Like all great soundtracks, listening to the ‘Friday’ Soundtrack can transport you into the realm of the film, authentically capturing the listening experience of mid-1990s LA music heads.
Read morePublic Enemy’s ‘Fear of a Black Planet’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary
PE’s third LP is a sprawling, messy, politically charged, and ultimately humanistic album that finds Chuck D and Flavor Flav trying to envision the future, while taking chances as performers.
Read moreParliament’s ‘Chocolate City’ Turns 50 | Album Anniversary
The group’s third album found George Clinton, Bootsy Collins and crew indulging in the creation of fun and funky music, while providing them with a path forward for the future.
Read moreJoni Mitchell’s ‘Ladies of the Canyon’ Turns 55 | Album Anniversary
It’s on her accessible third album where Mitchell started to change the straight folk direction her previous two albums took toward a heavy textured pop.
Read moreEn Vogue’s Debut Album ‘Born To Sing’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary
‘Born To Sing’ offered the world a glimpse of what was to come, paving the way for the immense success the foursome would achieve just two short years later with ‘Funky Divas’ (1992).
Read moreP!nk’s Debut Album ‘Can’t Take Me Home’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary
With her debut album, P!nk stormed into the new century with a brash, unapologetic fearlessness that hadn’t been heard and seen since Madonna in the ‘80s.
Read moreCéline Dion’s ‘Unison’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary
Given that Dion was only 21 when she recorded the album, the French Canadian singer managed to bring a maturity and vocal prowess that belied her youth.
Read moreBig L’s Debut Album ‘Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary
Sadly, ‘Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous’ is the only album that Big L recorded and released before his life was tragically taken in February of 1999 at the young age of 24.
Read moreCommon’s ‘Like Water For Chocolate’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary
Common’s fourth album is not just an exercise in the cerebral. Far from it. Sonically, it’s his most fully realized and dynamic album to date.
Read moreErykah Badu’s ‘New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh)’ Turns 15 | Album Anniversary
Badu’s fifth studio affair finds her brazen honesty and introspection rearing its head once more and, as usual, it refuses to paint her as anything other than the imperfect being she is.
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