.

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Dr. Dre to receive first ever ASCAP Hip-Hop Icon Award

The first-ever ASCAP Hip-Hop Icon Award will be given to Dr. Dre, the pioneering hip-hop hitmaker, at the ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards.

According to a statement made today (June 20, 2023), Dre will get a special award at the ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards Celebration of 50 Years of Hip-Hop on June 22, 2023 in his hometown Los Angeles.

“Dr. Dre’s groundbreaking early work laid a foundation for hip-hop as we know it today. As a champion for some of today’s biggest artists and a successful entrepreneur, he changed the culture around hip-hop.” comments ASCAP chairman of the board and president Paul Williams.

The award is presented to ASCAP members whose musical contributions have made an indelible impact on the art and culture of hip-hop. Currently, ASCAP’s membership includes 920,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers.

Dre “continues to be a pivotal figure in the music industry and we are thrilled to recognize him with the inaugural ASCAP Hip-Hop Icon Award as we mark 50 years of hip-hop.” Williams added.

Earlier this year Dr. Dre was also honored with Global Impact Award at BMCHonors by the recording academy, The Grammys.

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Wicked says Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre are bigger than Jay-Z & Kanye West

Wicked from the Ghetto Mafia has recently sat down on BHIGHT TV’s The Forward Culture where he named Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre as the best ever duo in hip-hop.

“The best group I feel of all time, duo, it’s Snoop and Dre. They technically were not the group that’s why people would not agree because technically this is not a rap group but two guys together there is no greater group.” said Wicked.

Then he continued: “Snoop Dogg should be the logo of rap. Snoop Dogg and Dre is brand. Right now, if we put out brand new Outkast album and Dre and Snoop do a full album together which they have never done. We got to hear what Dre and Snoop talking about! Snoop and Dre over Kanye West and Jay-Z. Snoop and Dre are GOATS! Dr. Dre is a goddamn beast! He been around with so many great rappers: The Snoops, the Ems, 50s and whole N.W.A.”

“Ye and Jay had some hits but if you dropped a full album with Dre and Snoop and Ye and Jay-Z and if we drop them on the same day with same budgets we pretty much know who gonna win that race. You think Kanye is a better producer than Dre? And Jay will bring more charisma to the records than Snoop? That’s what you telling me?! You think Ye is a better producer than Dr. Dre who produced for 50 Cent, Eminem, N.W.A. and the list goes on and on and on.” Wicked added.

In the same interview, Wicked declared Eminem as the best match-up for Lil Wayne in a Verzuz battle: “If we are talking one on one, my catalog against yours, Eminem can go toe to toe with Lil Wayne. Jay Z can go toe to toe with him. LL Cool J is another guy. LL can go against anybody. Rock The Bell album alone, every song on that album, it’s 15! Nas, you know Snoop can go at anybody. His own partner Drake too. I said Em. We can throw Kanye up there. If we are talking about just lyricists, I have no argument with Lil Wayne. I know some people might be upset when I say but Eminem! Em’s a bad motherf–ker. We can’t hate. You know, some people are like ‘I can’t put him in there’ but that’s bulls–t.”

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King T reveals Dr. Dre’s first ever record label name before “Aftermath”

Despite almost having a different name, Dr. Dre‘s Aftermath Records is now a well-known brand because of the legendary producer’s solo success after his time with N.W.A. but according to King T, the label had different name at first.

In a recent interview with the Murder Master Music Show, veteran Compton emcee who goes by the name of King T recalled his brief time on the label as their first-ever act and revealed it had a whole different name then.

“I’m like one of the first artists he wanted to sign. We just ended up in the studio up at Record One, they just put on a beat and I just knocked it out. It was so easy and I was just happy to be there. The rhymes just came, Str-8 Gone was one of the best songs I’ve done in my career. I was just happy to be working with Dr. Dre.” said King T

Then he continued: “They didn’t even have the name of the label Aftermath when I did that song, they was calling it something else. I was there before the name Aftermath even came about. I think it was something like Black Market or something, I can’t remember.”

