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Advantages: Consistent quality
Disadvantages: Grand Negaz production changes the signature Roots sound

..."Proceed" The Grand Negaz do the production for this one, making a difference from the first album where it was all done by the group, but here ?uest given a break as he hands over this honer to a production group, who offer some live instrumentals for Malik and Thought to simply flow on just as they did on "Organix". 3. "Distortion To Static" This was the first single off the album, but I can't recall hearing it before I went back to listen through ...
...group showing what they can do even when they they are just speaking their mind. It sounds as if it's done as a fresstlye,. It begins with a little Black Thought rendition of the classic Slick Rick tune "La Di Da Di" before he just goes out on whatever comes to mind. Athouth not as strong as Thought, Malik B definately has a lot ot offer in his rhymes here. **Five Stars** 5. "I Remain Calm" The high quality of The Roots comes through with this ... Read review

Advantages: The exalting soul classic, Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Disadvantages: None!

...prestigous Las Vegas Frontier Hotel, Diana Ross played her final concert with The Supremes - who remain the worlds biggest female vocal group of all time. At Ross' fawell concert she introduced her replacement Jean Terrell up on stage. The media then inevitably hyped up supposed competition between Diana Ross the solo star and The "New" Supremes. Indeed Ross opened up her first solo engagement with the words "Good evening ladies and gentleman and ...
...not have worried! Diana Ross' solo career had been initially planned as far back as 1966 and rumours had been circulating in the media for quite some time about her imminent departure from the group. In 1969, when still offically a supreme, Ross recorded four tracks with Bonie Howes - Time And Love (originally intended as Ross' debut and later re-recorded by the "new" Supremes and then by the legendary Barbara Streisand), Stoney End, The Interim ... Read review

Advantages: Smooth ballads, Vocals
Disadvantages: A couple of weaker links

**Introduction** Hard is the fourth album from Jagged Edge released in 2003. The album features collaborations with the likes of Big Boi from Outkast aswell as Street Katz And Woonie on the remix of "They aint J" and Major Damage on Girls Gone Wild. 1. They Ain't JE This is the introduction to the album, the track is about having confidence in yourself that you have something that other people can't offer. As I mention later this original version ...
...female backing vocals. 5. Hard Another catchy track which Jagged Edge are known for, The smooth vocals are there aswell as the firm beat. A nice mix between a ballad and midtempo track. One of the best ones they have done like this. 6. Dance Floor Probably the weakest track on the album, Although it has a nice catchy hook it doesnt really have that spark that their best tracks do. It also doesnt really expand on the hook. Not bad though. 7. Trying ... Read review

Advantages: Great lyricism
Disadvantages: Repetitive beats

...debut from Slick Rick. "The Great Adventures of Slick Rick" comes three years after debuting with the beatboxer Doug E. Fresh as part of the Get Fresh Crew, who brought Hip Hop classics "The Show" and "La Di Da Di", which are both sampled through this record. Slick Rick is a rapper originally born in London, and moved over to the US at the age of ten, due to it occurrin at this specific age, you can tell that he is able to interchange between a British ...
...here Ricky D raps with great swagger and expressess how he feels about being abel to do what he does, and how people compleement him on it constantly. **Four Stars** 12. "Lick The Balls" I can't say that I really understood this one, or found a reason why the title was used, because the raps, aside from the chorus where far from where you you would think the theme of the raps are going. I think that this exposes he weaken in losing the plot when ... Read review

Advantages: Great beats. Classic West Coast rap
Disadvantages: A couple of weaker tunes

"Efil4Zaggin" ("N****z4Life" backwards) is the third album from the pioneering Gangsta Rap group, N.W.A. It is their third and final album of new tracks and has them performing on their first full-lengthed release without the aid of Ice Cube, therefore only having N.W.A consisting of Dr. Dre, DJ Yella, The D.O.C., Eazy-E and MC Ren. 1. "Prelude" (Intro) 2. "Real N****z Don't Die" N.W.A make you question all things about life which you probably ...
...talk about how you can't say that "n***a" has died, when such people won't have lived in comparison to how others do with so many priveledges. The title of this has been used more recently in the Dirty South, to descibes the 'Trill' gangstas of Texas, Memphis and Atlanta. **Four Stars** 3. "N****z 4 Life" N.W.A address the issues which had been with them since their debut as you hear various different people complaining about the levels of profanites ... Read review