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1999

Prince Rock Soul 

A Decade Without Prince

April 21, 2026April 21, 2026 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 10th anniversary, 1999, Darling Nikki, Lovesexy, Madison Square Garden, Minneapolis, Paisley Park, Prince, Prince Rogers Nelson, Purple Rain, Raspberry Beret

‘Life is but a party, and parties weren’t meant to last.’

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Pop Punk 

Blink-182’s ‘All the Small Things’ Video Turns 25

October 29, 2024October 29, 2024 Leena Tailor 1 Comment *NSYNC, 1999, 25th Anniversary, Backstreet Boys, Blink-182, Enema of the State, Marcos Siega, Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge, Travis Barker

7 things you didn’t know about the iconic ’90s music video

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Hip Hop 

Calling the Biz: The 25-Year Class Reunion of Handsome Boy Modeling School

October 20, 2024October 20, 2024 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1999, 25th Anniversary, Dan The Automator, Del the Funky Homosapien, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Prince Paul

How an old Fox sitcom informed a genre-bending hip-hop classic

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Alternative Rock Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rap Rock 

Was Limp Bizkit Good?

June 23, 2024June 23, 2024 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1999, 25th Anniversary, Break Stuff, DJ Lethal, Fred Durst, John Otto, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Method Man, Nookie, Sam Rivers, Significant Other, Soulfly, Wes Borland, Woodstock 99

Everybody N 2 gether now

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Blues Dance Electronic Folk 

He Opened Doors: Moby’s Play at 25

May 18, 2024May 18, 2024 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1999, 25th Anniversary, Bodyrock, Honey, Kochie Banton, Moby, Play, Porcelain, Richard Melville, Rozz Morehead

How the dance maven’s fifth LP earned him superstar status

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Rock 

What He Built: Tom Waits’ Mule Variations Turns 25

April 17, 2024 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1999, 25th Anniversary, ANTI-, Big in Japan, Epitaph Records, Filipino Box Spring Hog, Guided By Voices, Mule Variations, They Might Be Giants, Tom Waits, What's He Building?

Looking back on his most accessible LP of the post-Asylum era

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Power Pop Rock 

Troubled Times: Fountains of Wayne’s Utopia Parkway Turns 25

April 8, 2024April 8, 2024 Dave Steinfeld 1 Comment 1999, Adam Schlesinger, Brian Young, Chris Collingwood, Dar Williams, Fountains of Wayne, Jellyfish, Jody Porter, Korn, Material Issue, Matthew Sweet, that dog., The Cars, The Posies, The Rembrandts

A reminiscence on the band’s greatest album

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Hip Hop 

If It’s Artificial Let It Be: The Roots’ Things Fall Apart at 25

February 24, 2024February 24, 2024 Justin Cober-Lake 0 Comments 1999, 25th Anniversary, Black Thought, Common, Erykah Badu, Hub, Malik B, Questlove, Rahzel, Scratch, The Roots, Things Fall Apart, You Got Me

Looking back on the album that put the Philly band on the mainstream map

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Funk New Wave Pop Prince Rock Soul 

A Pocket Full of Horses: Prince’s 1999 at 40

October 27, 2022October 27, 2022 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1982, 1999, 40th Anniversary, Adam Ant, Billy Joel, Huey Lewis, Joe Jackson, Little Red Corvette, Men At Work, Phil Collins, Prince, Stray Cats, The Go-Gos, Warner Bros.

Looking back at the Purple One’s breakthrough double LP

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New Wave North Americana Power Pop 

Perfect Teeth

November 19, 2020March 9, 2024 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1999, A Shot In The Arm, Box sets, Can't Stand It, Jay Bennett, Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt, Ken Coomer, Rhino, She's A Jar, Summerteeth, Wilco

An expanded version of Summerteeth explores Wilco’s shifting stance

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Country and/or Western Rock Roots 

Come On, Pilgrim: The Odyssey Of A Marty Stuart Masterpiece

March 5, 2020March 5, 2020 Robert Baird 0 Comments 1999, Carter Family, George Jones, Johnny Cash, Lefty Frizzell, Marty Stuart, Patsy Cline, The Pilgrim

New coffee table book gives a “wall-to-wall” look into the singer’s star-studded, ill-fated 1999 LP

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Funk New Wave Pop Soul 

THE BEST REISSUES OF 2019: Two Thousand Nineteen, Party Over, Oops, Deluxe Edition Time!

January 24, 2020January 24, 2020 T.A. Inskeep 0 Comments 1982, 1999, Deluxe Edition, First Avenue, Prince, Prince and the Revolution, Rhino

Prince’s first major crossover album gets the reissue it deserves 

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Hip Hop 

Tell a Friend Bitch: Jay-Z’s Vol. 3…The Life and Times of S. Carter Turns 20

January 10, 2020January 10, 2020 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1999, Beyonce, Def Jam, Jay-Z, Memphis Bleek, Roc-A-Fella, Shawn Carter, Vol. 3... The Life and Times of S. Carter

The final installment of Hov’s three album saga is by far the best of the bunch

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Records 

A Not So Silent Night Holiday Gift Guide 2019

December 5, 2019December 6, 2019 Eric Davidson 0 Comments 1999, Led Zeppelin, MC5, Monster, Peter Laughner, Prince, R.E.M., Rocket From The Tombs, The Futureheads, The Heartbreakers, Urban Outfitters

From Prince to Peter Laughner, dig into this hot and trashy list from the dark corners of the music department in Santa’s Workshop

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Bluegrass 

Forever Blue: Dolly Parton’s Late Century Masterpiece Turns 20

November 1, 2019November 1, 2019 Luci Turner 1 Comment 1999, Bluegrass, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Sugar Hill Records, The Grass is Blue

A look back at Dolly’s return to her bluegrass roots on the excellent The Grass Is Blue

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