Hatchbox (The Original Album Collection) - Tony Hatch

Advantages: Nice guest rappers like Ghostface and Raekwon turn up at AFTERPARTY and THE TURN respectively.
Disadvantages: The lyrics from Method man are disgusting and the musical production is revolting! SAY WHAT?

...*************************************************************************** * THE WU TANG CLAN ALBUMS: TICAL 0: THE PREQUEL The Method Man Album Collection - Part I Author: DJprimo Published by drkdjprimo for DIJEH inc. / Works of Art *********************************************************************** ***** INTRODUCTION Two years ago on Ciao.co.uk, I informed that Cappadonna is a Hip Hop artist who is native to Staten Island, a New York City suburb in the USA. I also mentioned in my music review of The Yin And The Yang album that Cappadonna had numerous collaborations with Wu-Tang Clan lyricists on various classic records. Now meet Method Man ( real name: Clifford Smith ), another USA rapper who hails from Staten Island like Cappadonna. He is one of the original... Read review

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Advantages: Huge collection of the very best of Genesis from all eras.
Disadvantages: None that spring to mind

...either, with popular favourites such as “The Musical Box” and “Cinema Show” making appearances. Era 2 is the most covered lead, being one track short of two CDs on it. This isn’t surprising as it was the years when Phil Collins had the lead. Memorable tracks such as “Mama”, the great hit “Turn It On Again” and my favourite, “Abacab” are there, helping to bump the total amount of songs in this era to 30 tracks. Era 3, unfortunately, is covered to the extent that only one track appears. The great intro riff and extreme lyrics of “Calling All Stations” is the lone star from the Ray Wilson period. With this album comes a commentary, effectively, from Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks. It describes the life of times of Genesis, going from one album to the next, including some interesting insights to how Genesis create... Read review

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Advantages: Diversity, readiness to take chances and break new ground
Disadvantages: Self-indulgent in places, with a marked lack of quality control

...When first released, 'The Beatles', generally known to posterity as the 'White Album' after its stark white packaging, seemed simply baffling. Apart from Bob Dylan's 'Blonde on Blonde', it was the first rock double album, and there was something pretty daunting about the sprawling collection of 30 tracks to digest at once. Numerous other acts have done the same since, but in 1968 it was not the norm. However, maybe that's one of the most fascinating things about it. It's the least focused album they ever recorded, more like a scrapbook in which they sandwiched the real goodies with a collection of shorter tracks which might be seen as demos or unfinished ideas by one or two members of the group (like McCartney's 53-seconds-long 'Wild Honey Pie'), and a few highly dispensable items which suggest that quality control was giving way... Read review

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