Music

B. Cox and J. Owe review reggae superstar Sean Paul’s classic sophomore album Dutty Rock as it turns 20. After a fairly successful debut album Stage One two years prior, Paul sought to capitalize on what was a burgeoning and receptive dancehall market in the United States since the turn […]

B. Cox looks back at Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott’s debut album Supa Dupa Fly as it turns 25. After spending the beginning part of her career with Devante’s Swing Mob Records with her girl group Sista (which never materialized an album), she linked up with childhood friend and producer Timothy “Timbaland” […]

B. Cox and Domo review Brandy’s 2002 classic third album album Full Moon. After two wildly successful albums and taking a break after her second album which was followed by a nervous breakdown, a relationship breakup and before what was soon to be the birth of her daughter, the vocal […]

B. Cox & J. Owe review Mobb Deep’s third album Hell On Earth. After releasing their sophomore classic, 1995’s The Infamous, to critical acclaim and rave reviews, the duo from Queensbridge followed up the next year with an equally strong effort to announce their intention to be in the game […]

B. Cox reviews Main Source’s classic debut album 1991’s Breaking Atoms. It was a wildly creative and sonically pleasing debut combining the exploits of twin brother DJs K-Cut and Sir Scratch along with emcee and soon to be legendary producer Large Professor. Behind funky and soulful sample based beats teamed […]

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 […]