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Reviews Kanye West's "Graduation," Ten Years On Ten years on, "Graduation" stands as Kanye's first major stylistic shift, as well as his most ill-advised. By Patrick Lyons September 11, 2017
Original Content Classic Rotation: A Tribe Called Quest's "The Low End Theory" A Tribe Called Quest's "The Low End Theory," which turns 25 today, brought jazz and hip hop closer than they'd ever been. By Patrick Lyons September 24, 2016
Original Content Classic Rotation: T.I.'s "King" T.I.'s crowning achievement, "King," turns ten today. Let's look back. By Patrick Lyons March 28, 2016
Original Content Classic Rotation: Kanye West's "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" The best-received and most ambitious album of Kanye West's career turns five today. By Patrick Lyons November 22, 2015
Original Content Classic Rotation: Big L's "Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous" "Classic Rotation" series revisits classic albums on the anniversary of their release.Today we take a look at Big L's debut album, "Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous", which dropped nineteen years ago on March 28, 1995. By Corvaya Jefrries March 28, 2014
Reviews Classic Rotation: The Game's "The Documentary" The Game dropped "The Documentary" on January 18, 2005. By Chris Tart January 18, 2016
Original Content Classic Rotation: N.W.A's "Straight Outta Compton" Our "Classic Rotation" series revisits classic albums on the anniversary of their release. We now take a look back where it all started, N.W.A's unarguable classic, "Straight Outta Compton", which dropped 27 years ago to this day. By Eve Stern August 08, 2015
Original Content Classic Rotation: Juvenile's "400 Degreez" 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. By Glennisha Morgan November 03, 2014
Original Content Classic Rotation: Kanye West's "The College Dropout" 10 Years Later 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. By TWL February 10, 2014
Original Content How The Roots' "Things Fall Apart" Changed Rap Twenty years later, the landmark album by the Philly rap band is one that perfectly straddles popular appeal and critical reverence. By Jibril Yassin February 23, 2019
Original Content Classic Rotation: Nas' "Illmatic" 20 Years Later We look back at "Illmatic" in light of its 20th Anniversary in our Classic Rotation series. By hnhh April 19, 2014
Original Content Classic Rotation: Eminem's "Slim Shady LP" Slim Shady LP turns 16, and it still has wheels. By Chris Tart February 23, 2015
Original Content By The Numbers: Kendrick Lamar's "Section.80" 5 Years Later We celebrate five years since the release of Kendrick Lamar's critically acclaimed "Section.80" with an infographic. By Rose Lilah July 02, 2016
Original Content Classic Rotation: 2Pac's "All Eyez on Me" Revisiting Tupac Shakur's fourth studio album 20 years later. By Chris Tart February 13, 2016
Original Content Classic Rotation: Beastie Boys' "Licensed to Ill" 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. By Kahron Spearman November 15, 2014
News Classic Rotation: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony "E. 1999 Eternal" A look back at Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's "E. 1999 Eternal" 20 years later. By Chris Tart July 25, 2015
Original Content Classic Rotation: MF DOOM's "Mm..Food" On this day in 2004, MF Doom released his album "Mm..Food." We reflect on the album for Classic Rotation. By Chris Tart November 16, 2015
Original Content Classic Rotation: Gang Starr's 'Hard To Earn' We revisit Guru and DJ Premier’s 1994 classic "Hard To Earn," released 22 years ago today. By Chris Tart March 08, 2016
Original Content Classic Rotation: J Dilla's "Donuts" In honor of Dilla's 42nd birthday, as well as the 10th anniversary of the classic album, we look back at the Detroit producer's final gift to the world: "Donuts." By Chris Tart February 07, 2016
Original Content Classic Rotation: Lauryn Hill's "Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill" Looking back at Lauryn Hill's classic album 17 years later. By Chris Tart August 25, 2015
Original Content Classic Rotation: Mobb Deep's "The Infamous" We revisit Mobb Deep's classic as it turns 20. By Chris Tart April 25, 2015
Original Content Yes, "Tha Carter III" Is Lil Wayne's Best Album Ten years after its release, "Tha Carter III" holds up in spite of— or maybe because of— its pop crossovers and weirdo ambition. By Patrick Lyons June 09, 2018
Original Content Classic Rotation: Jay Z's "Reasonable Doubt" "Reasonable Doubt" gave us an uncompromising portrait of Jay Z the hustler before the superstardom and entrepreneurial exploits. By Patrick Lyons June 25, 2016

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