Christmas With Ronnie Aldrich - Ronnie Aldrich

Advantages: Great tracks by a great artist played by great musicians.
Disadvantages: None.

...Curtis mayfield has to be one of soul's greats. he has a sensitivity that can be felt in his timing and of course his lyrics. The Ronnie Scotts album is a great one for hearing this because of the quality of the musicians Mayfield has gathered and the superb tightness of the band. He plays a nember of Curtis classics (from songs from Superfly, Move on Up etc)but its great to hear the talent of the live musicians taking them to new hights. The purcussion in the track Superfly is nothing short of superb and Lobrian Scott's base playing is an inspiration. Plus, most unusually for a live album, the audience actually manage to clap in time and sing in tune! Testimony to the magical atmosphere that must have been created that night.... Read review

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Advantages: A good combination of your typicall hip-hop, however with a more chilled approach to listeners
Disadvantages: If you like gangsta rap, e.g. 50 Cent, Ice Cube, etc... then this might not be the best for you

...taste The list of tracks: 1. Intro (feat. Irv Gotti, Chink Santana and Caddillac Tah) 2. Gangstafied (feat. Ja Rule, Caddillac Tah, Ronnie Bumps and Chink Santana) 3. Down 4 U (feat. Ja Rule, Ashanti, Vita and Charlie Baltimore) 4. No One Does It Better (feat. Charlie Baltimore and Ashanti) 5. It's Murder (feat. Chink Santana, D.O. and Caddillac Tah) 6. The Pledge (feat. Ashanti and Caddillac Tah) 7. Ride Wit Us (feat. Jody Mack, Black Child, 0-1, Merc, Ronnie Bumps, D.O. and Caddillac Tah) 8. O.G. (feat. Black Child) 9. The Rain (feat. Jody Mack, O-1 and Ja Rule) 10. Here We Come (feat. Vita, Irv Gotti and Ronnie Bumps) 11. We Still Don't Give Fuck (feat. Ronnie Bumps, D.O., Merc, Jody Mack, Rah, O-1, Charlie Baltimore, Caddillac Tah and Black Child) 12. 1 Hearse, 2 Suburbans (feat. Black Child, Ronnie Bumps and Merc) 13. Ain... Read review

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Advantages: A real mixture of styles - and what a super backing group
Disadvantages: None

...Pete Townshend and Ronnie Lane came together in two sessions in the winter of 1976/1977 to record this album. In terms of Who lineage it comes between “The Who By Numbers” (1974) and “Who Are You” (1978). It was at a time when the continued existence of The Who was being questioned. Pete had his own crisis of confidence issues and personal problems. Ronnie (of the band The Small Faces) was already ill with multiple sclerosis by the time of the album’s release; an illness from which he finally died in 1997. It is an interesting collection of songs, styles and arrangements: so much so that it defies easy classification. There are tracks that I like lot – others that I am not so keen on; but that is part of the overall charm and part of the reason why it may appeal to so many varied tastes. It is not The Who; it is certainly... Read review

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