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13 Years Ago Today, Black Kray aka Sickboyrari, dropped the ‘30 ROUND CLIP KREAYSHAWN’ prod. by Swaggo Saint (2013) 📀 The original video was shot in “Uptown East Flexico” months after Kray formed Goth Money

11 Years Ago Today, Lil Uzi Vert dropped “Luv Is Rage” (2015) 💽 Uzi later explained the title worked two ways: L-U-V stood for Lil Uzi Vert while “rage” represented his rockstar/rebellious side, with the project exploring how love could feel good and horrible at once

18 Years Ago Today, Tyler, The Creator, dropped ‘No Hook [V2] Jacnthebeanstalk 2’ (2008) 📀 Produced by himself, then Ace. An early version of ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ later appeared on Hypebeast’s “Hype Club” mixtape before Tyler reworked it for “Bastard” with a Jay-Z sample

5 Years Ago Today, A$AP Rocky released ‘Sandman’ prod. by Kelvin Krash & Clams Casino (2021) 📀 Recorded around 2019 the song first surfaced at Yams Day 2021 before becoming the sole bonus track on the streaming reissue of “LIVE. LOVE.A$AP”

14 Years Ago Today, Lil B dropped “Halloween H20” (2012) 💽 🔪 Named after the 1998 slasher “Halloween H20” the 20 track tape arrived 2 days before Halloween. Its cover even misspelled the title while Lil B’s tweets used the correct spelling 😂

Shoutout Hidden NY One of the biggest media pages of all time and genuinely one of my favorite pages ever. Seeing them show me love like this really means a lot to me Honestly at a loss for words 🙏🏽

11 Years Ago Today, Playboi Carti dropped ‘Paper’ prod. by 019dexter, aka Dexter Dukarus (2015) 📀 A deep cut from Carti’s Awful Records era, it was later deleted from his SoundCloud. The original file, titled “Carti - Paper,” resurfaced in 2021

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1 Year Ago Today, Nine Vicious’ ‘PTSO’ surfaced prod. by Opm Babi, n9ck, Clayco & f*ckperk (2025) 📀 It was one of the earliest instances of Nine working with producers tied to the Opium camp outside of his existing connection with ApolloRed1

15 Years Ago Today, Mac Miller dropped the ‘Party on Fifth Ave.’ music video (2011) 📹 Directed by Ian Wolfson, Mac & his crew dressed as senior citizens while ID Labs flipped Marva Whitney’s ‘Unwind Yourself’ a sample Mac said bridged old & new generations

11 Years Ago Today, Tay-K uploaded ‘CRUNCHTIME FREESTYLE’ over Chris Travis’ ‘Crunch Time’ prod. by Big Los (2015) 📀 The original SoundCloud upload was later deleted; WORLDSTAR resurfaced the freestyle in February 2018 while Tay-K was incarcerated which is now also deleted

9 Years Ago Today, Lil Wop dropped “Wopavelli 3” (2017) 💽 His first project after signing to Gucci Mane’s 1017 Eskimo, the 17 track tape included ‘Skitz’ Wop said 'Paid In Full' was the first song he recorded at Gucci’s studio, and Gucci added his verse without telling him

1 Year Ago Today, Nine Vicious dropped ‘Swang’ prod. by Bella on Twitter (2025) 📀 First previewed on IG live, he then dropped the song with its music video on X just hours later. The track stayed off DSPs and later circulated through fan archives

10 Years Ago Today, A$AP Mob dropped ‘Telephone Calls’ ft. A$AP Rocky, Tyler, The Creator, Playboi Carti & Yung Gleesh, prod. by Plu2o Nash (2016) 📀 Rocky said Tyler heard it at his house, kept looping Carti’s part, then went across the street and recorded his verse

1 Year Ago Today, Nine Vicious dropped ‘S*x & Violence’ prod. by Patrick & chxncex on IG (2025) 📀 Released through his newly created @/studioaddict_studioaddict account, it later resurfaced through fan archives after remaining off DSPs

7 Years Ago Today, LUCKI dropped “Days B4 III” (2019) 💽 Its LONEWOLF designed cover paid homage to Chief Keef’s “Almighty So” The 15 track, featureless project became LUCKI’s first to chart on the Billboard 200, debuting at #188

1 Year Ago Today, Nine Vicious previewed part 1 of ‘F*ck OGs,’ originally titled ‘A LOT’ prod. by Patrick (2025) 📀 3 months later, it became track 7 on “B4EM”

14 Years Ago Today, Kendrick Lamar dropped “good kid, m.A.A.d city” (2012) 💽 The 12 track “short film” used voicemails from Kendrick’s real parents & friends. Its cover was a 1991 family Polaroid of him with two uncles and his grandfather