The Vault: Classic Music Reviews Podcast
The Vault: Classic Music Reviews Podcast is a show hosted by 'Xennial' music fans that grew up during hip-hop's golden era of 1990s and the boom of the early 2000s. We review classic hip-hop, R&B and reggae albums 20, 25 and 30 years after their release to give our reflections and to see if they still stand the test of time. It's a personal perspective on classics from a fresh point of view.
Featured Episodes
SWV: It's About Time (1992). "Take It To Tha Bridge'..." (feat. Alise…
B. Cox is joined by NaturallyAlise and JR of the R&B Representers to review SWV 's debut classic album It's About Time as it turns 30. As R&B continued its evolution in the early 90s, the trio from NYC burst …
BONUS EPISODE! "The Guest Lounge" w/ Breaking Atoms Podcast (with Sum…
In a bonus episode of The Guest Lounge , B. Cox sits down with Sumit Sharma & Chris Mitchell of the Breaking Atoms Podcast . Based in the United Kingdom, Sharma and Mitchell have built one of the more intuitive, …
Recent Episodes
BONUS EPISODE!!! Favorite 90's Hip-Hop Posse Cuts
March 13, 2023
In a bonus episode, B. Cox sorts through some of his favorite and memorable hip-hop posse cuts of the 1990s. *We did not include Wu-Tang Clan and its individual members' albums that could have memorable posse cuts as we dete…
Little Brother: The Listening (2003). They Called Next...
Feb. 27, 2023
B. Cox is joined by Chris Mitchell ( Kinetik ) of the Breaking Atoms Podcast to review Little Brother 's classic debut studio album The Listening as it turns 20. The group, which was formerly made up of the trio of emcees Ph…
Digable Planets: Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) (1993). Slick Reborn...
Feb. 20, 2023
B. Cox looks back at hip-hop trio Digable Planet 's debut album Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) as it turns 30. The Brooklyn-based group made up of emcees Ishmael "Butterfly" Butler , Mariana "Ladybug Mecca" Vi…
50 Cent: Get Rich Or Die Tryin'. Hip-Hop's Lazarus Comes Forth...
Feb. 6, 2023
B. Cox & J. Owe review 50 Cent 's explosive debut album Get Rich or Die Tryin' as it turns 20. After a successful run as a protege of Run DMC's Jam Master Jay, the Queens youth turned drug dealer turned emcee was set to make…
BONUS EPISODE: "Pop Culture Corner" Hip-Hop Fashion In The 90s
Jan. 30, 2023
In a special bonus edition of Pop Culture Corner , B.Cox explores the dynamics of the many layers and styles of hip-hop and urban fashion in the 90s. After experiencing a very colorful and avant garde fashion sense in the 80…
The Year That Was...2003
Jan. 16, 2023
B. Cox reflects on the year that was 2003. In a year that saw Western Powers kick their war against dictatorships in the Middle East into full gear and saw the U.S. biggest state in political turmoil, the music scene was suc…
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