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Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth’s Debut EP ‘All Souled Out’ Turns 35 | Anniversary

June 14, 2026 Justin Chadwick

Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth Debut EP All Souled Out Turns 35

A year before their classic debut album ‘Mecca and the Soul Brother’ surfaced, ‘All Souled Out’ & lead single “The Creator” announced the arrival of the dynamic duo.

Pete Rock’s ‘Soul Survivor II’ Turns 20 | Album Anniversary

May 10, 2024 Daryl McIntosh

‘Soul Survivor II’ stands as an intriguing microcosm of Rock’s entire prolific career, which is distinguished by, among other qualities, the diversity of his musical endeavors.

Pete Rock’s Debut Solo Album ‘Soul Survivor’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary

November 4, 2023 Daryl McIntosh

‘Soul Survivor’ is nearly perfect in its orchestration and stood out in 1998 as one of the year’s most masterful hip-hop albums.

Pete Rock’s ‘NY’s Finest’ Turns 15 | Album Anniversary

February 23, 2023 Ben Pedroche

As the title suggests, Pete Rock is one of New York City’s most revered musical innovators, as gloriously displayed throughout the album.

RESPECT DUE: The 12 Greatest Instrumental Hip-Hop Albums Ever Made

February 6, 2021 Albumism Staff

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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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.

Paul Simon’s ‘Graceland’ Turns 40 | Album Anniversary

Four decades later, ‘Graceland’ remains true to what it was from the start—a beautiful, tangled, genuinely collaborative album that changed what pop music could sound like.

The Rolling Stones’ ‘Tattoo You’ Turns 45 | Album Anniversary

When listening to ‘Tattoo You,’ you would never know that it is this Frankenstein's monster of an album that was pieced together with songs that came from their most creatively fertile period.

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