0 Degrees C - Ryoji Ikeda

Advantages: By turns rhythmical and cutting edge; with a political mindedness it's not ashamed of
Disadvantages: The lyrics may be a little too political for some

...and angry album also returns Sylvian to a position where he is able to shape music that is more familiarly song based, whilst hooking together strong rhythms (probably courtesy of Sakamoto as much as Sylvian, admittedly) and extending some of his semi-electronica experiments ala the gorgeous The Scent of Magnolia that opened his retrospective album: Everything and Nothing. It's a pretty simple affair all told. There are only really two songs on the EP, World Citizen and World Citizen - I Won't Be Disappointed, both songs displayed in their truncated and full form. Though we're treated to a rather fine re-mix by sound artist Ryoji Ikeda also. Lyrically, both tracks are also similar and have something of an anti-American bent (being the greatest capitalist power currently rolling over the world; also there are some post 9/11 references... Read review

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Advantages: Totally mindblowing Instrumental and Vocal work
Disadvantages: None

...This album is Dream Theaters 6th Studio album and was released in the year of 2002. The album is set out into 2 discs. The first disc contains a lineup of 5 songs, the shortest being a total length of 6 minutes 46 and the longest being a total length of 13 minutes 52. The second disc consists of the title track of the album, "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence". This track is 42 minutes 04 seconds long but is broken up into 8 separate tracks to avoid having to rewind and fast forward. Here is a 'brief' description of each track on the album just to give an idea of what the album is like. Disc 1 1. The Glass Prison The Glass Prison is the heaviest track on the abum and one of the heaviest songs which Dream Theater have ever done. just to give you an idea of how heavy it is, the guitaring is played on a seven string guitar... Read review

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Advantages: Nice guest rappers like Ghostface and Raekwon turn up at AFTERPARTY and THE TURN respectively.
Disadvantages: The lyrics from Method man are disgusting and the musical production is revolting! SAY WHAT?

...decision comes as a consequence of all the rotten production, malodorous lyrics and unscrupulous subject matter on a majority of the album's tracks. Method Man abandoned the creative sound of the Wu-Tang Clan to a significant degree in favour for unpleasant collaborations with unimaginative, overrated artists like Missy Elliott and Snoop Dogg. These commercial guests paid a visit to Method Man's album and used it as a toilet to empty their bowels and dump their revolting, sh*tty lyrics in the water ("splash", "splish", "splosh"). In short they got 'Tical 0: The Prequel' third album wasted as f*ck! Method Man's apparent lack of good beat selection is the main failing point of this album. The rapper used too many amateurish beats from no-name producers like Fafu, Jellyroll and the highly overrated P. Diddy and Denaun Porter, all... Read review

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