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LL Cool J’s Debut Album ‘Radio’ Turns 40 | Album Anniversary

November 11, 2025 Jesse Ducker
LL Cool J Debut Album Radio Turns 40

Though Run-DMC are credited with creating hip-hop’s new school sound, LL Cool J is the architect of much of its attitude and swagger, as first evidenced on his debut long player.

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LL Cool J’s ‘Mama Said Knock You Out’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary

September 12, 2025 Jesse Ducker
LL Cool J Mama Said Knock You Out Turns 35

Uncle L’s fantastic fourth studio affair reinforced his penchant for bouncing back and giving the people what they want, while never overtly pretending to be something that he’s not.

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LL Cool J’s ‘Walking With A Panther’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary

June 8, 2024 Jesse Ducker
LL Cool J Walking With A Panther

An ambitious and confounding endeavor, LL Cool J’s third studio album found him taking a lot of chances that most superstar emcees wouldn’t take.

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LL Cool J’s ‘Bigger and Deffer’ Turns 35 | Anniversary Retrospective

May 28, 2022 Jesse Ducker

‘Bigger and Deffer’ harkens back to a time when emcees were cocky because they were great at what they did, and the music was better off for it.

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Depeche Mode’s Debut Album ‘Speak & Spell’ Turns 45 | Album Anniversary
Depeche Mode’s Debut Album ‘Speak & Spell’ Turns 45 | Album Anniversary

While their 1981 debut did not augur the stadium tours or multi-platinum LPs to come, it nevertheless offers little pieces of the band they would become.

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Dolly Parton’s ‘Coat of Many Colors’ Turns 55 | Album Anniversary
Dolly Parton’s ‘Coat of Many Colors’ Turns 55 | Album Anniversary

Parton’s eighth solo affair documents a songwriter discovering that the details she might once have been encouraged to conceal were precisely where her greatest artistic power resided.

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The Hold Steady’s ‘Boys and Girls in America’ Turns 20 | Album Anniversary
The Hold Steady’s ‘Boys and Girls in America’ Turns 20 | Album Anniversary

The band’s third studio album doesn’t ask you for judgment or pity. It’s not interested. It just asks you to sing along.

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