House, R&B, Soul & Rap > V House, R&B, Soul & Rap > Disco > Dance > 2000 to 2005

Advantages: Great for the Children, great party tracks
Disadvantages: n/a

...with a DVD showing the dance moves to 12 of the tracks and it also has 7 videos of the songs too (with two extra bonus songs), where can you get better value than that. The CD comprises of:- Girls Aloud - Love Machine D J Casper - Cha Cha Slide Usher - U Turn Atomic Kitten - Ladies Night S Club 7 - Refresh Steps - 5,6,7,8 R Kelly - Happy People Britney Spears - Baby One More Time Beyonce feat Jay Z - Crazy in Love Sugababes - Round Round ...
...DVD Learn to Dance Tracks Girls Aloud - Love Machine Steps - 5,6,7,8, Tony Christie - Amarillo S Club 7 - Reach Los Del Rio - Macarena Fast Food Rockers - Fast Food Song Las Ketchup - Aserje S Club Juniors - One Step Closer Nigel & Marvin - Follow Da Leader Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe D J Casper - Cha Cha Slide Damian - Time Warp Videos Britney Spears - Baby One More Time Rachel Stevens - More More More (not on CD) Dare Chihuahua - Chihuahua ... Read review

Advantages: good beat
Disadvantages: ends up sounding the same

...Magic-Styles & Breeze [Styles' VIP Hardcore Heaven Remix] Disc Two - Dougal & UFO - Mixed 1. Sonic-Breeze & Styles [Stompy & Smithers Remix] 2. Crack Whore-Dougal & Gammer 3. Thug Boy-Breeze & Styles [Sy & Unknown Remix] 4. You're The One I Need-UFO Feat. Shelly 5. Drop The Beats-Breeze & Styles [Stompy Remix] 6. Always-69 7. Rainfall-Dougal & Gammer [Remix] 8. Raining Down-UFO Feat. Shelly 9. Uproar-Breeze & Stompy 10. Fade Away-UFO Feat. Shelly ... Read review

Advantages: Great triple CD
Disadvantages: None

Essential Afroboeat is essential if you are in any way interested in Afrobeat music. The CD sleeve notes bake a somewhat bold claim. "This is Afrobeat: The past, the present and the future. Contributions to this compilation come from all the corners of the Earth, with influences from every culture of the world. Fela said that Africa was "The centre of the world." This compilation has proved him right: Afrobeat is afrian and Africa is at the centre. ...
...to the fact that Afrobeat is universal." But are these sleeve notes right? Yeah. I guess they are, pretty much. There's a glittering array of some of the best of the most talented musicians from Africa. There's Fela Kuti himself, with his super-eclectic style, which combines elements of R&B, Reggae, Ska and some hard pushing jazz style horns. There's Chief Udoh Essiet whose style reminds me of the best of blues, with a fantastic horn section that ... Read review

Advantages: Classic Hip Hop
Disadvantages: Nothing specific

Released in 1987, "Paid in Full" is the debut album from the legendary Hip Hop duo, Eric B. & Rakim. Until recently, when I educated myself on this musical genre, and the progression which it had made over the years, I knew very little about this pair, other than hearing one of the tracks from this album, "I Know You Got Soul", on a couple of occassions, but I beleive that after hearing the whole album through, you understand its signficance for ...
...record. The rapper, Rakim, and DJ, Eric B. were groundbreaking in what they presented with this album, and their partnership effortlessly combines great production (consisting mainly of Soul and Funk samples), and amazingly complex lyrics. 1. "I Ain't No Joke" Here's a huge way to kick the album off as it begins with such a quality tune, in order to give you a strong impression of where Eric B. & Rakim will take you through these ten tracks. You ... Read review

Advantages: Catchy, upbeat songs that make you want to dance!
Disadvantages: Some of the songs are too simular

Good Girl Gone Bad is Rihanna's third album to be released. The album has achieved considerable worldwide success, including six singles which have been released from the album. The album is Rihanna's most sucessful, going 2X Platinum. Umbrella was the first single to be released, and features Jay-Z. This is her biggest hit to date, winning her a Grammy Award. It went #1 in EVERY COUNTRY featured on Wikipedia's discography page, illustrating its ...
...more places. It has a good beat and i loved it from the first time i listened to it. 8/10 Other good tracks on the album are Breakin Dishes and Rehab. Rehab is probably my favourite song on the album, and it is produced by Justin Timberlake and Timbaland. Overall, I think this album is a brilliant one to have, as it features many well known songs that are easy to listen to. Perfect for any R&B fan, and becuase Rihanna is Barbadian, some songs have ... Read review