MJG (left) and Eightball (right) in the parking lot of Pressure World Carwash in Memphis in 2004. Shannon Fagan/Getty Images hide caption
Hip-Hop's Golden Year Stories about the game-changing albums of 1993.
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Hip-Hop's Golden Year
Stories about the game-changing albums of 1993.
David Jude Jolicoeur aka Trugoy (from left), Vincent Mason aka P.A. Mase and Kelvin Mercer aka Posdnuos pose for a portrait outside the Apollo Theater in Harlem in September 1993. David Corio/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption
Onyx in an undated photo. From left to right, Sticky Fingaz, Fredro Starr, Suave and Big DS. Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption
Tupac Shakur on the set of Poetic Justice. Everett Collection / Rex USA hide caption
Biz Markie in costume in the gatefold of the LP version of All Samples Cleared! Courtesy of Cold Chillin' Records/Warner Bros. hide caption
Boots Riley, in the opening of The Coup's video for "Not Yet Free." Courtesy of Wild Pitch Records hide caption
The Wu-Tang Clan. Clockwise from left: Ol' Dirty Bastard, the GZA, the RZA, Inspectah Deck, Masta Killa, Raekwon and Ghostface Killah. Center, from left, Method Man and U-God. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
A still from the video for E-40's 1993 song "Practice Looking Hard," in which rappers like The Coup's Boots Riley (second from right) and Tupac (not pictured) also appeared. Couresy of Zomba Recording hide caption
The Pharcyde (from left to right, Tre "SlimKid3" Hardson, Romye Robinson, Emandu "Imani" Wilcox and Derrick "Fatlip" Stewart) backstage at KMEL's Summer Jam in July 1993 in Mountain View, Calif. Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images hide caption
Dr. Dre (right) with Snoop Dogg, who played a starring role on Dre's The Chronic. Here they pose after a 1993 performance in Chicago. Raymond Boyd/Getty Images hide caption