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Now He Is Nastradamus

Advantages: A few big singles
Disadvantages: Generally weaker than previous albums

The fourth album from Nas, entitled "Nastradamus" came as the second offering from the New York rapper in 1999. "I Am..." was originally planned to be a double album, so the issues of rushing this aren't really relavent, as he had time after " I Am.." to brush up on material which he was already planning to bring out a few months earlier. 1. "The Prediction" (Outro) 2. "Life We Chose" You are made to think with this one, as with lots of Nas' conscious ...
...how messed up life is as it is dominated by capitalism, and very few are able to see past any of this, making for a world filled with hatred. **Three Stars** 3. "Nastradamus" For me, the is one of the best tracks which Nas recorded, and for once it has nothing got do with his lyrical talent. For this one you have him flow on some of the best beats I have ever heard. It is produced L.E.S., and he absolutely kills with his J.B.'s sample. On it Nas ...

XICripZ 23.11.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Nastradamus - Nas

Biggie is born again....

Advantages: read review
Disadvantages: not enough biggie!

...the two). The album Born again feature alot of well-known artists in the game, so there are alot of tracks with biggie only spittin a small verse and the other artist (busta rhymes) fills in the rest of the gap, which is obviously illustrating how small amount of biggie raps are left for us to hear. However no matter how small the verse, he still manages to make the track his own, by producing his very best raps to date. Biggie is able to rap ...
...BIGGIE. tracklisting: 1. Born Again (Intro) 2. Notorious B.I.G. [Featuring Lil' Kim/Puff Daddy] 3. Dead Wrong [Featuring Eminem] 4. Hope You Niggas Sleep [Featuring Hot Boys/Big Timer] 5. Dangerous MC's [Featuring Mark Curry/Snoop Dog/Busta Rhymes] 6. Biggie [Featuring Junior M.A.F.I.A.] 7. Niggas 8. Big Booty Hoes [(Featuring Too $hort)] 9. Would You Die for Me [Featuring Lil' Kim/Puff Daddy] 10. Come On 11. Rap Phenomenon [Featuring Redman/Method ...

gudheart 07.09.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Born Again - Notorious B.I.G. (The)

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