Classic Material: Blackalicious – Nia [1999] Kareem Abdul Jamar·April 3, 2009Nia. It’s been you the whole time. Nia is the girl in high school who was the complete...
Classic Material: Outkast – ATLiens [1996] B-Easy·February 27, 2009Have you ever listened to an album that was so good that every time you listened to the...
Classic Material: Ice Cube – AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted [1990] H20·February 27, 2009This is one of those albums that will grab your attention just with the title: What better way...
Classic Material: Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill [1998] Saule Wright·February 27, 2009I was in college in Atlanta when the semester of Ms. Hill began. You could not turn on...
Classic Material: J Dilla – Donuts [2006] SBK·February 26, 2009When speaking about the word classic, terms such as timeless, unforgettable, and lasting come to mind. Just after...
Classic Material: Jay-Z – The Black Album [2003] B-Easy·February 26, 2009When talking about whether The Black Album is a classic or not. Allow me to answer that question:...
Classic Material: Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… [1995] King Jerm·February 25, 2009People overuse the word “classic” when talking about albums these days. When 14 years can go by and...
Classic Material: 2Pac – Me Against The World [1995] H20·February 24, 2009I was thinking about which album to choose for Classic Week, when it hit me: Pac STILL wasn’t...
Classic Material: Boogie Down Productions – By All Means Necessary [1988] Saule Wright·February 24, 2009The Golden Age in Hip-Hop was essentially a Harlem Renaissance of the Hip-Hop community. Hip-Hop wasn’t even 20...
Classic Material: Common Sense – Resurrection [1994] SBK·February 23, 2009Okay do me a favor and just forget about Common’s latest album Universal Mind Control for a moment....
Classic Week Begins! B-Easy·February 23, 2009If you been riding with us for a minute, you’ll notice that the nappyafro crew loves to show...
Classic Material: Dr. Dre – The Chronic [1992] King Jerm·October 13, 2008The year was 1992 and I was a freshman in high school. Little did I know that this...
Classic Material: Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back [1988] Guy Fawkes·September 9, 2008Before Lupe Fiasco & Kanye West, before The Coup & Immortal Technique, and even before Common & Nas,...
Classic Material: N.W.A. – Straight Outta Compton [1988] Saule Wright·August 24, 2008Outside of the very first rap album ever released, this is the most important album in the history...
Classic Material: Nas – Illmatic [1994] H20·July 11, 2008Nas first came into the rap game on his debut single, “Halftime”, which lyrically still blows me away...
Classic Material: Jay-Z – The Blueprint [2001] H20·July 6, 2008Reasonable Doubt was Jay’s first classic album, coincidentally his debut, just like Nas, Biggie, and Outkast. But after...
Classic Material: Wu-Tang Clan – Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers [1993] King Jerm·June 25, 2008Released in 1993 during the East Coast Renaissance, a time which we saw Das EFX, Black Moon, Nas,...
Classic Material: A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory [1991] SBK·April 29, 2008Since real Hip-Hop music and culture is currently being appreciated with special showings of Yo! MTV Raps episodes,...
Classic Material: Group Home – Livin’ Proof [1995] SBK·April 21, 2008You take one of the all-time greatest music producers in Hip-Hop and add a gritty, street Hip-Hop duo...
Classic Material: Jay-Z – Reasonable Doubt [1996] SBK·April 14, 2008We’ve expanded! The redesign isn’t the only thing that we’ve been working on. We also added another member...
Classic Material: Eric B. & Rakim – Paid in Full [1987] Saule Wright·April 11, 2008It’s been a long time, we shudnt’a left you, without some Eric B. & Rakim to nod to....
Classic Material: South Circle – Anotha Day Anotha Balla [1995] P-Body·March 7, 2008I had to go on down to the old Houston, Texas duo South Circle from Suave House. They...
Classic Material: dead prez – Revolutionary But Gangsta [2003] B-Easy·March 7, 2008After Outkast, dead prez is my favorite Hip-Hop group of all time. This is mostly based on their...
Classic Material: Outkast – Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik [1994] King Jerm·March 6, 2008You didn’t think we would do Classic Week without Outkast did you? This album came out in 1994,...
Classic Material: Ice Cube – Death Certificate [1991] B-Easy·March 5, 2008In 1991, Ice Cube was the best MC in the world. I’m not telling you just my opinion,...
