Fifth Element

There’s a range of reasons why albums got shelved. Sometimes the A&R responsible for signing the artist got fired, as that position is often a revolving door, and then the artist was left in limbo. Sometimes labels got excited seeing MCs in national competitions like the New Music Seminar and signed them up right away, often because it was a great publicity moment and then they didn’t put any real effort in releasing the album. Or the most ridiculous and damaging, several major labels had moments when they felt “rap wasn’t in” and completely dismantled their whole rap departments; dropping all the artists and shelving all the projects.

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One such gem is that of Talent Fest in Chicago circa 1995.  Read on to discover more about Beathole Records and the notorious Artists of a ground breaking era.

 

I know that when it comes to picking a favorite album from an artist it is generally a matter of opinion, but in this case I have no problem or guilt in using a word like “fact” when saying House of Pain’s best album is the third.