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#WAXONLY: Discover Classic Samples Used On Rakim’s Debut Album ‘The 18th Letter’

#WAXONLY: Discover Classic Samples Used On Rakim’s Debut Album ‘The 18th Letter’

photo credit: Power 106 Vin Rican is dropping another gem on you for the latest installment of the throwback vinyl series Wax Only. This week, Rakim’s The 18th Letter gets the sample spotlight as we celebrate the New York native’s 51st birthday. Rakim’s debut solo album was released back on November 4th, 1998, following a…

#WAXONLY: Celebrate 25 Years Of Ice Cube’s ‘Lethal Injection’ Album [WATCH]

#WAXONLY: Celebrate 25 Years Of Ice Cube’s ‘Lethal Injection’ Album [WATCH]

photo credit: Power 106 West Coast legend Ice Cube might have just released his highly anticipated 10th studio album, but Vin Rican is delivering the latest installment of #WaxOnly, celebrating the release of Cube’s ‘Lethal Injection.’ Cube’s fourth studio album dropped back in 1993 and hit the number five spot on the Billboard 200 albums…

#WAXONLY: Vin Rican Flips Through Samples Used On DJ Quik’s ‘rythm-al-ism’

#WAXONLY: Vin Rican Flips Through Samples Used On DJ Quik’s ‘rythm-al-ism’

photo credit: Power 106 Vin Rican is dropping off the latest installment of this week’s Wax Only with the delivery of DJ Quik’s rhythm-al-ism. Released through Arista Records, back on November 24, 1998, Rican salutes the 20th anniversary of Quik’s fourth studio album. The West Coast rapper recruited his peers 2nd II None and El…

#WAXONLY: Vin Rican Flips Through Classic Samples Used On A Tribe Called Quest’s ‘Midnight Marauders’

#WAXONLY: Vin Rican Flips Through Classic Samples Used On A Tribe Called Quest’s ‘Midnight Marauders’

photo credit: Power 106 Vin Rican is back with yet another installment of the Wax Only series with the newest episode featuring A Tribe Called Quest’s ‘Midnight Marauders’ project. Making the group’s third 2018 appearance on the throwback series, ‘Midnight Marauders’ dropped back in 1993 for the collective’s third studio album released through Jive Records.…

#WAXONLY: Discover Samples Used On Pharoahe Monch’s ‘Internal Affairs’

#WAXONLY: Discover Samples Used On Pharoahe Monch’s ‘Internal Affairs’

photo credit: Power 106 Vin Rican is dropping a special Halloween and birthday edition of the throwback Wax Only series. Featuring all the classic samples used on Pharoahe Monch’s Internal Affairs album, Rican flips through some of the notable tracks that created the project. The solo debut album was released back on October 19, 1999…

#WAXONLY: Celebrate The Alchemist’s 41st Birthday W/His Greatest Produced Tracks

#WAXONLY: Celebrate The Alchemist’s 41st Birthday W/His Greatest Produced Tracks

photo credit: Power 106 Holding you down for yet another installment of the classic series Wax Only, Vin Rican is back this week to showcase all the major samples used by producer and rapper The Alchemist. Taking an almost 12-minute journey through some of the most iconic hip-hop records released by the Los Angeles native,…

#WAXONLY: Vin Rican Flips Through Classic Samples Used On Jaylib’s ‘Champion Sound’

#WAXONLY: Vin Rican Flips Through Classic Samples Used On Jaylib’s ‘Champion Sound’

photo credit: Power 106 Returning to give us another classic take on some of hip-hop’s hottest throwback projects, Vin Rican delivers another ‘Wax Only’ installment for the 15th anniversary of JayLIB’s Champion Sound album. Released back in 2003, the duo behind Jaylib, J Dilla and Madlib, dropped their first duo project together which features both…

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