In 1997 Coolio released the follow up to his second, critically acclaimed album “Gangsta’s Paradise.” The album was titled “My Soul” and was to be his final effort for Tommy Boy Records, before parting ways with the label not too long after its release. Seemed like Coolio was out of vogue by the time this [...]
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My Soul – Coolio
Posted in Hip Hop, Reviews on December 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You Shouldn’t Nuf Bit Fish – George Clinton
Posted in P-Funk, Reviews on December 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here it is, folks my 200th blog post. So then…..exactly which album do you review for your 200th post? I started throwing ideas around in my head until one night it suddenly hit me…….GEORGE CLINTON and his “You Shouldn’t Nuf Bit Fish” album. Yeah, I know this album may seem an unlikely choice, being that [...]
The Ultimate Gift – Rahsaan Patterson
Posted in Neo Soul, R'n'B, Rahsaan Patterson, Reviews on December 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In mid 2008, Rahsaan went into the studio and recorded the follow-up to his fourth studio album “Wines & Spirits,” which was of course released the year before. Strangely enough, this particular follow-up turned out to be a Christmas album. I’m sure it would’ve been even stranger to record songs like these halfway through the [...]
Make It Big – Wham
Posted in George Michael, Reviews, Wham! on December 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After they had moderate success with their first album “Fantastic,” George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley (of course known collectively as Wham) returned with their second studio album, “Make It Big” in 1984, which, ironically enough, actually helped them to make it big, as in successful of course. Although many years later, during an interview with [...]
Child Of The Sun – Mayte
Posted in Prince, Reviews on December 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If my memory serves me correctly, this album was first brought to my attention all the way back in 1996 while I was flicking through the (then) latest issue of…..either “3D World” or “Drum Media.” Just in case you don’t know, those are free, mostly music-based newspapers which are distributed weekly in the land down [...]
Fanmail – TLC
Posted in R'n'B, Reviews on December 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t remember exactly when this album was released, but according to amazon.com the official date was February 23rd 1999. I guess I’ll have to take their word for it. “Fanmail” was the third TLC album, following 1994’s “Crazy Sexy Cool.” Sadly it was to be one of their last studio albums, as the member [...]
Dangerous – Michael Jackson
Posted in Michael Jackson, Reviews on November 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This album was originally released in late 1991 and was of course the long-awaited follow-up to 1987’s “Bad” album. By this stage, Michael had done away his usual producer, legendary jazz musician Quincy Jones and replaced him with a then 22 year old fella by the name of Teddy Reily. Those of you up on [...]
Diamonds And Pearls – Prince
Posted in Prince, Reviews on November 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Prince released the “Diamonds & Pearls” album, his overall fourteenth long-player, in 1991 via his Paisley Park record label. It was the first ever album which was attributed to “Prince and the New Power Generation,” as opposed to “Prince & The Revolution” or simply just “Prince” on his own. It also had a holographic cover. [...]
3121 – Prince
Posted in Prince, Reviews on October 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In early 2005 Prince won an NAACP Award, which is the National Association for the Advancement of Colour People. It was after winning this award that he dazzled the crowd with performances of James Brown’s “Don’t Give Me Nothin I’ll Get It Myself,” Aretha Franklin’s “I’ll Never Love A Man the Way I Love You” [...]
Thriller – Michael Jackson
Posted in Michael Jackson, Reviews on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Even though his fourth album “Off The Wall” still managed to become a worldwide success, Michael Jackson was simply not content with the fact that it failed to become a humungous, worldwide smash. As a matter of fact, it has even been reported that when he didn’t receive a whole slew Grammy Award for all [...]
