Phil Collins discovered his gated reverb drum sound while playing a cymbal-less drum kit on Peter Gabriel’s third self-titled album. That drum sound went on to define so many of his future hits, including the massive solo in “In The Air Tonight, which was later performed in a gorilla suit on the Cadbury commercial. Hear […]

Welcome to the Hotel California. Released on December 8th, 1976, this is the Eagles’ sixth album (fifth studio) and the follow up to Their Greatest Hits (which was the best-selling album of all time until Michael Jackson died and Thriller sales spiked, thus beating it out). The band was already huge by this point, though […]

Lineup MightyHigh Coup The Difference Machine Adán Bean Tribe One Jack Preston Damone Tyrell Bakari B Fontez of BABY BABY Kosha Dillz Sagol 59. Side A 1.Rhymin 2.The New Style 3.She 4.Posse in Effect 5.Slow Ride 6.Girls 7.Fight For You Right Side B 8.No Sleep Till Brooklyn 9.Paul Revere 10.Hold It Now, Hit It 11.Brass […]

We are thrilled to welcome back ATL Collective with their annual Valentine’s recreation of the smooth and sexy sounds of Sade’s “Love Deluxe”. Curated by Khari Cabral Simmons. Lineup Shana Tucker Maleke O’Ney Brenda Nicole Moorer Side A 1.No Ordinary Love 2.Feel No Pain 3.I Couldn’t 4.Like a Tattoo Side B 5.Kiss of Life 6.Cherish […]

It’s been 26 years since Tribe Called Quest’s The Low End Theory changed the hip hop playing field. It’s been a year and a half since Phife Dawg passed. We’re paying our respects by covering this landmark album August 19th at Terminal West. Lineup: D.R.E.S. tha BEATnik Damone Tyrell Lingua Franca Small Eyez Bobby Handley […]

Maxwell released his debut “Urban Hang Suite” 21 years ago. 1996. That’s when we hosted the Olympics. That’s when a lot of you youngsters were still using training wheels. The album is sexy. It’s smooth. It’s lush. And though it took critics a minute to catch on (it only went gold in its first year) […]

Every once in a while, we at the Collective present an album that needs no introduction. Most of us likely have our own experiences with and stories to tell about Rubber Soul, The Beatles’ tenth studio album, released at the end of 1965. That’s part of what led us to this bluegrass retelling, to shine […]

Welcome to Stronger Than Pride, Sade’s third studio album. Released in 1988, three years after the release of the band’s sophomore album, Promise. According to a BBC review, the album is “a confident, post-fame release, full of infectious, hushed musical sophistication, making it impossible to dislike.” Though recorded in France and the Bahamas, the sound […]

Lineup The Howling Tongues India Shawn PRISCA Daiel DeWitt Trae Vedder of Death On Two Wheels Side A 1.Once 2.Even Flow 3.Alive 4.Why Go 5.Black 6.Jeremy Side B 7.Oceans 8.Porch 9.Garden 10.Deep 11.Release

In a nutshell Thriller is the most influential record of my time. I grew up in a very strict, religious home & Thriller was the only “secular” album my mom would allow me to have.The year was 1983: The Jackson Five are performing at Motown’s 25th anniversary, and I’m glued to the TV. Toward the […]