R&B Years 1956 Vol.1, The - Various Artists

Advantages: All the best R'n'B anthems from '04 & '05
Disadvantages: A little dated now

...This is an excellent round up of all the R'n'B smashes of 2004 and 2005 with a few nostalgic classics thrown in for good measure. It covers the slow jams, the dancefloor joints and everything in between from artists as diverse as Wayne Wonder, Lucy Pearl, Kelis and Usher. CD2 also takes us back with classic gems from the likes of D'Angelo (whose 'Brown Sugar' pretty much defined and kick started the neo soul scene), Janet Jackson (with her undeniable classic 'That's The Way Love Goes') and Blackstreet (with club hit 'No Diggity' featuring Dr Dre) This album is the perfect party album and although it avoids raritites, its sound understanding of R'n'B past and present make it a must have for any music lover.... Read review

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Advantages: good mixture of songs from diffrent years
Disadvantages: a couple of annoying songs id rather not hear

...I was quite impressed with this compilation very good value for money as it has a 40 songs that are a good mixture of r'n'b hip hop and some soul songs from various years, from salt and pepper to kanye west there is sure to be tracks on here that you will love and may i add quite a few number ones and other huge hits, The cd itself is easy listening with some up tempo songs that will have you dancing and singing and also some slow songs to wind down and relax to, its also a double album so you wont be short of songs to play all in all id recomend it if you like r'n'b, its deffinatly a cd you need in your collection, I bought this on ebay for a pocket friendly £7 but it is also available at Amazon, Hmv, Tesco and many more online stores the cheapest i have seen is for £12.75 from Cd Wow enjoy :) The track listing are as follows... Read review

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Advantages: Songs for all moods, happy, sad, angry etc.
Disadvantages: A couple of dud songs on there to watch out for

...and a great song for any occasion. The next song by Justin Timberlake entitled "Like I love You" is a good song, but the ending seems to go on forever with him simply talking over the backing music. Apart from the ending its a good track. One word "uplifting". This song will put a smile on your face for sure. A classic song sung well by a great artist. Keisha White, "I Choose Life" Not a big Britney fan I'm afraid, but "Toxic" is without a doubt one of the biggest tracks of the last few years so it had a right to be put on this album (even if it isn't really technically classed as R&B). "I'm Sprung" by T-Pain is an unusual song. His voice has been played with in places (as in Cher's song "Believe") and I am not a fan of that kind of thing. The song isn't much either in my opinion. "Like You" is a song by the young artist Bow Wow... Read review

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