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Part concept album, part swinging for the fences, ‘Destroyer’ is an album of epic proportions that blew the mind of our author when he first heard it.
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Despite label executives’ early resistance to its new sonic direction, the group’s fifth studio affair found them carrying on in their commitment to make the album they were determined to make.
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Embodying the sound of a band no longer fulfilled by mining the tried-and-true of their past records, ‘Out of Time’ is the most varied and adventurous song suite the band ever crafted.
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Arguably the most revered emcee to both emerge from and rep Boston throughout his career, Edo. G’s debut long player is a bona fide hip-hop classic.
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