Game Of Chants, A - Guru Singh

Advantages: Big Lyrics
Disadvantages: Not the same without DJ Premier

...This might as well be classified as muzak. Give it a careful listen, and you will only find empty boasts and sad odes to sexual prowess. So, Guru, you have "Game like a coach" eh? Really original. With "International," featuring Bobby Valentino, the album hits rock bottom. The song is absolutely horrible. Not horrible like the "Chicken Noodle Soup" song is horrible, or how anything by Baby Bash is just bad, but horrible in a way that just lacks effort. This is essentially the major flaw of "The Hip H-op Jazz Messenger, a good idea the first three times (I even liked the attempts at mainstream hits on Streetsoul), but on the fourth try the offerings dry up. The irony is two fold. One, it is listenable. You don't immediately want to turn it off like above mentioned songs. And two, the guest list including Common, Slum Village... Read review

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Advantages: Fantastic Gregorian Chants
Disadvantages: None

...The Gregorian Chant is probably one of the finest types of choral singing ever. In the entire history of the whole world. That's just so as you know where I am coming from on this one! The history of the Gregorian Chant is an old one. It dates back to at least to the time of Pope Gregory I or Gregory the Great as he was otherwise known. Gregory abandoned his life as an up -and-coming young Roman patrician, of whom great things were expected. But he became a monk, instead. After being ordained by the pope, he eventually became pope himself. He served as pope between 590 to 604. Pope Gregory worked hard to formalise and bring togther the varied types of church singing as part of the Mass. And the result of his work was the Gregorian Chant. The Gregorian Chant is far from a dead form of choral music. Far from it... Read review

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Advantages: Calming and soothing music.
Disadvantages: The tracks all generally resemble one another.

...This CD has been immensely popular as of late and even reached high into the music charts- not usual for Gregorian chanting I am sure! It's popularity may be due to the fact that it is an immensely relaxing album- the soothing singing of the monks is guaranteed to send one to sleep or just to put one into a state of relaxation. Included in the CD are recordings of the bells of HeiligenKreuz also, but the majority of the album comprises of Gregorian chanting. It may be said that there is not a huge diversity of songs or a great difference between each track. The CD lasts approximately one hour, and it is a great CD to listen to if you want to enjoy a calming hour without wanting a collection of greatly different tracks such as one would get with a modern artist or modern style of music. Much of the CD is requiem... Read review

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