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Few who were hip-hop fans in 1998 can forget the enormous impact of the late star's debut. And the album’s legacy continues to reverberate with a new generation of artists two decades later.

In early 1998, few could have predicted that a rugged battle rapper from Yonkers was about to take over hip-hop. At the time, Puff Daddy and Bad Boy Records held court over the airwaves with lush pro… Read more