Author Archives: deedub77

By the time 1990 rolled around PE was the highest profile hip-hop act on the scene (at least a hip-hop act that still had street cred).  After the massively successful (critically and commercially) It Takes a Nation of Millions, the controversy already surrounding the group and … Continue reading →

Tupac Shakur: Probably the most famous (an infamous) rapper ever to walk the face of the earth, which in part can be credited to his very public personal issues and ultimately his untimely and controversial death that somehow remains unsolved to this day (but that’s a … Continue reading →

As I wrap up the eighties portion of my collection and press forward to the year 1990, fate would have it this weekend while on one of my many used cd shop visits, I would stumble across an out of print … Continue reading →

As the eighties rolled on and hip-hop became more and more commercially excepted we begin to see all types of hip-hop sub-genres popping up.  One such sub-genre was Christian hip-hop (sometimes referred to as gospel hip-hop, or holy hip-hop).  Due to … Continue reading →

If you’re even remotely familiar with early nineties hip-hop, you’ve heard of Naughty By Nature. I’m even willing to bet if you mention the name amongst a group of friends, somebody is sure to break into the hook from their biggest hit … Continue reading →

In the late eighties groups like NWA, Ice-T, and Above The Law would lay the ground work in defining what would soon become the West Coast hip-hop blueprint.  Like the east, the west coast artists used raw beats, but with a heavily synthesized sound, and … Continue reading →

After releasing their debut album Straight Out The Jungle on an independent label (Warlock Records) which accumulated into lackluster records sales (but what more would you expect from an independently released hip-hop album? Especially from the late eighties), the Jungle Brothers struck a … Continue reading →

Wow! I can’t believe it’s been over a month since my last post.  I’ve been consumed with a move an a bunch of other personal matters, but I promise to have a new post up in the next week or … Continue reading →

Some of you younger readers may find it hard to believe that before Queen Latifah was known as an actress/singer/covergirl, Dana “Queen Latifah” Owens’ initial claim to fame was actually as a rapper.  Following the path paved by other pioneering female acts like Salt N Pepa, … Continue reading →