Album Reviews

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Red Hot Chili Peppers: “Blood Sugar Sex Magik” at 35

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Released: 1991

Three Chili Peppers moved into a supposedly haunted Hollywood Hills mansion to record with Rick Rubin and emerged with both 'Give It Away' and 'Under the Bridge' — released the same day as Nirvana's Nevermind.

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Beastie Boys: “Licensed to Ill” at 40

Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill

Released: 1986

Built partly on jokes meant as satire that a generation of frat parties took at face value, it became the first rap album ever to hit No. 1, and later the first hip-hop record certified Diamond.

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Run-D.M.C.: “Raising Hell” at 40

Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell

Released: 1986

Three months at Chung King, an $8,000 Aerosmith cameo, and a sneaker song that landed an Adidas deal made Raising Hell the first rap album to sell three million copies.