Making Whoopee 1979-1982 [Remastered] - Dave Kelly

Advantages: Great Lyrics, great story telling, excellent production
Disadvantages: Interlude track of BIG having sex

...was the labels A&R man so in 1993 they started recording. By the 1994 Puffy had been fired by Uptown and BIG's career was left in limbo so he went back to selling drugs to make ends meet. Later that year Puff started the Bad Boy Records Label and recorded the rest of the album. It's worth noting most of the hit's from this album where recorded in the second phase but the songs that sound most hungry where done at Uptown. Biggie started recording the songs to this album by reading from his notebook but by the end he started freestyling songs, with approximately 60% of the raps on here straight of the top of his head in the studio. The album was produced by Mister Cee, with executive production done by Puffy, and some extra work by Easy Mo Bee. The production heavily used samples of other tracks with great effect. Mister Cee originally promoted BIG... Read review

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Advantages: Some Good/Catchy Songs
Disadvantages: 1 Or 2 Bad Songs

...∆Who is Kelly Rowland∆ Kelly Rowland began fame as the 2nd singer of Destiny’s Child alongside Beyonce Knowles and Michelle Williams. In 2002, Kelly Rowland released her first solo single Dilemma with rapper Nelly, which sat at number 1 in the UK for more than 12 weeks. Her second solo single was ‘Stole’. I loved this song but it only made it as far as number 2 in the charts. Just after releasing ‘Stole’ Kelly released her debut solo album, ‘Simply Deep’, which went to number 1 in the UK. She then released 2 other tracks from the album, ‘Can’t Nobody’, reaching number 5 and ‘Train On A Track’ which just about made it into the top 20. Kelly then returned to Destiny’s Child for their comeback in 2004 up until the end of 2005. Kelly concentrated on her acting career before making her comeback as a solo singer with her... Read review

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Advantages: Good tunes, bit of experimentation
Disadvantages: A lot of standard Kelly songs, experimentation doesn't always work!!

...to what the actual review is about, R. Kelly’s latest album, Double Up. So what do we expect from R. Kelly? And is it in this album? Sex. Definitely included. Some sucking up to the ladies. Plenty of this. Oh, and Kelly just acting like a player. Yup, that’s here!! The album includes everything you expect from Kels, and yet it isn’t exactly the same as every other album, thank gawd!! This album feels very experimental, R. Kelly has collaborated with artists from all over America, all known for their different genres of music and Kelly has used their distinguished styles and worked with them…. which in most cases works really well. So lets look at the tracks individually!! TRACK ONE: The Champ (featuring Swizz Beats) “I make music for the hood first, ‘cause that’s where I’m from. That’s why the hood is always first to help me overcome... Read review

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