lard Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers). Their word
iverse styles, and Shaolin beats took Hiphop
to another level. Even EPMD couldn't hold a
to these lyrical monsters, but I’ve since found a
bpers that can.

Three: Leap to Today
There is so much quality Hiphop to hear
these days that it boggles the mind. It also
delights the ears, moves the body, and feeds
the soul. Here, in part, are some albums that
you should hear, some older, some newer:
the first two Rawkus Records compilations,
everything on the Def Jux label, anything by
the now defunct Company Flow
(Funcrusher Plus fo sho), Cannibus’ first
two albums (especially 2000 B.C.), Aesop
Rock’s Daylight and Music for Earthworms
(good luck finding the latter), Mr. Lif’s J
Phantom, Busdriver’s, Temporary Forever, all
the Beastie Boys’ albums, Themselves’,
Them, any Hieroglyphics’ album, Jurassic 5,
and any Mos Def, Talib Kweli, or Roots
albums. I could go on all day listing fantas-
tic Hiphop artists and albums. Like
KRS-One, Eminem, Tupac, Moka Only’s
Lime Green, Freddy Foxxx, Pharoahe Monch,
rez, Gang Starr, Dialated Peoples, and especially
5. You get the idea.
the question remains, “Why the hell would any-
en to lame-ass radio shit?” You can dream big in
b these days; it’s been eating its vitamins and “get-
ame tight” for almost 20 years now. The world
begin and end with mindless crap. It just seems

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