Across the inspiring and empowering ‘Distant Relatives,’ the contrast on the mic between wizened street soldier Nas and patois-spitting griot Marley makes for a dynamic pairing.
Read moreIce Cube’s Debut Solo Album ‘AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary
Combine one of the most skilled lyricists of all time with one of the most innovative production collectives in hip-hop history, and what do you get? An instant, timeless classic.
Read moreThe Who’s ‘Live At Leeds’ Turns 55 | Album Anniversary
The Who were one of the most compositionally inventive bands of their era but their first live album is all about performance, not composition.
Read moreConcrete Blonde’s ‘Bloodletting’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary
The band’s third studio affair is a vampire record that could have only happened in the Neighties, that hazy hangover between the ’80s and the ’90s.
Read moreDescendents’ ‘I Don’t Want To Grow Up’ Turns 40 | Album Anniversary
Descendents’ second studio album perhaps best encompasses the band’s philosophy of “All”—betterment, morement, allment—and applies that to refusing to lose one’s edge or innocence.
Read moreThe National’s ‘High Violet’ Turns 15 | Album Anniversary
The band’s fifth studio affair showcases a broad range of perspectives and perfectionist tendencies that result in a multidimensional record flooded with aural riches and complexity.
Read moreGrace Jones’ ‘Warm Leatherette’ Turns 45 | Album Anniversary
The album’s blending of new wave, reggae and pop yielded tremendous results and set the tone for what is arguably the most brilliant and creative stretch of Jones’ music career.
Read moreThe Jayhawks’ ‘Smile’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary
The band’s sixth studio affair leans on the mainstream rock playbook in a way that builds new sounds and brings the group somewhere they had not been before.
Read moreJamiroquai’s ‘The Return Of The Space Cowboy’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary
Although the album’s overall tone is more in line with the chill factor, it doesn’t mean that Jay Kay and his bandmates compromise any of their musical swagger, because they don’t.
Read moreBlack Box’s Debut Album ‘Dreamland’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary
With their debut album, Black Box helped usher in the ‘90s and lay some serious foundations where the expansion of house music was concerned.
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