Paris’ Debut Album ‘The Devil Made Me Do It’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary

October 30, 2025 Jesse Ducker

What’s arguably most striking about listening to Parris’ debut LP once again is that like most great conscious hip-hop, his words are just as applicable today as they were 35 years ago.

Paris’ ‘Guerrilla Funk’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary

September 28, 2024 Ben Pedroche

Relative to Paris’ first two politically charged albums, ‘Guerrilla Funk’ finds the Bay Area emcee taking lyrical aim at less high-profile targets, but with his vitriol and passion fully intact.

Paris’ ‘Sleeping with the Enemy’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary

November 22, 2022 Jesse Ducker

The music featured on the Bay Area emcee’s second album reveals that it deserved to be judged on its own merits, rather than through the prism of those openly hostile to hip-hop culture.

The Human League’s ‘Dare’ Turns 45 | Album Anniversary

The beauty of the group’s third studio affair is that it sounded unlike anything else on the radio at the time of its arrival, and to this day, has its own unique sound and place in music history.

Masta Ace’s ‘Disposable Arts’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary

One of the cleverest concept albums ever released, the legendary emcee’s fourth LP documents his experience in the streets of Brooklyn and as a student in the fictional Institute of Disposable Arts.

Angie Stone’s ‘Mahogany Soul’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary

An organic, polished and sophisticated work, Stone’s second studio affair helped to define the maturing neo-soul movement of the early 2000s.