03-05 - Kill Kim Novak

Advantages: A Gr8 Hip Hop Album
Disadvantages: none

...The Queen Bee of Female Hip Hop brings us her newest album in a collections of greats. The Bella Mafia. I stumbled over this album (and artist) quite by accident when browsing the urban section in HMV. I am always no the look out for some really good female hip hop and I certainly got what I wanted when I found this album. Lil' Kim History --------------------- She was born on July 11th, 1975, and raised in Brooklyn as Kimberly Denise Jones . In 1996 she released her first album called Hardcore and worked with such people as Puff Daddy (she was already connected to Biggie Smalls, The Notorious B.I.G, who was a mentor to her in her early years). On her next album which was released in the year 2000 and called Notorious KIM, she started to produce herself and founded her own record company Queen Bee Records. This... Read review

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Advantages: she looks hot hehehe!
Disadvantages: its JIGGY!

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Advantages: Catchy riffs, intense and moody vocals
Disadvantages: Songs drag on, too much repetition, lack of a real hook

...The Kills are a two-piece blues/rock hybrid consisting of VV (Alison Mosshart) on vocals and Hotel (Jamie Hince) on vocals and guitar. Allegedly the union of two former pen pals The Kills have been doing the rounds for a while now, touring and writing in preparation for their first full-length release. Their energy filled live shows have gained them many fans in both their home country the US and over here in the UK. On the stages it’s just the two of them while in the background lingers a jet black, HAL like drum machine, the rock upon which all of The Kills songs are built. Many of The Kills tracks have a lo-fi feel about them. Songs that have seemingly stolen the essence of a song from one of the old delta bluesmen and then revved up the guitar riff to sound like a hook from one of the classic Stooges songs. The Kills songs... Read review

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