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     Today is the 8th installment of my son picking an album to be on the list, and this one will not go down as one of my favorites.  Featuring the debut album, “Since I Left You”, from the Australian electronic group The Avalanches, this is a record I tried to embrace as always, butContinue reading “The Avalanches “Since I Left You” (2000)”

     I’m not sure if there is another artist that has consistently exceeded my expectations as much as OutKast.  Although I certainly enjoyed “Aquemini”, I find their next album “Stankonia” to be on an entirely different level.  I think this has quickly emerged as one of my favorite hip-hop albums, and perhaps overall albums IContinue reading “OutKast “Stankonia” (2000)”

     It always gets interesting when an established act decides they need to dramatically alter their sound and musical direction.  We have seen it with almost all of the recurring success stories we have addressed in this blog, and clearly Radiohead isn’t any different in this manner.  Not only does it create potential confusion andContinue reading “Radiohead “Kid A” (2000)”

     The next album from Eminem, “The Marshall Mathers LP”, is one of the best examples I have heard of an artist progressing and getting stronger with a subsequent release.  Not that I didn’t like his last album, “The Slim Shady LP”, I just think this is a much deeper and better overall album.  ThisContinue reading “Eminem “The Marshall Mathers LP” (2000)”

     In many ways, I could probably take the blog I wrote for “Millenium” and the Backstreet Boys, and cut and paste it here for “No Strings Attached” by NSYNC.  In both cases, it was their third album, and in both cases, they were massive commercial success stories.  “Millenium” was the best-selling album for 1999,Continue reading “NSYNC “No Strings Attached” (2000)”

     Today is one of those days when I’m apparently on the other side of the discussion from not only my son, but most of the musical industry, it appears.  We start the 21st century with “Voodoo” by New York R&B artist D’Angelo, loved by many, and it is the #28 rated album on RollingContinue reading “D’Angelo “Voodoo” (2000)”

     What the world deems as popular music ebbs and flows with trends and evolving sounds.  Nothing was as commercially successful in the late 1990s and early 2000s as the boy band, with both the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC hitting it big.  Oddly enough, they were both formed in the Orlando area under the directionContinue reading “Backstreet Boys “Millenium” (1999)”

     As I listened several times to “Things Fall Apart” by The Roots, it was one of those albums that was relatively easy to listen to, and given their powerful pedigree and some other songs of theirs that I love that are not on this album, I really wanted to like it more than IContinue reading “The Roots “Things Fall Apart” (1999)”

     Listening to “The Slim Shady LP” by Marshall Mathers, known to most of us as Eminem, it almost feels like a good, raunchy comedy film more than a music project.  Even though he is a really talented MC and there are some mean beats on this album, a lot of what I appreciated theContinue reading “Eminem “The Slim Shady LP” (1999)”

     Like many artists, I have always maintained a highly simplified and limited view of OutKast.  As such, when I saw them surface on my list, I naively assumed that the album “Aquemini”, which is a hybrid of the two horoscope signs for Andre 3000 and Big Boi, would include “Hey Ya!”, their biggest commercialContinue reading “OutKast “Aquemini” (1998)”