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album Oct 29 2015

Master Ace “Take A Look Around” (1990)

Masta Ace‘s debut album. Release date: July 24, 1990. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOmm1TmxReo After debuting on the classic posse cut “The Symphony” with the Juice Crew in 1988, Ace released his debut single,…
Article Mar 30 2016

Death Of A Legend

…CLASSIC prior three. Then came their swan song in ’98, The Love Movement. Again, good album, and although there were traces of old Tribe, it just wasn’t the same. This…
Article Aug 17 2017

Honoring The Best Hip Hop LP’s: Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique

…to literal contributors. Tampering with the form also propagated a certain reckless abandon and danger to recycling culture, giving artists carte blanche to recontextualize the past without permission, foreshadowing everything…
Article Aug 12 2019

Way Back: Enta Da Stage (1993)

…Enta Da Stage. While Wu-Tang gets significantly more credit for the hardcore sound on their 1993 release, the Brooklyn trio of Buckshot, 5ft, and DJ Evil Dee did just as…
Review Jun 23 2024

Blueprint – 1988 (2005) | Review

…Troop ’88” and KRS-One’s “Fresh For ’88” statement that ended the iconic BDP “My Philopshopy” single, sets a nostalgic tone. This leads into a brief track with a classic Run-DMC…
Article May 13 2019

Strictly For The Heads: DJ Red Alert On 98.7 Kiss FM (June 13th 1987)

…Black, Rock-n-Ron, BZ2 M.C.’s and more. https://www.mixcloud.com/DariSamuels/dj-red-alert-on-987-kiss-fm-jun-13th-1987/ A classic Master Mix by the legendary hip hop DJ Red Alert, hosted by JR Vance. It’s straight from my archives, and strictly…
Article Apr 13 2020

I Used To Love H.E.R.: Breakdown

…the culture stopped and stared. I Used to Love H.E.R. has been ranked as the #1 Hip Hop song of all time by About.com, called a classic Hip Hop parable…
Article Mar 5 2020

Happy 20th: The Truth

…efforts such as his fantastic follow-up, The Reason, The B-Coming, The Solution, and This Time, The Truth remains the best album out of anything he’s presented. Much like other classic…
list Nov 9 2017

9 Best Masta Ace Feature Verses

…wide, above and beneath the surface of his lyrical reach, here are his nine best features (besides his debut on the Marley Marl’s classic posse cut “The Symphony“) alongside his…
Article Feb 4 2020

Happy 20th: Supreme Clientele

…club smash that put the ladies AND the fellas on the floor. Complete with vocalist Madam Majestic, it became a notable Ghost classic. The remainder of the album was definitely…
Article Feb 4 2020

Happy 20th: Like Water For Chocolate

…Water For Chocolate, his knack for consciousness and community was doubled down on more than ever before, and the album turned out to be a legit classic that spawned a…
list Aug 15 2019

10 Important Old School Hip Hop Songs

Going way way back to the early days… An excerpt from “Going Way Back” – the classic Just Ice song from 1987. Today, many people see 1987 and even later…