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I don’t know a lot about the subject of today’s post, Channel Live. I do know that the East Orange, New Jersey duo consisting of Vincent “Tuffy” Morgan and Hakim Green, were discovered by the legendary BDP co-founder, KRS-One back … Continue reading →

Thanks to its lackluster production and poor mixing, Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. is and will always be my least favorite 2pac album (fyi, I only count the albums from 2Pacalypse Now through The Don Killuminati as Pac’s catalog. The rest … Continue reading →

Derrick Keyes, better known to the world as Nine, was a Bronx born and bred emcee who begin rapping and making records back in the mid-eighties. Under the alias of Ricochet, he was a part of a few short-lived groups … Continue reading →

The Nonce (which is an old English word that means the one (or in this case: “the ones”)) was the L.A. based duo made up of Nouka Basetype and Yusef Afloat. After graduating from high school the two hip-hop heads, … Continue reading →

By 1995 DJ Quik was a well-respected hip-hop artist with two gold selling albums under his belt. His crispy clean brand of G-funk production, along with his distinctive ability to pick the right funk and soul loops helped him to … Continue reading →

I’ve mentioned before on this blog that The Roots are my second favorite hip-hop group of all-time, next to who I’m sure you can figure out if you read this blog with any regularity. Since the mid-nineties, hip-hop’s first official … Continue reading →

What better way to get a break away from all the coronavirus talk than with hip-hop and a good read? Lets get 1995 underway, and remember to cover your mouths when you cough and wash your damn hands! For those … Continue reading →

I’ll admit, I was late to the Ultramagnetic MC’s party. When they hit planet earth in ’88, I was still a young whippersnapper and missed out on Ced Gee’s dope beats and Kool Keith’s unique, but entertaining rhyme schemes. I … Continue reading →

  After making several references to Showbiz and the Diggin’ In The Crates crew in the past few posts, it struck me that I missed one of the foundational pieces in the D.I.T.C. catalog, Runaway Slave. Enjoy the read.  Diggin’ … Continue reading →

Another year complete! 1994 was a great year in hip-hop and I hope I served it justice with my reviews. Here are my best and worst of the year. I have a few house cleaning things to do and then … Continue reading →