The duo’s seventh LP comprises seven tracks of high-class pulp, sex workers and johns, dope addicts and coke dealers, and spoiled love affairs, elevated with elaborate horns and impossible chords.
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Though the collective never quite resurrected their mid-1990s dominance, their third LP showed that they were ready to at least attempt to dominate hip-hop music during the new millennium.
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The duo’s rough edges make the lyrics and the feeling behind them ring true, while solidly complementing DJ Premier’s top-notch soundscapes.
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The abiding theme of Badu’s second studio affair is the search for freedom—freedom to love, freedom to pursue pleasure, freedom to love oneself and freedom from pain.
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Though Run-DMC are credited with creating hip-hop’s new school sound, LL Cool J is the architect of much of its attitude and swagger, as first evidenced on his debut long player.
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These 16 tracks preserve a unique cross-section of contemporary R&B in amber, illustrating the culture of how women connect and the rhythms in which they do it.
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Listening to ‘At Newport 1960,’ it seems almost unthinkable that anyone would be anything less than blown away by the sound of the blues exploding so impressively.
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The pink clouds on the album’s cover highlight just how different this album’s sonic landscape is compared to the band’s previous color palette of blacks, greys, and shadows.
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Relative to its precursor (1992’s ‘Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde’), the group’s second LP contains less jocularity and levity, in exchange for a more pronounced conscience and introspective vibe.
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Since his debut album’s arrival, Musiq Soulchild has carved out his own lane with some aplomb and stayed in the game longer and more consistently than many of his contemporaries.
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