Meanwhile in Detroit, Theo Parrish was prepping his game-changing debut album and just over the bridge in Windsor, Richie Hawtin was preparing to kill off Plastikman with Consumed. Over in the US, the rap landscape was changing as the golden era disappeared and New York’s Rawkus imprint was quickly gaining traction. Warp Records’ slippery electronica flourished as drum ‘n’ bass got progressively more aggressive and trip hop, previously a space rife with innovation, became the soundtrack to aspirational lifestyle ads and fancy dinner parties. Musically, releases came thick and fast as access to computer technology became more widespread and young producers began to experiment with an array of pirated, cracked software available online. Oh , and a small company named Google was founded in Menlo Park, California. Nintendo released The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. ![]() US President Bill Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky rocked American politics. Titanic continued to pack movie theaters and cleaned up at the Oscars, taking 11 awards. ![]() ![]() From the astonishing Music has the Right to Children to the still-acclaimed Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, here are some of the best releases from that year celebrating big anniversaries in 2018.ġ998 was one hell of a year. There were plenty of albums released in 1998 that are still beloved today.
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