50 Classic TV Themes - Various Artists

Advantages: Good Classic Hip-Hop Songs
Disadvantages: None

...As most of you will know, Kiss, the popular radio station and music channel are always bringing out various artist Rap/Hip-Hop and also R'n'B collections. This Hip-Hop classics is one of Kiss's most recent presentations. With 2 discs, there are some great hip-hop classics thrown into this collection. Whether you are a hip-hop fan or not, you will know most, if not all of these hip-hop classics from the 90's and some even earlier. This collection is a 2 disc set, which has 19 songs on each disc. So, on with the songs. (Note: Some will be explained long, but others not so long as I am reviewing 38 songs!) Disc 1 ●Dr Dre ft. Eminem - Forgot About Dre● This song is a fantastic one to start off a hip-hop classics album, as Dr Dre is the first, most popular and best selling hip-hop/rap artist and producer, closely... Read review

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Advantages: Great music, history of cream era, bargain price
Disadvantages: Can be slightly predictable

...for in the region of thirteen years and is continuing to go from strength to strength. They have definitely established themselves extremely well in the UK, Europe and have no branched out into other parts of the world. ~Overview~ This is a three CD collection of 50 of the biggest tracks in the short history of Cream. It showcases the biggest anthems from the past 12 years and it really does take you back. The main clutch of the songs are from the early 90’s but there are some from later on in the era thrown in. The three CD’s come in a mainly white cardboard sleeve with a yellow cream logo set on the background. The name ‘Cream Classics’ appears across the front in dark text. The tracks are listed on the back of the sleeve, each disc separately. The name of the artist is in black and the song is written in a grey font, both of which are fairly... Read review

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Advantages: A large selection of great tracks
Disadvantages: Just a couple of bad ones thrown in, but it all really depends on your taste

...underscored by music written many years earlier. The pieces of this album are pieces that you can enjoy again and again. They are the best examples of pieces written for films in recent years, as well as some of the great pieces that were wrote by classical masters. So the pieces themselves. Well first I will give you a list of all the pieces there are on each CD, and after that I will tell you which pieces I think are the best. Disc 1 1. Gladiator - Gladiator Suite (Zimmer/Gerrard/Badelt) 2. The Girl With The Pearl Earring - Griet's Theme (Alexandre Desplat) 3. American Beauty - Any Other Name (Thomas Newman) 4. The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring - The Fellowship (Howard Shore) 5. Closer - Soave Sia Il Vento (Così Fan Tutte) (Mozart) Carol Vaness (Soprano) 6. William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet... Read review

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