#TTLessentials - Must-Have Records In Your Collection

Nothing much more to say about this... it changed mi life! black vinyl pressing original release year: 1993 music label: Jive 2015 reviewed by the mg

Tribe's masterful debut jazz thing album . Surprise favorites like "After Hours" and "Footprints" continually grow on you between the hits "Bonita Ap

Ahmad Jamal Trio is Ahmad Jamal on piano, Jamil Nasser on bass and the monster Frank Gant on drums. On what is perhaps the finest post-bop, pre-fusio

You might've listened to this back when it first came out, but it's definitely worth a revisit. I know my ears were a little more biased a decade and

Antena's Camino Del Sol is a classic work of dark psychedelic pop, made way back in 1982. It meets all reissue hype requirements: Factory Records con

Originally released in 1995 by Aphex Twin, I Care Because You Do was his third full length effort. It was the first of his albums to break away from

An indispensible artifact from an era when the Aphex Twin could do no wrong. In the mid 90s, Richard D. James led the charge of the IDM world, lived

Aphex Twin ’s Selected Ambient Works 85-92 was released in 1992 by R&S offshoot Apollo Records after Richard D. James had just two singles to his nam

Absolutely essential Brazilian jazz funk from Arthur Verocai. What was a rather deep cut at the beginning of this century has become an indispensable

This is one of the most respected dub albums of all time, featuring Augustus Pablo 's finest instrumentals run through the King Tubby version machine

Bad Brains' first LP from 1982. Considered by many as one of the best hardcore LPs ever, the Bad Brains self titled debut brought a new dynamic to th

Now available on remastered, 180g vinyl! The '94 album caught the Beasties in top creative form - experimenting with the music, but still keeping the

Ahh, this one brings me back. The Dust Brothers -produced sophomore album from the Beastie Boys , when the OG white rappers were turning their sound

Capacity is the second album by Big Thief , recorded in snowbound upstate New York with now-frequent collaborator Andrew Sarlo . The tracks on Capaci

Best album of the 90s? Possibly maybe! For her second album, Bjork and her cast of collaborators escaped to the Bahamas to record at Compass Point St

Vespertine was a departure from the sultry downtempo and chic IDM of Bjork ’s previous albums, trading big room extravagance for reticent experimenta

Finally reissued! Boards Of Canada's highly anticipated follow up to their Warp debut gets a long overdue repress. Geogaddi arrived four years after

Debut full-length from Birmingham, England’s Broadcast . The Noise Made By People came after the band signed to Warp Records and spent nearly three y

30 years old and still potent as ever... Cypress Hill's self-titled debut. The album, available on colored vinyl, features audio remastered from the

After a spell of being aggravatingly out of print, Daft Punk 's Discovery finally repressed on their own Daft Life imprint. Here's Woodman's OG Lab r

Depeche Mode's first album of the 90s saw the group taking a new approach to song writing. Where previous efforts were completely planned out, the gr

You know that really impressionable period in your life where you don't really know anything about anything, and you meet a bunch of cool people and

This was the first LP released on Greensleeves, and it couldn't get much more classic than this. It's basically a showcase for Dr. Alimantado , compi

"Bitches ain't shit but hos and tricks, lick on the nuts and suck the dick..." Ahhh, quality ish. My earliest memory of this record was when Dr. Dre

LA's Flying Lotus is being setup as the next Madlib-Diplo-DJ Shadow -type producer cash cow. The hype is well-warranted in my opinion, as Flying Lotu

Classic '94 full length from Guru and Primo on official double vinyl. Hard To Earn was finally supposed to make Gang Starr go gold, but was once agai

My favorite jazz record of all time . Anytime a record can both drive you mad and ease your soul at different times is classic in my eyes. This Impul

You all know the "Think" break. You've heard it on "It Takes Two" and countless hip hop, B-more and jungle records. And by now you know it comes from

I don't know how Stones Throw are going to top this. Without exaggeration, this is one of the greatest meeting of the minds of this whole SP1200-abus

Simply put, this is one of the most important records of all-time and a damn good listen to boot. If you don’t already own it, you should pick up thi

Now on deluxe, double 180g vinyl with gatefold sleeve! For me, buying MF Doom records is one of the few activities that captures that feeling of refu

20th anniversary edition! To celebrate 2 decades with one of MF DOOM's most beloved projects, Big Dada have made the album available in its original

Lab Exclusivo! Rhymesayers celebrate 20 years of MF DOOM 's Mm.. Food , largely self-produced by the villain himself save for 1 lone Madlib productio

Historically, In A Silent Way is known to be Miles Davis ' first studio album that fully embraced electronics, so basically it's his first fusion rec

What can you say about Minor Threat that hasn't already been said? The DC punk band, fronted by Ian MacKaye , launched the straight edge hardcore mov

What can I say about this album? Easily in the top 10 of all time, there is no way to pick favorites on this album. Not even one okay track on here.

What can I say about this album? Easily in the top 10 of all time, there is no way to pick favorites on this album. Not even one okay track on here.

Official 12" reissue of this Lab all-timer! 2024 pressing with the original 6+ minute mix of "Bizarre Love Triangle" on side A, "Bizarre Dub Triangle

I have a folder with every Lab review written for the site. There's definite themes that emerge when you read the older ones. Let me set this one up.

"Remastered 2LP vinyl version of the classic 1987 compilation originally released via the legendary Factory Records. Substance compiles all of New Or

This is the album that New Order fans pretend not to like. As in: "I prefer their early, formative stuff like Movement or Power Corruption Lies . " W

Reissue of NOW's most popular album from 1995, Smoker's Delight, from the good folks at Warp. I always thought the cover and title had a lot to do wi

HEAD LIKE A HOLE, BLACK AS YOUR SOUL!!! Nine Inch Nails debut album reissued in all its original glory. Back in 89 I was just a young goth trying to