Thursday, 6 August 2009

Classic Rap Albums

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"Rap's germination is sometimes attributed to the righteous street poetry of the Last Poets and the Watts Prophets, but it didn't begin to take full shape — and earn its tag — until after the Sugarhill Gang released "Rapper's Delight" in 1979. Since then, rap spread from its New York epicenter throughout the remainder of the U.S. (with each region taking on its own specific flavor) and then to countless countries. Rap's core components are beats and rhymes, but that simplicity belies the wide range of sounds that have sprung from them. Instrumentalists, a sampled breakbeat, or a drum machine can form the backbone of a track, while an arrangement can be spaciously spare or chaotically dense, and a chorus can range from atonal shouting to a sweet melody. Detractors were still calling rap a fad in 1985, when LL Cool J released his first single. They were doing the same thing when, roughly 20 years later, the same MC released his tenth album, and they'll probably continue to do so as long as the genre exists. Should rap ever die, which isn't likely, it would be far too late to prevent its effect on most other music forms, from R&B to rock to jazz"
-AMG



























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Classic Metal Albums

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"Heavy Metal derived from the shatteringly loud blues-rock and psychedelia of the late '60s. Metal sanded away most of the blues influences and leaving the powerful, loud guitar riffs. In the early '70s, heavy metal established itself as one of the most commercially successful forms of rock & roll. In the next three decades, metal adapted itself to the times and it never completely disappeared from the charts. At its core, heavy metal is an adolescent experience; teenagers — primarily white males — form the majority of its audience. Some critics dismiss metal as simplistic primal pounding. Certainly, a fair share of heavy metal is nothing but three-chord riffing, yet most metal bands place a premium on technical skill. Metal guitarists have always been innovators in technique, speed, and skill. In every subgenre of heavy metal, the guitar is the center of the music. The songs are assembled around the riff, with the gutiar solo taking prominence. By and large, heavy metal is rock & roll with all of the roll stripped away — the blues remains, but it doesn't swing. All of the rhythms are fairly rigid, almost military in origin. In every metal style, from pop-metal to thrash, bombast is the key — from the drums to the guitars, it's about being as loud as possible"
-AMG

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AC/DC - Back In Black



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Anthrax - Among the Living



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Black Sabbath - Paranoid



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Deep Purple - Machine Head



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Def Leppard - Pyromania



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Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant



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Dio - Holy Diver



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Dream Theatre - Images and Words



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Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast



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Isis - Oceanic



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Judas Priest - British Steel



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Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV



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Machine Head - Burn My Eyes



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Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar



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Mastodon - Leviathan



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Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying



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Metallica - Master of the Puppets



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Motorhead - Ace of Spades



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Napalm Death - Scum



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Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine



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Opeth - Ghost Reveries



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Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzrd of Oz



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Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power



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Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine



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Sepultra - Chaos A.D.



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Slayer - Reign in Blood



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Slipknot - Slipknot



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System of a Down - Toxicity



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Tool - Aenima



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