After UTFO’s Roxanne Roxanne spawned dozens of answer records back in 1984-85, the group and their producers, Full Force, created their own authorized answer record, hiring a woman named Elease Jack to […]
UTFO
UTFO (Untouchable Force Organization) was a legendary and iconic four-man rap group, consisting of rappers The Kangol Kid, Doctor Ice, and Educated Rapper, along with DJ Mix Master Ice, that burst onto […]
“ESCAPE” by Whodini
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 […]
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 […]
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