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Handsome Boy Modeling School’s Debut Album ‘So…How’s Your Girl?’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary

October 17, 2024 Jesse Ducker
Handsome Boy Modeling School Debut Album So…How’s Your Girl?

Bolstered by an eclectic crew of guests including DJ Shadow, Del The Funky Homosapien, J-Live, El-P, Róisín Murphy, Sean Lennon, Grand Puba, and Sadat X, ‘So…How’s Your Girl?’ makes for one intriguing listen.

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In ALBUM ANNIVERSARY Tags Handsome Boy Modeling School, Prince Paul, Dan The Automator
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Gravediggaz’ Debut Album ‘6 Feet Deep’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary

August 4, 2024 Jesse Ducker
Gravediggaz Debut Album 6 Feet Deep

Gravediggaz’ debut album has held up better than many albums created by other more direct Wu-Tang Clan associates.

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In ALBUM ANNIVERSARY Tags Gravediggaz, Prince Paul, RZA
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De La Soul’s Debut Album ‘3 Feet High and Rising’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary

March 1, 2024 Jesse Ducker

A towering, extremely influential artistic achievement, it’s hard to imagine the evolution of abstract or even underground hip-hop without the existence of ‘3 Feet High and Rising.’

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In ALBUM ANNIVERSARY Tags De La Soul, Prince Paul, Native Tongues
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Prince Paul’s ‘A Prince Among Thieves’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary

February 18, 2024 Jesse Ducker

‘A Prince Among Thieves’ is an artistic triumph and one of the best complete projects in Prince Paul’s extensive discography.

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In ALBUM ANNIVERSARY Tags Prince Paul
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Gravediggaz’ ‘The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel’ Turns 25 | Anniversary Retrospective

October 14, 2022 Ben Pedroche

Twenty-five years on from ‘The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel,’ the group deserves to be remembered as more than just a quirky side project.

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In ALBUM ANNIVERSARY Tags Gravediggaz, Prince Paul, RZA, Frukwan, Poetic
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De La Soul’s ‘De La Soul Is Dead’ Turns 30 | Anniversary Retrospective

May 10, 2021 Justin Chadwick

Anyone with a pulse can benefit from listening to the inspired ‘De La Soul Is Dead,’ the most masterful of De La Soul’s multiple album masterpieces.

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In ALBUM ANNIVERSARY Tags De La Soul, Prince Paul
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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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In LISTS Tags Instrumental Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop, Pete Rock, Madlib, Oddisee, 9th Wonder, K-Def, RJD2, J Dilla, Knxwledge, DJ Cam, DJ Shadow, Prince Paul, DJ Krush
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