Platinum Albums

By The Numbers: Snoop Dogg’s First Six Platinum Solo Albums
By The Numbers: Snoop Dogg’s First Six Platinum Solo Albums
By The Numbers: Snoop Dogg’s First Six Platinum Solo Albums
Before Snoop Lion was making reggae songs and Snoopzilla was exploring the funk, Snoop Doggy Dogg was credited as a pioneer in trademarking the West Coast’s G-Funk sound in the 1990s. At the time, the rapper dropped the blueprint for a perfect debut album with Doggystyle in 1993, rivaling Nas’s Illmatic introduction the next year. Aside from...
By The Numbers: Nas’ First Six Platinum Albums
By The Numbers: Nas’ First Six Platinum Albums
By The Numbers: Nas’ First Six Platinum Albums
Nas is credited for dropping arguably the best debut album in hip-hop history with Illmatic. After his classic 1994 release, the Queensbridge storyteller followed up with five more platinum solo albums in a ten-year span, pioneering a run that only Jay Z, Kanye West and Snoop Dogg have matched as the only rappers to claim such an impressive consistent stint, with 'Ye recently joining the ranks aft
Analyzing Jay Z’s First Eight Platinum Solo Albums
Analyzing Jay Z’s First Eight Platinum Solo Albums
Analyzing Jay Z’s First Eight Platinum Solo Albums
Last week, we broke down the first decade of Kanye West’s career, which featured Yeezy's development during his run of six platinum solo albums in ten years, an accomplishment only matched by Jay Z, Snoop Dogg and Nas. 'Ye’s big brother, Jay Z, dominated the late 1990s and early 2000s by releasing eight platinum solo albums in his first decade in the game (really, due to his short retirement, his