In The Dark - Rossano Sportiello

Advantages: DMX's RUFF RYDERS ANTHEM / superb lyrics, amazing DARK production, gritty flow - BITES!
Disadvantages: DMX's lyrics can be X-plicit and frightening for young children - SO WATCH OUT, GRRR!

...*************************************************************************** * THE RUFF RYDERS ALBUMS: IT'S DARK AND HELL IS HOT The DMX Album Collection - Part I Author: DJprimo *********************************************************************** ***** INTRODUCTION Emerging in the late 1990s, was DMX ( real name: Earl Simmons ), a hardcore rapper who presented a style, quite unique to the modern era of hardcore Hip Hop. His style combines anger, emotions, DOG sounds (e.g. GRRR, BARKS etc.), creativity, innovative lyrics and grittiness to bring out an artist with a DARK, fearsome image. For this reason, some Hip Hop fans have sometimes dubbed DMX as the Dark Man X. My interests in DMX date back to 2000, when I first watched him collaborate with Aaliyah on 'Come back in one piece... Read review

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Advantages: Tracks 1, 3, 6 and (with reservations) 7
Disadvantages: Tracks 4 and 9

...George Harrison, 'the quiet one' of the Beatles, has recently been in the news for none-too-happy reasons. Time, I thought, to go back into my record collection and refresh myself on one or two of his albums I hadn't listened to properly for a while. 'Dark Horse' was first released in December 1974. Critics had expected the world from him after the high point on which he started his solo career, notably the 1971 Bangla Desh benefit gig, and failure to come up to expectations, plus his outspoken religious beliefs, brought the knives out. This was greeted with a univeral thumbs-down, especially in Britain, and apart from various experimental Beatles-connected projects issued in the late 60s, it was the first solo set by an ex-member to miss the UK chart completely, remarkable given that his previous album had peaked at No. 2 18... Read review

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Advantages: A classic, for all the reasons listed below
Disadvantages: Is more popualarist than earlier material

...Dark Side of the Moon was released nearly 30 years ago, in 1973, but as the state of music has rapidly evolved, this masterpiece still sounds fresh, relevant and groundbreaking to this day. This is one of the most talked about classics, which makes it something of a challenge to review, as so much has been written about dark side! By 1973, Pink Floyd already had a lot of superb material under their belt. The playful Syd Barret Psychedelic material (singles like See Emily Play & Arnold Layne, and their debut album, Piper at the Gates of Dawn) was definitely ahead of its time, and in 1971 released the spacey ‘Meddle’, famous for the 20-minute epic, ‘Echoes’. Arguably, turn of the decade Pink Floyd was the most ‘interesting’ music, more progressive than anything on Dark Side. So, what gives Dark Side of the Moon its classic status... Read review

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