After experiencing whirlwind success with his 2000 debut LP ‘Country Grammar,’ the St. Louis-bred emcee returned with his highly entertaining (and successful) sophomore affair.
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With ‘The Carnival,’ Wyclef took many musical risks that could have been disastrous, but somehow the album stays on the rails and succeeds.
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For an act who had their finger on the pulse of the present, reverence for the past, but an eye always cast toward the future, the resonance of their second studio affair today feels just right.
Read moreThe ‘Mo’ Money’ Soundtrack Turns 30 | Anniversary Retrospective
More than mere background, the ‘Mo’ Money’ Soundtrack is an audio snapshot of Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis developing the sound that would shape ‘90s R&B and pop, and having fun doing it.
Read moreEric B. & Rakim’s ‘Don’t Sweat the Technique’ Turns 30 | Anniversary Retrospective
Although Eric B. & Rakim’s musical partnership ended unexpectedly after four albums, they went out on a high note with ‘Don’t Sweat the Technique.’
Read moreLike A Ship Without A Rudder: The Lemonheads’ ‘It’s A Shame About Ray’ Turns 30 | Anniversary Retrospective
The Lemonheads’ fifth studio affair vividly encapsulates the ’90s slacker zeitgeist, by way of ’60s hippie tradition—and it did so even back then as it was happening.
Read moreFiona Apple’s ‘The Idler Wheel…’ Turns 10 | Anniversary Retrospective
Arguably Apple’s biggest creative pivot point in her career thus far, her fourth album captures the sounds of a preternaturally gifted singer/songwriter/musician becoming a self-possessed song artisan.
Read moreFleetwood Mac’s ‘Mirage’ Turns 40 | Anniversary Retrospective
With peaks stronger than its valleys, ‘Mirage’ returned Fleetwood Mac to rock preeminence after the commercial and critical step back the band took with ‘Tusk’ (1979).
Read moreRadiohead’s ‘OK Computer’ Turns 25 | Anniversary Retrospective
‘OK Computer’ hits the parts of us we’d rather not talk about, lest we find ourselves alone in the darkness, as we predicted all along.
Read moreRedesigning Pop: Swing Out Sister's ‘Shapes and Patterns’ Turns 25 | Anniversary Retrospective
‘Shapes and Patterns’ was the crystallization of the group transferring the aesthetics of their musical heroes into a modern context.
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