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Though his battle rapping skills remain excellent, Ali’s greatest strength is his storytelling ability, as brilliantly evidenced here on his superb second LP.
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‘Stronger Than Pride’ is the band’s clarified statement of identity, a jazz-soul deconstruction entirely devoid of late ‘80s bluster. Nothing else was like it.
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Despite Amos’ palpable sadness on her fourth studio affair, it teems with an unapologetic sensuality that screams of a woman coming into her own.
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The trio’s debut album is a record of bright neon coming from a dark, dank place of sagging curbs and tired stories: Lower Manhattan.
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As evidenced across their second album, Freestyle Fellowship’s brand of hip-hop warrants attentive listening and rewards its audience with repeated spins.
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‘He Got Game’ is an intriguing view into a legendary hip-hop group in transition, and overall it hits a lot more than it misses.
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One would be hard-pressed to find ten albums in hip-hop’s history stronger than the LP that introduced the late, great Christopher Rios to the masses.
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The Roots’ eighth studio affair is a potent statement and very much ahead of its time in terms of subject matter, proving yet again that the group is never boring.
Read morePortishead’s ‘Third’ Turns 15 | Album Anniversary
From the first tracks of the album, it’s obvious that even after taking a decade-long hiatus, Portishead were still just as groundbreaking as they were at the start of their career.
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