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Born This Day: Yasiin Bey fka Mos Def (Dante Terrell Smith), Emcee; DJ Yella (Antoine Carraby), Rapper | Released This Day: Joe - "Better Days" (2001); Method Man & Redman- "How High: The Soundtrack" (2001); Mobb Deep-
"Infamy" (2001); Warren G- "The Return of the Regulator"(2001)
Born This Day: Raven Symone, Singer (1985); Teyana Taylor, Rapper (1990) | Albums Released This Day: "5150: Home 4 tha Sick" - Eazy-E" (1992); "Muddy Waters" - Redman (1996); "Electric Circus" - Common (2002); "God's Son" - Nas (2002); "I Care 4 U" - Aaliyah (2002); "Just Whitney" - Whitney Houston (2002); "Legend of the Liquid Sword" - GZA (2002); "Naughty or Nice" - 3LW (2002); "Pandemonium!" - B2K (2002); "Artist Collection: Run DMC" - Run-D.M.C. (2004)
Released Today: Big Tymers- "Big Money Heavyweight"; Snoop Dogg-"Tha Dogg: Best of the Works"; 112- "Hot & Wet"
Nick Cannon- "Nick Cannon"; Ruben Studdard- "Soulful"; Musiq- "Soulstar"; Kelis- "Tasty"; Westside Connection- "Terrorist Threats"
Born Today: Sammy Davis Jr., Bushwick Bill, Chrisette Michele | Released Today: Salt N Pepa- "Cool, Hot & Vicious"
"Fixed" - Nine Inch Nails (1992)
"Domino" - Domino (1993)
"Lethal Injection" - Ice Cube (1993)
"Right Back at Cha" - Shai (1993)
"What's the 411? Remix" - Mary J. Blige (1993)
"Born Again" - Notorious B.I.G. (1999)
"Kaleidoscope" - Kelis (1999)
"Purple Haze" - Cam'ron (2004)
"Speak" - Lindsay Lohan (2003)
"The Red Light District" - Ludacris (2004)
"Ambushed" - Da Bush Babees (1994)
"The Sweetest Days" - Vanessa Williams (1994)
"Nonfiction" - Black Sheep (1994)
1931- James Cleveland, Singer
1934- Art Davis, Musician
1965- Wayne Smith, Musician
1982- Keri Hilson, Singer
"Vitalogy" - Pearl Jam (1994)
"The Memory of Trees" - Enya (1995)
"Merkin Ball" - Pearl Jam featuring Neil Young (1995)
"1990-Sick" - Spice 1 (1995)
"We Got It" - Immature (1995)
"Christmas on Death Row" - Various Artists (1996)
"The Understanding" - Memphis Bleek (2000)
1915- Eddie Heywood, Musician
1955- Cassandra Wilson, Singer
"The Lion and the Cobra" - Sinéad O'Connor (1987)
"All for One" - Brand Nubian (1990)
"AOI: Bionix" - De La Soul (2001)
"Bang or Ball" - Mack 10 (2001)
"Big Boi and Dre Present...OutKast" - OutKast (2001)
"Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.)" - Fat Joe (2001)
"Music and Me" - Nate Dogg (2001)
"New Old Songs" - Limp Bizkit (2001)
"Rock Steady" - No Doubt (2001)
"Stiff Upper Lip Live" - AC/DC (2001)
"Stoned Raiders" - Cypress Hill (2001)
1968- Montell Jordan, Singer
"Real Live" - Bob Dylan (1984)
"Affairs of the Heart" - Jody Watley (1991)
"Charmbracelet" - Mariah Carey (2002)
1931- Wynton Kelly, Musician
1935- Ronnie Mathews, Musician
1941- Ernest Mothle, Musician
1987- Teairra Mari (Teairra Maria Thomas), Singer
"And Then ..." - Joe (2003)
"The Diary of Alicia Keys" - Alicia Keys (2003)
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