Episodes

Reunited!!! The crew is back together once again. They take a look back at the Slum Village's 2000 "cult classic turned classic" second album Fantastic Vol. 2 and how a largely obscure underground group of talented emcees and a producer, in J. Dilla who ...

B. Cox looks back at Three 6 Mafia's landmark fourth studio album 2000's When The Smoke Clears: Sixty 6, Sixty 1; an album which lifted the underground hardcore, horrorcore rap group out of the shadows and into the spotlight that would lead them to unpar...

B. Cox looks back at Naughty By Nature's third album 1995 Poverty's Paradise, which made history as the first album to win the Best Rap Album Award in 1996 at the Grammys.

B. Cox looks back at the brilliant, yet controversial third studio album by Eminem 2000's The Marshall Mathers LP; a project that stretched the boundaries of censorship, angered people by it provocative and explicit content, yet provided a window into th...

We have our first reggae album review!!! In this episode: B.Cox chops it up with special guest Kahlil Wonda of Highlanda Sound & The Reggae Lover Podcast about reggae singjay Capelton's 2000 album More Fire. They talk about how the albums brilliance and ...

It's the first bonus segment of "The Guest Lounge" where we highlight different podcasters and content creators in the world of music. Our first guest is Kahlil Wonda of Highlanda Sound System, DJ/Selecta and co-host of the Reggae Lover Podcast. We talk ...

B. Cox looks back at Ice Cube's explosive 1990 debut album AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted and how his tales of ghetto life in South Central LA and commentary on race, politics and inequality in America shaped a career that skyrocketed over the next two decades ...

In a bonus segment of "Cards, Dominoes, Drinks & Smoke", B. Cox examines the key question: What makes a classic? He looks at the criteria, how much it has changed in the last generation and the lines between 'classic', 'great' and 'very good' Show note...

B.Cox looks back at Mobb Deep's 1995 landmark album The Infamous, which launched the duo to the forefront of the reemergence of East Coast Rap and the New York hip-hop scene and continued the tidal wave with gritty tales of street life and the ills of gh...

B.Cox looks back at Public Enemy's politically charged third studio album 1990's Fear Of A Black Planet and how its production, lyrics, themes and ideologies built on their predecessor classic It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back.

B. Cox looks reviews A Tribe Called Quest's debut classic People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm as it turns 30. He explores the innovative production and the genesis of Tribe's flow & style that would carry them through to a decade of succ...

In this bonus segment, live broadcast and debut of Tale of The Tape, B. Cox puts the remarkable catalogs of A Tribe Called Quest and OutKast head-to-head to decide which's iconic hip-hop group's discography is better! Check this out as we score this bout...

In this episode, B. Cox and J. Owe look back at Bell Biv Devoe's 1990 party-starting classic Poison which signaled a shift in urban music by marrying multiple genres together in a project that still resonates with those who remember it well.

B. Cox & J. Owe take a look at 2 Pac's breakout third album 1995's Me Against The World, a portrait that painted a picture of a conflicted poet, revolutionary and artist that found himself at crossroads in a life that would be gone far too soon.

B. Cox and J. Owe take a look back at Black Rob's 2000 debut Life Story, a gritty tale of hardships, street life and opportunities at hand that had great potential -- save for a few missteps.

It's a new bonus segment for The Vault! In this first installment of Cards, Dominoes, Drinks & Smoke, B. Cox and J. Owe discuss how the regional intricacies in hip-hop, which made it so versatile in its adolescence, has virtually disappeared in the last ...

The crew revisits the revolutionary group Dead Prez's 2000 debut Let's Get Free and discuss its themes of Pan-Africanism, self empowerment, anti-establishment, holistic eating and knowledge of self that are still cautions to the ills of Black America a g...

B. Cox reviews Ghostface Killah's transcendent effort 2000's Supreme Clientele; how its themes, lyrics and virtuoso production made it a stand out among Wu Tang's solo efforts and helped push the group back the forefront as hip-hop entered a new era.

B. Cox looks at 1990's Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth Funky Technician, a forgotten diamond in the rough among a slew of classics released in 1990 and how its quality has maintained despite its relative journey in obscurity.

The crew reminisces about D'Angelo's incredible second album, 2000's Voodoo; a R&B, soul and funk masterclass and how it dared to change the constructs that traditional R&B and neo-soul albums were created within going forward.

The crew reflects on The legendary Roots crew major label 1995 debut Do You Want More?!!!??!, their experimentation with fusing jazz & hip-hop and how their creativity lead them down a road where they would stand out among a genre where status quo was th...

The crew discusses the Boot Camp Clik's duo Smif-n-Wessun and their 1995 gritty debut album Dah Shinin after 25 years. They speak about the influence that Tek and Steele had on other music groups outside of their sphere of influence and how the sound of ...

The crew discusses the second and final offering from Pete Rock & CL Smooth, 1994's  The Main Ingredient. A laid back virtuoso effort by the duo is often overlooked and underappreciated. They discuss how, as grown men, they can appreciate its brilliance....

The crew reminisces about the 1999 Rawkus compilation Soundbombing II. In the midst of their rise as a great collective, crew and record label, Rawkus teamed up with their roster of skilled emcees and a select choice of guest wordsmiths over classic boom...