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The Best Bad Boy Songs From the '90s

The trendsetting label's most "Notorious" bangers

The Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy

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Today marks the 23rd anniversary of the release of Harlem rapper Mase's debut album, Harlem World. The album would go on to sell over 4 million records and earn a Grammy nomination for Best Rap album. Mase's debut would become another successful outing for Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs' label, Bad Boy Records.

Founded in 1993, Bad Boy Records would usher in a sound that would reshape the landscape of Hip-Hop and R&B. Comb's imprint took high-end fashion and popular hits from yesteryear and brought them to the streets. The label would launch the careers of now-legendary artists like The Notorious B.I.G., 112, and Faith Evans, and Combs would become one of the most influential men in Hip-Hop history.

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