“Final Frontier” is the lead single from Kizz My Black Azz, the solo debut EP by MC Ren, released in 1992, on Ruthless Records and distributed by Priority Records. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dOjVczHa7I…
…“One Day,” where Jeru tells a story of Puff Daddy, Foxy Brown, and Bad Boy Records kidnapping somebody named Hip-Hop. The Notorious B.I.G. took offense to the song, being that he was signed to Bad Boy…
“How Many MC’s…” is the second single off Enta da Stage, the debut album Black Moon, released on October 19, 1993, through Nervous Records. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-eVgV4PzX8 The album was produced by…
…Built 4 Cuban Linx… was released on August 1, 1995, by Loud Records and RCA Records. The album was loosely composed to play like a film with Raekwon as the…
…was released in 1988 on Reality Records, a short-lived subsidiary of Fantasy Records, and was produced by Doug E. Fresh, Eric “Vietnam” Sadler, Ollie Cotton and Carl Ryder. The album…
“The Militia” is the second single off Moment of Truth, the fifth album by Gang Starr. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GySKDJzZdfQ Moment of Truth was released on March 31, 1998, by Noo Trybe Records…
“How Ya Want It” is a song from Raw Deluxe, the fourth album by the Jungle Brothers, released on June 3, 1997 on Gee Street Records. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA116gijAYQ The group signed…
“Now I feel Ya” is a single from Scarface‘s second album The World Is Yours. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-yYwKYqtsU The World Is Yours was released on August 17, 1993, by Rap-A-Lot Records and…
…by Boston-based Ed O.G. & Da Bulldogs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP_wymk8ORQ Roxbury 02119 was released in June 1993 via Chemistry Records/Mercury Records/PolyGram. The album peaked at number 36 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums….
…Records and Columbia Records. Prior to the album’s recording, Mos Def had collaborated with rapper Talib Kweli for the duo’s studio album, Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star…
…the Nineties when fans in the UK struggled to appreciate the beats and rhymes of our own, but the emergence of Caveman on Profile records was a sign that British…
This is a twentieth-anniversary salute to a very important album within the confines of the underground. This album was launched by famed subterranean label Rawkus Records and was a major…
