Erykah Badu
6) Teflon Don
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Rick Ross' first three solo studio albums all reached #1 on the Billboard 200. Here he presents his fourth album, another healthy dose of hot Miami hip-hop, which he named for legendary crime boss John Gotti. Includes the single Super High.
7) Black radio
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Robert Glasper Experiment releases a future landmark album that boldly stakes out new musical territory and transcends any notion of genre, drawing from jazz, hip-hop, R & B, and rock, but refusing to be pinned down by any one tag. Black Radio also features many of Glasper's famous friends from the spectrum of urban music, seamlessly incorporating appearances from a jaw-dropping roll call of special guests.
8) Stankonia
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Big Boi and Andre 3000 make a monumental connection on their fourth album. Atlanta's finest deliver a classic package of space-case imagery, curbside poetry, and delicious experimental funk.
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Homer has lived nearly his entire life within the walls of an orphanage in rural Maine and has been groomed by its proprietor to be his successor. But Homer nonetheless feels the need to strike out on his own and experience the world outside. There he falls for the beautiful Candy and learns some powerful lessons about life, love and home.
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"THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975 mobilizes a treasure trove of 16mm material shot by Swedish journalists who came to the US drawn by stories of urban unrest and revolution. Gaining access to many of the leaders of the Black Power Movement, Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale, Angela Davis and Eldridge Cleaver among them, the filmmakers captured them in intimate moments and remarkably unguarded interviews. Thirty years later, this lush collection was...
15) The Land
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THE LAND tells the story of four teenage boys who devote their summer to escaping the streets of Cleveland, Ohio to pursue a dream life of professional skateboarding. But when they get caught in the web of the local Queen-pin, their motley brotherhood is tested, threatening to make this summer their last.
18) Mama's gun
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Featuring a more honestly raw Badu singing directly from her heart rather than her head. Sonically, Badu wades out into adventurous territories as well. She develops fresh aspects of her sound; the results are consistently tasteful.