Stevie Wonder had “Inner Visions” showing him that this project would be at the bottom of the list. Releasing only two weeks after Inspectah Deck…Read More

If you’re like many who may have skipped over this one when it dropped a week after Method Man’s Tical 2000, take our word for it…Read More

The anticipation was high, and the wait was long, but after four years and some change, the chef Raekwon had finally cooked up…Read More

Unique Ason and his antics were all well-publicized at this point of his career, so what could you possibly expect on the follow- up from the man whose featured a dude named “Shorty Shit Stain” on both albums? Read More

The Genius stands out as the only man in the clan having released a full-length solo LP pre-dating “Enter the 36 Chambers,” covering the top, middle and bottom of the decade. As such…Read More 

October 1999 saw releases from two Clansmen who had yet to drop their solo debut and Rebel INS was first on the scene with “Uncontrolled Substance.” Legend has it that there was a version of this slated to…Read More

As far as the bean counters up in the Def Jam offices were concerned, Meth’s follow up album was…Read More

The first of what would turn out to be five official Wu-Tang releases in the ’99 came from The Genius. Par for the course of Wu projects…Read More

One year after the groundbreaking success of “Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), Meth was the leading man to come out the stable with his own project through his hand-picked label…Read More

What Ol’ Dirty Bastard lacks in lyrical prowess is made up for in spades with one-of-a-kind personality and a twisted sense of humor from…Read More

It’s the unadulterated ranges of emotion that leave a lasting impact, not to mention, the lyrically complex rhyme schemes and…Read More 

Gone were the dreadlocks, PSA rallies and songs about girls. Enter, the lyrical swordsman Maximillion aka The GZA/Genius…Read More 

Never before have we gotten an entire album that felt like a cinematic experience on wax, complete with movie clips perfectly intertwined to the context of music…Read More

Shop Culturalist Theory

Hailing from the same place as the creator of the 1995 album “From Where?!,” T-Bexx grew up on a healthy diet of 80s & 90s hip-hop and R&B. While his critical pen was first activated in high school, he was also one of those band kids dating back to when Kris Kross made kids and adults alike “Jump!” Which may explain his current love affair with contemporary smooth jazz and R&B crooners like Coco Jones who carry on the essence of one of the genre’s greatest eras!