Backspin Hip-Hop Retrospectives
Backspin Hip-HopRe-visiting classic hip-hop albums
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Backspin: UGK — Ridin’ Dirty (1996)
Image from Jive Records
Originally published 6/15/24 on Medium.
It’s fitting that a duo named Underground Kingz would achieve their definitive classic with a release initially dismissed by their record label as a throw away.
Tension betw...
Backspin: Black Moon — Enta Da Stage (1993)
Image from Wreck Records and Duck Down Music
Originally published 5/25 on Medium.
If you’re intimately familiar with the piercing chill of “the hawk,” Black Moon makes music for you.
The hawk is a particular brand of cold that arrives of...
2004: The Year the Streets Went Digital (Part 2) — The Mask and The Wire
Image from Stones Throw Records/Image from Roc-A-Fella Records and Def Jam Recordings
Originally published 10/26/25 on Medium.
2004 was the year hip-hop’s underground infrastructure moved from concrete sidewalks to fiber optic pathways. I...
2004: The Year the Streets Went Digital (Part 1) - Virtually Connected
Image by author, generated by DeepAI
Originally published 10/20/25 on Medium.
Benny The Butcher made headlines recently, excoriating modern hip-hop’s shift away from the urban street culture of its origins.
“Ya’ll see the state the game...
Backspin: MC Lyte — Lyte as a Rock (1988)
Image from First Priority Music and Atlantic Records
Originally published 5/11/24 on Medium.
Ginger Roger famously boasted of the impeccable skillset she deployed staring in Hollywood musicals with Fred Astaire, saying“I did everything Fr...
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