Blueprint’s admiration for music released during 1988 is clear, and he manages to honor that period’s music without making the endeavor sound like clever mimicry.
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Amidst the ascendance of the G-Funk sound during the mid-90s, King Tee journeyed down a different path with his fourth studio LP, arguably the first-ever psychedelic hip-hop rider album.
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Khan’s second solo long player is arguably her finest album when it comes to serving as a “total package.”
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On their classic debut LP, Digital Underground channels the spirit of George Clinton’s band of misfits, drawing inspiration from Parliament-Funkadelic’s high concept albums and eclectic casts of characters.
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In 1975, Lynyrd Skynyrd proved that to get at the soul, the gut, and the a** of the listener, you needed nothin’ fancy at all.
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The sound on Leon Russell is that of celebration—of a communal celebration. There's nothing forced; there's no pretension, despite the roster of world-class musicians on board.
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As complex and contradictory as all great works of art, Dylan’s fifth studio affair brought forth changes that are now so ingrained into the fabric of music that we assume that they’ve always existed.
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With her second LP, O’Connor managed to deliver an incredible follow-up that extended her curiosity into the unknown with a fearlessness and honesty that has rarely been matched since.
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One listen to the infectious single “Poison” was all it took for many of us to be immediately hooked on BBD’s sound, and thankfully, their debut album of the same name proved equally enjoyable.
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