On this date in 1988, Uptown Records R&B favorite Al B. Sure dropped his debut album In Effect Mode under the Uptown imprint and distributed on Warner Bros. A little known fact about Al B. Sure is that before the release of In Effect Mode, the Mount Vernon native wanted to be a rapper, but […] The post Today In Hip Hop History: Al B. Sure Dropped His Debut LP ‘In Effect Mode’ 36 Years Ago first appeared on The Source. Read this story
