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“If I Was Your Girlfriend” (Edit) 3:47 “Shockadelica” 3:31 “Shockadelica” (12″ Long Version) 6:13 “U Got the Look” (Long Look) 6:41 “Housequake” (Edit) 3:22 “Housequake” (7 Minutes MoQuake) 7:12 “I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man” (Fade) 3:39 “Hot Thing” (Edit) 3:41 “Hot Thing” (Extended Remix) 8:32 “Hot Thing” (Dub Version) 6:53 CD 4 / LPs 5 & 6: Vault Tracks I (All tracks previously unreleased) “I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man” (1979 version) 3:13 “Teacher, Teach

Purple Rain is the sixth studio album by the American singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Prince. It was released on June 25, 1984, by Warner Bros. Records as the soundtrack album to the 1984 film of the same name. Purple Rain was musically denser than Prince’s previous albums, emphasizing full band performances, and multiple layers of guitars, keyboards, electronic synthesizer effects, drum machines, and other instruments. Much of the album had a grandiose, synthesized, and

Grand Champ is the fifth studio album by rapper DMX. It was released by The Island Def Jam Music Group, Def Jam Recordings, and Ruff Ryders Entertainment. The album was produced by multiple producers, including Swizz Beatz, Dame Grease, Kanye West, and No I.D. It features guest appearances from 50 Cent, Cam’ron, Eve, Styles P, Monica, and Jadakiss, among others. Grand Champ was supported by two singles: “Where the Hood At?” and “Get It on the Floor”. Track listing “Dog Intro” (featuring Bashir F

Year of the Dog… Again is the sixth studio album by rapper DMX. It was released by Ruff Ryders Entertainment, Sony Urban Music and Columbia Records. The album was mostly produced by Swizz Beatz, Scott Storch, with additional production by others. It features guest appearances from Busta Rhymes, Styles P, Amerie, and Jadakiss. Year of the Dog… Again was supported by two singles: “We in Here” and “Lord Give Me a Sign”. The album received generally positive to mixed reviews from music critics but w

The '69 Los Angeles Sessions is a reissued album recorded in February 1970 (originally named Fela Fela Fela) while Fela Kuti was living in Hollywood performing six nights a week at the Citadel de Haiti on Sunset Boulevard, at the time run by Bernie Hamilton. KOOLA LOBITOS 64-68 (previously unreleased) "Highlife Time" - 5:22 "Omuti Tide" - 3:50 "Ololufe Mi" - 5:16 "Wadele Wa Rohin" 4:05 "Laise Lairo" - 4:11 "Wayo" (1st version) - 4:41 The '69 L.A. SESSIONS "My Lady Frustration" - 8:06 "Viv

Never Too Much is the debut solo studio album by American singer Luther Vandross. Mostly composed by Vandross himself, the album reached number 19 on the US Billboard 200 and number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Never Too Much earned Vandross two Grammy Award nominations in 1982, including Best New Artist and Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male. Track listing Side one "Never Too Much"

The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie is the debut studio album by Little Stevie Wonder. The album showcases the 12-year-old Wonder's talents as a composer and instrumentalist. As with Eivets Rednow Wonder doesn't sing at all on this album. Since he only plays percussion, the keyboard, and the harmonica. Clarence Paul and Henry Cosby wrote and produced most of the album, though Wonder co-wrote two tunes. The original studio version of "Fingertips" is included on the album; a live version would become W

The Atomic Mr. Basie (originally called Basie, also known as E=MC2 and reissued in 1994 as The Complete Atomic Basie) is a 1958 album by Count Basie, featuring the song arrangements of Neal Hefti and the Count Basie Orchestra. Track listing “Kid from Red Bank” 2:38 “Duet” 4:10 “After Supper” 3:22 “Flight of the Foo Birds” 3:21 “Double-O” 2:45 “Teddy the Toad” 3:40 “Whirlybird” 3:46 “Midnite Blue” 4:25 “Splanky” 3:35 “Fantail” 2:50 “Li’l Darlin'” 4:47 The Complete Atomic Basie Bonus Tr

Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z… is the second studio album by American rapper 2Pac, released on February 16, 1993, by Interscope Records and TNT Recordings and distributed by Atlantic Records. N.I.G.G.A. in the title is punctuated to refer to 2Pac’s backronym “Never Ignorant in Getting Goals Accomplished”. Track listing “Holler If Ya Hear Me” 4:38 “Pac’s Theme (Interlude)” 1:56 “Point the Finga” 4:25 “Something 2 Die 4 (Interlude)” 2:43 “Last Wordz” (with Ice Cube and Ice-T) 3:36 “Souljah’s Reve

2Pacalypse Now is the debut solo studio album by American rapper 2Pac. It was released on November 12, 1991 through TNT Recordings and Interscope Records. The album was produced by the Digital Underground production team the Underground Railroad, made up of Big D the Impossible, Shock G, Pee-Wee, DJ Jay-Z, Raw Fusion, and Live Squad. The album’s title is a reference to the 1979 war film Apocalypse Now. Track listing “Young Black Male” — 2:35 “Trapped” — 4:44 “Soulja’s Story” — 5:05 “I Don’t G

Monk’s Music is a jazz album by the Thelonious Monk Septet, which for this recording included Coleman Hawkins and John Coltrane. It was recorded in New York City on June 26, 1957, and released in November the same year. Track listing Side A “Abide with Me” (Henry Francis Lyte, William Henry Monk) – 0:54 “Well, You Needn’t” – 11:24 “Ruby, My Dear” – 5:26 Side B “Off Minor” – 5:07 “Epistrophy” (Monk, Kenny Clarke) – 10:46 “Crepuscule With Nellie” – 4:38 CD reissue “Abide With Me” – 0:54 “We

Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane is a 1961 album by Thelonious Monk issued on Jazzland Records, a subsidiary of Riverside Records. It consists of material recorded four years earlier when Monk worked extensively with John Coltrane, issued after Coltrane had become a leader and jazz star in his own right. Track listing Side one “Ruby, My Dear” – 6:17 “Trinkle, Tinkle” – 6:37 “Off Minor [take 4]” – 5:10 Side two “Nutty” – 6:35 “Epistrophy” (Kenny Clarke, Monk) – 3:07 “Functional [take 1]” –

Gifted is the debut studio album by Jamaican reggae singer Koffee. It was released on 25 March 2022 by Promised Land Recordings and Columbia Records.

Heart of the Congos is a roots reggae album by the Congos, produced by Lee "Scratch" Perry at his Black Ark studio with a studio band including Boris Gardiner on bass and Ernest Ranglin on guitar. The album was released in 1977. It is noted as being one of Perry's masterpiece productions of the Black Ark era. The first issue of the LP in Jamaica was a very limited release said to consist of only several hundred copies. It was remastered using the original Black Ark quarter inch master tapes with

Trenchtown Mix Up was The Gladiators' debut LP, recorded at Joe Gibbs' studio and released in 1976 on TR International/Virgin Records'. It included re-recordings of two songs originally recorded at Studio One ("Mix Up", originally titled "Bongo Red", and their 1968 debut release "Hello Carol"), and also included cover versions of Bob Marley's "Soul Rebel" and "Rude Boy Ska". Jo-Ann Greene, writing for Allmusic, said of the album: "Everything about this set is masterful, and it remains a classic"

Legend is a compilation album by Bob Marley and the Wailers. It is a greatest hits collection of singles in its original vinyl format and is the best-selling reggae album of all time. In 2003, the album was ranked number 46 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" and maintained the ranking in a 2012 revised list. As of March 2025, Legend has spent a total of 875 nonconsecutive weeks on the US Billboard 200 albums chart—the second-longest run in the chart's histo

Satta Massagana is a roots reggae album released by The Abyssinians. It is widely considered The Abyssinians' crowning achievement and a classic roots reggae album. The title track "Satta Massagana" was a huge hit and has been covered numerous times by both The Abyssinians and other artists since. It has even been adopted by some Rastafarian groups as a hymn used during services. The song, which translates from the Amharic language "አመሰገነ" as "He Gave Praise", was originally recorded for Studio

Marcus Garvey is the third album by reggae artist Burning Spear, released in 1975 on Fox Records in Jamaica and then internationally on Island Records later in the year. The album is named after the Jamaican National Hero and Rastafari movement prophet Marcus Garvey. A dub version of it was released four months later as Garvey's Ghost. Track list Marcus Garvey 3:24 lavery Days 3:37 The Invasion 3:17 Live Good 3:10 Give Me 3:05 Old Marcus Garvey 3:59 Tradition 3:28 Jordan River 2:55 Red,

Garvey's Ghost is the fourth album by the reggae artist Burning Spear. Each track is a dub version of its correspondent song on his third album, Marcus Garvey. The album was fashioned by Island Record engineers John Burns and Dick Cuthell in their Hammersmith studio. It features prominently the backing musicians, whom Lindo named The Black Disciples band, assembled from members of the session group The Soul Syndicate and Bob Marley's touring band, The Wailers. Track list "The Ghost" — 3:56 "I a

The Harder They Come is the soundtrack album to the film of the same name. In 2021, the album was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry. The heart of the soundtrack comes from performances by the film's star, reggae singer Jimmy Cliff. Only the title track "The Harder They Come" was recorded by Cliff specifically for the soundtrack, with three earlier songs by Cliff added. The re

Skylarking is the debut studio album by Horace Andy. Not to be confused with his later album, also titled Skylarking, released in 1996. The backing band was Sound Dimension - Coxsone Dodd's studio band, led by Leroy Sibbles. In 2012, Skylarking was placed at number 16 on the "Top 50 Reggae Albums" list, which was compiled by Jamaican disc jockey Clinton Lindsay and his colleague Marlon Burrell in commemoration of Jamaica's 50th anniversary as an independent nation. In 2014, Mojo placed it at num

Finding Forever is the seventh studio album by Common. Like Common's previous album, Be (2005), Finding Forever is primarily produced by Kanye West. The album debuted at the number one on the Billboard 200, selling 155,000 units in the first week, becoming Common's first chart-topper. Finding Forever was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album, losing to West's Graduation at the 50th Grammy Awards. Track list Intro 1:17 Start The Show 3:14 The People 3:24 Drivin' Me Wild 3:42 I Want

Like Water for Chocolate is the fourth studio album by American rapper Common. It was Common's first major label album and was both a critical and commercial breakthrough, receiving widespread acclaim from major magazine publications. The album was certified Gold on August 11, 2000, by the Recording Industry Association of America. The video for "The Light" was frequently shown on MTV, adding to Common's exposure. The album also formally marked the formation of the Soulquarians, a collective com

Be is the sixth studio album by American rapper Common. The album is Common's first album under Geffen, following the mediocre performance of 2002's Electric Circus and the July 2003 merger of preceding label MCA Records, which, like Geffen and its sister label Interscope Records, was a division of Universal Music Group. The album was primarily and executively produced by rapper and GOOD Music founder Kanye West, with additional production from frequent collaborator J Dilla. It is Common's secon