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...Ten years ago I was introduced to a French rap artist by the name of MC Solaar. The album in question was called Qui Seme le Vente Recolte le Tempo and I remember being pretty impressed by the slick, jazzy hip hop that was unlike anything I’d heard before. I’m not a great fan of this style of music, but I clearly recollect thinking… oh, this is good. Completely different to the grating, bassier NWA and Public Enemy I’d been exposed to previously, MC Solaar was much smoother, more melodic, altogether a more complete musical experience. Think of maybe a more mature Cypress Hill, minus the playground rhymes and annoying vocals. But that was then. To my shame I didn’t followed him up until recently. I was actually looking up some info about a Senegalese vocalist called Baaba Maal, who you may or may... Read review

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Advantages: Good collection of their hits.
Disadvantages: Can get v. repetitive and drab.

...could have been just as good with a cleaner more natural guitar sounding sound. The one thing this track lacks is a bit of a punch, a small increase in the bass (this applies to a few other songs on the album as well) would give it a little more drive. 13 – Jump If you have never heard anything Halen before this is probably one of the first tracks you will hear, or have heard. A massive hit for them, and a rock guitar classic due to its most excellently cool solo on both organ and guitar incorporating all his trademark sounds. The opening synthesiser chords lead nicely onto a bouncy and head bopping first verse no signs of guitar here yet… The songs best attributes are the nice bouncy chords, although I am not too taken with the odd tone that accompanies them. Another attribute is the short punchy lyrics, it lets the instrumentation stand... Read review

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Advantages: Amazing Songs , Voices...
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...with a back tingling sensation makes the start of the song unique to the others. The voice starts of quite queitly , but later on the rock comes back into it with the powerful Whitesnake voice!... "Here I Go Again On My Own Here I Goooooo" Classic. As you can tell by the second "Go" in the lyrics qoute , the powerful voice of David Coverale returns back , completely different to the start of the song. This song reminds me of when i had to have the confidence of doing something hard , on my own! I learnt from this , and after i knew i could do it.... Another enjoyable song , but not the best.... Overall , this song gets a 6/10. It isn't the the best song , but it has some great lyrics , and backing use and the voices are sublime. Then again , it is a slower more boring song after you have listened to it a few times over... Read review

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