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Today In Hip Hop History: Lil Kim’s Debut LP ‘Hard Core’ Turns 25 Years Old!

Sha Be Allah | November 12, 2021

Today in Hip Hop History, Lil’ Kim released her debut album Hard Core on November 12, 1996. The Brooklyn-born pint-sized rapper changed the course of hip hop. Before Megan Thee Stallion bounced in a thong and before Nicki Minaj wore the colorful wigs— there was Lil Kim. Her album Hard Core album showed women in […]

Today in Hip-Hop History: Lil Kim Releases Her Debut Album ‘Hard Core’ 22 Years Ago

Sha Be Allah | November 12, 2018

On this day in 1996, Kimberly Jones aka Lil Kim defied all rap rules and released her first album, Hard Core, on the Atlantic/Big Beat/Undeas imprint. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Following up on the heels of Junior Mafia’s Conspiracy Theory album, the First Lady of Brooklyn’s JM family set out to recreate the image […]