Long Play Love

By Justin Chadwick | @justin_chadwick Happy 40th Anniversary to Parliament’s fourth studio album Mothership Connection, originally released December 15, 1975. Although I was born about a decade too late to…

By Justin Chadwick | @justin_chadwick Happy 25th Anniversary to Brand Nubian’s debut album One for All, originally released December 4, 1990. Across the course of hip-hop’s four decades-long history, the…

By Justin Chadwick | @justin_chadwick Happy 15th Anniversary to Erykah Badu’s second album Mama’s Gun, originally released November 21, 2000. Bold and ambitious is the artist who names her first…

By Justin Chadwick | @justin_chadwick Happy 20th Anniversary to The Pharcyde’s sophomore album Labcabincalifornia, originally released November 14, 1995. Today, my fellow soulheads, I present to you a story about…

By Justin Chadwick | @justin_chadwick Happy 15th Anniversary to Sade’s fifth album Lovers Rock, originally released in the UK November 13, 2000 and in the US November 14, 2000. As…

By Justin Chadwick | @justin_chadwick Happy 20th Anniversary to Goodie Mob’s debut album Soul Food, originally released November 7, 1995. Within the past ten years, the undeniably charismatic CeeLo Green…

By Justin Chadwick | @justin_chadwick Happy 20th Anniversary to GZA’s sophomore album Liquid Swords, originally released November 7, 1995. The late John Wooden, the legendary coach who transformed my alma…

By Justin Chadwick | @justin_chadwick Happy 30th Anniversary to Sade’s sophomore album Promise, originally released in the UK November 4, 1985 and in the US November 15, 1985. While most…

By Justin Chadwick | @justin_chadwick Happy 15th Anniversary to OutKast’s Stankonia, originally released October 31, 2000. I have a confession to make, in the interest of full disclosure. And I…

By Justin Chadwick | @justin_chadwick Happy 20th Anniversary to Groove Theory’s Groove Theory, originally released October 24, 1995. Earlier this year, I shared my “Long Play Love” for Amel Larrieux’s debut…

By Justin Chadwick | @justin_chadwick Happy 15th Anniversary to Reflection Eternal’s Train of Thought, originally released October 17, 2000. While those with selective memories might assume that the critically acclaimed,…

By Justin Chadwick | @justin_chadwick The Low End Theory. Illmatic. The Chronic. Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers. Fear of a Black Planet. Doggystyle. Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik. Ready to Die. The list of indisputably brilliant…

By Justin Chadwick | @justin_chadwick Happy 50th Anniversary to Otis Redding’s Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul, originally released September 15, 1965. Four years have passed since hip-hop dynamos Kanye…

By Justin Chadwick | @justin_chadwick Happy 10th Anniversary to Kanye West’s sophomore album Late Registration, originally released August 30, 2005. A handful of years before we were inundated with the…

By Justin Chadwick | @justin_chadwick Happy 25th Anniversary to LL Cool J’s album Mama Said Knock You Out, originally released August 27, 1990. If you have young children in your…

By Justin Chadwick | @justin_chadwick Happy 25th Anniversary to Deee-Lite’s debut album World Clique, originally released August 7, 1990. History has not been as kind as it should be to…

By Justin Chadwick | @justin_chadwick Happy 20th Anniversary to Raekwon’s debut album Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…, originally released August 1, 1995. To be sure, the ascendance of the mighty…

By Justin Chadwick | @justin_chadwick Happy 25th Anniversary to Masta Ace’s debut album Take a Look Around, originally released July 24, 1990. Twenty years or so ago, more than a…

By Justin Chadwick | @justin_chadwick Happy 15th Anniversary to Jill Scott’s debut album Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1, originally released July 18, 2000. Moving from Los…

By Justin Chadwick | @justin_chadwick Happy 20th Anniversary to D’Angelo’s debut album Brown Sugar, originally released July 3, 1995. If you happen to follow the Chinese zodiac, you’re already aware…