Author Archives: deedub77

hop producer Tony D also rapped on the side. Tony D eventually parlayed his night-time passion into deal and released his solo debut Droppin’ Funky Verses on the now defunct label, 4th & Broadway. I wasn’t aware this album existed until I ran across it … Continue reading →

The first week of July 1991 was a busy week in the annuals of hip-hop. Today’s post marks the beginning of 7 releases that week. Stetsasonic is one of those groups that I never followed back in the day. I … Continue reading →

QD III (Quincy Jones III) is the son and name sake of the legendary music producer Quincy Jones. QD III is probably best known for bringing us the Beef dvd series, but back in the nineties he was an inspiring hip-hop producer. Thanks to … Continue reading →

Heavy D (RIP) & The Boyz put Money earnin’ Mt. Vernon (NY) on the map in the mid eighties. Due to his squeaky clean image and danceable songs Heavy and crew were able to gain quite a bit of commercial success. Hev and Pete Rock … Continue reading →

We last found 3rd Bass releasing their debut The Cactus Album, which brought them modest success as it would earn our caucasian brethren a gold plaque. The next year they released The Cactus Revisited which was an EP that consisted of remixes from … Continue reading →

By 1991 I was fully drenched and heavily indulging in everything hip-hop related. In between me and my crew freestyling over cassette single instrumentals that we boosted from Sam Goody or Musicland (yes kids, there was a time when you … Continue reading →

With the news of Dr. Dre becoming hip-hop’s first billionaire (thanks to the Beats/Apple deal) and the hype surrounding the N.W.A. biopic (which I’m not optimistic about, since Dre and Cube have veto power to edit or remove any/every scene of the up coming movie), its … Continue reading →

We last found our frozen friend Ice-T in 1989 with his 3rd release (as well as 3rd consecutive gold or better selling album) The Iceberg/Freedom Of Speech. Like his previous two efforts (Rhyme Pays and Power), The Iceberg covered the same topics: street … Continue reading →

After their critically acclaimed debut,3 Feet High & Rising, De La Soul was left in an interesting predicament. While most loved and accepted them and their music for what it was, their street cred was still questioned by some and … Continue reading →

Norman Rogers is better known to everyone in the world, other than his mother, as Terminator X, the deejay from the legendary hip-hop collective Public Enemy, during their most prominent years (87′ to 99′). My remembrance of Terminator X during PE’s golden years … Continue reading →