So when did we start using "dropped" to mean "was released"?

[conuly]

And why?

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[jesuswasbatman]

Agree that it started in hip-hop music, but I always thought it was inspired by "dropping" an old-fashioned record on a turntable.

[konsectatrix]

I was about to make this comment, essentially--"dropped" is a reference to an album dropping on a turntable or record player.