House, R&B, Soul & Rap > 20 GBP to 25 GBP House, R&B, Soul & Rap > Funk

Hold Up! Weren't There Three Of You Before?

Advantages: A couple of decent tunes
Disadvantages: Generally weak

...predictable collaborator in Treach of Naughty By Nature on this one as he comes to deliver some raps on this one for a bit of a twist to things, and here we see that they come with a club tune. It seems like an excuse to do this type of tune when you consider that the first two leading up to it were just like this too and so if it was on its own it might be bareable, but here it just blends in as another one you won't really like. **One Star** 4.“This ...
...worse as they come out with another very generic song and one that features yet more unimaginative lyrics that really doesn't have anything to it and is bound to put you off from the offset as they bring one that completely moves away from the 'Christmas' theme that pushes the album along, and is more concern with amending problems in the relationship they are in. **One Star** 5.“Ahh Hell Nah” We see that here we get a track that has them showing ...

XICripZ 11.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Naughty or Nice - 3LW

How Original; An 'Untitled' Album

Advantages: Lots of bangers
Disadvantages: One weak track

R. Kelly released his “Untitled”ninth album in 2009. It finds that the R&B veteran (who made his breakthrough in 1991 as the lead singer of Public Announcement). Here he makes his comeback after a relatively short time out dealing with personal issues and getting back to form as he moves on from his 2007 release “Double Up”. 1.“Crazy Night” The album kicks off with a straight banger of a track and one that you simply won't be able to ignore if you ...
...2009. It finds him working with Rock City, one of whom come out with a heavy Dancehall toast over the thing to link in with Kells' choice to do it all with a Caribbean accent as he sings and half-raps to what can be called his version of Ron Browz' “Pop Champagne”. **Five Stars** 2.“Exit” Here we see that he comes out with a tune that seems to calm things down a little bit from the hyped club atmosphere towards one that is set in the same sort of ...

XICripZ 10.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Untitled - R. Kelly

Rudolph The Funky-Soul Reindeer? It Gotsta Be Boosty, Baby

Advantages: The Funk
Disadvantages: Few songs sound 'Christmas'y'

...2006 and came as a Christmas album from Funk legend Bootsy Collins (known for his work as a bassist in The J.B.'s, Funkadelic, Parliamnet and Boosty Collins' Rubber Band). It finds him bringing his own P-Funk twist on a variety of Christmas hits in that style as well as Hip Hop and Soul as we get him producing and singing with guest appearances from Gary Shider, Fred Wesley, Bernie Worrell and Snoop Dogg. 1.“N-Yo-City” Starting the album we see that ...
...**Four Stars** 2.“Merry Christmas Baby” Here we find that we get a track that brings the Funk out in a way that you really wouldn't have ben able to anticipate (even with the introductory cut) as we see that here we have synth joining some live instrumental bass work from his brother Catfish Collins, and Boosty himself makes his first apparent on the record by coming to deliver a fly hook and half-developed verses that take you back to the times ...

XICripZ 09.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Christmas Is 4 Ever - Bootsy Collins

The Eminem Show - by Eminem

Advantages: Great quality music, lots of songs to suit your mood
Disadvantages: Couple of poor songs, controversial if you're not into this music

...Movie World of Reviews. The Eminem Show is probably the only album I feel I know well enough to write about, so here goes. Rap artist Eminem has been around for over a decade now. He burst into the hiphop/rap scene and created massive controversy and faced ridicule for being a white rapper, fighting against all the black artists such a P. Diddy, D12, Jay-Z, 50 Cent and Dr. Dre, just to name a few. He began his music life releasing The Slim Shady ...
...Slim Shady, another nickname. Eminem released The Eminem Show in 2002. It sold over a million copies very quickly, and was a bit more playful than his latest two albums (mentioned above). The Slim Shady/Marshall Mathers LPs were very serious, about guns, suicide, killing, how much he hates his mum and family and wants them dead (not nice..), and how he hated other artists. The Eminem Show's first released single was 'Without Me'. In the video of ...

Stephoohla 08.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Eminem Show, The (Parental Advisory) [PA] - Eminem

Christmas Rappin' (With Not Kurtis Blow)

Advantages: Lots of big tunes
Disadvantages: One average tune

...you tend to connect with Christmas time. **Four Stars** 3.“Dana Dane Is Coming To Town” - Dana Dane Here we get a funky jam that I really can't see any rooms for complaints in as we find that Dana Dane comes in with some storytelling rhymes that seem to take on all that Slick Rick was known for (even though he didn't debut as a solo artist until the year after this). He comes out with flows which have him telling a rather straight-forward tale that ...
...making good use of past Christmas song samples to help him as he does his thing. **Five Stars** 7.“He's Santa Claus” - Disco 4 Starting off with a little “Jingle Bells” (as just about ever other on this album up to this point) we see that we get a track that soon changes its direction as the cold beats come into effect and the rappers in the crew come to do their thing by all giving each other a chance to lay down their own stuff on the mic(rophone) ...

XICripZ 05.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Christmas Rap - Various Artists