Music

B. Cox and Domo review Mary J. Blige’s pivotal third album Share My World as it turns 25. After a three-year hiatus from her sophomore album My Life and a split from producer, manager and mentor Sean “Diddy” Combs, the annointed “Queen of Hip-Hop Soul” reemerged on a new label […]

B. Cox reviews R&B singer Adriana Evans self-titled debut album Adriana Evans as it turns 25. The daughter of jazz singer Mary Stallings, Evans emerged in the mid-90s featuring on her future collaborator and producer (and also future husband) Jonathan ‘Dred’ Scott’s 1994 album Breakin’ Combs. After starting with Capitol […]

B. Cox and J. Owe review Das Efx’s innovative debut album Dead Serious as it turns 30. After meeting as students as Virginia State University in the late 80s and being discovered by EPMD during a talent show, the duo of Dray and Skoob set out to make a splash […]

B. Cox briefly looks back at En Vogue’s second album 1992’s Funky Divas. On the heels of their successful debut 1990s’ Born To Sing, the Oakland based R&B quartet (Dawn Robinson, Maxine Jones, Terry Ellis and Cindy Herron) came out blazing with their 2nd album which eclipsed their debut. Teaming […]

B. Cox looks back and briefly reminisces about hip-hop group Arrested Development debut album 3 years, 5 Months and 2 Days In The Life Of… as it turns 30. In the midst of a shift in tone in hip-hop where gangster hip-hop and conscious hip-hop were delintating their lines in […]

The crew looks back on the Notorious B.I.G’s final album Life After Death. Released as a double disc two weeks after his murder in Los Angeles, Biggie’s final studio is a sobering triumph of one hip-hop’s greatest emcees. Contining on the excellence from his iconic debut Ready to Die, the […]

B. Cox and Domo review Brandy’s 2002 classic third album album Full Moon. After two wildly successful albums and taking a break after her second album which was followed by a nervous breakdown, a relationship breakup and before what was soon to be the birth of her daughter, the vocal […]

The crew recalls a truly unforgettable and tragic event: the murder of Christopher Wallace bka The Notorious B.I.G. aka Biggie aka Biggie Smalls 25 years ago. His murder sent shockwaves throughout the hip-hop and music industry, only six months after the death of his former friend and rival Tupac Shakur. […]

B. Cox is joined by Charlee D. of the Word To The Mutha Podcast as they review TLC’s debut album, 1992’s Ooooooohhh…On The TLC Tip. After forming as a group in Atlanta in the early 90s under the tutelage of writer and producer Dallas Austin, TLC burst on to the […]