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Questionmark Asylum
Hey, hope you've been well. Curious if you have any Source, Vibe, etc., sources for Questionmark Asylum, a rap group from the mid-1990s. Started a Word draft, but so far have found less than I expected. Cheers. Caro7200 (talk) 15:29, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
- Hey! I'm doing good, thanks for asking. Hope everything is well for you too. I've checked The Source issues that I have access to (January, March, April, June, and September 1995), along with tables of content for the rest of 1995 issues. It doesn't look like they covered the group itself. However, they reviewed their debut album, The Album, in July 1995 issue, giving it 2.5 mics out of 5. At the time, receiving less than 3 mics was bad, potentially career-ending. That might be why there isn't much info about the group, if their label dropped them after seeing the review (and sales, which were affected by the score). It's a shame, because I listened to the album and I liked it.As for Vibe magazine, they actually wrote about them in June/July 1995 issue and published a profile of the group in September 1995 issue. Can't seem to find any reviews, but it's possible that I missed it (can't search Google Books now that it removed the magazine, and googling archive.org copies isn't 100% reliable). I've also skimmed through 1995 issues of Rap Pages available online and didn't find anything either. One more thing available is a review of The Album in AllMusic Guide to Hip-Hop (might need a free archive.org account to access). So the album is certainly notable. According to WP:BAND, the group should be too, considering that both the album and its lead single charted. I will let you know if I find anything else. AstonishingTunesAdmirer 連絡 20:08, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
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