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"America" was a song on the album Around The World In A Day released in 1985 by Prince and The Revolution. The song references issues in the United States within the mid-1980s such as Communism and nuclear war. Read More

"Take Me with U" was released in 1984 on the albumPurple Rain.The song was written and produced by Prince and performed by Prince and the Revolution and featured Apollonia Kotero. Read More

"The Message" was released in July of 1982 as a single by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. The song provided social commentary on the stresses and experiences of inner-city poverty. The song pushed for a space within rap music for artists to…

(Who's Afraid Of?) The Art Of Noise!is the debut album of an avant-garde synthpop group called the Art of Noise. This album was released in June of 1984. Read More

Bigger and Deffer (BAD) is the second studio album of LL Cool J. The album was released in 1987 and was the biggest hit during the summer. The album charted at number 3 on the Billboard 200 pop chart. Read More

D'Ya Like Scratchin'was released in 1983 by Malcolm McLauren and the World's Famous Supreme Team.

Diamond Life is the debut album of the English band Sade which consist of the artist: Sade Adu, Paul Anthony, Paul Denman, and Stuart Matthewman (who had all been previous members of the band "Pride").

For Youis the debut album by Prince. It was released in 1978 and was produced and composed by Prince. Read More

This album was released in 1979 by "The Sequence" an all-women hip-hop trio from South Carolina that consisted of Cheryl "Cheryl The Pearl" Cook, Gwendolyn "Blondie" Chisolm, and Angie "Angie B" Stone. The group consisted of high school friends who…