While slangin’ bean pies and St. Ides in the same sentences ultimately just leads to bruised egos, the premium malt liquor’s commercial impact on hardcore Hip-Hop is nothing to chastise. Albums like Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers, Reasonable Doubt, and We Can’t Be Stopped may be considered classics in most rap circles, but those artists weren’t necessarily making huge waves in the mainstream circuit. Read the rest of this entry »