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In late 1990, Brand Nubian made a great first impression on the hip-hop community with their debut album All For One. Grand Puba Maxwell, Lord Jamar, and Sadat (or sometimes Derek) X’s, combination of solid rhymes, black consciousness, 5 percent … Continue reading →

We first heard from the Newark, New Jersey native Reginald “Redman” Noble on EPMD’s Business As Usual album, as he would make a solid first impression on “Hardcore” and “Brothers On My Jock”. But both of those cameos would pale … Continue reading →

While Lonnie “Common” Lynn wasn’t the first rapper out of Chicago to make noise on a national level (Twista, then known as Tung Twista, would do it a year or so prior), he is definitely one of the early pioneers … Continue reading →

We last heard from CMW on their 1991 severely overlooked sophomore effort, Straight Checkn ‘Em. They would return in ’92, with their third release, Music to Driveby. Like the saying goes, if it aint broke don’t fix it; Eiht, DJ’s Slip, Mike T, … Continue reading →

Through the years, hip-hop has seen many heralded collectives come through and leave their imprint on the game. There was the Juice Crew with all of their talented lyricists. The Native Tongue made their impact with their hippy sensibilities and … Continue reading →

By 1992, Ice Cube was arguably the hottest rapper in the game. After leaving N.W.A. he released back to back critically acclaimed and platinum selling solo albums, and begin to get his feet wet in Hollywood, with his debut starring role as the … Continue reading →

In the mist of listening to and working on Willie D’s IGOLS write-up, I ran into today’s subject at one of my favorite used music spots. Maybe this was not a coincidence, but more divine intervention. Maybe it was a part of … Continue reading →

The Houston, TX born and bred rapper Willie James Dennis, better known to the world as Willie D, will forever be remembered as a third (and for a short period of time, half) of the Houston based rap group, the Geto … Continue reading →

As important as the Beastie Boys and LL Cool J were to help build the Def Jam empire, just as much credit should be given to Public Enemy for helping sustain it during the late eighties to mid nineties. While … Continue reading →

This is one of a handful of new adds to my collection that were release prior to 1992. I was planning on posting on these after I finished up the rest of 1992, but since the last post was on I Gotta … Continue reading →