Music

B. Cox reviews De La Soul’s classic second album De La Soul Is Dead, a project that saw the Native Tongues group rise after its classic debut 3 Feet High & Rising to fight back against the duel battles of their images as “hippies” and against the changing hip-hop landscape […]

The crew ends an eventful 2020 by looking back at the top albums of 1990, 1995 and 2000 and apply their honorable mention and Top 5 rankings of albums for each respective album. Visit The Vault Classic Music Reviews Online www.vaultclassicpod.com Join our Private Facebook Listener Group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/600256077743122 Support The […]

B. Cox and J. Owe look back on LL Cool J’s classic fourth studio album 1990’s Mama Said Knock You Out; an effort dubbed as his comeback album after a lackluster critical review of his third studio album Walking With A Panther. His collaboration with legendary producer Marley Marl paved […]

In a bonus segment of “Cards, Dominoes, Drinks & Smoke”, B. Cox examines the key question: What makes a classic? He looks at the criteria, how much it has changed in the last generation and the lines between ‘classic’, ‘great’ and ‘very good’   Show notes: Kendrick Lamar, Drake and […]

The crew reminisces about the 1999 Rawkus compilation Soundbombing II. In the midst of their rise as a great collective, crew and record label, Rawkus teamed up with their roster of skilled emcees and a select choice of guest wordsmiths over classic boom-bap, gritty but soulful head nod beats. We […]

B. Cox reviews Tony! Toni! Tone!’s classic third album Sons of Soul as it turns 30. After their mega hit sophomore album, 1990s The Revival, the group and this album continued on its predecessors success with experimentation on their sound. Seeking different sound without a change in musical philosophy, the […]

B. Cox looks back at Jay-Z’s second studio album In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 as it turns 25. After a critical, yet not lucratively commercially, success of his classic debut Reasonable Doubt the previous year, the Brooklyn emcee looked to elevate his game and take the spot as the “King […]

In a bonus episode, B. Cox looks back 20 years ago to the Summer of 2002. It was a summer packed with hit songs that would become classics. Among the memorable tracks that would populate this soundtrack would be Nelly’s two massive #1 Hot 100 hits: “Hot In Herre” and […]

The crew recalls a truly unforgettable and tragic event: the murder of Christopher Wallace bka The Notorious B.I.G. aka Biggie aka Biggie Smalls 25 years ago. His murder sent shockwaves throughout the hip-hop and music industry, only six months after the death of his former friend and rival Tupac Shakur. […]