This is epic. I'm glad to hear P.E. is going into the Hall of Fame. The Hall's got a repectable Hip Hop wing forming: Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, Run DMC, The Beastie Boys, and now P.E.
As the years pass, and rap gets older as an artform, it should be interesting to see who else gets...
I'm not buying this nonsense. First off, it's been said that when Russell Poole (the lead investigator) uncovered evidence pointing to rogue cops being involved in Big's murder, the higher-ups in the department deliberately torpedoed his case. Secondly, they've been circling the wagons for...
You're right that there wouldn't have been any guarantees, but a few variables might've saved Big if he'd had protection. For one, Puffy's bodyguard (Gene Deal) said he believed the guy who killed Big was the same guy shadowing Puffy as he left the Petersen, and Gene claimed to have made eye...
A lot of people have Hev to thank for their careers and success: Andre Harrell, who had Hev as the flagship artist for Uptown Records for years; Puffy, who got his job at Uptown after Hev convinced Andre to hire him; Jodeci, who got their deal after Hev talked Andre into listening to their demo...
Hev had crossover appeal and a clean image, both traits that people like to front on. But Hev was versatile, made great records and albums, and he was a complete emcee. It's a shame he never got his due.
I've wondered for the longest why Big wasn't on point with his personal security. Puffy had his guard (Gene Deal) strapped and sitting right behind him when he left that party. Big was riding with his boys from Brooklyn, and none of them had a piece. He really was a sitting duck in that truck...
To answer some of your points:
Jay’s first album dropped in the spring of ’96; three months after All Eyez on Me, four months before Pac died; and on an indie label (Roc-A-Fella/Priority) with a small budget. He wasn’t a franchise player with a multimillion dollar promo budget, as Pac (Death...
My order:
48 - Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
242 - Run-D.M.C. – Run-D.M.C.
228 - Eric B. & Rakim – Paid In Full
470 - LL Cool J – Radio
123 - Run-D.M.C. – Raising Hell
219 - Beastie Boys – Licensed to Ill
453 - EPMD – Strictly Business
144 - N.W.A –...
There was an article published on D.O.C. that described his style pre-accident almost perfectly; saying he sounded as if he had fire-breathing lungs. He had one of the greatest voices of any emcee in the game, and lyrically, he was almost peerless. And to think he was only 20-21 years old at the...
Nice thread. You put me in a zone with this one; in fact, I'm bumping "Break North" as I type this. This album blew my mind back in '88. It was 'sick genius' defined. A lot of classic albums dropped in '88, but this one, PE's It Takes a Nation... and Stet's In Full Gear were in a dead-heat for...
One of the best tracks of the 90's. Hard to believe this joint is nearly 20 years old. It hasn't aged a second since '94. All of the classic elements are here: lyrical energy, a hard melodic beat, and plenty of quotable lines.
Such a shame Fame and Danzenie didn't blow larger. Guess the...
I haven't heard this joint in years. That time period had a stockpile of dope soundtracks: Menace II Society, New Jersey Drive, Murder Was the Case, etc. The Spice-1 and MC Eiht cuts from this piece were my favorites. Eiht was in a zone behind the mix board back then. That track from "One Less...