Geto Boys' 'We Can't Be Stopped' Turns 35 | Album Anniversary

July 3, 2026 Jesse Ducker

The Houston-based group had been slowly making noise and building an audience since the 1980s, and with this album, they knocked the proverbial door right off its hinges and forced their way into the big time.

Scarface’s ‘The Diary’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary

October 15, 2024 Jesse Ducker

Scarface manages to say a lot in a short amount of time with his third studio album, further demonstrating the potency of his words, the power of his ideas, and the outright funkiness of his music.

Scarface's 'The World Is Yours' Turns 30 | Album Anniversary

August 13, 2023 Albumism Staff

Scarface’s second solo affair further demonstrates the greatness he can channel and makes for an arresting listening experience overall.

Geto Boys’ ‘Till Death Do Us Part’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary

March 14, 2023 Jesse Ducker

Released following Willie D’s departure and Big Mike’s arrival, the Geto Boys' oft-overlooked transitional album demonstrates a lot of their growth up to that point.

Celebrating 20 Years of Scarface’s ‘The Fix’ | Album Anniversary

August 5, 2022 Jesse Ducker

Scarface’s seventh solo affair found him living in the moment, a declarative statement to establish that even though he was deep in the game, he still had a lot of tread on his tires.

Scarface’s Debut Solo Album ‘Mr. Scarface Is Back’ Turns 30 | Anniversary Retrospective

October 1, 2021 Jesse Ducker

Scarface's debut LP is not fueled by violence for its own sake. Instead, the album examines the repercussions and psychological toll of the gangster lifestyle.

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.