The album’s trippy production touches include heavily treated percussion, extended Hendrix-style, fuzz drenched, wah-guitar solos, and strange atonal vocalizations

Their creative partnership dates back to when they were 13-year-old Vancouver schoolboys

The rapper born Shawn Carter has launched a brand that touts a “superior smoke”

The band creates memorable tunes that swagger and will themselves into existence despite changing musical trends—pretty much what rock ‘n’ roll is all about

Santana is one helluva guitar player, but he’s also got it goin’ on in the humanity department

Not only is it one of the finest records released in that bumper crop year, it is surely one of the best classic rock records of all time