Big Seven (The Best Of Judge Dread 1972-1975) - Judge Dread

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?

...to listen to and it is no surprise that I find it extremely intolerable. Denaun Porters' lame attempts at a West Coast beat is laughable with all those stupid bass lines farting and squirting all over the place. It's like experiencing the sound of mucky faeces oozing out of a dog's hairy bum and splurging underneath the soles of a pedestrian stepping on it. The irritating sound of guitar loops and persistent percussion kicks in the background of the production stink also. Although We Some Dogs is one of the album's most humiliating songs, I still rate it 2/10 but merely for Redman's skill as a punch-line rapper. Without him, I could have punished this track severely with a big fat ZERO (or ----0/10). This would have come about thanks to the dreadful piece of dog sh*t from Method Man, Snoop Dogg and that AWFUL beat. Overall... Read review

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Advantages: Wonderful musicianship
Disadvantages: none unless you have a very narrow mind

..., especially on the tongue in cheek D'Yer Maker track on the Houses of the Holy album. Take that a big step further and you have Dread Zep. You simply have to hear this album to realise just how good they were.... and what did Led Zep think? Robert Plant saw them and loved them! The songs are - 1.: Black Dog 2.: Living Loving Maid 3.: Bring It On Home 4.: Black Mountain Side 5.: Heartbreaker (At The End Of Lonely Street) 6.: Your Time Is Gonna Come 7.: Whole Lotta Love 8.: I Can't Quit You Baby 9.: Immigrant Song 10.: Moby Dick Highlights include Track 5 - is where the Elvis bit comes to the fore to great effect - you may have heard of the current trend for 'mash-ups' - basically the mixing together of 2 songs to create something different - well Dread Zep were way ahead of the pack with that idea - they took Led Zep... Read review

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Advantages: unique version of Talking Blues
Disadvantages: some poor sound quality, some early dull tracks

...Natty Dread.... Front cover: Consists of a pop art style picture of a 23 year old Bob Marley taken in his earlier pre rastafari days when he was mainly a ska singer. Label: Island/Tuff Gong Tracks: 1. Lively Up Yourself 2. No Woman, No Cry 3. Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) 4. Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Road Block) 5. So Jah Seh 6. Natty Dread 7. Bend Down Low 8. Talkin' Blues 9. Revolution 10. Am-A-Do (Bonus Track) I would now like to talk one of the songs within this album, now been a big Bob Marley fan this was one of the latter albums I bought as I was under the impression that I had most of the tracks on it. How I was wrong, one track on this album is far better than other material I have ever heard, no its not No Woman No Cry, it is in fact Talkin Blues. This version is completely different... Read review

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