Anniversary
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In Praise of ‘The Love Movement,’ A Tribe Called Quest’s Least-Loved Album
Tribe’s fifth album was born out of conflict, and never received the promotion it deserved. Twenty years later, it’s time to reevaluate.
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10 Years with ‘The Recession,’ Young Jeezy’s Second Classic Album
Jeezy’s third album was as timely as it was timeless.
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Writers Reflect on Ms. Lauryn Hill’s ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’
The GRAMMY-winning album is now 20 years old.
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Daniel Caesar’s ‘Freudian’ One Year Later: An Ode to the Little Things
It’s an album about love, but it can also teach us how to love.
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‘Doris’ 5 Years Later: Everybody Cares About How Earl Sweatshirt Feels
‘Doris’ is an out of body experience for difficult emotions and hard to swallow pills.
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Two Years Later, ‘Endless’ Remains Frank Ocean’s Overlooked Masterpiece
‘Endless’ seems destined to remain an overlooked drop in the bucket of Frank Ocean’s ultimate legacy. It’s much, much more than that.
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One Year Later: How Tyler’s ‘Flower Boy’ Bloomed to Create Space for Everyone
A year later, and for years to come, Tyler’s album will be known for the space it creates.
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‘A Kid Named Cudi’ Turns 10: An Oral History of Kid Cudi’s Debut Mixtape
A-Trak, Emile Haynie and Emeka Obi reflect on the mixtape that launched Cudi’s career.
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20 Years Later, the Beastie Boys’ ‘Hello Nasty’ Proves Time Is an Illusion
Check back in another 20, and we’ll likely be reporting more of the same.
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‘4:44’ One Year Later: Reframing a Legacy Through JAY-Z’s Short Films
One year later, we revisit JAY-Z’s ‘4:44’ with the added context of the album’s confrontational short films.
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The Pursuit of Forms: Five Years of ‘Watching Movies with the Sound Off’ with Mac Miller
“Who the fuck is Mac Miller?” Five years ago, the answer to that question started to take shape.
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Listeners in the Hands of a Projected God: Kanye West’s ‘Yeezus’ Five Years Later
“As soon as they like you, make ‘em un-like you.”