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A raw and uncompromising project, ‘Champion Sound’ sounds like it was put together within the space of a week or two, but it’s a lot of fun and eminently listenable 20 years later.
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Celebratory, romantic and playfully boastful, Tribe’s fifth album floats on its own cool, lyrical cloud, with Q-Tip and Phife Dawg’s rhymes in peak form per usual.
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While 2003’s ‘Ruff Draft’ showcases Dilla’s penchant for sonic experimentation, the EP also reinforces that he could have a lot of fun in the studio.
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We hope you enjoy revisiting the dozen albums featured here or, as may be the case for some, discovering them for the very first time.
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