The Death and Resurrection Of Conscious Rap, Pt. 2

June 3, 2011 – "[1998] was a beautiful time all the way around in hip-hop. The album I released that year, Vol. 2...Hard Knock Life, was the biggest record of my life. The opening week was unreal for me -- we did more than 300,000 units, by far the biggest opening number of my career at that point. The album moved Lauryn Hill down to No. 4, but OutKast's Aquemini was right behind me, and [A Tribe Called Quest's] The Love Movement was number three. …
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