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During an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Wednesday night the White Stripes frontman spoke about the upcoming release of the music icon's unreleased 1986 album Camille under his Third Man Records record label. Host Stephen asked Jack whether he'd ever met Prince and the star recalled the memorable moment he crossed paths with the Purple Rain hitmaker at a party. "I met him one time. At an afterparty for this thing. He was incredibly nice. He told me, 'No one will ever tell you how to play your guitar, Jack.'” Jack White via The Late Show.
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- By LEANNE ITALIE, AP Entertainment Writer
There would be no American music as we know it without the contributions of Black artists. Since the first African music was brought over by people in bondage as early as the 15th century, Black singers and musicians have had a hand in every aspect of American music’s evolution. From country-western, the foundation of which was banjo music from Africa, to rock ‘n’ roll, first played by a Black woman on electric guitar in 1938, each genre of American music has a Black artist (or many) who helped create it.
In addition to establishing new sounds, Black musicians worked to advance civic life, as well. They helped bring about an end to segregation, with the likes of Josephine Baker, Ray Charles, and dozens more refusing to play to segregated crowds, with white allies like The Beatles taking similar stands. They also used their music to advance messages; from Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit” to Sam Cooke’s “A Change is Gonna Come.”
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- Best Ever Albums score: 2,805
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- Not Now Music
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- Best Ever Albums score: 2,905
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 80
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- Tamla
- Best Ever Albums score: 2,928
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 80
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- Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,014
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- Blue Note
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- Best Ever Albums user rating: 79
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- Universal
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,150
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 77
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- Chance The Rapper
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- Rhymesayers Entertainment
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- Madlib Invazion
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- Epic
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,310
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 76
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- Roc-A-Fella Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,322
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 80
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- Warp Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,326
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 81
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- Curtom/Buddah Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,333
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 82
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- Epic
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,337
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 78
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- Parkwood Entertainment
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,361
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 82
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- Odeon
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,419
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 80
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- Virgin
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,472
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 78
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- Big Life
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,552
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 79
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- London Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,625
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 81
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- RCA
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,628
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 78
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- 4AD
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,732
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 83
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- Atlantic
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,763
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 82
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- Columbia
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,764
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 78
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- Roc-A-Fella Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,916
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 75
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- G.O.O.D. MUSIC/Def Jam Recordings
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,972
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 78
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i Rehk^Am
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- Ruthless Records/Priority Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,988
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 80
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i Regk^Am
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- Warner Bros. Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,995
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 82
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i R``bk^Am
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- Columbia
- Best Ever Albums score: 4,107
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 78
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i Reek^Am
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- Elektra
- Best Ever Albums score: 4,197
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 83
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- Columbia
- Best Ever Albums score: 4,227
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 80
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i Rdgk^Am
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- Bad Boy Entertainment/Wondaland
- Best Ever Albums score: 4,276
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 81
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i Rfk^Am
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- Atlantic
- Best Ever Albums score: 4,310
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 77
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i Rfgk^Am
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kAm|FDE\=:DE6?i “$EC@?86C”k^Am
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- Roc-A-Fella Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 4,372
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 80
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i Rgak^Am
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- Interscope Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 4,384
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 83
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i Rg`k^Am
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- Jive
- Best Ever Albums score: 4,438
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 80
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i Rdck^Am
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- Atlantic
- Best Ever Albums score: 4,516
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 81
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i Rfdk^Am
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- Stones Throw Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 4,571
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 82
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i Rdck^Am
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kAm|FDE\=:DE6?i “#63@C?”k^Am
- G.O.O.D. MUSIC/Def Jam Recordings
- Best Ever Albums score: 4,608
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 77
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i Rfdk^Am
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- Sony Records/Ruffhouse Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 4,722
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 82
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i R`_dk^Am
kAm\ #2?< 2==\E:>6i Rc`ck^Am
kAm\ *62Ci `hf`k^Am
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- Westbound Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 4,999
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 81
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i Rhfk^Am
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- Epic
- Best Ever Albums score: 5,067
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 76
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i Rdak^Am
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- Epic
- Best Ever Albums score: 5,086
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 80
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- LaFace Records/Arista
- Best Ever Albums score: 5,182
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 81
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i Rcek^Am
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- Mass Appeal
- Best Ever Albums score: 5,187
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 84
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i Rcfk^Am
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- Island Records/Tuff Gong
- Best Ever Albums score: 5,305
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 83
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i Rcgk^Am
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- Atlantic/Volt
- Best Ever Albums score: 5,379
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 84
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- Columbia
- Best Ever Albums score: 5,492
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 79
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- Epic
- Best Ever Albums score: 5,496
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 84
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i Rck^Am
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- Blue Note
- Best Ever Albums score: 5,571
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 83
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i Rcck^Am
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- Warp Records/Fool's Gold Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 5,923
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 84
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i Reck^Am
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- Geffen Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 5,941
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 80
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i Rebk^Am
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- Wild Bunch Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 6,084
