Music

In a special bonus edition of Pop Culture Corner, B.Cox explores the dynamics of the many layers and styles of hip-hop and urban fashion in the 90s. After experiencing a very colorful and avant garde fashion sense in the 80s, the hip-hop and urban music scene in the 1990s was […]

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 […]

B. Cox is joined by Kahlil Wonda of the Reggae Lover Podcast (and Highlanda Sound System) to review dancehall deejay Super Cat’s major label debut album Don Dada as it turns 30. After mixing it up in Jamaica in the sound system scene and growing “dancehall” scene in the mid-to-late […]

In a new bonus episode segement Relics of the Past, B. Cox reminsces about what was the excitement of Record Release Tuesdays. From the late 1980s until 2015, the music industry designated Tuesdays as its Global Release Day; the day that new albums were released. He talks about the hype, […]

B. Cox reviews The Roots’ third studio album, 1996’s Illadelph Halflife. After a respectable success and notoriety from their sophomore offering Do You Want More?!!!???!, the hip-hop band and outfit from Philadelphia found themselves moving a little bit away from their live instrumentation 100 percent output and experimented with samples […]

B. Cox is joined by Kahlil Wonda and Agard of Reggae Lover Podcast to review dancehall reggae legend Shabba Ranks hit album As Raw As Ever as it turns 30. After a few releases that made him a dancehall star in his native Jamaica, Ranks burst onto the scene and […]

The crew reviews the almighty Wu-Tang Clan and their iconic classic debut album Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) as it turns 30. After doing what seemed the impossible to assemble a supergroup of emcees hailing from Staten Island and Brooklyn, the collective gained major notoriety with their debut single “Protect […]

B. Cox welcomes special guests D & T of The Perfectly Imperfect Couple Podcast to help him review the Fugees second and final album, the magnum opus The Score. It was a once in a lifetime occurrence in hip-hop in 1996 with a unforgettable story: How a $135,000 advance after […]

B. Cox and Domo reminisce about Reflection Eternal’s soulful, yet powerful 2000 debut classic album Train of Thought. It was album that nodded heads, shook spirits and educated minds about the battle for the soul of hip-hop and Black America at the turn of the new millennium. It was a […]