Freed from historical context, Wu-Tang Clan’s 1997 sophomore album, Wu-Tang Forever, is one of the…
’90s
Beastie Boys’ Check Your Head: Unpacked
Unpacked is a playlist analysis of new and classic albums where we highlight key tracks alongside…
Curing My Britpop Blindspot
I don’t know very much about Britpop. I like Pulp somewhat, especially when this woman…
High School High and The Last Days of The Boom Bap Era
Click here to subscribe to the Spotify playlist. In 1995, the Dangerous Minds soundtrack yielded…
Key Samples: A Tribe Called Quest
Tribe Called Quest created universes by cobbling together post-bop saxophones, rolling bass lines, and hard…
Best Hip-Hop Songs of 1994
A hip-hop cannon was created in 1994. Nas, Notorious B.I.G., Outkast, Gang Starr, Beastie Boys…
Unpacked: Roots’ Illadelph Halflife
Released on September 24, 1996, Illadelph Halflife marked a turning point in the Roots’ career…
Unpacked: Pavement, Wowee Zowee
Subscribe to this Spotify playlist right here. Pavement’s wildest, wooliest LP sits squarely in the…
Essential Post-Rock Songs
The origins of post-rock are nebulous, but the aesthetic is more exact: airy instrumentals that…
Unpacked: Wilco, Being There
It’s been 20 years since Wilco’s Being There seduced me in my roommate’s Ford Escort.…