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  Unlike typical artist and film score/soundtrack collaborations, 21 Savage’s meticulous approach to crafting the soundscape for this movie makes his involvement quite unique. He based all his musical and producer decisions around specific triggers from the film, which he spent significant time with prior to its release; combing through the score as a library of samples to be shaped into the music for the soundtrack, which makes this a truly authentic collaboration.  “When I make albums, the visuals come after the music is done. But on this movie, the visuals come first,â€�...

No year in hip-hop history sticks out quite like 1996: It marked the height of the East Coast–West Coast feud, the debut of several artists who would rule the next few decades, and the last moment before battle lines between “mainstream” and “underground” were fully drawn. The 1996 Rap Yearbook, a recurring series from The Ringer , will explore the landmark releases and moments from a quarter-century ago that redefined how we think of the genre. Up first, we’re exploring Tupac Shakur’s All Eyez on Me and the fall of Death Row records. In the February 1996 Vibe magazine cover s...

All Eyez on Me, an album that helped define both a genre and his own career. As brazen as it was ambitious—it was hip-hop's first double album, his fourth LP overall—the project is coated with winding West Coast synths, shameless boasts, death threats and "thug life" aphorisms. The LP showcases ’Pac in all of his Gemini multitudes, bigger, bolder and better. He could be vengeful one moment, as demonstrated on "Ambitions Az a Ridah" and "When We Ride," and touching the next, displayed on "I Ain't Mad At Cha." The contradictions weren't new; he'd been flipping the switch since his 199...

♪ when the chapel bells ring out ♪ ♪ when i make him an offer he can't refuse ♪ >> good-bye. >> good-bye. >> what was it with marlon brando. you see so many people with marlin brando with so many of the interviews, what was it that made him special? >> a lot of acts got mad at him. he said acting ain't hard. just being someone else. he had a great line. he said if twice a year a car would come up to my house and leave 5 million dollars, i'd never act again. i love marlin for what he was. there was no one like him. >> larry king live made history on november 9, 1993 when al gore

He said it ain't hard. acting ain't hard. it is just being someone else. in farkt he had a great line to me. he said, if twice a year a car would come up to my house and leave $5 million, i would never act again. >> that's great. i remember that. >> larry: i love marlon for what he was. he was marlon brando and there was no one like him. >> well, "larry king live" made headlines and history on november 9th, 1993, when al gore and ross perot squared off on the show for a debate about nafta. it attracted a record cable audience. it was an unbelievable evening. i remember it well. take a look. >>...