Delicate Shades Of Grey - Cicero Buck

Advantages: Good played loud, very catchy
Disadvantages: You've got to like hip hop

...Buck 65 - his mum knows him as young Richard and Wikipedia speculates that a promoter mis-spelled his original stage name, intended as Buick 65 - is a hip hop artiste from Nova Scotia. His earlier albums struck me as having something but they were just too underground. A bit home-made. This new album is, on the other hand, ace. Last week I drove drown the UK and track nine "Cop shades" kept me awake on the M40. It has a bass line so solid you could land a plane on it. Situation sees Buck 65 go back to basic hip hop: huge bass lines and beats, over which Buck delivers his clever, witty and poetic lyrics. The album is apparently about events in 1957, as discussed in track two. On the internet, there's a lot of weighty discussion about the meaning of the album. 1957 was the year the Beat Generation emerged with "On the road" and "Howl... Read review

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Advantages: Feeder are amazing. Oh, "Buck Rogers" and "Seven Days In The Sun". Not too costly.
Disadvantages: Lots of hype.

...The challenge is to find someone - anyone - who doesn’t like Feeder’s “Buck Rogers”. When the phrase “absolutely amazing” was first bandied about it was nothing but an empty and meaningless collection of words but now, at last, “Buck Rogers” is here and can give it meaning. If you do manage to find someone who doesn’t like “Buck Rogers” then pity them or point and laugh at them, which ever seems more appropriate. That said, make sure that they’re not assuming “Buck Rogers” has anything to with Buck Rogers in the 21st Century because it doesn’t (except, ironically enough, being a Buck Rogers in the 21st Century). No, there are no Tweedies or Hawk men allies in his album. “Buck Rogers” does have an ally though in the form of “... Read review

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Advantages: If you like Staind's more mellow music then this album is perfect
Disadvantages: Could do with a bit more variation and a few more hard gritty tracks

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