‘Kill My Landlord’ signaled that the group was serious about politics and liberation, but also brought their every-person sensibilities to the game.
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With their sixth studio album, the legendary trio was reborn, reinventing themselves for a new generation of hip-hop listeners.
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Decades later, ‘Rid of Me’ is still an impressive feat. Even the most abstract artists of contemporary music could only dream of making such an aggressive, uncomfortable album.
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The dark-and-light contrasts that exist within the album’s thematic, lyrical and melodic dimensions make ‘Good Humor’ an absorbing listen overall.
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The omission of “Blue Monday,” released alongside the album, sends a message of punk disobedience, an undercurrent rippling beneath the pop surface.
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‘Vivid’ was the perfect launching pad for a band that would challenge the conventions of what kind of music bands should and shouldn’t play.
Read moreBrother Ali’s ‘Shadows On The Sun’ Turns 20 | Album Anniversary
Though his battle rapping skills remain excellent, Ali’s greatest strength is his storytelling ability, as brilliantly evidenced here on his superb second LP.
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‘Stronger Than Pride’ is the band’s clarified statement of identity, a jazz-soul deconstruction entirely devoid of late ‘80s bluster. Nothing else was like it.
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Despite Amos’ palpable sadness on her fourth studio affair, it teems with an unapologetic sensuality that screams of a woman coming into her own.
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The trio’s debut album is a record of bright neon coming from a dark, dank place of sagging curbs and tired stories: Lower Manhattan.
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