Deadly Sting - Scorpions

Advantages: Eve and LOX are mostly sharp / Sharp lyrics, Good flow, Some Good production
Disadvantages: Some CORNY production, BLUNT choruses / TOO MANY Guest Appearances

...*************************************************************************** * THE RUFF RYDERS ALBUMS: SCORPION The Eve Album Collection - Part I Author: DJprimo *********************************************************************** ***** INTRODUCTION After I watched Eve's singles, Got It All and Who's That Girl, I always believed that Eve is among the most talented female rappers. Much more than Foxy Brown, Li'l Kim or Trina who rely on their sexual innuendo to sell in the music industry. Eve doesn't fall into this category, she is an intelligent rapper who relies on her skill and imagination. It was actually that Eve's STINGING performance on Let Me Blow Ya Mind that convinced me 'SCORPION' would be a classic. When I looked on the album cover, I found a range of guests featured... Read review

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Advantages: Gorgoeus arrangement of music
Disadvantages: Remix track is awful

...with a backing vocalist in the place of Mary, and some of the magic was missing in comparison to the original, which has a real feel of warmth about it, and every word he sings clearly comes from deep inside his soul, and the sentiment is apparent from the first word that is sung. There has been much speculation surrounding Sting's prowess in the bedroom, and it is songs like this which you can imagine he uses to set the right tone for the hours of tantric sex he has in store for his wife and he. 'Dead Man's Rope' is in the style that the title hints at, and whilst I normally detest all things country, this is a more soulful effort with a sprinkle of country in there for good measure. There are parts of the song where Sting almost starts to talk rather than sing, and this detracted from the song a little, which is a shame as I am sure this could... Read review

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Advantages: Good example of Scorpions' brand of Euro-metal
Disadvantages: The metal purist might be a little picky

...Euro-metal perhaps reached its' apex with Crazy World, the 1990 release by Scorpions, a band whose pedigree has provenance without question. You see, Rudolf Schenker, guitarist for Scorpions, is the brother of metal guitar maven Michael Schenker, the tremendously talented lead guitarist for the seminal Euro-metal band UFO. In fact, after Michael mysteriously left UFO back in the early days, he surfaced with Scorpions for a brief time, before returning to the UFO fold. The Scorpions brand of Euro-metal is not as raw and elemental as the early UFO material--it's more than a little bit slicker, and the music has a big arena sound that makes it very distinctive. It's also a little more pop-oriented, much more commercial than their early days, when it was more or less "damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" Even so, the metal purist... Read review

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