With a bevy of great songs beyond the controversial hit single “Dear God,” ‘Skylarking’ can easily be considered the finest album of XTC’s career.
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Uncomfortable, raw and resoundingly real, the late-great singer’s second and final album is soul music of the highest quality that will stand the test well beyond fifteen years.
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A lyrically coherent and sonically funktastic album, Del’s debut long player laid the groundwork for the evolution of the Hieroglyphics crew.
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The album’s creation was fraught with frustration and uncertainty, but Farnham’s twelfth studio LP ultimately became the all-time highest-selling album by an Australian artist in Australia.
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While the Native Tongues influence is unmistakably evident, Black Sheep’s debut LP contains plenty that distinguishes the duo from their musical siblings.
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An organic, polished and sophisticated work, Stone’s second studio affair helped to define the maturing neo-soul movement of the early 2000s.
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On his sophomore album, Jeru takes aim at those he perceives as the enemies of hip-hop, including the Bad Boys and Death Rows of the world.
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What makes ‘Billy Breathes’ so exciting is that we hear a lot of the distinctly Phishy compositional moves used in service of doing less, rather than doing more.
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Xzibit formally launched his hip-hop career as a battle-tested warrior fighting for respect on his debut album, and thankfully, this same mentality continues to influence his music 25 years on.
Read moreThe UMC’s’ Debut Album ‘Fruits of Nature’ Turns 30 | Anniversary Retrospective
When the duo released their exuberant debut album, the hip-hop genre that they loved was becoming super serious and the project never received the widespread props that it deserved.
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