Given that Dion was only 21 when she recorded the album, the French Canadian singer managed to bring a maturity and vocal prowess that belied her youth.
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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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Common’s fourth album is not just an exercise in the cerebral. Far from it. Sonically, it’s his most fully realized and dynamic album to date.
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Badu’s fifth studio affair finds her brazen honesty and introspection rearing its head once more and, as usual, it refuses to paint her as anything other than the imperfect being she is.
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With ‘Bitches Brew,’ Davis didn’t just burn bridges, he broke down barriers between genres and made a mockery of the artificial boundaries that confined others.
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Katie Crutchfield’s fifth studio affair finds hope in the darkest moments, and its power comes from how seriously, richly, and unironically it embraces that pursuit.
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Edan’s second studio affair has a ton of replay value, because even at only 34 minutes in length, it feels like an epic undertaking.
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Blueprint’s admiration for music released during 1988 is clear, and he manages to honor that period’s music without making the endeavor sound like clever mimicry.
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As evidenced throughout the expanse of his solo debut LP, ODB was a charging tornado of energy and chaos, who made his name and his fame running roughshod over every track he graced.
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Amidst the ascendance of the G-Funk sound during the mid-90s, King Tee journeyed down a different path with his fourth studio LP, arguably the first-ever psychedelic hip-hop rider album.
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