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Another major feat for Hip-Hop. The Library of Congress has recently announced new recordings to be added to their National Recording Registry, and one of the new inclusions is none other than Jay-Z‘s classic release The Blueprint. It will join the likes of Cyndi Lauper‘s She’s So Unusual, Curtis Mayfield‘s Superfly, Nina Simone‘s “Mississippi Goddam” and others for this (or last, rather) year’s inductees.

Said Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden:

“The National Recording Registry honors the music that enriches our souls, the voices that tell our stories and the sounds that mirror our lives… The influence of recorded sound over its nearly 160-year history has been profound and technology has increased its reach and significance exponentially. The Library of Congress and its many collaborators are working to preserve these sounds and moments in time, which reflect our past, present and future.”

Check out all the new inclusions below…you can read more on the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry here.

2018 National Recording Registry

– Yiddish Cylinders from the Standard Phonograph Company of New York and the Thomas Lambert Company (c. 1901-1905)
– “Memphis Blues” (single), Victor Military Band (1914)
– Melville Jacobs Collection of Native Americans of the American Northwest (1929-1939)
– “Minnie the Moocher” (single), Cab Calloway (1931)
– Bach Six Cello Suites (album), Pablo Casals (c. 1939)
– “They Look Like Men of War” (single), Deep River Boys (1941)
– Gunsmoke — Episode: “The Cabin” (Dec. 27, 1952)
– Ruth Draper: Complete recorded monologues, Ruth Draper (1954-1956)
– “La Bamba” (single), Ritchie Valens (1958)
– “Long Black Veil” (single), Lefty Frizzell (1959)
– Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America, Vol. 1: The Early Years (album), Stan Freberg (1961)
– GO (album), Dexter Gordon (1962)
– War Requiem (album), Benjamin Britten (1963)
– “Mississippi Goddam” (single), Nina Simone (1964)
– “Soul Man” (single), Sam & Dave (1967)
– Hair (original Broadway cast recording) (1968)
– Speech on the Death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Robert F. Kennedy (April 4, 1968)
– “Sweet Caroline” (single), Neil Diamond (1969)
– Superfly (album), Curtis Mayfield (1972)
– Ola Belle Reed (album), Ola Belle Reed (1973)
– “September” (single), Earth, Wind & Fire (1978)
– “You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)” (single), Sylvester (1978)
– She’s So Unusual (album), Cyndi Lauper (1983)
– Schoolhouse Rock!: The Box Set (1996)
– The Blueprint (album), Jay-Z (2001)

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