50 Cent – “Get Rich or Die Tryin'”
GENRE: Hip-HopLABEL: Shady/Aftermath/InterscopeRELEASED: 2003 9.3 Few debut albums have hit the world with the force of Get Rich or Die
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Album Reviews
Cartel – “Chroma”
GENRE: Pop PunkLABEL: The Militia GroupRELEASED: 2005 8.0 Cartel’s Chroma arrived at the height of the mid-2000s pop punk boom,
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Best Coast – “Crazy for You”
GENRE: Indie PopLABEL: Mexican SummerRELEASED: 2010 8.1 Crazy for You is a sun-soaked slice of California indie pop that sounds
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Linkin Park – “Minutes to Midnight”
GENRE: Alternative RockLABEL: Warner Bros.RELEASED: 2007 7.5 By 2007, Linkin Park had reached a crossroads. After two massively successful albums
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Atreyu – “The Curse”
GENRE: MetalcoreLABEL: VictoryRELEASED: 2004 7.4 With The Curse, Atreyu avoided the dreaded sophomore slump and delivered an album that expanded
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Taking Back Sunday – “Louder Now”
GENRE: Alternative RockLABEL: Warner Bros.RELEASED: 2006 8.0 When Louder Now dropped in 2006, it was more than just a new
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Midtown – “Living Well is the Best Revenge”
GENRE: Pop PunkLABEL: Drive-Thru/MCARELEASED: 2002 7.5 By 2002, pop punk was having its moment. Bands like New Found Glory, Good
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The Strokes – “Room On Fire”
GENRE: Garage RockLABEL: RCARELEASED: 2003 8.4 After their 2001 debut, Is This It, catapulted them into rock stardom, The Strokes
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Radiohead – “The Bends”
GENRE: Post-HardcoreLABEL: Parlophone/CapitolRELEASED: 1995 9.2 Radiohead’s second album, The Bends, marked the moment the band stopped sounding like a product
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Basement Jaxx – “Rooty”
GENRE: HouseLABEL: XL Recordings/AstralwerksRELEASED: 2001 8.9 By the time Basement Jaxx released their sophomore record Rooty, the London duo of
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