Today — November 5. Thirty years ago today, Makaveli walked out the studio after seven days and made an album that still sounds like it was ...
Today — November 5.
Thirty years ago today, Makaveli walked out the studio after seven days and made an album that still sounds like it was recorded tomorrow. Same day, LL put a whole decade on one disc. That’s November 5 for you — it don’t play around.
WHAT HAPPENED TODAY:
- 2Pac — The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (1996)
- LL Cool J — All World (1996)
- Eminem — The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013)
- The Lox — The Trinity: 2nd Sermon (2014)
- Key Glock — Yellow Tape 2 (2021)
THE STORIES
1. 2Pac — The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (1996)
Thirty years ago today, 2Pac’s The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory arrived as Makaveli — recorded in just seven days and released about two months after his death. His fifth studio album and his first posthumous release, it debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200. “Hail Mary,” “Toss It Up,” “To Live & Die in L.A.” — the whole record still hits like a dispatch from the other side.
Listen: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=2Pac+Makaveli+The+Don+Killuminati+The+7+Day+Theory&tag=CharlesParis-20 (paid link) #ad
2. LL Cool J — All World (1996)
Same day, same year: LL Cool J dropped All World, his first hits collection on Def Jam. Seventeen tracks, from "Rock The Bells" and "I Need Love" to "Mama Said Knock You Out" — the full arc of the first decade of the G.O.A.T.'s career on one disc.
Listen: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=LL+Cool+J+All+World+Greatest+Hits&tag=CharlesParis-20 (paid link) #ad
3. Eminem — The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013)
Eminem returned to the scene of the classic on November 5, 2013 with The Marshall Mathers LP 2, the sequel to his 2000 landmark. His eighth studio album moved 792,000 copies in its first week, debuted at #1, and took home the Grammy for Best Rap Album. “Rap God,” “The Monster,” “Berzerk” — Em proving the pen was still the sharpest in the room.
Listen: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Eminem+The+Marshall+Mathers+LP+2&tag=CharlesParis-20 (paid link) #ad
4. The Lox — The Trinity: 2nd Sermon (2014)
Jadakiss, Styles P and Sheek Louch came back together on November 5, 2014 with The Trinity: 2nd Sermon, the follow-up to their comeback EP The Trinity (Dec 18, 2013). Three of the hardest pens in New York on one record — the second chapter of the reunion that followed.
Listen: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Lox+The+Trinity+2nd+Sermon&tag=CharlesParis-20 (paid link) #ad
5. Key Glock — Yellow Tape 2 (2021)
Key Glock kept it all the way solo on November 5, 2021 with Yellow Tape 2 — twenty tracks, zero features, and a Top 10 debut on the Billboard 200, the highest-charting album of his career. Paper Route Empire's quiet storm, all Glock, all the way through.
Listen: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Key+Glock+Yellow+Tape+2&tag=CharlesParis-20 (paid link) #ad
Watch: the stories behind the day (Shorts)
On this day in 2021, 10 people lost their lives at the Astroworld Festival in Houston — a tragedy the hip hop community still remembers.
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