In the ’90s, it’s no secret that there was a greater prominence of the cliques, posses, crews, and clans.  It was an era in which creative mind-blowing lyrics were the sole option for an artist to earn the props and respect of their peers.  That said, what’s better than having several lyricists spitting darts in 8 or 16 bar verses, back-to-back-to-back-to… you get the point.  These weren’t commercial friendly collaborative efforts.  There were no sing-a-long hooks, or kindergarten melodies.

At the time, the hip-hop scene in Pittsburgh wasn’t much different in this regard.  You had several groups putting their stamp on the local scene.  The early ’90s included Mel Man’s Hardcore Crew, Funky to da Third, PensoulzInAKup, transitioning into the mid ’90s which gave way to the Massive – a crew that later split in two with Strict Flow and RXC.  These are only a few of the crews that were making waves in the city, as well as nationally, at the time.

This post is dedicated to the artistic musical craftings of RXC, an acronym for Reality Unknown Complex.  The crew has also been recognized as Classic 1824, 1824 being a numerical symbolism of the letters R-X. (more…)