‘One For All’ is a stunning debut, filled with rock solid beats and lyrics, accompanied by heavy doses of politically charged rhetoric.
Read moreCircles Around The Sun’s Debut Album ‘Interludes For The Dead’ Turns 10 | Album Anniversary
Charged with recording intermission music for the Grateful Dead’s 50th anniversary concerts in the summer of 2015, the collective transformed these jams into this proper, patiently psychedelic record.
Read moreMcAlmont & Butler’s Debut Album ‘The Sound of McAlmont & Butler’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary
Though their creative partnership has been sporadic and the output of their union sparse, this duo’s dynamic debut remains a testament to the musical magnetism they share.
Read moreSteely Dan’s ‘Gaucho’ Turns 45 | Album Anniversary
The duo’s seventh LP comprises seven tracks of high-class pulp, sex workers and johns, dope addicts and coke dealers, and spoiled love affairs, elevated with elaborate horns and impossible chords.
Read moreWu-Tang Clan’s ‘The W’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary
Though the collective never quite resurrected their mid-1990s dominance, their third LP showed that they were ready to at least attempt to dominate hip-hop music during the new millennium.
Read moreGroup Home’s Debut Album ‘Livin’ Proof’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary
The duo’s rough edges make the lyrics and the feeling behind them ring true, while solidly complementing DJ Premier’s top-notch soundscapes.
Read moreErykah Badu’s ‘Mama’s Gun’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary
The abiding theme of Badu’s second studio affair is the search for freedom—freedom to love, freedom to pursue pleasure, freedom to love oneself and freedom from pain.
Read moreLL Cool J’s Debut Album ‘Radio’ Turns 40 | Album Anniversary
Though Run-DMC are credited with creating hip-hop’s new school sound, LL Cool J is the architect of much of its attitude and swagger, as first evidenced on his debut long player.
Read moreThe ‘Waiting To Exhale’ Soundtrack Turns 30 | Album Anniversary
These 16 tracks preserve a unique cross-section of contemporary R&B in amber, illustrating the culture of how women connect and the rhythms in which they do it.
Read moreMuddy Waters’ ‘At Newport 1960’ Turns 65 | Album Anniversary
Listening to ‘At Newport 1960,’ it seems almost unthinkable that anyone would be anything less than blown away by the sound of the blues exploding so impressively.
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