Year/Genre/City: 1993, Hip-Hop, Brooklyn, New York City
Matrix #: 0-66318
Condition: VG, sounds great; looks pretty scuffed up
Cultural Facts:

1. Scene Ecology: Their circle overlapped jazz musicians, poets, and indie-rap rooms, landing them in a lane that wasn’t quite boom-bap or Native Tongues orthodoxy.

2. Political Science: Their writing openly nodded to Black radical history and media critique, framing “cool” as a political posture, not just a style choice.

3. Band Drama: The group splintered after the second album—creative direction and identity politics turned internal, leading to long-running personal fallout.

2/10/2026 CC