Following her empowering third studio affair, it became standard for Teena Marie to be the sole architect of her sound, inviting collaborators only when it suited her.
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On her third studio album, Riperton preserves her child-like wonder while blowing the embers of sensuality for an understated melding of soul and jazz-funk.
Read moreAmel Larrieux’s Debut Solo Album ‘Infinite Possibilities’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary
Larrieux’s inaugural solo affair is a boundless exploration of transcontinental jazz-soul that defined her unique soundprint without losing itself in the currents of neo soul.
Read moreChaka Khan’s ‘I Feel For You’ Turns 40 | Album Anniversary
Khan’s fifth solo studio affair was the product of a state American culture was in at the time, commercially super-charged, devastatingly of-the-moment.
Read moreMariah Carey’s ‘Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel’ Turns 15 | Album Anniversary
For its honesty, levity, and sheened musicality, Carey’s twelfth studio affair deserves to be more highly regarded in her catalog. The only thing missing is statistical bragging rights.
Read moreYolanda Adams’ ‘Mountain High… Valley Low’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary
With its intergenre diversity, Adams’ sixth studio album had a unifying effect that communicated tacitly that all of this was gospel music.
Read moreWhitney Houston’s Final Studio Album ‘I Look To You’ Turns 15 | Album Anniversary
Equal parts celebration and lamentation, ‘I Look To You’ gathers Houston’s powers for a festival of urban AC pop-soul to toast her supporters one last time.
Read moreMinnie Riperton’s ‘Perfect Angel’ Turns 50 | Album Anniversary
On this sophomore stunner, Riperton concerns herself only with ecstasy and frivolity to render a triumph of utopian folk-soul.
Read moreSeal’s Eponymous Second Studio Album ‘Seal’ (a.k.a. ‘Seal II’) Turns 30 | Album Anniversary
Seal’s second studio affair balances abstract lyricism and bold instrumentation to pack existential crisis into a tidy pop-rock cellophane.
Read moreCherrelle’s Debut Album ‘Fragile’ Turns 40 | Album Anniversary
For her debut album, Cherrelle forged a lean but capable mix of street-savvy dance-funk and quiet storm R&B to announce her arrival.
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