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 77
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i Rdck^Am
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- Wichita
- Best Ever Albums score: 6,403
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 82
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i Re_k^Am
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- LaFace Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 6,639
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 80
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i Rbck^Am
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- Top Dawg Entertainment
- Best Ever Albums score: 6,663
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 82
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i Rfck^Am
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- Island Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 6,693
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 81
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- Bad Boy Entertainment
- Best Ever Albums score: 7,737
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 84
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- Columbia
- Best Ever Albums score: 7,933
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 83
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- Roc-A-Fella Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 8,178
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 86
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- Columbia
- Best Ever Albums score: 8,464
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 83
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- Reprise Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 8,467
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 80
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- Def Jam Recordings
- Best Ever Albums score: 8,539
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 81
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- Paisley Park
- Best Ever Albums score: 8,787
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 82
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- Epic
- Best Ever Albums score: 8,972
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 77
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- Def Jam Recordings
- Best Ever Albums score: 9,960
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 82
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- Roc-A-Fella Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 11,305
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 84
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- Columbia
- Best Ever Albums score: 12,011
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 82
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- Island Def Jam Music Group
- Best Ever Albums score: 12,094
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 83
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- Circa/Virgin
- Best Ever Albums score: 13,692
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 85
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- Tamla
- Best Ever Albums score: 14,076
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 84
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- Boys Don't Cry
- Best Ever Albums score: 14,228
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- Tamla
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- RCA
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- Best Ever Albums user rating: 87
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- Impulse!
- Best Ever Albums score: 17,116
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- Stones Throw Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 17,917
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 83
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- Warner Bros. Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 19,350
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 82
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- Epic
- Best Ever Albums score: 19,379
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 87
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- Impulse!
- Best Ever Albums score: 20,525
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 86
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- Reprise Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 20,581
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 85
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- Elektra
- Best Ever Albums score: 20,600
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 86
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- Columbia
- Best Ever Albums score: 21,149
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 85
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- Tamla
- Best Ever Albums score: 30,433
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 88
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- Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 31,010
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 89
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- Columbia
- Best Ever Albums score: 31,185
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 87
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- Track Record
- Best Ever Albums score: 32,779
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 85
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There would be no American music as we know it without the contributions of Black artists. Since the first African music was brought over by people in bondage as early as the 15th century, Black singers and musicians have had a hand in every aspect of American music’s evolution. From country-western, the foundation of which was banjo music from Africa, to rock ‘n’ roll, first played by a Black woman on electric guitar in 1938, each genre of American music has a Black artist (or many) who helped create it.
In addition to establishing new sounds, Black musicians worked to advance civic life, as well. They helped bring about an end to segregation, with the likes of Josephine Baker, Ray Charles, and dozens more refusing to play to segregated crowds, with white allies like The Beatles taking similar stands. They also used their music to advance messages; from Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit” to Sam Cooke’s “A Change is Gonna Come.”
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- Best Ever Albums score: 2,547
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 79
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- Atlantic
- Best Ever Albums score: 2,609
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 81
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- Tamla Motown
- Best Ever Albums score: 2,646
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 80
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- Infamous Records/HClass Entertainment
- Best Ever Albums score: 2,663
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 81
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- Atlantic
- Best Ever Albums score: 2,665
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 80
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- Top Dawg Entertainment
- Best Ever Albums score: 2,720
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 82
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- Brainfeeder
- Best Ever Albums score: 2,740
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 82
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- Prestige
- Best Ever Albums score: 2,741
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 79
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- Def Jam Recordings/Columbia
- Best Ever Albums score: 2,749
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 81
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- LaFace Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 2,805
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 83
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- Philips
- Best Ever Albums score: 2,825
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 80
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i R`bk^Am
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- Chess
- Best Ever Albums score: 2,836
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 81
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- Not Now Music
- Best Ever Albums score: 2,850
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 80
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- Columbia
- Best Ever Albums score: 2,905
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 80
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- Tamla
- Best Ever Albums score: 2,928
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 80
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- Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,014
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 83
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- Blue Note
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,091
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 79
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- Universal
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,150
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 77
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- Chance The Rapper
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,160
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 81
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- Rhymesayers Entertainment
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,171
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 79
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- Madlib Invazion
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,260
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 80
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- Epic
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,310
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 76
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- Roc-A-Fella Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,322
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 80
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- Warp Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,326
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 81
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- Curtom/Buddah Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,333
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 82
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- Epic
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,337
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 78
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- Parkwood Entertainment
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,361
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 82
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- Odeon
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,419
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 80
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- Virgin
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,472
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 78
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- Big Life
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,552
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 79
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- London Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,625