“You know what it was something like Black Market, but somebody else had it, they were trying to sell it to Dre for some buku money. They ended up putting the ‘Str-8 Gone’ song on the first compilation they ended up putting out on Aftermath, but it was a great song.” – King T added.

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Busta Rhymes, Kurupt, The D.O.C. & Kxng Crooked react to Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre’s upcoming album

So, Snoop Dogg is preparing new album with Dr. Dre this summer.

Earlier this year, the iconic Long Beach rapper took to Instagram to share a throwback picture of himself and Dre, while confirming that new material from them will be released in the coming months. “Dynamic. Duo, Music comin summer 23.” he wrote in the caption.

The teaser came just few months after Snoop Dogg announced that he and Dr. Dre are working on a new album together called The Missionary, which will serve as the spiritual successor to his debut album Doggystyle.

At that time, in an interview, Snoop Dogg said: “I’ma tell you this, you’re the first one to hear this: me and Dr. Dre have been working on an album And it will be done in November. It’s entirely produced by Dr. Dre.”

In a recent interview with AllHipHop magazine, Grammy Award-winning producer who goes by the name of Smitty said: “It’s gonna be great music.What people will not expect is the level of execution that Snoop is committed to. Snoop Dogg called me and he said ‘Man, this is Snoop. I have not seen Dre this excited since The Chronic album. He’s really excited about what we’re doing.’”

Yesterday, Snoop teased fans again with a new Instagram post from the studio session with Dr. Dre. “Coming soon” – he wrote in the caption. In the comment section, Kurupt wrote: “#RIGHT”, Busta Rhymes also commented exploding head emojis. The D.O.C. replied “Let’s go.” And King Crooked said: “What I heard was pretty crazy.”

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Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre give an update on “The Missionary” album from the studio

Snoop Dogg is preparing new album with Dr. Dre this summer.

Earlier this year, the iconic Long Beach rapper took to Instagram to share a throwback photo of himself and Dre, while confirming that new material from them will be released in the coming months. “Dynamic. Duo,” he wrote in the caption. “Music comin summer 23.”

The teaser came just months after Snoop Dogg announced that he and Dr. Dre are working on a new album together called Missionary, which will serve as the spiritual successor to his 1993 debut album Doggystyle.

“I’ma tell you this, you’re the first one to hear this: me and Dr. Dre have been working on an album for the past two months,” Snoop said at the time. “And it’ll be done in November. It’s produced by Dr. Dre, it’s our 30th anniversary to Doggystyle. And the name of the album is Missionary.”

In a recent interview with AllHipHop magazine, Grammy Award-winning producer who goes by the name of Smitty, who has previously worked with both Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, gave some insight into the studio sessions and overall energy surrounding Snoop’s forthcoming album titled Missionary, which is being entirely produced by Dr. Dre.

“It’s gonna be great music. That’s not even the given. What people won’t expect is the level of execution that Snoop is committed to. Snoop’s in his bag. I was in Hawaii working with other projects last week. Snoop Dogg called me and he’s like ‘Man, this is Snoop. Little bro, I ain’t seen Dre this excited since The Chronic. He’s really excited about what we’re doing.’”

Yesterday, Snoop teased fans again with a new Instagram post from the studio session with Dr. Dre. “Coming soon” – he wrote in the caption. In the comment section, Kurupt wrote: “#RIGHT” and Busta Rhymes commented exploding head emojis. Check out the post below:

Research: Dr. Dre’s iconic single is one of top 5 songs that Americans want to learn on piano

It turns out that one of the songs that every pianist aspires to perform in 2023 is Dr. Dre’s iconic single Still D.R.E., featuring Snoop Dogg.

