Essential Underground House And Garage (Mixed by Mike 'Ruff Cut' Lloyd) - Mike ""Ruff Cut"" Lloyd

Advantages: Very likeable and playable album
Disadvantages: None

...MIKE & THE MECHANICS "Hits" - Relatively cheap to purchase these days ... I wouldn't pay anymore than £6.99 I am just listening to it as I write this ... very beneficial! This album is a collection of the bands hits from 1985 through to 1996 and includes songs that the band have experienced great success with in various regions of the world over an eleven year span. The album sleeve is fairly basic, with a cartoon design of a mechanic slumped asleep upon a tyre, resting upon his tool box in front of a gas filling pump. The inner sleeve is a 6-page booklet of photographs, along with a list of the tracks and information regarding the year they were produced and whom they were written by. When Phil Collins opted for a solo career in 1985, Genesis bassist/guitarist Mike Rutherford decided to form his own pop/rock band "Mike... Read review

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Advantages: Big hits
Disadvantages: Repetitive

...Mike Jones is a Houston-based rapper. He specializes in this the H-town style of rap which also involves 'Screwed and Chopped' in this style, the music is cut and jerked about, or at least it sounds like this to create an original sound. This style slows down the tracks and this album was brought out later with a second disc using the same tracks that are screwed and chopped. Many who do not listen to this music will think that the music has some digital glitches in them, but this is the effect that they are trying to create. "Who is Mike Jones?" is the debut solo album from this album. He chose to give it this title due to his name being so regular, its very common in America. This album was recored in 2004, but it wasn't until late in 2005 when it was released by Swishahouse. Jones' Swishahouse label mates feature on this album... Read review

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Advantages: All the good songs in one place
Disadvantages: Recycled old beats

...you are a garage lover looking for new material, look elsewhere. If you detest basslines, you can forget about buying this cd now. On the way is hard and heavy basslines, rough and ready MCing and some sweet and smooth female vocals. Five tracks from the Pure Garage series I think deserved to be on this album are: Bump N Flex - Promises; Dee Kline – I Don’t Smoke; Teebone Feat. MC Kie & MC Sparks – Fly Bi; Monsta Boy – Sorry; Shox – Monkey. The mixing is spot-on by DJ EZ and most of the time there’s a good track on the way in. If you don’t like it, there’s relief to be had via the skip button. Most of the track selection is excellent and there is diversity to be had in terms of the composition. Varying heavy bass-dominated tracks with proper songs given the remix treatment, plus... Read review

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