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Advantages: Vast range of influences and genres on one album
Disadvantages: Quality goes slightly down hill towards the end

...in my room on a Sunday afternoon listening to Radio 1’s mix hour that they used to have around lunch time. I wasn’t really paying attention too closely and was just relaxing but then there came a tune that instantly grabbed me. It was something totally new to me – the mellow trance sounds backing the cool voice of Maxi Jazz; and oh the main melody when it came in was something else entirely. It took me a while to find out what I ...
...my first Faithless album – Sunday 8PM. I had read up on this album and it seemed to win huge thumbs up from many people – so upon purchasing the CD in a sale from HMV, I was expecting quite a lot… This album however, was not their first release, and in 1998 (the time of it’s release), Faithless had already enjoyed over 3 years of success. The core of Faithless formed in approximately 1993 – this being the child musical ... 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

Advantages: Some great vocals, sounds...
Disadvantages: A couple of weak points...

= Stonebridge - Can't Get Enough = Stonebridge, my favourite artist that I have only recently discovered after hearing one of the best Stonebridge tracks " Put Em High ". I was very impressed with this track and it was automatically my favourite at that time. I began to like Stonebridge around July this year and that's when I bought this album from iTunes for £7.99. With plenty of tracks featuring ...
...---------------------------------------- Track 1 - Can't Get Enough ---------------------------------------- This title track starts of with a calm soft sound and then in come some of the synthesizer music. This track gives me a tingle up my spine due to the fact of the effects made by the electronic synthesizer which I never get bored of listening to. This track is really good to listen to if you just close your eyes and listen to all of the ... Read review

Advantages: Very different to the previous albums
Disadvantages: Maybe a few to many love songs

I've been waiting for Ne-Yo's third studio album release since i first heard about it. I got the album as soon as it was released, and i was not disappointed upon listening to it. I already new the first track on the album "Closer" and i think that it is a great opening song. I would say that this album is the kind of album that grows on you, i've found that i like it a lot more now than i did when i first listened to. On to the content. The majority ...
...complaining as this is what you expect from someone like Ne-Yo. My favorite songs on the album have to be: Closer, Nobody, Fade Into The Background & Miss Independent, the new single she got her own is also very good. The album is very original and quite different to Ne-Yo's previous albums, but if you like the other albums you will love this album just as much. I love the use of more live instruments, such as live drums and guitars, as a pose to ... Read review