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Reviews Ten years on, "Graduation" stands as Kanye's first major stylistic shift, as well as his most ill-advised.
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Original Content T.I.'s crowning achievement, "King," turns ten today. Let's look back.
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Original Content "Reasonable Doubt" gave us an uncompromising portrait of Jay Z the hustler before the superstardom and entrepreneurial exploits.
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Original Content Revisiting Tupac Shakur's fourth studio album 20 years later.
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Original Content Five years ago, Future emerged with an album that initially confused the masses but was quickly absorbed into the fabric of rap music.
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Original Content On this day in 2004, MF Doom released his album "Mm..Food." We reflect on the album for Classic Rotation.
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Original Content The best-received and most ambitious album of Kanye West's career turns five today.
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Original Content Our "Classic Rotation" series revisits classic albums on the anniversary of their release. Today we take a look at Eminem's classic album, "The Slim Shady LP", which dropped fifteen years ago on February 23rd, 1999.
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Original Content Tupac's album "Me Against The World" turns 20 today
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Original Content Our recently-launched "Classic Rotation" series revisits classic albums on the anniversary of their release.Today we take a look at Kanye West's debut album, "College Dropout", which dropped ten years ago on February 10th, 2004.
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Original Content Twenty years later, the landmark album by the Philly rap band is one that perfectly straddles popular appeal and critical reverence.
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Original Content We take a look back at OutKast's "ATLiens" on the day of its release, 19 years ago.
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Original Content HNHH re-visits and reminisces about classic albums upon the anniversary of their release with the new series "Classic Rotation." To kick things off, we take a look at Snoop Doggy Dogg's "Doggystyle" which dropped on this day in 1993.
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Original Content "Tha Carter II" is where Lil Wayne came into his own, transforming into the most dominant rapper of the mid-2000s.
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Original Content Five years after the release of Young Thug's "Barter 6," we reflect on how the project set up Thug for stardom.
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Original Content Our "Classic Rotation" series revisits classic albums on the anniversary of their release. Today we take a look at Juvenile's classic album, "400 Degreez", which dropped sixteen years ago on November 3, 1998.
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Original Content Our "Classic Rotation" series revisits classic albums on the anniversary of their release. Today we take a look at Dr. Dre's classic album, "2001", which dropped fifteen years ago on November 16, 1999.
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Original Content GZA's Seminal debut "Liquid Swords" turns 20 today.
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Original Content A Tribe Called Quest's "The Low End Theory," which turns 25 today, brought jazz and hip hop closer than they'd ever been.
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Original Content Our "Classic Rotation" series revisits classic albums on the anniversary of their release. Today we take a look at MF Doom & Madlib's classic album, "Madvillainy", which dropped ten years ago, on March 23rd 2004.
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Original Content The Notorious B.I.G. predicted his own death and conquered the world on "Life After Death."
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Original Content Our "Classic Rotation" series revisits classic albums on the anniversary of their release. Today we take a look at the Beastie Boys’ classic album, "Licensed to Ill", which dropped twenty-eight years ago on November 15, 1986.
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News A look back at Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's "E. 1999 Eternal" 20 years later.
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Chris Tart