25th Anniversary

Indie Rock 

From Black to Blue: Yo La Tengo’s And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out Turns 25

February 22, 2025 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 2000, 25th Anniversary, And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out, Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew, Yo La Tengo

How the Hoboken trio solemnly kicked off the 21st century

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Soul 

Devil’s Pie: D’Angelo’s Voodoo Turns 25

January 26, 2025January 26, 2025 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 2000, 25th Anniversary, D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, Method Man, Pino Palladino, Questlove, Redman, Virgin Records, Voodoo

Looking back on the soul sensation’s sophomore classic

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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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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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Bruce Rock 

Take ‘Em As They Come: Bruce Springsteen’s Tracks at 25

November 20, 2023November 20, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1998, 25th Anniversary, Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Tracks

Reflecting on the Boss’s career-spanning box set

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Alternative Rock Pop Rock 

R.E.M. Revisit Up With New Deluxe Edition

November 13, 2023November 13, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 25th Anniversary, At My Most Beautiful, Bill Berry, Craft Recordings, Daysleeper, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Pat McCarthy, Peter Buck, R.E.M., Scott Litt, Up, Warner Bros. Records

25th Anniversary edition of the band’s underrated 11th LP contains bonus live album from 1999 Party of Five taping

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Funk Hip Hop Rap Soul 

Return Of The ‘G’: OutKast’s Aquemini at 25

September 29, 2023October 29, 2025 Jason Gross 1 Comment 25th Anniversary, Andre 3000, Aquemini, Big Boi, Carl Perkins, Dre, Goodie Mob, Iron Butterfly, LaFace Records, Organized Noize, OutKast, Raekwon, Super Mario Bros.

Looking back at a sprawling, exhilarating rap tour de force

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Bossa Nova Funk Hip Hop 

Flow Against Know: Beastie Boys’ Hello Nasty Turns 25

July 16, 2023July 16, 2023 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1998, 25th Anniversary, Ad-Rock, Beastie Boys, Cibo Matto, Grand Royal, Hello Nasty, MCA, Mike D, Mixmaster Mike

Saluting the last great LP from Ad-Rock, MCA and Mike D

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Punk Reggae Rock 

Streetwise Professors: Rancid’s Life Won’t Wait Turns 25

July 3, 2023July 3, 2023 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1998, 25th Anniversary, Buju Banton, Epitaph Records, Lars Frederiksen, Life Won't Wait, Matt Freeman, Rancid, Tim Armstrong

Looking back on the West Coast punk rockers’ greatest album

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Alternative Rock Country and/or Western Folk North Americana Rock 

Right In Time: Lucinda Williams’ Car Wheels on a Gravel Road at 25

June 30, 2023June 30, 2023 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1998, 25th Anniversary, American Recordings, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, Lucinda Williams, Mercury Records, Rick Rubin, Roy Bittan, Steve Earle

Inside the resonant timelessness of her greatest album

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Alternative Rock Hard Rock Heavy Metal Punk Rock 

Stuck in the Sky: System of a Down’s Self-Titled Debut Turns 25

June 29, 2023June 29, 2023 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1998, 25th Anniversary, Aerosmith, American Recordings, Daron Malakian, Eminem, John Dolmayan, Mike Patton, Serj Tankian, Shavo Odadjian, Sugar, System of a Down

Looking back on a punk-metal milestone

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