Music

B. Cox looks back at Jay-Z’s second studio album In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 as it turns 25. After a critical, yet not lucratively commercially, success of his classic debut Reasonable Doubt the previous year, the Brooklyn emcee looked to elevate his game and take the spot as the “King […]

B. Cox is joined by NaturallyAlise and JR of the R&B Representers to review SWV’s debut classic album It’s About Time as it turns 30. The crew is also joined with a very special guest appearance by Brian Alexander Morgan, one of the album’s principal producers and co-writers. As R&B […]

In this bonus segment of Pop Culture Corner, B. Cox looks back at that the black romantic comedy that was Brown Sugar as it turns 20. The film, which co-starred Sanaa Lathan and Taye Diggs, as lifelong friends who fell in love with hip-hop (and each other) as kids, now […]

B.Cox looks back at underground powerhouse label Rawkus Records and their first major compilation album Soundbombing, which turns 25. After releasing Company Flow’s now legendary debut LP Funcrusher Plus earlier in the summer, the label released the compilation with previously released 12″ singles in mixtape format. Mixed, scratched and hosted […]

B. Cox reviews Redman’s debut album Whut? Thee Album as it turns 30. After starting his career as a DJ for DoItAll For Lords of the Underground, a chance encounter withe EPMD, led the young Newark emcee on a path that would make him one of the best and most […]

B. Cox takes a look at R&B and pop icon Janet Jackson’s sixth studio album The Velvet Rope, as it turns 25. On the heels of negotiating and signing the biggest record label contract in history and her successful album tour from her fifth album Janet, the superstar suffered a […]

In this bonus segment of Relics Of The Past, B. Cox looks back on a vital part of every hip-hop head’s car journey in the 90s and 2000s: the CD binder aka “The CD Book”. He explains the different types of books that existed, how each user would organize their […]

In a bonus episode, B.Cox looks back on what he thinks may be the greatest R&B release week of the 1990s: September 16, 1997. During that release week, four classic and essential albums graced the store shelves and stereos everywhere: Mariah Carey’s Butterfly, Usher’s My Way, Jon B’s Cool Relax […]

B. Cox commemorates The Vault: Classic Music Reviews Podcast on its third anniversary. It’s been a long journey in the three years since the first episode posted highlighting Mobb Deep’s Murda Muzik. He gives a basic history on how the show became into existence, the challenges through COVID and his […]