When I was 14 years old in the winter of 1994, I had no idea what was going to hit me. I was in 8th grade and my life was consumed by Yo! MTV Raps and Rap City where I’d see all of the new music videos for singles that had dropped around that time. Most of the videos played were ones they kept in regular rotation but at times you’d get some new tunes coming on… That’s who I first heard The Artifacts.