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Lucy Pearl’s Eponymous Debut Album ‘Lucy Pearl’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary

May 18, 2025 Daryl McIntosh
Lucy Pearl Eponymous Debut Album Lucy Pearl Turns 25

Released on the heels of the anxiety catalyzed by the Y2K bug, this soulful trio helped us party in the first summer of the century and set the tone for neo-soul’s evolution in the new decade.

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In ALBUM ANNIVERSARY Tags Lucy Pearl, Raphael Saadiq, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Dawn Robinson
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Big L’s Debut Album ‘Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary

March 23, 2025 Daryl McIntosh
Big L Debut Album Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous Turns 30

Sadly, ‘Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous’ is the only album that Big L recorded and released before his life was tragically taken in February of 1999 at the young age of 24.

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In ALBUM ANNIVERSARY Tags Big L, Diggin' in the Crates, D.I.T.C
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Bell Biv DeVoe’s Debut Album ‘Poison’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary

March 16, 2025 Daryl McIntosh
Bell Biv DeVoe Debut Album Poison Turns 35

One listen to the infectious single “Poison” was all it took for many of us to be immediately hooked on BBD’s sound, and thankfully, their debut album of the same name proved equally enjoyable.

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In ALBUM ANNIVERSARY Tags Bell Biv DeVoe, Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, Ronnie DeVoe, New Edition
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Smif-N-Wessun’s Debut Album ‘Dah Shinin’’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary

January 8, 2025 Daryl McIntosh
Smif-N-Wessun Debut Album Dah Shinin’ turns 30

Though it’s their inaugural affair on wax, Tek & Steele sound like savvy veterans on their inaugural outing, fully confident over Da Beatminerz’ sinister horn samples and dusty drum patterns.

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In ALBUM ANNIVERSARY Tags Smif-N-Wessun, Boot Camp Clik
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SisQó’s Debut Solo Album ‘Unleash The Dragon’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary

November 23, 2024 Daryl McIntosh
SisQó Debut Solo Album Unleash The Dragon

If Prince helped us party like it was “1999,” SisQó showed us how to rock out like it was Y2K with his unforgettable debut LP.

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In ALBUM ANNIVERSARY Tags SisQó
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TLC’s ‘CrazySexyCool’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary

November 10, 2024 Daryl McIntosh
TLC CrazySexyCool turns 30

TLC’s massively successful second long player is their truest R&B offering, as it remains fluently smooth and harmonic over the almost constant mid-tempo pacing.

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In ALBUM ANNIVERSARY Tags TLC
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Method Man’s Debut Solo Album ‘Tical’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary

November 10, 2024 Daryl McIntosh
Method Man Debut Solo Album Tical 30

With dark content that offers glimpses of rugged romance and twisted comedy, ‘Tical’ proves that Method Man possesses one of the widest ranges of commercial appeal for any hip-hop artist in history.

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In ALBUM ANNIVERSARY Tags Method Man
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Mos Def’s ‘The New Danger’ Turns 20 | Album Anniversary

October 12, 2024 Daryl McIntosh
Mos Def The New Danger

Mos Def’s second solo LP is one of hip-hop’s most ambitious presentations that finds him advancing his vintage freestyle type of delivery while charting new territory with his Black Jack Johnson rap/rock outfit.

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In ALBUM ANNIVERSARY Tags Mos Def, Yasiin Bey
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Korn’s Eponymous Debut Album ‘Korn’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary

October 10, 2024 Daryl McIntosh
Korn debut album 1994 30 years

The band’s debut album is the initial chapter of a chilling psychological horror franchise that fans still line up to stream and see live now, 30 years later.

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In ALBUM ANNIVERSARY Tags Korn
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Cormega’s ‘Mega Philosophy’ Turns 10 | Album Anniversary

July 21, 2024 Daryl McIntosh
Cormega Mega Philosophy

Produced by hip-hop legend Large Professor, the Queensbridge bred emcee’s fifth studio LP is arguably his magnum opus and a contemporary masterpiece.

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In ALBUM ANNIVERSARY Tags Cormega
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