Music

B.Cox looks back at Public Enemy’s politically charged third studio album 1990’s Fear Of A Black Planet and how its production, lyrics, themes and ideologies built on their predecessor classic It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back.  Visit The Vault Classic Music Reviews Online www.vaultclassicpod.com Join our […]

The crew looks back at Queen Latifah’s landmark 1989 debut album All Hail The Queen: how she set the standard for Female MCs for years to come and how it launched her career as an entertainment powerhouse and icon for the next 30 years.  Visit The Vault Classic Music Reviews […]

In a bonus episode, B. Cox sorts through some of his favorite and memorable hip-hop posse cuts of the 1990s. *We did not include Wu-Tang Clan and its individual members’ albums that could have memorable posse cuts as we determined that they could warrant a standalone bonus episode in the […]

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 commemorates Capone-N-Noreaga’s debut album The War Report as it turns 25. In the midst of an identity crisis for New York rap, the two Queens natives arrived on the scene – unheralded, yet determined. After appearing the “Unsigned Hype” section of The Source Magazine in 1995, the duo […]

In another bonus segment of Relics Of The Past, B. Cox examines briefly yet another staple of the golden era-the freestyle cypher in high school. He recalls how the cypher played a important part in developing different tastes in hip-hop and also how it moved forward the acceptance of the […]

B. Cox & J. Owe review Ice Cube’s classic, but controversial second album Death Certificate. After splitting with NWA and dropping his highly acclaimed debut AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted, Cube followed up with a busy 1991 starting his label, kicking off the careers of fellow West Coast emcees Yo-Yo and Del […]

B. Cox & J. Owe review Nas’ second studio album It Was Written. It was his highly anticipated follow to his classic debut Illmatic. Upon release, the reviews were mostly mixed as most noticed the album had a more commercial feel and mixed with Mafioso and mob themes, and produced […]

B. Cox and Domo review Maxwell’s groundbreaking and culture-shifting debut album Maxwell’s Urban Hang Suite. It was an album that signaled a paradigm shift from R&B music of the day that featured a more hip-hop sound back to a traditional feel that combined soul, jazz and funk in a way […]