Paul’s Boutique cover

Paul’s Boutique

Released

If you want to break from your debut’s ironic-lunkhead orbit, you could do far worse than to take advantage of how big of a pop-culture casualty you are by creating a record that flaunts its breadth lyrically and musically at every possible opportunity. This ridiculous sample-spree punchline machine of a record looms somewhere between Double Dee & Steinski’s “Lessons” and Mystery Science Theater 3000 in terms of ’80s-minted postmodern ultrareferential wildness, while still remaining its own peerlessly funky little universe.

Nate Patrin

Recommended by

Suggestions
Revolutions Per Minute cover

Revolutions Per Minute

Reflection Eternal, DJ Hi-Tek, Talib Kweli
Here Come the Lords cover

Here Come the Lords

Lords of the Underground
Thumbs cover

Thumbs

Busdriver
Decay cover

Decay

Steel Tipped Dove, Fatboi Sharif
Cine cover

Cine

Cavalier, Child Actor
A Magnificent Day For An Exorcism cover

A Magnificent Day For An Exorcism

Pharoahe Monch, th1rt3en