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Ten albums that changed the course of rap music.
The trashy neon highlights of a brief but fun, hedonistic ’00s-era relic.
An appendix to our master list of essential psych gems.
10 tracks that carried Britpop’s aesthetic into a new era.
A selection of artists who reinvented themselves in bold ways.
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Let there be DOOM!
When shred meets lo-fi.
One good beat break deserves another.
Songs that were made just because they could be.
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