With ‘Screamadelica,’ Primal Scream finally and deservedly earned the critical accolades and commercial validation that had eluded them earlier in their career.
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During this crucial juncture in her career, Jackson took stock of her legacy and peered back to where she first centered her creative voice: her breakthrough 1986 album ‘Control.’
Read moreTool’s ‘Ænima’ Turns 25 | Anniversary Retrospective
Fifteen perfect songs in one lifetime few bands accomplish. Fifteen perfect songs, intricately connected in the Nine Circles of Hell they illuminate, Tool accomplished with their second album in 1996.
Read moreWC And The Maad Circle’s Debut Album ‘Ain’t A Damn Thang Changed’ Turns 30 | Anniversary Retrospective
The group’s debut LP may not be the best-known or most acclaimed album of hip-hop’s golden era, but its relevance and impact endure three decades later.
Read moreNice & Smooth’s ‘Ain’t A Damn Thing Changed’ Turns 30 | Anniversary Retrospective
Greg Nice & Smooth B’s classic sophomore album reflects their multiple talents and represents a triumph of the whole being greater than the sum of the parts.
Read moreThe Cardigans’ ‘First Band on the Moon’ Turns 25 | Anniversary Retrospective
So much more than their massive hit “Lovefool,” The Cardigans’ terrific third LP reflected the band’s evolving confidence and musical maturation at the time.
Read moreP.O.D.’s ‘Satellite’ Turns 20 | Anniversary Retrospective
P.O.D. have enjoyed a prosperous and influential career to date, but their most successful project to date remains their breakthrough fourth album.
Read moreJay-Z’s ‘The Blueprint’ Turns 20 | Anniversary Retrospective
Jay-Z made damn good albums before ‘The Blueprint,’ as well as some afterwards. But his sixth studio affair remains the album where everything came together.
Read moreMariah Carey’s ‘Glitter’ Turns 20 | Anniversary Retrospective
Instead of the disproportionate attention paid to the commercial performance of ‘Glitter,’ the focus should actually rest on Carey’s continued desire to marry pop, R&B, and hip-hop genres for the masses.
Read moreCeCe Peniston’s ‘I’m Movin’ On’ Turns 25 | Anniversary Retrospective
After early career success like Peniston’s, many artists would rather sell their souls than chance to change the formula, even if they have to create work they don’t love. Peniston refused.
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