The 1984 Album from Black Uhuru, Anthem, was groundbreaking in many ways, The instrumentation on this one was ahead of it’s time and it was loaded with a variety of messages with songs like Solidarity, Party Next Door and What is life. Please cop this one.
Track Listing
1. What Is Life
2. Solidarity
3. Black Uhuru Anthem
4. Try It
5. Botanical Roots
6. Somebody’s Watching You
7. Bull in the Pen
8. Elements
9. Party Next Door
This is the Debut album from The L.O.X., which had Pop oriented instrumentals coupled with gangsta lyrics and flows; reflected in jams like "Money, Power & Respect“ and ”If You Think I’m Jiggy“. Jadakiss, Sheek Louch and Styles P really showed their original styles on this Record; this should definitely be a part of your Hip Hop Collection.
Track Listing
1. Yonkers Tale (Intro)
2. Livin’ the Life
3. If You Think I’m Jiggy”
4. The Interview, Pt. 1"
5. Money, Power & Respect ft. DMX & Lil Kim
6. Get This $
7. Let’s Start Rap Over ft. Carl Thomas
8. Mad Rapper (Interlude)
9. I Wanna Thank You ft. Kelly Price
10. Goin’ Be Some s@#
11. The Heist, Pt. 1
12. Not to Be F#@* With
13. The Set-Up (Interlude)
14. B@#s from Eastwick
15. Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop
16. All for the Love
17. So Right ft. Kelly Price
18. The Snitch (Interlude)
19. Everybody Wanna Rat
20. The Interview, Pt. 2
21. We’ll Always Love Big Poppa
Honorable Mention
It’s all about the Benjamins - Puff Daddy, The L.O.X. Notorious B.I.G and Lil Kim
This is the album on which Christine McVie provided the classics "Little Lies“ and ”Everywhere and Stevie Nicks gave “Seven Wonders”. Though it was initially a Lindsey Buckingham project his contributions vocal wise didn’t fair well, it also contained the extra-ordinary line up of Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie, John McVie, and Mick Fleetwood. This is a great offering steeped in experimental sounds; one you should definitely soak in.
Track Listing
1. Big Love (Lindsey Buckingham)
2. Seven Wonders (Sandy Stewart, Stevie Nicks)
3. Everywhere (Christine McVie)
4. Caroline (Buckingham)
5. Tango in the Night (Buckingham)
6. Mystified (C. McVie, Buckingham)
7. Little Lies (C. McVie, Eddy Quintela)
8. Family Man (Buckingham, Richard Dashut)
9. Welcome to the Room…Sara (Nicks)
10.Isn’t It Midnight (C. McVie, Buckingham)
11.When I See You Again (Nicks)
12. You and I, Part II (Buckingham, C. McVie
This is considered a classic in some quarters though riddled with remakes, except for “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and “Faster Than the Speed of Night”. Her take on Bryan Adams' “Straight from the Heart” is a plus for this; It’s a pick for the 80s nostalgic.
Track Listing
1. Have You Ever Seen the Rain
2. Faster Than the Speed of Night
3. Getting So Excited
4. Total Eclipse of the Heart
5. It’s a Jungle Out There
6. Goin’ Through the Motions
7. Tears
8. Take Me Back
9. Straight from the Heart
