Common’s ‘Be’ Turns 20 | Album Anniversary

May 18, 2025 Jesse Ducker

While Common went the experimental route on some of his previous offerings, with his sixth studio affair, he brought things back to the block and released one of the best albums of his career.

Kanye West’s ‘Graduation’ Turns 15 | Album Anniversary

September 11, 2022 Jesse Ducker

West’s third studio album marked the beginnings of his ascendance to what he has become today: a bona fide rap superstar.

Kanye West’s Debut Album ‘The College Dropout’ Turns 15 | Anniversary Retrospective

February 9, 2019 Jesse Ducker

Upon its release in 2004, ‘The College Dropout’ was an excellent entry that would mark the beginning of Kanye’s unexpected career as a rapper. Suffice to say, a lot has happened since.

Pearl Jam’s Debut Album ‘Ten’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary

Most records are missing one of these elements: technical virtuosity, raw emotion, and balanced structure. Pearl Jam’s dynamic debut LP impressively possesses all three in droves.

Blur’s Debut Album ‘Leisure’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary

For those of you who were champions of Blur from the very beginning with their underappreciated debut LP, you have been rewarded handsomely in the decades since.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Debut Album ‘Read My Lips’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary

With her debut solo affair, Ellis-Bextor made the dancefloor feel elegant and faintly surreal, a place where heartbreak could wear lipstick and emotional catastrophe could arrive with a four-on-the-floor beat.