Music

B. Cox looks back at hip-hop trio Digable Planet’s debut album Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space) as it turns 30. The Brooklyn-based group made up of emcees Ishmael “Butterfly” Butler, Mariana “Ladybug Mecca” Vieira and Craig “Doodlebug” Irving met through what seemed to be fate in the […]

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 and J. Owe look back at rap super group’s Wu-Tang Clan’s second album Wu-Tang Forever as it turns 25. In the almost four years since they burst on the scene with their classic debut Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), the collective of emcees continued to have an impact […]

In a bonus episode of Relics of The Past, B. Cox takes us on a journey back to a staple of those of who came up in the golden era of hip-hop: the blank cassette tape. He talks the role that the blank tape played in fandom, how it served […]

It’s a bonus episode of ‘Cards, Dominoes, Drinks & Smoke’! In this episode, B.Cox and Domo discuss old school southern hip-hop and break it down by Region: SouthEast, Mid-South, and the Gulf Coast aka 3rd Coast. They talk about which acts from each region were their favorites and which region […]

B. Cox & J. Owe look back at Heltah Skeltah’s debut album Nocturnal. It was the first offering by Rock and Ruck (bka the late Sean Price) and the 3rd album released by the hip-hop collective Boot Camp Clik (BCC). Following the success and acclaim of Enta Tha Stage and […]

B. Cox once again welcomes special guests D & T of The Perfectly Imperfect Couple Podcast to help him review the India Arie’s debut classic album, the incredibly majestic Acoustic Soul. It was an album that projected the best that neo-soul had to offer, combining jazz, blues, hip-hop and folk music to express themes of self-love, […]

The crew takes a look back at Philly neo-soul artist Musiq Soulchild’s debut album Aijuswanaseing; an unlikely success and “rags-to-riches” story that touched the hearts and minds of many with its depths of topics covering love, heartbreak, struggle and triumph over a soundtrack that was uniquely soulfully honest and authentic […]

B. Cox welcomes back Kahlil Wonda from the Reggae Lover Podcast to discuss dancehall and reggae icon Buju Banton’s pivotal 1995 album Til Shiloh; a project that hit all of the marks for quality, consistency, impact and legacy and one that still serves as a standard for modern reggae music […]