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philadelphia

Last updated: Sat Oct 25 2025 12:46:54 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time)

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The Philadelphia tag represents the city's rich musical legacy spanning soul, R&B, hip-hop, and indie rock. It encompasses the lush orchestral arrangements of the "Philly Sound" from the 1970s alongside gritty, socially conscious East Coast hip-hop that emerged decades later. This tag captures Philadelphia's distinct cultural identity where smooth sophistication meets raw urban authenticity.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
98		1972	The O'Jays	Back Stabbers	soul	motown # 21 philly soul # 27
99		1976	The Jacksons	The Jacksons	philadelphia soul
92		1978-04-07	The O'Jays	So Full Of Love	soul
82		1979	Grover Washington, Jr.	Paradise
32		1984	Hall & Oates	A Lot of Changes Comin'	philadelphia
90		1985	Billy Paul	Best Of	philadelphia
13		1987	Hall & Oates	Pt1 Rock N Soul	philadelphia
36		1988	The Philadelphia Orchestra	Sweet Dreams	philadelphia
67		1988	Head	Look Without Seeing	philadelphia rock
5		1989	Flight of Mavis	Flight of Mavis	philadelphia
23		1991	Flight of Mavis	Spools	philadelphia
54		1995	MFSB	The Love Is The Message: The Best Of Mfsb	disco philadelphia soul
89		1995	MFSB	Love Is the Message: The Best of MFSB	philadelphia
17		1996	Buzz Zeemer	Play Thing	philadelphia
97		1996-04-02	Bahamadia	Kollage		underground rap # 11 east coast hip hop # 41
60		1997	Risk	Walkin on thin ice	american philadelphia rap
6		1997-11-04	Jedi Mind Tricks	The Psycho-Social, Chemical, Biological And Electro-Mangetic Manipulation Of Human…
40		1998	Lisa Sunshine	Hello Sunshine	alternative blues diy folk folk rock philadelphia protest	protest # 61
1		1998	Buzz Zeemer	Delusions of Grandeur	philadelphia singer-songwriter
55		1999-02-22	The Roots	Things Fall Apart	hip-hop	east coast # 15 alternative hip hop # 26 east coast hip hop # 48
71		1999-08-17	Broadside Electric	With Teeth	folk rock philadelphia progressive folk rock traditional
19		2001	Cadet	Disconnect	alternative philadelphia shoegaze
59		2002	Broadside Electric	Live: Do Not Immerse	concert folk philadelphia	concert # 50
58		2002	Eltro	Information Changer	philadelphia
50		2002-07-08	provide	For Me	philadelphia power pop
79		2002-11-27	The Roots	Phrenology	hip-hop rap	roots # 3
85		2003	The Last Emperor	Palace of the Pretender	east coast rap philadelphia rap underground rap
64		2003-11-18	Eltro	Past and Present Futurists	philadelphia
69		2004-08-30	Jill Scott	Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds, Volume 2
95		2005-02-02	Reef The Lost Cauze	Feast or Famine	east coast rap philadelphia underground rap	east coast rap # 30 underground rap # 34
80		2005-05-17	Chief Kamachi & The Juju Mob	Black Candles	east coast rap philadelphia underground rap
81		2006-07-25	Chief Kamachi	Concrete Gospel	east coast rap philadelphia underground rap
84		2006-10-17	The Trolleyvox	Present The Karaoke Meltdowns	alternative indie pop philadelphia rock
68		2007	Fat City Reprise	Fat City Reprise	alternative alternative rock california new jersey philadelphia	new jersey # 83
31		2007	George Stanford	The EP	philadelphia
66		2007	Trampled Under Foot	The Philadelphia Sessions	bass blues blues rock female vocalists philadelphia
4		2007-03-22	Risk	Mr. Underrated Skills	east coast philadelphia rap
73		2007-07-24	Downtown Harvest	Golden Dragon	new york philadelphia rock
24		2008-03-10	Joe Breaker	You Say EP	dubstep grime new york philadelphia toronto
9		2008-06-24	Scallion	Will-o'-Wisp	chamber chamber pop clarinet experimental pop folk folk pop harp indie folk indie pop new wave organ philadelphia pop synthesizer	chamber # 55
29		2008-08-19	Good Old War	Only Way To Be Alone	rock
37		2008-11-04	Br'er	Filled With Guilt & Diamonds EP	chamber pop folk philadelphia pop
87		2008-11-14	Bridge Underwater	The Music In Your Mind	acoustic alternative alternative rock american electronic electronica indie pop indie rock instrumental lo-fi male vocalists philadelphia pop rock usa
47		2009-07-07	The New Heaven and the New Earth	All Saints' Day	baroque pop chamber pop folk philadelphia
91		2009-08-18	Freck Billionaire	DJ Clue Presents: Fist Full of Dollars	philadelphia
16		2010	Freck Billionaire	American Terrorist	philadelphia
42		2010-01-07	Animal Style	reso-rubbish	8-bit america american american underground bitpop chiptune electronic philadelphia usa
28		2010-02-23	Pilot Cloud	Halcyon [EP]	america american american underground dream pop duo musique concrete philadelphia post-rock shoegaze usa
94		2010-07-27	Slutever	Sorry I'm Not Sorry	america american american underground duo female vocalists garage lo-fi philadelphia usa	garage # 29 duo # 85 america # 88 american underground # 93
83		2010-08	Dream Affair	All I Want	coldwave darkwave electronic industrial minimal synth minimal wave new wave new york philadelphia post-punk synthpop
