The rapper born Cozodor Calvin Broadus Jr released his debut album “Doggystyle” in 1993 in America and in 1994 in Australia, when this here blogger was all of 12 years of age. At the time, I was told that “doggystyle” was a sex position, which…..I’m not even going to try & explain what it involves, [...]
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Doggystyle – Snoop Doggy Dogg
Posted in Hip Hop, Reviews on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
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 [...]
Get Used To It – Brand New Heavies
Posted in Hip Hop, Neo Soul, R'n'B, Reviews on May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Note: This album review was written back in…either 2006 2007. I never posted it here on my blog, although it did appear on my myspace blog when I was over there. Also I put it on another blog that I was workin on at the time, which shall remain nameless. Anyways, check it out and [...]
Vibes – Heavy D
Posted in Hip Hop, Reggae, Reviews on May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One day I was flipping through a reggae music magazine at the newsagency in my local shopping centre and I saw an advertisement in it saying that the rapper known as Heavy D had just released a brand new album called “Vibes,” which just so happened to fall into the reggae music genre. This didn’t [...]
Spiritual People – Speech
Posted in Hip Hop, Reviews on May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yeah, I kinda dug Arrested Development back in the day….they had some pretty cool hit singles – “Tenesse,” which of course sampled the Prince song “Alphabet Street,” “Everyday People,” which sampled Sly & The Family Stone’s “Everyday People,” “Mr Wendal,” which featured their lead rapper, Speech (a.k.a. Todd Thomas) telling us about a homeless old [...]
The Once And Future – Jazzyfatnastees
Posted in Hip Hop, Neo Soul, Reviews on May 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Jazzyfatnastees were originally a quartet who were signed to Tommy Boy Records in the early 1990s. One of them is the sister of a rapper called J Swift who was in a hip hop group called The Pharcyde. According to their website on okayplayer.com, it was “J Swift” who helped them come up with [...]
Sex Packets – Digital Underground
Posted in Hip Hop, Reviews on April 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This Oakland-based hip hop outfit issued their first album on Tommy Boy records all the way back in 1990. It is regarded as a concept album and inspired by the use of a drug which is similar to what we know today as Ecstacy, or perhaps even Viagra. According to the lyrics on the album, [...]
