For a band that is often slighted by being dour, dark and depressive in their sound, their seventh studio affair is, for the most part, quite an uplifting and optimistic album.
Read moreE-40’s ‘In A Major Way’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary
E-40 arguably still doesn’t get enough credit for what he achieved with ‘In A Major Way,’ as he helped to place his native city of Vallejo—and the Bay Area as a whole—squarely on the broader hip-hop map.
Read more2Pac’s ‘Me Against The World’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary
Weighty issues are handled sensitively and compassionately throughout ‘Me Against The World,’ a dynamic album that only a talent as unique as 2Pac could have pulled off so well.
Read moreGoo Goo Dolls’ ‘A Boy Named Goo’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary
Most tracks on the band’s fifth studio album luxuriate in the fuzzy border between punk and mainstream, creating some of the most dynamic work in the band’s now-sprawling repertoire.
Read moreElastica’s Eponymous Debut Album ‘Elastica’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary
Elastica surfaced as a refreshing, female-driven counterpoint to the somewhat oafish lad culture that emerged as Britpop morphed into a global sensation deeper into the mid-’90s.’
Read moreCrosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s ‘Déjà Vu’ Turns 55 | Album Anniversary
CSNY’s ‘Déjà Vu’ offers a more unified vision of the collective than the songwriting, or the individual band members, could ever conjure up on their own.
Read moreDavid Bowie’s ‘Young Americans’ Turns 50 | Album Anniversary
Bowie's ‘Young Americans’ stands out in his prolific discography because nothing else in his catalog sounds like it.
Read moreAnnie Lennox’s ‘Medusa’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary
Lennox’s second studio affair remains an album that defies easy categorization, a haunting and deeply introspective collection of reinventions that transcend the idea of a “covers album.”
Read moreBlackalicious’ Debut Album ‘Nia’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary
While the stars of Blackalicious’ debut album are unequivocally Gift of Gab and Chief Xcel, the Solesides/Quannum crew of Lyrics Born, Lateef the Truthspeaker & DJ Shadow enhance the affair.
Read moreTha Alkaholiks’ ‘Coast II Coast’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary
Though Tha Alkaholiks never received the extensive acclaim they rightfully deserved, their sophomore album remains one of the most balanced projects in hip-hop history.
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