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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: 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: 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
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: Future's "Pluto" Five years ago, Future emerged with an album that initially confused the masses but was quickly absorbed into the fabric of rap music. By Patrick Lyons April 13, 2017
Original Content Classic Rotation: Snoop Dogg's "Doggystyle" 20 Years Later 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. By TWL November 23, 2013
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: The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Life After Death" The Notorious B.I.G. predicted his own death and conquered the world on "Life After Death." By Patrick Lyons March 25, 2017
Original Content Classic Rotation: 2Pac's "Me Against The World" Tupac's album "Me Against The World" turns 20 today By Chris Tart March 14, 2015
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: 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: Tha Dogg Pound's "Dogg Food" Looking back at the Dogg Pound's debut album 20 years later. By Chris Tart October 31, 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: 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: Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde Our "Classic Rotation" series revisits classic albums on the day of their release. Today we take a look at The Pharcyde's debut album, "Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde," which dropped exactly 22 years ago today. By Layne Weiss November 24, 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: Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter II" "Tha Carter II" is where Lil Wayne came into his own, transforming into the most dominant rapper of the mid-2000s. By Patrick Lyons December 06, 2015
Original Content Classic Rotation: Eminem's "The Slim Shady LP" 15 Years Later 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. By TWL February 23, 2014
Original Content Classic Rotation: Outkast's "ATLiens" Exploring the mystical themes at the heart of Outkast's "ATLiens" on its 20th anniversary. By Patrick Lyons August 27, 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 Young Thug's "Barter 6" Unlocked His Next Level Five years after the release of Young Thug's "Barter 6," we reflect on how the project set up Thug for stardom. By Rose Lilah April 16, 2020
Original Content Classic Rotation: MF Doom & Madlib's "Madvillainy" 10 Years Later 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. By TWL March 23, 2014
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

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