Advantages: Lots of bangers Disadvantages: Slower tracks are weak
Zhané released their duo album "Pronounced Jah-Nay" in 1994 after hitting it big with their smooth R&Bcut, "Hey Mr. D.J." a year earlier. Zhané are a duo of female R&B/Soul singers (Renee Neufville and
Jean Norris-Baylor) from Philadelphia who had been signed by Motown at the time.
1. "Hey Mr D.J."
This successful hit from them starts the album (oddly enough before the introduction), it gets you hearing their unique sounnd which could only be described as pre-Neo-Soul in the way that it takes on Hip Hop through the groovey Soul that they sing. Not only is this influence heard in the beats, but in the way that raps are used too.
**Five Stars**
2. "Intro"
3. "Vibe"
This one seems to be right in-tune with the sounds of the urban music worl at the time. You have them performing a track which reflects the fact that this is just ...
Advantages: Interesting, eclectic, decent short stories Disadvantages: Relatively expensive, on occasion up its own proverbial
of the Royal Navy and the way in which the military buys equipment to deal with assumed situations in international relations. Its argument made sense and was completely new to me. I still do not pretend to understand the complexities of military procurement, but I certainly have a better comprehension of the ways in which it can affect the capacity of our armed forces, and more importantly for me, the dangers that individual servicemen and women may face. Also in the February issue is an interview with Martin Bell ? ex BBC foreign correspondent and Independent MP. It was an aggressive, antsy interview and I found it most enlightening. Mr Bell, I am afraid, came across as a star-struck, self-absorbed man and hardly the "attached journalist" of the image he likes to project. Unfair? I'm not sure. It was certainly interesting! There was also ...
