Black Stars (Ghana's Hiplife Generation) - Various Artists

Advantages: Soundtrack of a classic.
Disadvantages: None.

...For a film such as Star Wars, now subtitled 'A New Hope' almost everywhere, there needed to be a a sense of the grandeur of space. John Williams captures this exactly right in a style that is remeniscient of all the old Black & White classics you used to watch as a kid. The main theme is easily recognisable and has been used in more than a few parodys of space films. When you listen to the rest of the soundtrack, you find creative genius at work. Williams uses the individual instruments in the orchestra to great effect and even has fun with 'Cantina Band'. If you liked the film then the soundtrack makes a nice reprise and you get the feeling of the film without having to concentrate too hard. Overall, very good.... Read review

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Advantages: A great edition to anyone's WWE collection, and it contains the DX theme tune!
Disadvantages: Many of these wrestlers are no longer with the company, so useless to newer fans.

...One of the WWE's earlier CD releases this is a compilation of entrance themes for some of their biggest stars of the time. Nowadays the vast majority of theme tunes are made by famous bands but this is one of the few albums older than that when WWE relied on their own devices to produce the entrance music of their individual stars. It is however a little on the cheesy side. To say that some of these tracks are bad is an understatement! "Dude Love" is like something out of a 70's nightmare, and the cat screeching on the introduction of "Sable" is enough to make even the most patient listener want to switch off. The album's strengths are the inclusion of the "D Generation" track as this group of wrestlers totally defined an era alongside Stone Cold Steve Austin, whose classic theme tune also features on this release. So the tunes aren... Read review

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Advantages: Finest of the West Coast
Disadvantages: No NWA

...'s Most Wanted **Five Stars** 5. "Just A Friendly Game Of Baseball" - Main Source **Four Stars** 6. "Me and You"- Tony! Toni! Toné! **Three Stars** 7. "Work It Out" - Monie Love **Three Stars** 8. "Every Single Weekend" - Kam **Two Stars** 9. "Too Young" - Hi-Five **Two Stars** 10. "Hangin' Out" - 2 Live Crew **Five Stars** 11. "It's Your Life" - Too $hort **Five Stars** 12. "Spirit" - Force One Network **Three Stars** 13. "Setembro" - Quincy Jones **Three Stars** 14. "Black On Black Crime" - Stanley Clarke **Four Stars** If you understood how the hood in LA worked in the early 90s then you understood the film, if you understood the film then you will know what these artists are talking about. All thses people have gone lived through this era and have faced all of the harsh treatments in this area. Most of the content... Read review

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