Sheldon Taylor's Souls of Black Notes

                                                                                             " All I hear is platinum that, platinum this/platinum whips, nobody got no platinum hits"                                                                                        ---Mase                                                                                           Hip hop's paradigm shift in '83 saw Rap's New Generation usher in new styles and sounds generating a need for a much greater platform of creative expression. Four years before the much heralded legendary Golden Era, 1984 emerged as the breakout year of the rap album.   In the days before Yo! MTV Raps and BET's Rap City, albums gave  fans a chance to make the visual connection with the artists behind their favorite songs. Whodini's  Escape was  part of a wave of releases giving hip hop exposure to a larger audience.  Fast forward to 2014. The original demographic that purcha