This 1978 rock record changed the world of guitar-playing for good. There was an era before Van Halen and an era after. It’s the kind of genre-changing work that Jimi Hendrix had done with the ...

Dr Dre switched rap’s default sample from James Brown to George Clinton’s languid funk while NWA addressed the realities of gangsta-stricken urban America on this ‘debut’ [real debut NWA ...