Saturn's debut album, The Virgin Poet, received enthusiastic praise for its socially conscious and emotionally raw content. Check out this rap from the track “Angels in Flight”:

Walking the world with my rose colored glasses / Making a note of everything that passes / When all around me is destruction and sadness / Pushing us all 2 the edge of madness / I open my ears, I hear “nigger” and “faggot” / Shit, it's time 2 pull the trigger, I've had it / Open your eyes, punk, that's right I dropped u / What u gonna do now that a black mo' Got u? / Why don't u try these? My rose colored glasses / And maybe you'll see me in a different fashion

Saturn now turns up the heat with his new CD Deviant. This ultra-homoerotic album contains some of the most unashamedly promiscuous gay lyrics this listener has ever heard. From the title song, also called “Deviant”:

It's hard. Do U want it inside of U 2 groove until u feel the cosmos move? / U lookin' like I lost my mind. Well, I can see through your thin disguise. / I can feel your body calling me. Fuck the world, once you're inside my rings / I'm gonna make u shake and, baby, make u scream. / Have U open, boy, on your knees!

No other artist has raised awareness of the LGBT presence in hip-hop culture more than bi-coastal gay rap icon Dutchboy (formerly of Rainbow Flava, now with B.Q.E.). Dutchboy (a.k.a. “Judge” Muscat) is the also the founder and executive director of Phat Family Records, which he started in 1998 as a loose collective conduit for all his musical, organizational and promotional activities around “Homo-Hop.” Phat Family is made up of artists, writers and fans interested in exploring issues related to hip-hop music and culture; and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender identity. It produces musical events featuring independent LGBT hip-hop artists from throughout the U.S. and Europe. It also moderates an online mailing list for discussion of hip-hop and alternative sexual identities.

What is Homo-Hop? In Dutchboy’s own words: “Homo Hop is one of many terms coined to refer to the growing presence and collective identity of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people involved in hip-hop culture. It is not so much a sound or a “scene”, as it is a particular approach to music, business and community. By identifying as Homo Hop artists, we testify that our insights and shared experiences as LGBT people are unique, valuable and relevant to our expression in this highly personal art form. Homo Hop shrugs aside the labels “out,” “closeted,” “queer,” “DL” or “SGL” and validates the experience of those who love hip-hop and are sexually different, regardless of how they might choose to identify in the larger society.”

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