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In the fall of 1993, Black Moon blessed the hip-hop world with one of the genre’s most underappreciated classic albums, Enta Da Stage. You could blame it on timing, as the following month, The Wu-Tang Clan would drop their debut … Continue reading →

Delbert Harris grew up in Houston’s 5th Ward in the eighties, which was notoriously known for its crime and violence. During his high school years, he witnessed some of the violence firsthand when a friend of his was turned into … Continue reading →

Lecrae is easily the most successful Christian hip-hop artist of all time. The Houston-born and bred emcee, to date, has eleven albums under his belt, two of which have earned him gold plaques to go along with his handful of … Continue reading →

Sometime during the late eighties, hip-hop music started to transform from being a good-spirited, fun, party-fueled genre to more of a thugged-out gangsta art form. With the emergence of artists like Ice-T and groups like N.W.A. finding commercial success and … Continue reading →

The last time we checked in on our New Jersey friends Artifacts was on their 1994 debut album Between A Rock And A Hard Place. The album produced three underground hits and despite its unimpressive sales numbers, received mostly positive … Continue reading →

On Sunday, March 9, 1997, I turned on MTV, looking to catch a couple of early morning music videos (yes, kids, once upon a time, years before it would become a whore house for Reality TV, the Music Television Network … Continue reading →

The last time we heard from Scarface here at TimeisIllmatic was on his partially self-titled group, Facemob’s debut album, The Other Side Of The Law, which we barely heard from Face on. Instead, the generous leader let his apprentices (Devin … Continue reading →

DJ Muggs is one-third of the Los Angeles area trio Cypress Hill and has been the main maestro of music for the group for the past thirty-plus years. During that stretch, he’s also branched out, producing tracks for damn near … Continue reading →

In the early 2000s, I was running around with my crew, Anointed Kings Alliance, trying to become an established rapper while spreading the good news of Jesus Christ and his redemptive virtue through my rhymes (it sounds corny, but I’m … Continue reading →

When it comes to influential figures in hip-hop radio, there are few as long-standing and respected as Aston Taylor Jr., better known to the world as Funkmaster Flex. The Bronx-born and bred DJ (who began deejaying nightclubs at the tender … Continue reading →