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Inspectah Deck, 7L & Esoteric’s self-titled debut album as the collaborative unit CZARFACE is every bit as dope today as it was the day it was released.
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Ben Gibbard & Jimmy Tamborello would continue making music separately, but The Postal Service is arguably the most enduring endeavor of their careers to date.
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‘Pablo Honey’ isn’t a masterpiece, but it’s an enjoyable work that contains the rough clay the band would eventually use to construct ‘The Bends’ (1995) and ‘OK Computer’ (1997).
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2Pac’s sophomore album contains some of his strongest work from a time before he was living the Thug Life quite so hard.
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