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 81
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- RCA
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,628
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 78
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- 4AD
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,732
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 83
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i Rebk^Am
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- Atlantic
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,763
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 82
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- Columbia
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,764
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 78
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- Roc-A-Fella Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,916
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 75
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- G.O.O.D. MUSIC/Def Jam Recordings
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,972
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 78
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i Rehk^Am
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- Ruthless Records/Priority Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,988
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 80
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i Regk^Am
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- Warner Bros. Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 3,995
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 82
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- Columbia
- Best Ever Albums score: 4,107
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 78
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- Elektra
- Best Ever Albums score: 4,197
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 83
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- Columbia
- Best Ever Albums score: 4,227
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 80
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i Rdgk^Am
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- Bad Boy Entertainment/Wondaland
- Best Ever Albums score: 4,276
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 81
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- Atlantic
- Best Ever Albums score: 4,310
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 77
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kAm|FDE\=:DE6?i “$EC@?86C”k^Am
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- Roc-A-Fella Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 4,372
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 80
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i Rgak^Am
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- Interscope Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 4,384
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 83
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- Jive
- Best Ever Albums score: 4,438
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 80
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- Atlantic
- Best Ever Albums score: 4,516
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 81
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- Stones Throw Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 4,571
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 82
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- G.O.O.D. MUSIC/Def Jam Recordings
- Best Ever Albums score: 4,608
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 77
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- Sony Records/Ruffhouse Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 4,722
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 82
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- Westbound Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 4,999
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 81
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i Rhfk^Am
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- Epic
- Best Ever Albums score: 5,067
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 76
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- Epic
- Best Ever Albums score: 5,086
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 80
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- LaFace Records/Arista
- Best Ever Albums score: 5,182
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 81
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i Rcek^Am
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- Mass Appeal
- Best Ever Albums score: 5,187
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 84
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i Rcfk^Am
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- Island Records/Tuff Gong
- Best Ever Albums score: 5,305
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 83
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i Rcgk^Am
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- Atlantic/Volt
- Best Ever Albums score: 5,379
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 84
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- Columbia
- Best Ever Albums score: 5,492
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 79
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- Epic
- Best Ever Albums score: 5,496
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 84
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- Blue Note
- Best Ever Albums score: 5,571
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 83
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- Warp Records/Fool's Gold Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 5,923
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 84
kAm\ #2?< :? 564256i Reck^Am
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- Geffen Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 5,941
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 80
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- Wild Bunch Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 6,084
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 77
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- Wichita
- Best Ever Albums score: 6,403
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 82
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- LaFace Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 6,639
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 80
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- Top Dawg Entertainment
- Best Ever Albums score: 6,663
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 82
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- Island Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 6,693
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 81
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- Bad Boy Entertainment
- Best Ever Albums score: 7,737
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 84
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- Columbia
- Best Ever Albums score: 7,933
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 83
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- Roc-A-Fella Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 8,178
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 86
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- Columbia
- Best Ever Albums score: 8,464
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 83
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- Reprise Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 8,467
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 80
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- Def Jam Recordings
- Best Ever Albums score: 8,539
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 81
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- Paisley Park
- Best Ever Albums score: 8,787
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 82
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- Epic
- Best Ever Albums score: 8,972
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 77
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- Def Jam Recordings
- Best Ever Albums score: 9,960
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 82
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- Roc-A-Fella Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 11,305
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 84
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- Columbia
- Best Ever Albums score: 12,011
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- Island Def Jam Music Group
- Best Ever Albums score: 12,094
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 83
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- Circa/Virgin
- Best Ever Albums score: 13,692
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 85
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- Tamla
- Best Ever Albums score: 14,076
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 84
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- Boys Don't Cry
- Best Ever Albums score: 14,228
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 85
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- Tamla
- Best Ever Albums score: 14,544
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- RCA
- Best Ever Albums score: 15,225
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 87
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- Impulse!
- Best Ever Albums score: 17,116
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 86
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- Stones Throw Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 17,917
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 83
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- Warner Bros. Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 19,350
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 82
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- Epic
- Best Ever Albums score: 19,379
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 87
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- Impulse!
- Best Ever Albums score: 20,525
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 86
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- Reprise Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 20,581
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 85
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- Elektra
- Best Ever Albums score: 20,600
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 86
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- Columbia
- Best Ever Albums score: 21,149
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 85
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- Tamla
- Best Ever Albums score: 30,433
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 88
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- Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
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- Columbia
- Best Ever Albums score: 31,185
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 87
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- Roc-A-Fella Records
- Best Ever Albums score: 40,130
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 90
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- Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
Sly and the Family Stone photographed in 1969.
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