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Crunk Juice
From the hard crunk, club bangin' of Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz's "What U Gon' Do" feat. Lil Scrappy to the #1 r&b hit, "Lovers And Friends" feat. Usher and Ludacris, to "In Da Club" feat. R Kelly & Ludacris (one mo' time), Lil Jon & his crew b
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Rhythms of Awakening
Glen Velez is one of the few percussionists who could play a symphony on a frame drum. A virtuoso who has performed with everyone from Steve Reich to Paul Winter, there isn't a rhythm he can't negotiate nor a sound he can't coax out of his thin round
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Some of My Best Friends Are... Guitarists
Bassist Ray Brown has been a quietly forceful presence in the jazz world since he joined Dizzy Gillespie's band in 1946. He's played in a variety of settings since then, and has always returned to the trio format (he formed his first one in the late
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March into the Sea
All the reasons that make Pelican great, and a forerunner in the instru-metal scene, are magnified ten-fold on this EP opus containing two tracks clocking in at nearly 40 minutes. It's the band's first new release since their 2003 debut, "Australasia
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The Genius of Ray Charles
Why you'd want to limit yourself to owning just one Ray Charles album is a question only you can answer, but if that's the case, The Genius is a strong contender for the slot. Half big-band settings of tunes as diverse as "Let the Good Times Roll," "
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Headquarters
All this Monkees-Beatles mumbo jumbo
2005-10-21
Why is it that when someone talks about the Monkees they general give positive reviews but have to qualify their statements by adding, "They'll never be the Beatles, blah blah blah"?
Who even ca
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In the Flat Field
PLEASE ixnay on the othgay!!!!
2005-09-05
When I listen to this album I hear punk, glam, electronic, avante garde: yes - goth: no. I associate the label "goth" with "dirge" and "downer" and don't think I'm alone there. I'm afraid that amaz
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Pontiac
Pontiac is Lyle Lovett's finest album, but it still contains the strengths and weaknesses that have become Lyle's hallmarks. Crack playing, keen observations and clever lyrics, and a neo-traditionalist aesthetic that pulls in everything from Texas fo
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Black Brown & Beige
As a composer and bandleader associated indelibly with the nightclub scenes of pre-Swing Era jazz, Duke Ellington would have a difficult time getting respect in the button-down world of concert music. And when Ellington premiered his first long-form
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The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
At the time of its release, this was the watershed for soundtracks, selling a kazillion copies. It documents Whitney Houston's character in the Kevin Costner movie, which required Houston to play only herself (although one hopes she wouldn't end up w
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Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits
Bobby Vinton's hits from the very early years (1962-1964)
2003-05-25
In 1964 the Beatles started a remarkable run at the top of the Billboard pop charts. On February 1, 1964 "I Want to Hold Your Hand" became the #1 song in the U.S.
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Worship and Tribute
Stop the comparisons please!
2005-10-03
Wow, I see so many reviewers of this album bashing Worship and Tribute simply saying that ETYEWTKAS was harder and better...
How can you even compare this to that album?! ETYEWTKAS was one of the most
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Sad Days, Lonely Nights
excellent follow--up.
2004-07-05
As you may know, most follow-up albums suck. This is mainly do to the fact that the main surprise that makes the artist so special has already been exposed, so when the second disc comes out it, the artist ha
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Back at One
Quiet Storm never dies, although many of its love-man practitioners' discs blend together into a kind of ardent wallpaper. So it's a bit of a surprise to find Brian McKnight's fourth album, Back at One asserting itself as a committed, highly listenab
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Al Green - Greatest Gospel Hits
Al Green's father once kicked him out of his earliest gospel group, after catching him listening to Jackie Wilson. He need not have worried about Al abandoning his spiritual roots, as this new collection proves. The quivering, whispering falsetto--it
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Songs I Heard
This album's full title should read Songs I Heard When I Was a Kid and Never Forgot, as Harry Connick covers a selection of familiar, if unlikely, chestnuts. Who can deny the appeal of classics such as "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" and "Spoonf
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