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A template for hip-hop’s now flourishing gritty and dusty underground scene, DOOM’s debut remains extremely influential to up-and-coming emcees and firmly established left-of-center artists.
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Prince’s second LP is a reminder of the necessity of patience in artist development, as it’s worth remembering that even a musical behemoth like Prince needed time to marinate and develop.
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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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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.
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‘Murder Was The Case’ works best as a proof of concept for what Dr. Dre and Suge Knight envisioned as the direction of Death Row Records and its evolving artist roster at the time.
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While The Coup’s subsequent music wasn’t as gloomy as much of ‘Genocide & Juice,’ it informed their worldview moving forward and shaped Boots Riley’s next steps as an artist.
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Based on a handful of factors working in unison, ‘Blowout Comb’ was destined to become the quintessential initially-underappreciated and eventually-celebrated sleeper success.
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With his debut LP, O.C. emerged as a singular talent and began a career that continues to produce quality work, despite the household name status he deserves continuing to elude him.
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