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Oh, how time flies when you’re…living. I can’t believe its been nearly three years (almost to the date) that I posted on Lord Finesse’s debut album Funky Technician. Funky Technician was released on the now defunct Cold Chillin’ label, and … Continue reading →

We last heard from Sir Mix-A-Lot in ’89 after the release of his sophomore album Seminar, which I found in the dollar bin a few years ago. While a few of the singles did stir up a bit of nostalgia … Continue reading →

Hope you’ll had a wonderful Labor Day weekend. You can file this one before He’ s The DJ, I’m The Rapper. As I mentioned a few post ago, the 4th piece to my Biz Markie collection was due to arrive … Continue reading →

For those keeping record at home: file this one after Amerikkka’s Most Wanted. Kevin Madison, better known to the world as K-Solo, is a New York native that came of age during the golden era of hip-hop. He was known … Continue reading →

For those keeping track at home file this one after All Hail The Queen. After reviewing I Need A Haircut and finding it pretty entertaining, I made mention of getting a hold of the rest of Biz Markie’s catalog, and … Continue reading →

I first became familiar with Nice & Smooth in 1991 with the singles from their sophomore effort Ain’t A Damn Thing Changed: “Hip-hop Junkies,” “How To Flow,” Cake And Eat It, Too,” and arguably, the biggest songs in the duo’s catalog … Continue reading →

The next four post will be rewinds of 4 albums I recently bought but were all released prior to 1991.  Since I was unable to track down the exact release date for this one, for those keeping track at home, … Continue reading →

I Normally Don’t Do This will be a segment where I review albums in my collection that aren’t necessarily hip-hop albums but are influenced enough by hip-hop that I’ll give them some love (or hate) on TimeIsIllmatic. The seventies gave … Continue reading →

A couple of post ago I wrote about the Christian rap duo the Dynamic Twins and their debut album Word 2 The Wize. Today’s post kind of ties into that one in a 7 degrees of separation kind of way. The … Continue reading →

D-Nice will never be on anyone’s top 5, 10, 20, or 100 emcee list, and that is not a knock on Derrick. I’m sure he’ll even tell you he’s a deejay first and emcee second. The former BDP deejay had … Continue reading →