House, R&B, Soul & Rap > Contemporary R&B House, R&B, Soul & Rap > 1990 to 1999 > 10 GBP to 15 GBP

Advantages: The Hits are Great
Disadvantages: The B-Sides are Dull

This collection of singles and their b-sides sums up the extremes the career of Prince has gone to. The singles all have hit written all over them but the b-sides leave you bored as he goes through the motions churning out bog standard r&b / pop. From the pure pop hits like Let's Go Crazy, 1999, Raspberry Beret and much of the later more smutty stuff like Cream, Kiss * Sexy Mother F****r could get even your disabled Granny twitching. But the shame ... Read review

Advantages: Excellent vocals
Disadvantages: Couple of boring ballads

"Unleash the Dragon" is the debut album from the then-Dru Hill member, Sisqó, an R&B singer from Baltimore. It was released in 1999 and was his most successful album to date as it was Certified 5x Platinum, selling five times as well as the album which followed it. At the time Dru Hill was one of the leading R&B groups, in a time when male vocal groups were phasing out, so to see the lead of this group go out on his own was highly welcomed by the ...
...went at it alone. Sisqó's style of singing can be likened to that of K-Ci from Jodeci (later K-Ci & JoJo), but with expert knowledge, I can't really describe it too well, however I have to say that he is in my top five of all-time male vocalists. "Unleash the Dragon" (feat. Beanie Sigel) This was the lead single from the album, but it was overtaken in popularity by a track that I'm sure you'll work out before I get to. It shows exactly what this ... Read review

Advantages: Great lyricism
Disadvantages: Repetitive beats

...debut from Slick Rick. "The Great Adventures of Slick Rick" comes three years after debuting with the beatboxer Doug E. Fresh as part of the Get Fresh Crew, who brought Hip Hop classics "The Show" and "La Di Da Di", which are both sampled through this record. Slick Rick is a rapper originally born in London, and moved over to the US at the age of ten, due to it occurrin at this specific age, you can tell that he is able to interchange between a British ...
...here Ricky D raps with great swagger and expressess how he feels about being abel to do what he does, and how people compleement him on it constantly. **Four Stars** 12. "Lick The Balls" I can't say that I really understood this one, or found a reason why the title was used, because the raps, aside from the chorus where far from where you you would think the theme of the raps are going. I think that this exposes he weaken in losing the plot when ... Read review

Advantages: Great beats. Classic West Coast rap
Disadvantages: A couple of weaker tunes

"Efil4Zaggin" ("N****z4Life" backwards) is the third album from the pioneering Gangsta Rap group, N.W.A. It is their third and final album of new tracks and has them performing on their first full-lengthed release without the aid of Ice Cube, therefore only having N.W.A consisting of Dr. Dre, DJ Yella, The D.O.C., Eazy-E and MC Ren. 1. "Prelude" (Intro) 2. "Real N****z Don't Die" N.W.A make you question all things about life which you probably ...
...talk about how you can't say that "n***a" has died, when such people won't have lived in comparison to how others do with so many priveledges. The title of this has been used more recently in the Dirty South, to descibes the 'Trill' gangstas of Texas, Memphis and Atlanta. **Four Stars** 3. "N****z 4 Life" N.W.A address the issues which had been with them since their debut as you hear various different people complaining about the levels of profanites ... Read review

Advantages: 'On Top of the World', 'My Life Your Entertainment', 'Dead & Gone'
Disadvantages: 'Ready for Whatever', 'Porn Star', 'Every Chance I Get'

...lyrics were written down on paper whilst TI was under house arrest on pending gun charges. After serving 1,000 hours of community service, TI shall be serving a year prison sentence. The initial arrest came a matter of hours before the Black Entertainment Television award ceremony, and he was charged for the possession of three unregistered machine guns as well as two silencers. Some may wonder why on earth he required these, and although clearly ...
...have prompted him to write some of the best music of his career. Luckily his millions of albums sold worldwide were enough to pay his $3,000,000,000 bail -- although only having little success in the UK. How was 'Paper Trail' received? TI's previous albums have all been relatively successful in their own right, however with over 500,000 sales in the opening week, 'Paper Trail' became his most successful debut to date -- even in the climate ... Read review