Music

B. Cox and Domo review Jay-Z’s third album Vol. 2…Hard Knock Life as it turns 25. Looking to improve on his commercial success from Vol. 1…In My Lifetime, Jay-Z looked to bring on new producers to give his album the commercial shine without the sound being overglossed. In for this […]

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 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 […]