Thug Life was Big Syke, Macadoshis, Mopreme, The Rated R and Tupac Shakur. 2 Pac's first group recorded only this studio album-- although 2 other versions of the album are rumored to have been recorded.
Released in the winter of 1995, Dah Shinin' introduced Smif-N-Wessun as torchbearers of the gritty, sample-driven East Coast sound that defined a generation.
Forever sampled and endlessly imitated but never duplicated (how COULD one convincingly copy the accent of this London-born British-Jamaican and that one-of-a-kind delivery of his?), remains one of the cornerstones of rap.
The Boy Who Flew to the Moon, Vol. 1 consists of 18 tracks spanning 14 years of music from Kid Cudi's career, including collaborative work with André 3000, Pharrell Williams, MGMT and other artists.