Part Deux: Album Sequels
Diddy and Game double up on their classic LPs.
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Part Deux: Album Sequels - Diddy told us 20 years ago that he won't stop, and apparently that remains true. According to Bad Boy artist Gizzle, Diddy is hard at work in the studio on his final album, No Way Out 2. Diddy's original chart topper sold over 7 million copies and boasted Ma$e, The Lox, Biggie, 112 and Faith Evans, just to name a few.Diddy hasn't actually confirmed the announcement, but he did unveil a new song by Puff Daddy and The Family featuring Pharrell last week at the BET Awards called "Finna Get Loose" and announce a Bad Boy reunion tour. As Puff looks to catch lightning in a bottle twice, take a look at a few more artists who doubled up (or tripled up) on great masterpieces. — Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA), BET Staff(Photo: Mike Coppola/Getty Images,Bad Boy Records)
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Game, The Documentary 2 - Game has been in the lab with Dr. Dre putting the finishing touches on the sequel to the 2005 classic The Documentary. Scheduled to drop in August, the Compton Gs were captured in the studio as Game posted on IG, "Yall better understand one thing & ONE THING only !!!!!! Ain’t nobody nowhere on earth f****n wit this album………#TheDocumentary2 is on its mothaf****n way !!!!!!!!!!"(Photo: Aftermath/G Unit/Interscope Records)
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Justin Timberlake, The 20/20 Experience - 2 of 2 - Justin Timberlake scored his second No. 1 album in less than a year with the release of Part 2 of 2 of his The 20/20 Experience. The first collection released in March 2013 with nearly one million in first week sales. The second half dropped in September, taking the top slot on the Billboard charts again. It's no surprise, though. He be on his suit and tie, s--t.(Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for BET)
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Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - Slim Shady is back, or rather, it's Marshall Mathers. Via a Beats by Dre promo, Eminem revealed a date for his long-awaited next album: Nov. 5; and he's also given it a title, MMLP2, making it an official sequel to 2000's Marshall Mathers LP, which won a Grammy for Best Rap Album, pushed more than a million in its first week and became certified diamond. The promo for Beats by Dre/MMLP2 came with a new rocked out track called "Berzerk," and with Mr. Young, Rick Rubin and No I.D. behind the boards, this next album is certain to be crazy good.(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
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G.O.O.D. Music, Cruel Winter - Rappers, tuck your whole winter in: G.O.O.D. Music isn't done cliquing up. Q-Tip hinted that Kanye and company will be releasing a sequel to their hit-producing compilation, Cruel Summer, which dropped in 2011. "I have to let the cat out of the bag... If there's a Cruel Summer then there's got to be a Cruel Winter right?" the Abstract told MTV. It's been a couple of years since, but at the 2013 BET Awards, Travi$ Scott hinted that it's still on. "I'ma come all the way clean man: 'Ye still go all the way hard about Cruel Winter ... He might just drop that s--t out of nowhere, man."(Photos from left: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images, Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for GQ)
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Redman, Muddy Waters II - Redman is ready to pick it up once again. The Brick City spitter is set to release the long-promised sequel to his 1996 classic Muddy Waters. It's been so long in the making, in fact, he's releasing part deux twice. Red recently tweeted: "this is announcement im coming out with 'MUDDY WATERS 2 the PRELOAD EP' in AUGUST...AND MUDDY WATERS 2 THE ALBUM IN FALL 2013 !! (Photo: Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)
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Lupe Fiasco, Food & Liquor II: Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 - Lupe Fiasco landed his first No. 1 album with Lasers, but despite this unexpected success, the Chicago rapper wasn't looking to repeat that LP's pop-oriented, dance-music-influenced sound. Instead, the Chicago rapper returned to his sonic roots with a sequel to his acclaimed 2006 debut, Food & Liquor. "I just wanted to go back to the essence of what made that record so special," Lupe said in a interview with Fuse TV. The album dropped in 2012 and picked up a Grammy nod for Best Rap Album.(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
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Mary J. Blige, My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act I) - Mary J. Blige's sophomore album My Life, holds a special place in the hearts of her fans. Recorded in the midst of battling depression, drug and alcohol addiction and an abusive lover, Mary put together a highly personal album that has yet to be paralleled by any other album in her career. Blige attempted to revisit the essence of that seminal album with My Life II… The Journey Continues, and it became the best-selling R&B album of 2012.(Photo: Matriarch Records)
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Lil Wayne, I Am Not a Human Being 2 and Rebirth 2 - Although 2010's I Am Not a Human Being and Rebirth albums didn't appear to have made enough of a splash to warrant remakes, Wayne went forward with their sequels I Am Not a Human Being 2 and Rebirth 2. Weezy explained that the albums are vital to his process as they allowed him to explore his various musical sensibilities.(Photo: Cash Money)
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Jay Z, The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse - Jay Z's seventh studio album The Blueprint 2: The Gift and the Curse dropped in November 2002, a little over a year after the original Blueprint's infamous September 11, 2001 release date. The platinum-selling album included the hits "Excuse Me Miss" with Pharrell and "03 Bonnie & Clyde" with future wife Beyoncé. In September 2009, he released The Blueprint 3 with the massive New York anthem, "Empire State of Mind." (Photo: Roc-A-Fella Records)
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Raekwon, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Part 2 - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, the classic debut album of Wu-Tang's Raekwon was released in 1995. The critically acclaimed follow-up, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Part 2 was delivered on September 8, 2009.(Photo: Ice H2O/EMI Records)
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R. Kelly, TP2.com - Buttressed by the popularity of breakout singles "Bump N' Grind," "Your Body's Calling Me," and "Sex Me," R. Kelly's classic solo debut 12 Play was released in 1993. The album was followed up by the 4x platinum-selling TP2.com (12 Play 2) in 2000.(Photo: Jive Records)
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Lil Wayne, Tha Carter II - In 2004, Cash Money's Hot Boy$ crew member Lil Wayne stepped out on his own with his major label debut Tha Carter. The second installment in the series, the platinum-selling Tha Carter II, came on December 6, 2005. The album has also gotten a III and a IV, the most recent of which was released in 2011.(Photo: Cash Money/Universal Records)
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Dr. Dre, The Chronic 2001 - The only thing more rare than Dr. Dre being spotted outside the studio is him actually producing an album for himself. In fact, his classic debut album, 1992's The Chronic wasn't followed up on until November 1999 when he released it's sequel The Chronic 2001.(Photo: Aftermath Records)
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Erykah Badu, New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh) - Erykah Badu's New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) was released in February 2008 and set the stage for the sequel, New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh), which was released on March 30, 2010. Badu called The Ankh "the sister of the left side of my brain -- it is the right side. Part I was the left side of my thoughts."(Photo: Universal Motown Records)
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Mariah Carey, E=MC2 - After struggling through a few rough years, Carey staged a comeback with her tenth studio album The Emancipation of Mimi, which released on April 12, 2005, and E=MC2, three years later, which continued on with the themes of liberation from the Mimi album.(Photo: Island Records)
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Young Jeezy, The Inspiration: Thug Motivation 102 - In case the streets weren't motivated enough the first time around Young Jeezy released The Inspiration: Thug Motivation 102 in December of 2006. It's predecessor Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101, released in July 2005 and was the Snowman's major label debut.(Photo: Def Jam Records)