When the New Jersey group P.M. Dawn came along in 1991, rap didn’t know what to do with them. Here were these guys who seemed proud of being soft. They broke out with a song that sampled ’80s new-romantics Spandau Ballet. They dressed in ways that were deeply, distinctively goofy — the dashikis, the John […]
Stereogum — When the New Jersey group P.M. Dawn came along in 1991, rap didn’t know what to do with them. Here were these guys who seemed proud of being soft. They broke out with a... more info