The Vault: Classic Music Reviews Podcast

In a bonus segment of Cards, Dominoes, Drinks & Smoke, the crew looks back at year of 2001, a year that held tragedies and game-changing moments that would resonate for the next two years: the beginning of "The Fast and The Furious" franchise, the tragic death of R&B superstar Aaliyah, the devastating catastrophe of the 9/11 terror attacks, the War in Afghanistan and the now legendary beef between two all-time greats, Nas & Jay-Z. The crew also talks their most surprising, anticipated and disappointing albums of that year.Visit The Vault Classic Music Reviews Onlinewww.vaultclassicpod.comJoin our Private Facebook Listener Group!https://www.facebook.com/groups/600256077743122Support The Vault Classic Music Review on Buy Me A Coffeehttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/vaultclassicpodShow Notes:Hip-Hop Golden Age: Top 40 HIp-Hop Albums of 2001https://hiphopgoldenage.com/list/top-40-hip-hop-albums-2001/HipHopDX: Hip-Hop Year in Rewind: 2001https://hiphopdx.com/editorials/id.1829/title.hip-hop-year-in-rewind-2001Medium: Hip-Hop Albums Turning 20 in 2021 https://medium.com/clocked-in-magazine/hip-hop-albums-turning-20-in-2021-62c235c164fcSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vault-classic-music-reviews-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In a bonus segment of Cards, Dominoes, Drinks & Smoke B. Cox and Domo reminisce on the phenomenon that was the year of 1996 in music and pop culture. They talk about the amazing array of classic and high quality albums released, the moments that shaped the music and their personal takes on most anticipated, surprising and disappointing albums of 1996.Visit The Vault Classic Music Reviews Onlinewww.vaultclassicpod.comJoin our Private Facebook Listener Group!https://www.facebook.com/groups/600256077743122Support The Vault Classic Music Review on Buy Me A Coffeehttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/vaultclassicpodShow Notes: Complex-The 1996 Project Looking Back On The Year That Hip-Hop Embraced Success https://www.complex.com/music/2016/02/the-1996-project-looking-back-at-the-year-hip-hop-embraced-successShows I Go To: Why 1996 Is The Most Important Agreement In Hip-Hop Historyhttps://showsigoto.com/why-1996-is-the-most-important-year-in-hip-hop-history/Complex: The Best Rap Songs of 1996https://www.complex.com/music/2016/02/best-rap-songs-of-1996/Hip-Hop Sports Report: 1996 20 Years Later: 10 Observations From the Birth, Growth and Death of Hip-Hophttp://www.hiphopsportsreport.com/1996-20-years-later-10-observations-from-the-birth-growth-and-death-of-hip-hop/Hip-Hop Golden Age: Top 40 Hip-Hop Albums From 1996https://hiphopgoldenage.com/list/top-40-hip-hop-albums-1996/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vault-classic-music-reviews-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

B. Cox and J. Owe look back at Compton rap icon DJ Quik's 1991 debut classic album Quik Is The Name, an early adopter in the G-Funk sound which would come to define Southern California hip-hop in the early 1990s. It was a project that would combine references to urban Los Angeles/Compton hood culture and fun-loving times on the West Coast.Visit The Vault Classic Music Reviews Onlinewww.vaultclassicpod.comJoin our Private Facebook Listener Group!https://www.facebook.com/groups/600256077743122Support The Vault Classic Music Review on Buy Me A Coffeehttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/vaultclassicpodShow Notes:Mid90s: DJ Quik: Born and Raised in Comptonhttps://www.mid90s.com/blog/quikisthenameHip-Hop Album Debate: DJ Quik's "Quik Is The Name"-Classic, Dope, Regular or Garbage?https://www.hiphop-album-debate.com/2018/04/26/tbt-90s-dj-quiks-quik-is-the-name-classic-dope-regular-or-garbage/NPR Microphone Check-DJ Quik: Flamboyant? Every Now and Then https://www.npr.org/sections/microphonecheck/2015/01/30/381979701/dj-quik-flamboyant-every-now-and-thenSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vault-classic-music-reviews-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In our first episode of 2021, B. Cox looks back at Gang Starr's 1991 second album Step In The Arena; an effort that saw the duo take a significant step up from their debut and truly began their ascent as one of the genre's most revered and respected units.Visit The Vault Classic Music Reviews Onlinewww.vaultclassicpod.comJoin our Private Facebook Listener Group!https://www.facebook.com/groups/600256077743122Support The Vault Classic Music Review on Buy Me A Coffeehttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/vaultclassicpodShow Notes:Albumism: Gang's Starr's 'Step In The Arena' Turns 30 | Anniversary Retrospectivehttps://www.albumism.com/features/2016/1/14/tribute-celebrating-25-years-of-gang-starr-step-in-the-arenaUDiscoverMusic: Gang Starr's Underground Classic "Step In the Arena" Set For ReIssuehttps://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/gang-starr-classic-step-in-the-arena-reissue/HipHopDX: "Timeless" DJ Premier Revisits Gang Starr's "Step In The Arena"https://hiphopdx.com/interviews/id.1647/title.timeless-dj-premier-revisits-gang-starrs-step-in-the-arena#The BoomBox: Five Best Songs From Gang Starr's "Step In The Arena"https://theboombox.com/five-best-songs-from-gang-starrs-step-in-the-arena-album/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vault-classic-music-reviews-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The crew ends an eventful 2020 by looking back at the top albums of 1990, 1995 and 2000 and apply their honorable mention and Top 5 rankings of albums for each respective album.Visit The Vault Classic Music Reviews Onlinewww.vaultclassicpod.comJoin our Private Facebook Listener Group!https://www.facebook.com/groups/600256077743122Support The Vault Classic Music Review on Buy Me A Coffeehttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/vaultclassicpodSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vault-classic-music-reviews-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In this edition of "The Guest Lounge", B. Cox chops it up with "The Professor" Nathan T. Rideaux of Urban Science Media LLC. Nathan is a hip-hop historian, author and content creator with his experience in the culture spanning from the early days of hip-hop. He is the writer and creator or Hip-Hop's #1 scripted podcast Playerz From The South, a drama chronicling the rise and journey of a southern hip-hop record executive and mogul during rap's heyday in the late 80s and the early 90s..In addition to his audio exploits, Nathan also directed and produced a documentary We Are One: Street Music of New Orleans, a film chronicling the different music and personalities within the Crescent City.Visit The Vault Classic Music Reviews Onlinewww.vaultclassicpod.comJoin our Private Facebook Listener Group!https://www.facebook.com/groups/600256077743122Support The Vault Classic Music Review on Buy Me A Coffeehttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/vaultclassicpodShow Notes: Playerz From The South Websitewww.playerzfromthesouth.comFollow Nathan on Instagramhttps://instagram.com/theprofessor73Follow Playerz From The South on Instagramhttps://instagram.com/playerzfromthesouth "We Are One: Street Music of New Orleans" Documentaryhttps://youtu.be/nb0iXu_PwgYSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vault-classic-music-reviews-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

