Words cannot describe the overall shock, disbelief and yes, the odd tinge of sadness that I was feeling when I was informed that the King of Pop had passed away on Thursday June 25th, 2009. In fact, for the longest time, I was quite speechless. Although he was a big star from quite an early [...]
Archive for June, 2009
R.I.P. Michael Jackson
Posted in Michael Jackson, Random Thoughts on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Uncle Jam Wants You – Funkadelic
Posted in P-Funk, Reviews on June 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This was the second last Funkadelic album, which was originally released back in 1979. By the looks of things, Mr Clinton and his gang of funky misfits consciously set out to take the piss out of the “Uncle Sam Wants You For US Army” campagin. The main “concept” of this album was “to rescue dance [...]
Elephunk – Black Eyed Peas
Posted in Black Eyed Peas, Hip Hop, Reviews on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The third Black Eyed Peas album was originally supposed to be much angrier and lyrically conscious, dealing with such issues as anxiety and the September 11th tradgedies. However, because their previous albums “Behind the Front” and “Bridging The Gap” didn’t sell too well, their record label, Universal decided to give them an ultimatum: “You either [...]
Billy Ocean Live at the Entertainment Centre, June 11th 2009
Posted in Concerts, Reviews on June 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When I first heard about Billy Ocean touring Australia for the very first time in a long, illustrious career, the only thought that popped into my mind was “I wouldn’t mind checking him out.” However, nothing would compare to the sheer excitement that I’d later feel when I finally purchased myself a ticket to the [...]
Bridging The Gap – Black Eyed Peas
Posted in Black Eyed Peas, Hip Hop, Reviews on June 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Although I quite enjoyed the first Black Eyed Peas album “Behind The Front,” I was somewhat skeptical when it came to picking up their follow-up “Bridging The Gap.” As a result of my skepticism, I more or less avoided purchasing the record for the longest time, until I eventually found a cheap copy sitting on [...]
Tennessee Slim Is The Bomb – Joi
Posted in Hip Hop, Neo Soul, R'n'B, Reviews on June 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This review was written in 2006 or so…..I haven’t really changed much in the review, I just felt like I had to put it out there, so if something is inaccurate, let me know. Also some of these views may have changed over the years. Check it out anyways. Thanks.
Although this was Joi’s fourth studio [...]
Behind The Front – Black Eyed Peas
Posted in Black Eyed Peas, Hip Hop, Reviews on June 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Unless you were big on your non-commercial urban music, I can guarantee you that if I had’ve mentioned the name Black Eyed Peas to you 10 years ago (ie:1999) you would’ve screwed your face up at me and said “Who the hell are they?!” Well I’ll tell ya. They were originally a slightly more rugged [...]
Nigor Mortis – Terence Trent D’Arby
Posted in Reviews, TTD on June 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It was some time in 2007 that Whatsisname over there with the dreadlocks who now lives in Northern Italy began working on the follow-up to his double disc set “Angels & Vampires.” We were all made aware of this because the MP3 files were immediately made available for download via his official website, just like [...]
Rahsaan Patterson – (Self Titled Album)
Posted in Rahsaan Patterson, Reviews on June 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This album was released all the way back in 1997 to very little fanfare. Actually that alone would be an understatement – minute fanfare is more like it!! As a matter of fact, his music was first brought to my attention via a free CD that was given away with Mary J Blige’s album “Share [...]
Angels And Vampires (the Highlights) – Terence Trent D’Arby
Posted in Reviews, TTD on June 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Angels & Vampires” was the sixth album in TTD’s discography. It was also his first ever independent release and the second LP (Yeah I called it an LP. And that sez wut) to be soley credited to his brand new moniker. What he did with this record was definitely quite innovative and ground breaking. Normally [...]
