Whodini was (is?) a rap group consisting of rappers Jalil Hutchins (unique at the time in that he didn’t use a rap name, he was simply Jalil) and Ecstasy (John Fletcher) and […]
“ESCAPE” by Whodini
RAISING HELL by Run-DMC
In 1986 Run-DMC released their 3rd (and many, including me, say their best) album, Raising Hell, on Profile Records (now Arista). Produced by Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin this has both rappers […]
Rock The House by D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
Long before he became the worldwide A-list movie star that he is today, Will Smith was one half of one of the most successful mainstream rap duos in the country, and he […]
“Hot, Cool, & Vicious” by Salt-N-Pepa
Released in 1986 on Next Plateau Records, and produced by Hurby “Luv Bug” Azor, this is the debut album of what would become the biggest-selling all-female rap group of all-time. Consisting of […]
FEMALE RAPPERS TODAY…AND YESTERDAY…
This is the recently revealed “cover” to Nicki Minaj’s latest single, which has gotten all of the internet talking. First, I’ll freely admit that I’m an older dude, I grew up on […]
LAQUAN “NOTES OF A NATIVE SON”
I’m going Old School again, with another rap album from back in the day that, for whatever reason, didn’t get the hype it deserved. Notes of A Native son is the […]
RAW LIKE SUSHI by Neneh Cherry
Neneh Cherry…the reason why I love British Black women. Raw Like Sushi is her debut album, released on Virgin Records in 1989. Neneh was probably the first artist who sang and […]
BRAINWASHED by M.C. BRAINZ
In 1996 M.C. Brains, now calling himself M.C. Brainz (if the original name stood for Bringing Raps And Instrumentals Non-Stop, I don’t know what the “z” stood for…), released the follow-up album […]
LOVERS LANE by M.C. BRAINS
I’ve noticed from my blog stats that my post REMEMBER M.C. BRAINS? continues to be one of my most-viewed posts, getting several new hits a day, almost 8 months after it was […]
JIN PRESENTS THE EMCEE’S PROPERGANDA
M.C. Jin (also known as Jin, The Emcee, Jin The Emcee, and Jin Au-Yeung) is one of the best and most underrated rappers in the world. His claim to fame was […]
RAHEEM THE INVINCIBLE
Following up on last night’s post, I was a huge fan of Raheem’s first album when it came out in 1988, but then he disappeared. I tried looking him up for info, […]
RAHEEM THE VIGILANTE
I notice that the blog I posted back in May about M.C. BRAINS continues to multiple new hits, all these months later. It got my thinking about other little-known rappers from back […]
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