House, R&B, Soul & Rap > V House, R&B, Soul & Rap > Dance > Disco > 20 GBP to 25 GBP

Advantages: May be good value for money at 70 tracks across 2 CDs
Disadvantages: Melody clashes, bad mixing

...a double CD called 'The Mash Up Mix'. Sounds intriguing (if nothing else). THE MASH UP MIX CD1 has more of a chilled out laid back summer vibe. It's slightly funkier near the end but it's not particularly upbeat so in dance terms it's close to easy listening. But how easy is it to listen to some half decent tracks being murdered? The first few tracks are relatively inoffensive to the ear but the pain begins around track 7 where Marcella Woods' ...
...appreciate it. The bad mash ups by far outweigh the good, and the bad ones leave a lasting impression. Add to that the scattering of dodgy mixes and you've got yourself a typical night out at the local 'meat market' nightclub. This would be a perfect CD for the kind of people who think they like dance music but really just want a good old sing along to something upbeat. If you're pissed after a night out and a bit of a townie I'm sure it'd be an ... Read review

Advantages: Brings back the good old days!!
Disadvantages: None i can think of, could have had 3 CD's instead of 2 maybe

Ministry of sound back to the old skool is a CD which I borrowed from a friend at work, bearing in mind he is only eighteen I didn't expect him to come up with this. The CD cover is bright green with a bid yellow acid smiley on the front with the words back to the old skool written in white under the smiley. Disc one is yellow and disc two is green making them easy to tell apart, im not sure which disc is my favourite so I shall start with the ...
...one but it does bring back memories of trying to learn the words, no great meaning to this song for me but I do listen to it without skipping to the next track. This was published in 1996. Adamski-Killer This was published in 1990 and is quite a calming song that tells you to live your life the way you wanna live and also has a feel good factor to me. Prodigy-Charlie BRING BACK CHARLIE Charlie says "Always tell your mummy before you go off somewhere!!" ... Read review

Advantages: Wikid Mixing & Wikid MC'ing
Disadvantages: Rare (not in shops)

...to any other MC. Both 101% UK Garage (Part 1) and 101% UK Garage (Part 2) bring the loudest and ruffest garage beats, with sublime mc'ing. This album can only be bought new from: http://www.strictly-underground.com and http://www.ukunderground.com. Its the real deal! Contains the old skool garage beats JOY and MOVE YOUR BODY, with brand new lyrics by Vapour and Special. This is the best garage album with MCing Ive ever bought. evilalarm ... Read review

Advantages: A couple of good tracks
Disadvantages: Repetitive beats

...from them. The albino toaster, King Yellowman, from Jamaica gives some Dancehall influence on this Dub-style tune, but it really doesn't work for me at all. **One Star** 6. "Can You Rock It Like This" Going from one poor tune to another, after failing at Regae, Run-D.M.C. return to some Rock here and you have them come with the type of stuff which you know them for as DJ Run and D.M.C. alternate turns in MCing, and they complements each others ...
...you have few positives in it. **One Star** 7. "You're Blind" Although I have complained about their repetitiveness through this, and their past material, here I foudn that it seemed to be rather effective in this one. The beat for this one showed a different side to the group as they come for something rather stern and tough from them, and out-of-character. I felt that it really worked for them as the content of the raps was focussed upon some ... Read review

Advantages: Strong beats
Disadvantages: Lyrics aren't the best

"Hoodstar" came out in 2006, and is the third release from the St. Louis, Missouri rapper, Chingy. Up to this point in his career, Chingy had done very little but come with strong club tunes, and here he goes for nearly a full release with tunes directed specifically for this purpose. 1. "Intro" 2. "Hands Up" In order to get into the feel of the album from the very start, here you have some hard beats from Poli Paul, who provide the rapper with ...
...of this release. This one is one to get you loose and ready for what is about to come in the record. **Four Stars** 3. "Club Gettin' Crowded" Here a big club tune to get you moving and it has Chingaling performing with the Dirty South veterans, Three 6 Mafia, in a track which has them attempt to get Chingy's gangsta status up. I liked it, however it tended to lose its energy at certain points during it, these inconsistancies lose the power of the ... Read review