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Playlist: THE SUMMER 97 (1998 x 2023)

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June 21, 2023
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In celebration of summer, the staff at THE 97 has compiled a playlist containing some of our favorite summer songs, from then and now. Each day we will reveal one song, rotating daily between past and present with pairings from 1998 and 2023, for a total of 97 days/songs. Since we love nostalgia, we’re celebrating summer songs from 1998 as they turn 25,

Deep Cuts From Janet Jackson’s Late 80s Albums

January 7, 2025
When it comes to Janet Jackson’s pair of groundbreaking, late 80s smash albums “Control” and “Rhythm Nation 1814,” there really aren’t many deep cuts from either. The former had only two non-singles, and the latter had only three. So, let’s dig in, shall we? “He Doesn’t Know I’m Alive” from Control
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Janet Jackson: The Deep Cuts Playlist

January 30, 2022
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In celebration of 40 years of Janet Jackson as a recording artist, our team compiled a playlist of our favorite Janet “deep cuts,” consisting of our favorite underrated, lesser known Janet tracks that a casual listener may have never heard. If you’re like us, watching Janet’s eponymous new documentary on
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97 Tracks: Sounds of Christmas Playlist

December 25, 2021
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Throughout the month of December, each of our writers shared their holiday favorites via their own 97 Minutes of Christmas playlist. Now that that series is complete, we have compiled those Christmas playlists into one master list. After making cuts for duplicates and one too many renditions of the same classic
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First Listen: “Be Alive” by Beyoncé

November 11, 2021
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Beyoncé is back! Sort of. Today, she finally released “Be Alive,” the hotly anticipated theme song from King Richard. The film stars Will Smith and tells the story of how Richard Williams, father to tennis legends Serena and Venus, helped his daughters on their paths to greatness. To nobody’s surprise, there is
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The 19 “97” Albums of 2018

December 31, 2018
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Deliberated on by our team of writers, we’ve ranked the top albums of 2018 that we loved. If you’re familiar with the way we review songs/albums, then you know that “97” is our top score. We love every album on this list, ranked them according to how much, and weighed in with a few
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