According to new research data by Ukulele World, the 1999 chart topping hit single is one of the top searches among Americans looking to learn tunes on the piano. The track’s iconic riff was composed by legendary Scott Storch, who explained how he came up with it when he spoke to Rap Money in 2022:

“I was thinking all night about something like, kind of like a piano piece that’s wrong but ‘right’, you know what I mean? Where it’s kind of off-beat, and I was like ‘oh s–t, it goes kind of with this drum pattern’. And I started playing ‘bling bling bling bling’… the notes were kind of like, I was playing it sloppy on purpose, and Dre just ran in the room like ‘That’s it man! That’s the f–king thing right there!”

Still Dre has an average of almost 20,000 monthly ‘how to play’ searches among pianists in the United Sates, but there are songs that are even more popular. “Jingle Bells” tops the list with an average of more than 28,000 searches – weighted heavily towards late November and December, we assume – followed by Beethoven’s perennial favorite “Fur Elise.| John Legend’s “All Of Me” sneaks into third place, with “Still D.R.E.” and JVKE’s “Golden Hour” rounding out the top five.

“Still D.R.E.” is a lead single from Dre’s multi-platinum second solo studio album, 2001, released in 1999.

Anchored by a memorable staccato keyboard vamp, the single was popular, helping the album reach multi-platinum status and announcing Dre’s return to the forefront of the hip-hop scene. “Still D.R.E.” debuted and peaked at number 93 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1999 before re-entering and peaking at number 23 in 2022. It was more successful in the United Kingdom, where it reached No. 6.

The song has been performed live numerous times by both Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. Notable performances include the 2000 Up in Smoke Tour and as the final song in the Super Bowl LVI halftime show on February 13, 2022, alongside fellow American rappers Eminem, Mary J. Blige, Kendrick Lamar, 50 Cent. and Anderson .Paak, with the latter on drums.

Damizza recalls how Eminem’s “My Name Is” broke out on West Coast radio stations

American radio executive, record producer, artist and author Damizza has recently sat down with Mr. Criminal where he recalled the stories about Mariah Carey, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg and much more.

Damizza was ranked by The Source Magazine as one of the five most powerful people in Hip Hop in 1999, with his ties to radio as the senior director of programming and artist relations at Power 106 in Los Angeles.

During the new interview, Damizza told the untold story of how Eminem’s “My Name Is” first aired on west coast radio stations.

“I almost got fired so many times it was stupid. When Dr. Dre called me and invited me at his house he said ‘I need some advice’ I was like ‘DR. DRE CALLED ME FOR ADVICE? WHAT THE HELL!’. I showed up and he points to Eminem in the booth and says ‘how do I break the white boy?’ And I’m like ‘Dude, you tell me the story of N.W.A. from beginning to end and I’ll break the white boy for you.” Damizza said.

Then he continues: “I sat on his washer and dryer, he sat on his little stairs from like midnight to 6 a.m. he told me whole story of N.W.A. and Eminem comes out about six o’clock in the morning from the studio tired of waiting and he looks over and says ‘I’m going home’ and I said ‘No, you are not, you are going Baker Boy’s show on Power 106. You are going to announce that you are doing Friday Night Flavors 10th year anniversary. Give me that record, Hi My Name Is.”

“My boss said ‘put that white boy on stage and you are fired! Dr. Dre is over! That white boy…have not you heard of Vanilla Ice!?’ and all that kind of stuff. Everybody was looking at me like ‘are you really going to put white boy on stage? You crazy?’ I said ‘It’s Dr. Dre’s new artist.’ They all looked at me so before I knew it everybody’s on side of the stage. I’m there with Coolio, rest in peace, all of these guys are there and watching. Eminem got through the first part of that song ‘F–k You’ and that place went to s–t!”

“I walked in the office next morning. I literally had a box and I was putting my s–t in the box thinking I’m getting fired and then my boss came in and she was like ‘you are lucky that white boy killed it, bring me the record.’ And then we played Hi My Name Is. That’s how Eminem got started.” Damizza added.

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