Dread Beat An' Blood - Poet & The Roots

Advantages: Some of their best stuff, completist value
Disadvantages: The live tracks are a bit of a let down

...annoying over several tracks. Thankfully all these tendencies are absent here, for the most part you get just the songs with the occasional announcement and a brief rant about the ‘f***ing ar****les in the press’ before ‘Propaganda’. So overall, I found this a pretty impressive CD. Without the live material, it would’ve been too short for an album, but together it makes a decent collection for any Sepultura fan. I got the 2CD ‘Roots of Sepultura' edition of ‘Roots’, which had a bonus disc of rare material - mostly early demos - and I think this disc (that is ‘Blood-Rooted’) is probably of superior rarity value, and certainly a better listen. If you don’t have ‘Roots’ yet, buy that first. If you like that, and want to try more of Sepultura, then I’d... Read review

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Advantages: Wonderful tracks like GET AWAY FROM THE DOOR that explain life of THE STRUGGLE
Disadvantages: Awful tracks like I DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU that I struggled to listen to

..., these instrumentals were made to represent the feel of the grimy streets, based on my listening experience. This is Calogero's creative beat-making for Great World Entertainment, that starts the musical story of 'THE STRUGGLE' on a positive, note. Cappadonna spits three dope verses on Cap is back, each equipped with advanced rhyme schemes and nice wordplay. He simultaneously combines emotion, entertaining delivery, knowledge, maturity and passion over a nice piece of production. However my favourite bars are represented by the beginning of Cappadonna's first verse that runs on superb rhyme schemes: [Cappadonna - 1st verse] I don't have to tell y'all ni**az how it is in Da Struggle Police chasin' me down, ni**az start to bubble Cracks and Blood ni**az in the huddle It's rainin' cats and dogs, and kids in the puddles... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent remixes plus new tracks. Flows well.
Disadvantages: Some new tracks are samey.

...of pictures of the star himself, alogn with song words and plenty of interesting info. Anyway, what matters most is the music. So here we go! THE MUSIC "Blood on the Dancefloor" is a mixture of Michael's newer songs and remixes of songs from the modern section of his "HIStory" album. The result is a rather pacey, exciting album that gives interesting new riffs and beats to established favourites, whilst interjecting with his new songs. I have reviewed several but not all the tracks here, just to give a general idea of the album. THE TRACKS Kicking off the preceedings is the title track itself: "Blood on the Dancefloor". Instantly setting the pace with a strong beat and some great sounds, the track seems to lull into low-tone verses with an almost sinister feel, inkeeping with the lyrics of the track. The words are very pronounced in... Read review

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