Episodes

B. Cox & J. Owe review Nas ' second studio album It Was Written . It was his highly anticipated follow to his classic debut Illmatic . Upon release, the reviews were mostly mixed as most noticed the album had a more commecial...

B. Cox and J. Owe discuss Jay -Z's now-classic debut Reasonable Doubt as it turns 25. The album released on his, Dame Dash and Kareem "Biggs" Burke label Roc-A-Fella Records, was the first building block on what would become ...

B. Cox & J. Owe look back at Heltah Skeltah 's debut album Nocturnal . It was the first offering by Rock and Ruck (bka the late Sean Price ) and the 3rd album released by the hip-hop collective Boot Camp Clik (BCC) . Followin...

B. Cox and Domo look back at Toni Braxton 's mega hit second album Secrets . Coming off her massively successful self-titled debut album released three years prior containing several charting singles, she avoided the dreaded ...

B. Cox is joined by Kahlil Wonda and Agard of Reggae Lover Podcast to review dancehall reggae legend Shabba Ranks hit album As Raw As Ever as it turns 30. After a few releases that made him a dancehall star in his native Jama...

B. Cox looks back at NWA 's 2nd and final album Niggaz4Life (stylized as Efil4Zaggin). Dubbed "The World's Most Dangerous Group" after their classic debut, the outfit entered their last LP minus their most prolific emcee Ice ...

The crew reviews Jodeci 's smash debut album Forever My Lady as it turns 30. The group was quintessential to shaping a standard for male R&B groups in 1990s with their dinstictive melodies, sharp production and street style n...

B. Cox reviews De La Soul 's classic second album De La Soul Is Dead , a project that saw the Native Tongues group rise after its classic debut 3 Feet High & Risin g to fight back against the duel battles of their images as "...

B. Cox is joined by special guest Nathan "The Professor" Rideaux ( Playerz From The South & Food Dope podcasts) to look back at Master P 's seismic 1996 album Ice Cream Man . After spending years in California running his rec...

In a special bonus episode, the crew takes time out to memorialize a fallen legend. Earl Simmons bka DMX , who passed away at the age of 50 after being in a vegatative state after a heart attack.He was a transcendent emcee an...

B. Cox and Domo review Maxwell 's groundbreaking and culture-shifting debut album Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite . It was an album that signalled a paradigm shift from R&B music of the day that featured a more hip-hop sound back ...

The crew reviews Busta Rhymes ' 1996 debut solo album The Coming . It was a ceremonious debut tafter a successful career with the Leaders of The New School, unleashing a power packed assault filled with energy packed bars and...

B. Cox once again welcomes special guests D & T of The Perfectly Imperfect Couple Podcast to help him review the India Arie's debut classic album, the incredibly majestic Acoustic Soul . It was an album that projected the bes...

In this edition of The Guest Lounge , B. Cox sits down with Uchay & QD (Q. Deezy) of The Ill-Advised Wise Guys Podcast . The fellas talk about their podcast journey, what keeps them motivated, their take on what makes classic...

The crew reviews Memphis rapper and Hypnotize Minds Camp Posse member Project Pat 's second album Mista Don't Play , a hard hitting, fast moving and steel charged project filled with tales from the dark corners, strip clubs a...

B. Cox & J. Owe look back at Houston's own Geto Boys third album, We Can't Be Stopped ; an offering that sprung the hardcore rap group into the national spotlight with tracks that combined gangster rap, horrorcore, political ...

B. Cox welcomes special guests D & T of The Perfectly Imperfect Couple Podcast to help him review the Fugees second and final album, the magnum opus The Score . It was a once in a lifetime occurrence in hip-hop in 1996 with a...

B. Cox and J. Owe take a look back at 2Pac 's acclaimed fourth studio album, 1996's All Eyez On Me . It was a double-disc of classic singles and historic album cuts fueled by Shakur's emotions surrounding his recent incarcera...

B. Cox & Domo look back at 90's R&B girl group Total's 1996 debut album the self-titled Total. It was an stellar effort with an all-star cast of producers who helped to craft a sound for one of the most recognizable groups of...

In a bonus segment of Cards, Dominoes, Drinks & Smoke, the crew looks back at year of 2001, a year that held tragedies and game-changing moments that would resonate for the next two years: the beginning of "The Fast and The F...

In a bonus segment of Cards, Dominoes, Drinks & Smoke B. Cox and Domo reminisce on the phenomenon that was the year of 1996 in music and pop culture. They talk about the amazing array of classic and high quality albums releas...

B. Cox and J. Owe look back at Compton rap icon DJ Quik 's 1991 debut classic album Quik Is The Name , an early adopter in the G-Funk sound which would come to define Southern California hip-hop in the early 1990s. It was a p...

In our first episode of 2021, B. Cox looks back at Gang Starr 's 1991 second album Step In The Arena ; an effort that saw the duo take a significant step up from their debut and truly began their ascent as one of the genre's ...

The crew ends an eventful 2020 by looking back at the top albums of 1990, 1995 and 2000 and apply their honorable mention and Top 5 rankings of albums for each respective album. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com...