• Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon and Garfunkel

    Paul Simon says he wrote the title track, “Bridge Over Troubled Water” so quickly he didn’t know where it came from. It went on to win the Grammy for Song of the Year (and the album won Album of the year). It’s also one of the best-selling singles of all time Lineup: Takenobu Cleveland P. […]

  • Brown Sugar – D’Angelo

    D’Angelo wrote the song “Brown Sugar” while messing around on the piano while the computer crashed in the recording studio. He was working with Tribe Called Quest’s Ali Shaheed Muhammad. Muhammad asked him what he was playing and asked him to play it again. He programmed a quick beat, and D’Angelo replayed the progression. In […]

  • Crazy Sexy Cool – TLC

    Welcome to the close of our smoking Summer Series: TLC’s “CrazySexyCool.” Released in November of 1994 on La Face Records, this is TLC’s sophomore album. By nearly all metrics, it crushed their first release and is an album for the ages. “CrazySexyCool” debuted at number 15 on the Billboard charts, peaking at number 3. It […]

  • Dummy – Portishead

    Before Portishead released its debut album Dummy, the band had barely performed. In fact, they were hardly a band. It was only after the album became so popular that the group realized they probably could and should play some shows. Dummy sold over two million copies in Europe and earned them 1995’s coveted Mercury Music […]

  • Funky Christmas – James Brown

    Brown, who died on December 25, 2006, recorded three Christmas-themed albums during his creative peak: 1966’s James Brown Sings Christmas Songs, 1968’s A Soulful Christmas and 1970’s Hey America It’s Christmas. The best tracks from each are collected on this fantastic set. The Godfather was re-inventing rock & roll in his own funk-revolutionary image throughout […]

  • Hits – Phil Collins

    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 […]

  • Hotel California – Eagles

    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 […]

  • Licensed to III – Beastie Boys

    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 […]

  • Love Deluxe – Sade

    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 […]

  • Low End Theory – A Tribe Called Quest

    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 […]