Music

The crew looks back on the Notorious B.I.G’s final album Life After Death. Released as a double disc two weeks after his murder in Los Angeles, Biggie’s final studio is a sobering triumph of one hip-hop’s greatest emcees. Contining on the excellence from his iconic debut Ready to Die, the […]

B. Cox looks back on Ludacris’ sophomore album Word of Mouf as it turns 20. After a commercially successful debut the previous year, the Atlanta emcee burst onto the scene with an equally, if not more impressive follow up. Keeping up with his theme of being braggadocios, witty and comedic […]

B. Cox reviews A Tribe Called Quest’s fourth studio album Beats, Rhymes & Life. It was Tribe’s first album since their classic third album Midnight Marauders and a three year gap between projects. In their return, the group grabbed their first No. 1 album on the charts which went platinum. […]

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 […]

In a bonus episode of “Cards, Dominoes, Drinks & Smoke”, B. Cox muses on the albums from 1993, 1998 and 2003 that could qualify as albums that “defined a generation”. On the heels of the announcement of WMX’s inaugural season of the visual podcast “Iconic Records: Albums That Defined A […]