When Numero Group, a Chicago-based reissue label, opened its doors in 2003, its mission statement was clear: “We wanted to dig deep into the recesses of our record collections with the goal of finding the dustiest gems begging to be released from their exile on geek street.”
Rita J: Lyrical Resilience Sparks Hip-Hop Evolution
Rita Jackson works to represent the “middle-ground” woman in hip hop — unfitting of the sex-kitten or tomboy labels usually attributed to women in the genre — delivering smooth rhymes with a confident swagger.