Music

In this edition of The Guest Lounge, B. Cox sits down with Uchay & QD (Q. Deezy) of The Ill-Advised Wise Guys Podcast. The fellas talk about their podcast journey, what keeps them motivated, their take on what makes classic hip-hop albums and their ideal and dream interviewees. Visit The […]

B. Cox reviews Atlanta hip-hop group Goodie Mob’s 1995 debut album Soul Food. It is a foundational album for Atlanta and southern hip-hop and a gripping, yet brutally honest commentary of the ills within Atlanta and the black community at-large: mass incarceration, racism, gentrification, income disparity, and injustice. Visit The […]

B. Cox and J. Owe look back at D’Angelo’s 1995 masterpiece debut Brown Sugar and its impact on “breaking the dam” for the neo soul sub-genre and making a name for himself in an R&B genre badly needing a fresh sound. Visit The Vault Classic Music Reviews Online www.vaultclassicpod.com Join […]

B. Cox & J. Owe take a look at 2 Pac’s breakout third album 1995’s Me Against The World, a portrait that painted a picture of a conflicted poet, revolutionary and artist that found himself at crossroads in a life that would be gone far too soon.  Visit The Vault […]

The crew takes a look at the highly anticipated 1999 debut album of Pharoahe Monch, Internal Affairs, on the cusp of it being made available digitally and otherwise for the first time on its 20th anniversary.  Visit The Vault Classic Music Reviews Online www.vaultclassicpod.com Join our Private Facebook Listener Group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/600256077743122 […]

B. Cox reviews West Coast hip-hop trio Tha Alkaholiks debut album 21 & Over, as it turns 30. The trio, made up of emcees Tash, E-Swift and J-Ro, formed in the late 1980s and were mentored by legend King Tee. After signing to Loud/RCA, the group started recording their debut […]

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 […]