Hot of the success of their album Hot Cool &Viscious, Salt ‘N’ Pepa released their follow up Salt With A Deadly Pepa, hoping to recapture the magic of their unforgettable debut. What made Salt ‘N’ Pepa so fresh and unique was the fact they were a complete female rap crew that represented the female voice

There is no question that Hip Hop has always been a culture dominated by male energy. From the dee-jaying to the emceeing, the female mystic was often times overshadowed by the strong presence of the b-boys. We witnessed some female force with the emergence of Lady B, Sha-Rock and Salt-N-Pepa amid others but 1988 marked

As one of the first to push the West coast to the forefront, Ice-T shook up the rap game in the early eighties. He released his debut Rhyme Pays in 1987, which was the first Hip Hop album to have a parental advisory label. His first effort contributed to the rise of “gangsta” rap but

To say Eric B. and Rakim were just pioneers on their second album Follow The Leader, would be unjust and would not represent what their true contributions hold. Both were at their prime in the revolutionary way they completely altered the story of Hip Hop. Eric B. served as more than a typical DJ who

The year 1988 unleashed a barrage of classic albums like no other. Ground breaking records like Follow The Leader,Long Live The Kane and the controversial Straight Outta Compton, made Hip Hop fans proud to be a part of the culture. Nevertheless, the true Cinderella story came from a group who emerged on the scene with

Two decades ago, the Hip Hop world was turned on its ear when the West Philadelphia tandem of DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince and beat-boxing Ready Roc C gave us the respectable double vinyl album, He’s the DJ, I’m the Rapper. The Philly natives were a lot different from the political, gangsta and