 | Labor Days by Aesop Rock
Buy used from: $7.15 An underground hip-hop classic.
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 | Beauty & The Beat by Edan
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $5.25 Brilliant, surreal, science-fiction hip-hop.
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 | Madvillainy by Madvillain
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $6.89 Eclectic and violently clever collaboration between MF Doom and Madlib.
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 | Illmatic by Nas
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $3.50 A classic.
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 | A Grand Don't Come for Free by The Streets
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $0.76 British hip-hop. This album tells a narrative, from start to finish.
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 | Sung Tongs by Animal Collective
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $8.00 Float through the oddity to discover solid melodies. Used for the soundtrack of the indie film 'Short Bus.'
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 | Blues for a Hip King by Abdullah Dollar Brand Ibrahim
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $5.31 Great jazz.
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 | How Could Hell Be Any Worse? by Bad Religion
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $7.98 Their first and greatest album.
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 | Lost and Safe by The Books
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $4.83 A pastiche of found sounds, new vocals, and acoustic guitar. Interesting stuff.
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 | You Forgot It in People by Broken Social Scene
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $4.80 Rock music by a ensemble. Best played loud.
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 | Two Sevens Clash by Culture
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $6.79 Reggae for the uninitiated.
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 | Lets Get Free by Dead Prez
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $6.14 Revolutionary hip-hop.
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 | From Here We Go Sublime by The Field
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $7.74 Entrancing electronic music.
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 | Rounds by Four Tet
Buy used from: $6.98 Intelligent trip-hop.
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 | Before the Dawn Heals Us by M83
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $6.67 Not just electronic music. A romp through enlightenment, horror, and beautiful disasters.
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 | Woman King by Iron & Wine
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $4.43 What country music should be.
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 | We Shall All Be Healed by The Mountain Goats
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $5.99 Very lo-fi. One of his best albums.
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 | Boxer by The National
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $7.10 Listen to this and 'Alligator' together for a good mix of mellowness and flagrant yelling. Really good live band.
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 | In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $8.98 An indie essential.
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 | Taiga by OOIOO
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $8.00 Loud psycho Japanese cheerleader goodness.
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 | Person Pitch by Panda Bear
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $5.95 Awesome.
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 | In Rainbows by Radiohead
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $4.21 Radiohead really deserves to be on a list of their own.
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 | Moffou by Salif Keita
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $7.09 Great stuff from Africa.
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 | Rokku Mi Rokka by Youssou N'Dour
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $4.34 More amazing African music.
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 | Random Spirit Lover by Sunset Rubdown
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $6.50 Some brilliant moments on this album. Any Spencer Krug release is worth checking out.
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 | Pink Flag by Wire
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $8.95 I like short songs.
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 | Entertainment by Gang of Four
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $3.90 Loud music for smart people.
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