B. Cox and J. Owe review Brand Nubian's debut effort One For All; an almost completely self-produced effort that infused soul, jazz and funk samples around rhymes that interspersed between politically and socially charged verses and fun loving lyrics familiar to hip-hop at the beginning of 1990s.Visit The Vault Classic Music Reviews Onlinewww.vaultclassicpod.comJoin our Private Facebook Listener Group!https://www.facebook.com/groups/600256077743122Support The Vault Classic Music Review on Buy Me A Coffeehttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/vaultclassicpodShow Notes:Albumism: Brand Nubian's Debut Album 'One For All' Turns 30 | Anniversary Retrospectivehttps://www.albumism.com/features/brand-nubian-debut-album-one-for-all-turns-30-anniversary-retrospectiveSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vault-classic-music-reviews-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

n this two-part "Throwback Edition" bonus episode of Cards, Dominoes, Drinks & Smoke, B. Cox takes on a journey in his past.In Part 1-The '95th Element, he talks about how the summer of 1995 and a bond of friendship based on music and hip-hop culture, coupled with a banner year for the genre, changed his life forever.In Part 2-Soul Ownership, he speaks on the impact that four exceptional "neo-soul" projects which dropped in the Year 2000 coincided with his coming of age and starting college, creating a balance and mix of a unique soundtrack to the next chapter of his life.Visit The Vault Classic Music Reviews Onlinewww.vaultclassicpod.comJoin our Private Facebook Listener Group!https://www.facebook.com/groups/600256077743122Support The Vault Classic Music Review on Buy Me A Coffeehttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/vaultclassicpodShow Notes:Billboard-2000: A Soul Odyssey. By Naima Cochranehttps://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/9343438/neo-soul-2000-dangelo-erykah-baduSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vault-classic-music-reviews-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The crew looks back at Erykah Badu's 2000 masterpiece Mama's Gun; an album that discussed themes such as love, jealousy, insecurity, self expression and heartbreak all over a equally jazzy and funky musical backdrop highlighted by her genre defining voice and message.Visit The Vault Classic Music Reviews Onlinewww.vaultclassicpod.comJoin our Private Facebook Listener Group!https://www.facebook.com/groups/600256077743122Support The Vault Classic Music Review on Buy Me A Coffeehttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/vaultclassicpodShow Notes: Albumism: Erkyah Badu's 'Mama's Gun' Turns 20 | Anniversary Retropective https://www.albumism.com/features/erykah-badu-mamas-gun-turns-20-anniversary-retrospectiveStereogum: The Anniversary-Mama's Gun Turns 20 https://www.stereogum.com/2107642/erykah-badu-mamas-gun/reviews/the-anniversary/Dirty South Hip-Hop: Mama's Gun Turns 20 Next Week https://www.dirtysouthhiphop.com/badus-classic-album-mamas-gun-turning-20-next-week/OkayPlayer: Erykah Badu's 'Mama's Gun' is Better than 'Baduizm'https://www.okayplayer.com/music/erykah-badus-mamas-gun-is-better-than-baduizm.htmlSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vault-classic-music-reviews-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The crew takes a look back at Philly neo-soul artist Musiq Soulchild's debut album Aijuswanaseing; an unlikely success and "rags-to-riches" story that touched the hearts and minds of many with its depths of topics covering love, heartbreak, struggle and triumph over a soundtrack that was uniquely soulfully honest and authentic all the same.Visit The Vault Classic Music Reviews Onlinewww.vaultclassicpod.comJoin our Private Facebook Listener Group!https://www.facebook.com/groups/600256077743122Support The Vault Classic Music Review on Buy Me A Coffeehttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/vaultclassicpodShow Notes: Albumism; Musiq Souchild's Debut Album "Aijuswanaseing" Turns 20 | Anniversary Retrospectivehttps://www.albumism.com/features/musiq-soulchild-debut-album-aijuswanaseing-turns-20-anniversary-retrospectiveYou Know I Got Soul: Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Musiq Soulchild's 'Aijuswanaseing' in the Words of Those That Created Ithttps://youknowigotsoul.com/in-depth-album-feature-musiq-soulchild-aijuswanaseing-in-the-words-of-those-who-created-itSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vault-classic-music-reviews-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy