TLC’s massively successful second long player is their truest R&B offering, as it remains fluently smooth and harmonic over the almost constant mid-tempo pacing.
Read moreMethod Man’s Debut Solo Album ‘Tical’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary
With dark content that offers glimpses of rugged romance and twisted comedy, ‘Tical’ proves that Method Man possesses one of the widest ranges of commercial appeal for any hip-hop artist in history.
Read moreNeil Young & Crazy Horse’s ‘Live Rust’ Turns 45 | Album Anniversary
A perfect demonstration of the power of Young and of Crazy Horse: the ability to give in to the Id, for mere moments, before snapping back, just in time, preserving the structure of the song.
Read moreDef Jef’s Debut Album ‘Just A Poet With Soul’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary
While Young MC and Tone Lōc were Delicious Vinyl’s flashier and more audience friendly artists, Def Jef was the consummate craftsman of the label, weaving together complex lines and rhyme styles.
Read more3rd Bass’ Debut Album ‘The Cactus Album’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary
Despite the complicated nature of MC Serch and Pete Nice’s relationship, the duo successfully put their differences aside long enough to bless the world with this bona fide hip-hop classic.
Read moreKurupt’s ‘Tha Streetz Iz A Mutha’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary
Though Tha Dogg Pound co-founder’s sophomore long player may not have received the shine that it deserved when it was released, it still stands as one of the finest hip-hop albums of the late ‘90s.
Read moreMadonna’s ‘Like A Virgin’ Turns 40 | Album Anniversary
Madonna’s breakthrough second studio album is an incredible timestamp of a period in her career when so much was on the line and global superstardom beckoned.
Read moreThe Smiths’ ‘Hatful Of Hollow’ Turns 40 | Album Anniversary
‘Hatful Of Hollow’ reminds Smiths devotees that they exist within contradictions; romantically inward but only seeking what is outwardly unattainable, they will crave but never surrender.
Read moreFiona Apple’s ‘When The Pawn…’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary
Apple’s second studio affair can be brash. It can be confronting. It can be alarming. But it is always engaging.
Read morePete Rock & C.L. Smooth’s ‘The Main Ingredient’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary
Although their collaborative career was short-lived, the dynamic duo left us with two amazing LPs and one hell of an intro EP; an abbreviated catalog that outweighs far lengthier discographies.
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