I n I - Pete Rock's Most Influential Project?

'Center of Attention' nearly missed us, getting mothballed for years and lingering in obscurity for a decade after that. Originally titled 'The Life I Live' , this fundamental was anti-climatically released as part of a Pete Rock B-Sides comp. Although the album will never break into the mainstream there is access, and that let's the music live on.

MOP-Straight From The Projects Part-1 of 4.avi

 Lil Fame and Billy keeping it thoro in Brownsville. Bravely narrated by B-Real while in a coma. 

Chunk - Marked For Death

 

 Early 90's Bay Area hip hop saw an industrial revolution brought on by more digitized recording methods and a region-wide sound that was accessible to novice emcees. There were hundreds of albums cut every year, with few making it out of the region. It doesn't take much diggin to find GEMS like 'Mickeys' off Chunk's 3rd album 'Marked For Death.' After experiencing his "lyricism" there will be no question about the roots of the current mumble rap vocal style. 

A Brief History of Non-Phixion

 Non-Phixion stiff-armed the 'crazy whiteboy' stereotype that plagues hip hop, focusing on more complex, politically-motivated subject matter, delivered with deadly accuracy.