52		2011	Kurt Vile	live at WFMU August 2008	america american american underground americana dream folk indie folk live recording one man band one man project philadelphia singer-songwriter usa	american underground # 16 dream folk # 33 one man band # 57 one man project # 73
62		2011-02-15	snow caps	Moonbreak	acoustic acoustic guitar classical guitar flamenco folk indie pop indie rock lo-fi philadelphia
14		2011-02-17	Zilla Rocca	Bad Weather Classic EP	philadelphia
8		2011-06-16	BeneathTheValley	BeneathTheValley	black metal blackened crust philadelphia usbm
3		2011-07-26	Peter Dragontail	To Begin Again	electro italo disco philadelphia
70		2012-05-15	Rick Shaffer	Idiot Flats	alternative american garage garage rock garage rock revival philadelphia proto-punk rhythm and blues slide guitar	garage rock revival # 28 slide guitar # 58
53		2012-05-26	Infiltrator	Demo	american metal philadelphia speed metal usa
96		2012-05-29	The Walkmen	Heaven	indie rock	new york city # 94
51		2012-10-13	Maitland	From a Cabin in the Woods	philadelphia
21		2012-11	The Miners	Miners' Rebellion	americana country philadelphia
72		2012-12-18	Thinking Machines	A Complete Record of Urban Archaeology	indie rock krautrock philadelphia post-punk post-rock rock shoegaze
93		2013-02-25	Bleeding Rainbow	Interrupt	indie rock philadelphia rock
76		2013-06-07	Black Dirty	Dirty Water EP	alternative art rock dance experimental rock indie rock math rock new jersey new york philadelphia	new jersey # 86
100		2013-10-08	RJD2	More Is Than Isn't	philadelphia trip-hop
22		2013-11-06	Heyward Howkins	Be Frank, Furness
41		2014	Roof Doctor	Mobile Freedom Home	diy emo folk philadelphia rock surf
86		2014-02-25	We Were Promised Jetpacks	E Rey (Live in Philidelphia)	philadelphia
57		2014-11-18	Stephen the Levite	Can I Be Honest?	boom bap christian rap gospel hip-hop philadelphia rap	christian rap # 62
48		2015	The Lawsuits	Cool Cool Cool	americana indie pop philadelphia
88		2015-04-14	Danger Mode	Activation	disco electronic italo disco philadelphia synthpop synthwave
78		2016-04-15	Victims	Form Hell	ambient dark electro electro philadelphia
46		2016-06-22	Sannhet	Different Words / Different Meanings	new york city philadelphia	new york city # 17
39		2017-11-10	Trash Boy	The Future Is Trash	diy philadelphia punk rock rock
25		2018-01-11	OTP	Grow Its Teeth	alternative philadelphia rock
15		2019	The Who	Spectrum 1973	philadelphia
61		2021-09-17	Existentia	Hyphae Reign	brutal death metal death metal metal philadelphia technical death metal
63		2021-09-17	Existentia	Calculating Failure	brutal death metal death metal metal philadelphia technical death metal
74		2021-12-11	Trustfall	Untying The Giant Knot	diy emo new jersey philadelphia	diy # 32 new jersey # 85
7		2022	Skullovich	Demo II	metal philadelphia speed metal thrash metal
44		2023-01-24	Mirth	MiRth	black metal philadelphia raw black metal
27		2023-09-14	PYNUKA	N.I.T.S.T.W.D.S.W.	ambient dubstep electronic house philadelphia post-rock
35		2024	La Palma	Ohio	acoustic indie folk philadelphia san francisco
30			Brickyard Pro	I SEE HATERS	east coast philadelphia rap	east coast # 2
34			Brickyard Pro	Brickyard Pro: Why Should We Keep Dying?	east coast philadelphia rap	east coast # 7
45			Bridge Underwater	Rainy Day Songs	acoustic alternative alternative rock ambient american american indie chillout electronic experimental indie indie folk indie pop indie rock instrumental lo-fi noise philadelphia rock	american indie # 10 experimental indie # 42
2			Ahd Child	Rough Drafts	alternative hip-hop philadelphia rap
10			Ahd Child	Meeting of Minds	broken beat dance electronic electronica funk hip-hop house philadelphia
11			Ahd Child	Reverse Psychology	alternative hip-hop philadelphia rap
12			The Acoustic Improv Sessions (RC Dub'd)	The Acoustic Improv Sessions (comp.)	acoustic ambient ballad blues improvisation instrumental jazz new weird america philadelphia shoegaze
18			Bridge Underwater	The First Delights	philadelphia
26			Experience Kef	Songs Of The Harvest	philadelphia
33			Famous Flowz	www.twitter.com/famous4flowin	east coast hip hop east coast rap hip-hop philadelphia rap
38			shoeblind	SHOEBLIND	dream pop philadelphia
43			Laura Shay	To a Place	philadelphia
49			Bridge Underwater	Collected Songs New and Old: Volume One	acoustic alternative alternative rock american chillout electronic electronica indie pop indie rock instrumental lo-fi male vocalists noise philadelphia pop rock singer-songwriter usa
56			Bridge Underwater	First Songs	acoustic alternative alternative rock american chillout electronic indie pop indie rock instrumental lo-fi philadelphia
65			Bridge Underwater	Send Me All Your Love	alternative alternative rock indie pop indie rock philadelphia pop rock
75			Sam Silbert	Down on Silverlake	country philadelphia
77			Off the Board	A Studio 4 Comp	alternative rock emo philadelphia
20			London Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Toronto Symphony, New York Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra	Rossini - Greatest Hits

Related genres

• rock
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• indie rock
• american
• folk
• hip-hop
• electronic
• pop
• alternative rock