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All Back To '87

Advantages: Back to their early style; clever rapping; 15 tracks in 40 minutes
Disadvantages: Couple of stinkers

...by a white act: Licensed To Ill. It's mixture of big beats, rock samples and very clever lyrical interplay between the three band members (MCA, Mike D and Ad-Rock) ensured a winning, unique combination that would sell millions of records worldwide. The singles, released in 1987, from that album (Fight For Your Right To Party, No Sleep Til Brooklyn and She's Crafty) were catchy, heavy on the wit and guitar and made stealing VW badges from suburban ...
...a stolen election and 9/11 to do it but the Beastie Boys seem to have recaptured that old spirit on this new album - released last autumn, my favourite season - and it's to their credit that three men approaching 40 years old can still look and sound so fresh. To The 5 Boroughs features all the old trademarks of 1980s hip hop. There's scratching, crazy but soulful samples and the typical Beasties vocal interplay. First track and single, Ch Check ...

waynehorrigan 23.02.2005 · Read full review
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Review of To The 5 Boroughs [PA] - Beastie Boys

Tina Tells Of Alien Amour

Advantages: See op
Disadvantages: See op

...are loved? Track 12 FOREIGN AFFAIR [4.27] [Tony Joe White] Last, but by no means least. This is one of ASIL’s faves on the album. Drum beat with an 18-second intro. The melody is catchy and foot tapping. And me again, slow, gravelly, and powerful. The song isn’t particularly fast paced, but fast enough for me to have a few screeching episodes. Mark Knopfler guests on this track and so you know that the guitar solo will be great, and great it is. ...
...a couple of them. I love working working with Mark, he’s such as great guy, and really knows his strings! Gary Barnacle keeps us fed with the Sax all throughout the verses and giving us extra on the chorus. The lyrics are all about a holiday romance, or maybe, several holiday romances? Or maybe you don’t even have to be on holiday, the lyrics are not only the feelings felt when abroad! A one in a million chance You know the moment you cross over ...

ASIL1508 30.09.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Foreign Affair - Tina Turner

Wild nights, dreamy days.

Advantages: An unusual album.
Disadvantages: Use of orchestration may not be to everyone's taste

...hot. “In Your Wildest Dreams” takes the mood even deeper and oozes sexuality, from a slow throaty “oh baby” which echoes throughout the song the words on this track get you in the mood for love. “The sun goes down And the moon comes out My heart is pumping for you And a real thing starts. Tina teases her way through the song, the music is slow and sensual and the voice of Antonio Banderas singing in Spanish makes this a pure delight. The tempo ...
...your spine. Definitely one to get you in the mood for a passionate night. “Goldeneye “is a theme tune for a James Bond film and Tina pulls out all the stops on this one, her voice on this track has a similar style to Shirley Bassey as her best. Starting low and pulsing with feeling to the dramatic high notes that she does so well, the orchestration just heightens the mood and never drowns her vocals out. “Confidential” at first seemed a weak link, ...

Elffriend 09.10.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Wildest Dreams - Tina Turner

Get Some Crunk (& B) In Ya System

Advantages: Lots of good club tunes
Disadvantages: A few weaker tunes

Cherish is an R&B group from Atlanta, Georgia. They have a distinctive sound as much of their production is done by Jazzy Pha, who works closely with Ciara. Both she and Cherish sing their R&B tunes to club music, and the club music which is the most popular in this southern state is Crunk, so it is considered to be Crunk & B. Something else key to the group is that they are all sisters, with a set of twins, so it's expected that they will work together ...
..."The Truth" is Cherish's second album following "Unappreciated", which got to #80 in the UK and #4 across the Atlantic. This album debuted much lower at #40 and didn't chart here. "Killa" (featuring Yung Joc) This was the leading single from the album, and it also featured as one of the main songs from the smash street dance film "Step Up 2 The Streets". The song fits in to the soundtrack to the movie in my opinion. Although it was well, it doesn't ...

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Review of Truth, The - Cherish

PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE MAKING YOUR FINAL DECISION

Advantages: Got some of the best snoop songs including low and high profile songs
Disadvantages: Not for the light hearted, some violent and explicit nature. Listen with care.

PROMOTING GANG VIOLENCE, DRUGS, AND INCLUDING SOME SEXUAL NATURE, ISN'T EVERYONES IDEA OF FUN. But people familiar with the Rap scene and into hip hop music will be a big fan of this album. Even if you have all his previous album this album is definately worth the money, even more so if you don't. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~n00bs~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anybody who isn't familiar with snoop doggs other albums/songs, ...
...to be an almost groundbreaking mix of Snoop tracks that would get anyone into hip hop. If your looking for a taster into hip hop this is a great album for you so even if your not considering to buy it I would advise you to have a look at this one. It provides a taste for snoops works and hip hop and most of the tracks aren't very familiar with most people who don't own a snoop dogg album. This was one of my first hip hop albums and I absolutely loved ...

CameronLee 22.08.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Best Of Snoop Dogg, The (Parental Advisory) [PA] - Snoop Dogg