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Sep 4, 2011 · I didn’t like the name. When Harlem World came out, they put Just Blaze on it and it sold 500,000 copies. I said, ‘Alright, let’s keep it.’”
- Jaeki Cho
- Buzzfeed Contributor
- First Major Placement For Producer Dame Grease
- It Marked One of DMX’s Earliest High Profile Appearances
- It Was One of The First Major Successes For The Neptunes
- It Took A Heavy Grammy Loss to Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life
- Sales Wise, It Tail Ended The Most Successful Years Bad Boy Ever Had
- Kelis Had Uncredited Vocals on The LP
- Capped Off A Huge Rookie Year by Then Unknown Kelly Price
- The Album Included A Big Moment For Southern Hip Hop Fans
- It Was A Mainstream Introduction to Black Rob
- It Remains His Most Successful Album
Harlem World marked the first major placement for fellow Harlemite Dame Grease, who provided the energetic soundscape for Mase’s relaxed yet hardbody flow and Busta Rhymes’ adlibs on “Niggaz Wanna Act.” However, Dame Grease really took off the following year. He came out swinging in January of 1998, producing four tracks on The LOX’s debut album, M...
DMX certainly wasn’t unknown in 1997; though his Sony debut “Born Loser” was a flop and a half, he had made a handful of appearances in the years since, guesting for bubbling underground New York acts of the day, like Pudgee Tha Phat Bastard and Mic Geronimo. But 1997 proved to be his commercial breakthrough, first with an appearance on LL Cool J’s...
After getting their footing working under iconic producer Teddy Riley and opening doors with some under-celebrated placements (for names like Total, SWV and MC Lyte), Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo’s unique brand of space-age, blingy Hip Hop came in like a wrecking ball with a pair of smash-hits. The first was the final single from Harlem World, “...
Few albums in 1997 were as popular as Harlem World, which was almost impossible to avoid on TV and radio. However, when award time rolled around, he was bested by another New York heavyweight who had himself one of the best years of his career. JAY-Z’s Vol. 2… Hard Knock Lifegave Mase a run for his money. Not only did it outsell him by a million co...
Mase [feat. Total] – What You Want (Official Music Video) Harlem World was the end of Bad Boy Entertainment’s golden age in many ways, and it came at the end of the label’s most successful year in its nearly 30-year history. Following the death of the Notorious B.I.G., the brand kicked off 1997 with his posthumous, diamond-selling sophomore LP, Lif...
For liner note junkies, the album, unbeknownst to many, included an introduction of sorts to Kelis, whose vocals appear in the chorus of “Do You Wanna Get $?,” which also features Kelly Price (who is credited). In hindsight, her omission from the credits was foreshadowing, considering how her age and initial career naivety led her to admittedly mak...
Kelly Price’s big breakout happened in 1998, with her debut LP Soul of a Woman, which included the chart-topping hit “Friend of Mine.” However, 1997 was a big year for the then-under-the-radar singer. Many have missed her uncredited contributions to some certified classics on Bad Boy that year. She sang the hook on Biggie’s iconic “Mo Money Mo Prob...
In 1997, New York heavyweights teaming up with bubbling southern acts wasn’t a regular occurrence; but then, 8Ball & MJG weren’t just any old group. The flagship act on the legendary Suave House Records imprint, founded by Tony Draper in 1990, they were on a high by 1995, with the release of their sophomore LP On Top of the World, which peaked at N...
“24 Hrs. To Live” was a real mainstream introduction to not just The LOX and DMX, but also the late Black Rob, who was still a few years away from his own official Bad Boy Debut album, 2000s Life Story, and a year away from his first buzzworthy single, “I Dare You,” featuring Joe Hooker. Black Rob later became a staple artist in Bad Boy’s post-2000...
Harlem World sold over 4 million copies in the US, and another 300,000 in Canada (enough to earn three platinum certifications north of the border). It was, however, a high he never came close to replicating. His 1999 sophomore album, Double Up, led off with the Blackstreet featured “Get Ready,” had all the right ingredients, earning gold certifica...
- Riley Wallace
Harlem World is the debut studio album by American rapper Mase. It was released on October 28, 1997, by Bad Boy Records and Arista Records. The album was nominated at the 41st Annual Grammy Awards for Best Rap Album. It went on to sell 4.9 million copies and going quadruple platinum in the United States.
Year Single Chart positions Album US Hot 100 US R&B US Rap CAN UK; 1999 "I Really Like It" (Harlem World feat. Mase & Kelly Price): 61 31 8 – – The Movement: 2001 "Beanie (Mack Bitch)" (Beanie Sigel)
When Harlem World came out, they put Just Blaze on it and it sold 500,000 copies. I said, ‘Alright, let’s keep it.’. Home. Just Blaze. ⇽ Back to List of Artists. Just Blaze rose to prominence as...
Oct 28, 1997 · The debut of Puff Daddy’s new protege Mase, Harlem World debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, went triple platinum with sales of 3.3 million copies, and charted all three of its singles in the ...
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Oct 28, 2021 · A millennial piece of uptown Hip Hop history post the shooting death of rap giant Big L, Harlem World helped usher in a new era of Hip Hop in Harlem. Prior to this release, Harlem had
