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First, we'll confess, we've been in love with the Aqua Teens since first stumbling upon it, bleary-eyed, on latenight cable tee vee a bunch of years ago. OK, with that said, take with however many grains of salt our word that this is the absolute funniest comedy Christmas album we've heard in... read more

An early funk album by Bill Cosby -- with backing by the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band! Bill was pals with Charles Wright and crew in the hip LA of the late 60s, and he was also responsible for bringing the group to Warner Brothers -- so the fit here is quite a natural one. The record was also... read more

A fantastic album of bad-rapping spoken material from Iceberg Slim -- one of the hippest 70s sets of its type, and a great audio tribute to the man who wrote the books Pimp, Trick Baby, and Mama Black Widow! Slim reads his own work in a very laidback style, but one with a slinky, pimpish feel too -... read more

Classic Motown album of two of Dr. King's speeches -- "Drum Major Instinct Sermon", from 2/4/68, and "I've Been To The Mountain", from 4/3/68. The latter is especially significant in that it was the last speech King ever made, delivered on the night before he was assassinated. ... read more

The first album by the second group to call themselves the last poets -- comprised of Abiodun Oyewole, Alafia Pudim, and Omar Ben Hassan, plus the percussionist Nilaja. The album's as fierce a document of their rich talents as you'll ever find -- bursting forth with anger and righteousness at a... read more

Long before there was any talk of gangster rap, Jalal of the Last Poets recorded this album of gamblin', pimpin', and hard double dealin'. It's a fantastic album-long ride through the dark side of the black underworld, and is the aural equivalent of a blacksploitation flick. Music by Kool and the... read more

Ah, the genius of 70s stardom! This one may not play that well for today's kids, but we're floored by the sheer magnitude of the record's stars -- a huge list that includes Don Rickles, Alan King, Rich Little, Suzanne Pleshette, Burt Reynolds, Karen Valentine, McLean Stevenson, Charo, Vincent... read more

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Pryor really busted into the mainstream with this one -- as the album secured him a grammy for best comedy LP in the year it was released. Recorded live in San Francisco, at Don Cornelius' Soul Train -- with tracks that include "Wino & Junkie", "Flying Saucers", "Black... read more