D’Angelo’s Debut Album ‘Brown Sugar’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary

June 29, 2025 Justin Chadwick

D’Angelo Debut Album Brown Sugar Turns 30

With Prince’s “everyman” musicianship ethos as his guide, D’Angelo’s breakthrough debut LP redefined soul music in the mid-1990s, ushering in a crucial pivot point in the history of the genre.

D’Angelo’s ‘Voodoo’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary

January 19, 2025 Patrick Corcoran

With ‘Voodoo,’ D’Angelo joined Curtis Mayfield, Smokey Robinson and Eddie Kendricks in expressing a deeply held sensitivity while forging a powerfully musical masculinity.

D’Angelo And The Vanguard’s ‘Black Messiah’ Turns 10 | Album Anniversary

December 8, 2024 Andy Healy

Many of the songs on D’Angelo’s third full-length affair remain sadly powerful and relevant no matter when they were written or when they are heard.

CeCe Peniston’s ‘I’m Movin’ On’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary

After early career success like Peniston’s, many artists would rather sell their souls than chance to change the formula, even if they have to create work they don’t love. Peniston refused.

R.E.M.’s ‘New Adventures in Hi-Fi’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary

Largely overlooked in the wake of ‘Out of Time,' ‘Automatic for the People' and ‘Monster,' R.E.M.’s terrific tenth LP remains one of their strongest ever.

The Unspoken Heard’s Debut Album ‘Soon Come…’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary

With their collaborative debut, Asheru and Blue Black established that intelligent, immaculately crafted and vibe-heavy music very much had a place in the vital independent hip-hop paradigm.