Author Archives: deedub77

Freestyle Fellowship is the Los Angeles collective consisting of Aceyalone, Mikah Nine, Mtulazaji. PeAce (who I’ll simply refer to as Peace from here on out) and Self Jupiter. They originally came on the scene in 1991 with their debut album To Whom It … Continue reading →

Lets go back to March for a new addition to my collection. File this one after Flavor Unit’s “Roll Wit Tha Flava”. Mad Kap has a place in hip-hop history next to groups like Yaggfu Front and Rumpletilskinz. Groups that … Continue reading →

About a month ago, I was skirmishing through the used cd bins at one of my favorite spots (shoutout to Cheapos!). To avoid bumping into other music miners, if someone is digging on one end of the bins I’ll go … Continue reading →

Through the years hip-hop has spawned a million and one different acts. Out of those million acts only a small percentage have been able to create an impressive catalog and everlasting legacy that stands the test of time. Some have had one of … Continue reading →

The Lords Of The Underground are the Newark-Cleveland trio that met in the early nineties while attending the Raleigh, North Carolina based HBCU, Shaw University. As the story goes, it was the Cleveland, Ohio native Lord Jazz, who brought Doitall and … Continue reading →

The original cast of Onyx consisted of the threesome of Fredro “Q” Starr, Big DS (rip) and Suave (aka Sonee Seeza). In 1990 the Queens bred trio inked a single deal with Profile to test the waters, and released the … Continue reading →

We last heard from Monie on her 1990 debut album Down To Earth, which created quite a buzz for the London bred emcee, largely due to, not one, but two, Grammy nominated singles. I’m still surprised that even with the … Continue reading →

By 1993, Ice-T had 5 albums under his belt (four solo albums and one with his experimental rock band, Body Count, which I’m not touching with a ten foot pole on this blog) and 5 gold or better selling albums, … Continue reading →

We first heard from the Jersey City brother duo PM Dawn in ’91 with their debut album Of The Heart, Of The Spirit And Of The Cross: The Utopian Experience, which earned the Cordes boys a gold plaque, thanks largely … Continue reading →

By 1993 Queen Latifah and her Flavor Unit crew were a force to be reckoned with. The Queen herself already had two respected albums under her belt, while her fellow New Jersey brethren and Flavor Unit members, Naughty By Nature, … Continue reading →