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Beaucoup Fish – Underworld – Released 1st March 1999, Junior Boys Own Released in 1999 on Junior Boys Own records, Beaucoup Fish is Underworld’s fifth album and the last to feature Darren Emerson. Emerson’s departure in 2000 ended the three-album streak of 90s Underworld classics which began five years prior with Dubnobasswithmyheadman. I vividly recall … Read more
Archive One – Dave Clarke – Released February 12th, 1996, Bush / Deconstruction Records. Archive One is the debut album from UK techno superstar Dave Clarke. Essentially, it’s a compilation of tracks from his three Red EPs, plus the Southside release, with additional tracks of various genres thrown in to help add more variety … Read more
Troublegum – Therapy? – Released February 7th, 1994, A&M Records Troublegum was the fourth album from Belfast rock/metal band Therapy? For the uninitiated that’s a statement, not a question. Troublegum is often regarded as one of, if not the, band’s finest album. It was the band’s second album on A&M and sits somewhere between their … Read more
Dubnobasswithmyheadman – Underworld – Released January 24th, 1994, Junior Boys Own records. Dubnobasswithmyheadman is Underworld’s third album and the first one to feature Darren Emerson. Before this Underworld were a synthpop group consisting of founding (and remaining) members Rick Smith and Karl Hyde. Like many other British groups from the late 80s, such as The … Read more
Funky Worm – Ohio Players – Released January 16th, 1973 – Westbound Records Funky Worm is the first single release from the 1972 album Pleasure, by the Ohio Players. This hugely influential funk and soul band came to prominence in the 1970s releasing a string of platinum and gold records. Many seminal hiphop producers, would … Read more
Step In The Arena – Gang Starr – Released on Chrysalis Records, February 15th 1991 Released in 1991, Step In The Arena was the second album by Gang Starr, following their breakout debut, No More Mr. Nice Guy. At the controls once again was DJ Premier, who remains one of my favourite hiphop producers, alongside … Read more
Lethal Injection – Ice Cube – Released December 7th, 1993 In December 1993, west coast rapper, actor, director and all-round fucking legend Ice Cube released his fourth solo album, Lethal Injection. Ice Cube had already released three hit albums by the time his fellow NWA cohort, Dr Dre, released his debut, The Chronic, in December … Read more
Jurassic 5 – Jurassic 5 – TVT/Interscope Records – Released 1st December 1998 This post celebrates the 25th anniversary of the eponymous debut album from Jurassic 5. Also known as J5, the group consists of the inimitable Chali 2na, alongside Marc7, Akil and Zaakir, plus DJs Nu-Mark and Cut Chemist. Now sentences like that tend … Read more
Haunted Dancehall – The Sabres Of Paradise – Warp Records – Released 28th November 1994 The Sabres of Paradise were an electronica supergroup in the early 90s consisting of the venerable Lord Sabre, aka Andrew Weatherall, alongside Gary Burns and Jagz Kooner. Haunted Dancehall was the group’s second album, it was bookended by the two … Read more
Doggystyle – Snoop Doggy Dogg – Released on Death Row Records November 23rd 1993 Doggystyle is the 1993 debut album by west coast rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg, or Snoop Dogg as he’s known today. Before Doggystyle, Snoop appeared on Dr Dre’s 1992 debut release The Chronic. Both albums were released on Death Row records. Although … Read more