Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein

This hip-hop album came out just a few months before 9/11, but it conjured a bleak grey soundscape that seemed to foretell what was to come. In the grim aftermath, tracks like "Iron Galaxy" and "Pigeon" captured the city's collective grit during this time. I remember walking the streets of NYC for hours at a time with this as the perfect soundtrack.

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