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July 4 in hip-hop
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MAGNA CARTA... HOLY GRAIL
Jay-Z
2013 · 13 YEARS AGO
GHETTO MUSIC: THE BLUEPRINT OF HIP-HOP
Boogie Down Productions
1989 · 37 YEARS AGO
SLEEPLESS CITY LIVIN'
Kurupt
2019 · 7 YEARS AGO
THE COOKBOOK
Missy Elliott
2005 · 21 YEARS AGO
MACH'S HARD LEMONADE
Mach-Hommy
2020 · 6 YEARS AGO

Release dates come from the streaming catalogs behind the GOAT Meter (2,683 albums with a full date, covering 363 days of the year). Albums listed only with a year are left out, and deluxe/remaster editions are skipped. Some catalogs list a re-release date instead of the original, so double-check before quoting a date.