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The Right Time with Bomani Jones

Jason A. England on How A Tribe Called Quest, The Fugees & Mobb Deep Defined 1996 | 03.10

The Right Time with Bomani Jones

Wave

Music, Sports, News

4.812.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The Right Time, Bomani Jones and Jason England continue their discussion of Hip=Hop in the year 1996.From classic albums by A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul to the massive breakthrough of The Fugees, the conversation explores how 1996 produced some of the most important rap records ever made. But it was also the moment when hip-hop started shifting—from a culture-driven scene to a more commercial industry.Bomani and Jason break down why albums like Beats, Rhymes and Life, Stakes Is High, Hell on Earth from Mobb Deep, and Ironman from Ghostface Killah captured a turning point in the genre. They also discuss how artists like Lauryn Hill helped expand hip-hop’s audience while changing the sound of rap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the right time, a wave original.

0:09.6

My name is Beaumani Jones. Thanks for listening wherever you get your podcast.

0:12.8

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0:18.4

You only give us four stars. I'm inclined to believe you are a hater it is

0:22.7

time machine tuesdays we are here with part five of our series on the year 1996 in hip hop uh thanks

0:30.3

to my man wally sparks who was on from the last episode we talked about the emergence of the south

0:34.4

in 1996 now back with us with some sunglasses on inside.

0:39.5

The homie Jason England, he has returned. I see you have also given us a new backdrop.

0:44.0

Oh, yeah, you know, back again like tag team. And since M&M's Infinite came out this year,

0:50.0

trying to keep a slim shady. New pair, though. New pair. Keep you guessing.

0:56.9

Back again, like tag team.

1:01.8

Boy, that is an immediate change, the radio station bar right there.

1:08.0

Back, hey, man, the tag team boys, they stumbled on gold, didn't they?

1:09.7

We'll get to 1996 in a minute.

1:29.4

But for those who don't remember this about 1992, and this was the best part, there was Woot, there it is, and then there was there was Woot. There it is. And so what was interesting to me is Wump, there it is, got no play in Houston, but Woot, there it is, by 95 South, I believe it was, that one was the Houston joint. I didn't know that the one that was in the top five was a completely

1:33.8

different record. So yeah, I don't, I don't know how that worked out, who coordinated what,

1:38.1

but it was a whoop and a whoop, there it is. Yeah, whooped there. Oh, my balance,

1:42.6

I was in Wilmington, North Carolina, doing a summer program. I remember there was a women's hoops program and a women's chairleading program there. And I was 16 going on 17. I fell in love with a woman named Temequia. And that song was one of the anthems of the summer. I didn't hear that one out of D.C. either. But they made all the money, right? They were even in commercials recently, like last couple of years, right? Yeah, a tag team made all the money. And they jumped that off because one of them was the DJ at Magic City. And that was like the Magic City call. Like, was Wooned there it is.

2:34.8

It's impossible for me to imagine a time when Woot there it is was not Caudy and played out. I know. I know. Wait, do you remember Daisy Dukes? Yes. Look at them girls with the Daisy Dukes. Around that same time, someone had remixed it and they had a song called, Look at Fat Girls doing Daisy Dukes Raw. And I have to say, certainly coming from a flawed perspective, one might argue problematic, but funny, funny is a completely different discussion.

2:43.4

Yeah.

2:44.4

All right. So 1996 is an interesting year in that I think this is the best way. I've been trying to figure out

2:51.9

like the right terms to talk about like the wing of albums that I wanted to talk about for

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