№ 29 of 100
There's a Riot Goin' On
There's a Riot Goin' On by Sly & the Family Stone (1971), № 29 in The Lead-In’s 100 greatest albums. Sly Stone alone with a Maestro Rhythm King drum machine and a Bel-Air mansion full of people who scared him. The first hip-hop album, predating the genre by ten years.
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