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Whether their love for hip-hop culture struck a chord with their listeners, or people just like jumping and getting wild, House of Pain achieved respect across many different backgrounds and age groups.
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Officially billed as a Madonna album despite only four of its nine songs credited to the Queen of Pop, the ‘Who’s That Girl’ soundtrack arrived just before mega pop superstardom came calling.
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Following the success of ‘Born to Mack,’ the man born Todd Shaw managed to develop one of the most enduring musical legacies that hip-hop has ever seen.
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With only a few moments when the album truly shines, ‘Planet Earth’ is weighed down by an artist arguably stretching himself too thin, coupled with our understandable (or unfair) expectations of brilliance.
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