On this day 25 years ago, N.O.R.E. drops his debut album

[maxamusa]

the Promotion for NORE was crazy, they pumpoed the bloocks, the streets and global too..NORE posters and WHAT WHAT cards everywhere!!!

remember street teams

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

Is super thug the reason everyone wanted a neptunes beat early on?

Coli historians enter

I believe Mase came first if I’m not mistaken but Superthug put it into overdrive

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

N.O.R.E. (The single) was my shyt

 

[Escobar305]

Classic and obviously his best album. how do you rank the rest of his discography?

 

[patscorpio]

Nore was lowkey running 98

 

[Mike Ock]

Nore was lowkey running 98

I think Nore helped run it until DMX and Jay dropped.

Big Pun also did his thing too.

I lost my virginity in '98. Shout out to Melina, we used stay listening to Superthug and "Hows It Goin Down". Melina was a Dominicana who was heavy into hip-hop and resembled the chik from the DMX video.

I think '98 was the year of the Hawaiin looking shirts too out here in NYC. That was a good ass year

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

40 Island was MY shyt. Listened to that joint everyday walking across campus that summer

 

[Taadow]

First album I ever bought with my own hard-earned money.

 

[Danie84]

Roll Six Aces and at the same dice game I caugt Six Cases all over Big Faces

 

[Apollo Kid]

Yo, let's get loose, Hennessy straight with tomato juice!

 

[Lootha VanDraws]

I remember hearing Banned from T.V. blasting out of every car radio, every dorm room window, even more than SuperThug.

 

[Mega]

Spring/Summer '98.
Nore, Cappadonna, Pun, DMX, and Lauryn Hill all dropped dope albums during that period.


I always wanted that Polo fit Nore had on the cover.

 

[Newark88]

This album along with X debut ran the summer. If I remember, I think the album release party at the Tunnel had the club shut down for damn near the whole summer.

 

[chiefdogg]

I was in my second year in the Marine Corps when this came out. Classic !!!