Music

B. Cox once again welcomes Nathan “The Professor” Rideaux of Food Dope Podcast to review UGK’s third album, the southern classic Ridin’ Dirty. After feeling neglected, underutilized and underfunded by their record label Jive, the Texas duo went to work to lay their classic album to prove them and the […]

B. Cox reviews hip-hop duo Gang Starr’s fifth album Moment of Truth as it turns 25. After a four year hiatus from their acclaimed 4th album 1994’s Hard To Earn, Guru and DJ Premier returned to to the lab to craft their latest album among a changing landscape. Hip-hop, once […]

In our first episode of 2021, B. Cox looks back at Gang Starr’s 1991 second album Step In The Arena; an effort that saw the duo take a significant step up from their debut and truly began their ascent as one of the genre’s most revered and respected units. Visit […]

The crew looks back at Faith Evans 1995 self-titled debut album, who gave Bad Boy Records a needed leading lady in a time and label that was known mainly for hip-hop. Visit The Vault Classic Music Reviews Online www.vaultclassicpod.com Join our Private Facebook Listener Group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/600256077743122 Support The Vault Classic […]

B. Cox looks back at Ice Cube’s explosive 1990 debut album AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted and how his tales of ghetto life in South Central LA and commentary on race, politics and inequality in America shaped a career that skyrocketed over the next two decades to unimaginable heights.  Visit The Vault […]

The crew discusses the second and final offering from Pete Rock & CL Smooth, 1994’s The Main Ingredient. A laid back virtuoso effort by the duo is often overlooked and underappreciated. They discuss how, as grown men, they can appreciate its brilliance.  Visit The Vault Classic Music Reviews Online www.vaultclassicpod.com Join […]

B. Cox and J Owe look back at the late DMX’s second studio album Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood as it turns 25. After setting the industry on fire during the previous year and a half and the explosive success of his debut It’s Dark and Hell […]

B. Cox looks back at The Pharcyde’s debut classic album Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde as it turns 30. In the midst of a genre shift of power over their home base of California, the former dancers turns emcees and producers released their debut album to little fanfare, but would […]

B. Cox looks back at Mary J. Blige’s debut classic album What’s the 411? as it turns 30. As the youngest signee of Andre Harrell’s Uptown Records, the New York-born singer was brought under the tutelage of producer and executive Sean “Diddy” Combs for debut album. Utilizing samples of popular […]