Big UK Hip-Hop from Kano

Advantages: Kanos raps, great production, UK music
Disadvantages: Some may not like the grime side of it.

...Home Sweet Home is the 2005 album from London rapper and one of the UK's brightest young stars Kano (born Kane Brett Robinson), released on 679 Recordings, and with the majority of the tracks being produced by Davinche. When first released the album received rave reviews from many different media sources, including from The Observer and The Independent newspapers, and from Chuck D of Public Enemy, Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes and the Rza of Wu-Tang among others. The record currently stands at gold status record sales in the UK. As a kid Kano played football for (among others) Chelsea and Norwich youth teams but his interest was always with music. Becoming a member of the N.A.S.T.Y. (Natural Artistic Sounds Touching You) Crew, who counted Kano, Jammer, D Double E, Ghetto, Stormin , Demon and Sharky Major as members, Kano drew widespread...

Mcicp1981 11.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of Home Sweet Home - Kano

Kano - A pure future legend to be sure!

Advantages: Fantastic songs, great sound
Disadvantages: I'll get back to you on that!

...I am not quite sure when I first came across Kano, but I know that only a month ago teenager's name had not passed my ears. However when I first heard his amazing music, I became hooked almost instantaneously, and have not turned back. Kano is one of several British artists producing grime music, a mix of British hiphop and other urban genres, and this music is real, it deals with issues that do effect young people of today. These artists are from the streets they have witnessed and been affected by these issues, and they are learning how to deal with them - through their music. I bought Kano's album, Home Sweet Home, in Ballymena's HMV where it cost £9.99. The cover is nothing special, I can assure you it does not feature a printer, no it has a picture of Kano sitting down in one of those hoodies that all adults and the Government...

rabbiter 05.11.2005 (27.11.2005) · Read review
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Review of Home Sweet Home - Kano

London Bridge is falling down

Advantages: Still has talent even if he doesn't always show it
Disadvantages: Clearly some tracks not worth listening to

...Kano, born Kane Brett Robinson, returns for his second album and the follow up to 2005's 'Home Sweet Home' with 'London Town'. Born on the 21st May 1985, Kano is another British star that brought grime to the masses along with Dizzee Rascal, and with that Kano has became the second biggest star for his genre, however being a big star in his specific area has its downfalls as people are more critical of his work and are likely to be more drawn to the independant artists, a tag that Kano can no longer carry with his larger budget. Featuring twelve tracks, it is reasonable to expect that there shall be some standout tracks that just need to be released as singles. So far the only named single from London Town is 'This is the Girl' featuring Craig David. Hearing this before hearing the rest of the album, I thought Kano was going to hit...

nathaninnit 11.09.2007 · Read review
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Review of London Town - Kano

London London London Town

Advantages: Lyrics are thought provoking, Good Tunes
Disadvantages: kano has moved more into the mainstream and the album suffers from it

...London Town is the second studio album by Kano, released on September 10, 2007. The first single, featuring Craig David, "This Is The Girl" was released on August 27, 2007, the second being "Feel Free", featuring Damon Albarn. Guests include, other than David and Albarn, Vybz Kartel, Kate Nash and Leo the Lion. The album entered the UK charts at #14 which doesnt look good but when you consider, it is very good for a uk rapper which is kano. I wont go into depth at all of the tracks because i havent got the time but i should highlight a few of the good ones. The Product is a very decent song with a decent set of drum kicks running through it with a low base synth sound. Kano raps about how he came up through the mean streets of london to what he is today and his wordplay is second to none. London Town is quite similar in...

XTubbzX 15.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of London Town (Limited Deluxe Edition/+DVD) - Kano

Home Sweet Home Review

Advantages: Decent Lyrics With Decent Beats
Disadvantages: Dvd Is A Bit Of A Let Down

...Home Sweet Home is the 2005 debut album from East London rapper Kano. Produced by top label 679 Recordings It includes the singles "P's and Q's", "Typical Me", "Remember Me", "Nite Nite", "Brown Eyes" and "Signs in Life". "Don't Know Why" samples the song "War Pigs" by metal band Black Sabbath. Ok im going to focus on a few of the tracks here to give you a better understanding of what the albums like. "Reload it" The guests on this track play a substantial part with Dirty South rap mogul and M.I.A. deejay Diplo taking control behind the dials by hitting home hard with frantic breaks and bouncing rhythms, allowing underground grimey stars Demon and D double E to double up and do double time on this track with the equally energetic Kano himself. "Signs In Life" has a very nice bassline and you could tell kano really got into this song...

XTubbzX 17.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of Home Sweet Home (Limited Edition/+DVD) - Kano

Ford Ka-No Thanks

Advantages: Comfortable to drive
Disadvantages: Poor visability,not much luggage space or room in the back seats

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mrlovepantsuk 15.04.2003 (30.01.2007) · Read review
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Review of Ford Ka 1.3i 

They arent super heroes, but they get the job done

Advantages: great plot, character development, sound track and visuals
Disadvantages: A tad dated looking now, but its still a classic amoung anime fans

...and chryogenically frozen until three years before she met Spike and Jet and Edward(12/13) the most skilled hacker in the solar system and when accompanied by Ein a rescued data dog can break into even the most secure data files. The anime was made in the late 90s so the CGI computer graphics are mixed with hand drawn and painted cells. This seems to keep the popularity of tradition anime fans as well as the new viewers who are into their special effects and dolby digital sound. The original concept was by Hajime Yadate and his other work includes manga of this series and another anime called The BIG 0 which despite the name is actually all about mecha (giant robots) and has a James bond theme about it. The music is entirely directed by Yoko Kano a top female music composer celebrated in Japan for her exquisite work on stage and in anime. She...

chaobreeder16 21.07.2008 · Read review
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Review of Cowboy Bebop Collection Box 1 (Animated) (DVD)

Mortal Combat - A great boxset

Advantages: Great film and very well written
Disadvantages: none

...Mortal Combat is a great action/adventure film. Many of you have probably heard of Mortal Combat, either the film or the video game (based on the film). Starring Christopher Lambert - Lord Rayden Robin Shou - Liu Kang Linden Ashby - Johnny Cage Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa - Shang Tsung Bridgette Wilson - Sonya Blade Talisa Soto - Princess Kitana Trevor Goddard - Kano Mortal Combat is about 3 unknown martial artists, who are the best at what they do. Johhn Cage - A martial arts movie star (kinda like brad pitt meets jackie chan). Sonya Blade - A head strong police officer. Lui Kang - A pizza delivery boy from the big apple. These 3 martial artist...

scottishWARRIOR22 06.08.2007 · Read review
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Review of Mortal Kombat (Box Set) (DVD)

Not A Bad Read

Advantages: Wide Geographcal coverage. Up to date.
Disadvantages: Some US bias

...a letters section and an interesting section called World Watch. This contains a couple of dozen small news items from around the world. There are short pieces on Macedonia, Turkey, Zimbabwe, the Opposition victory in Bangladesh, Refugee problems in Nauru and a 100 word news item concerning the plane crash near the Black Sea. Another section Travel Watch contains short pieces on travels as well as links to travel web sites. Time does not overlook the arts. There is usually a review of a book or books, a story on music or a major musical event and a article on some aspect of entertainment. The current issue looks at how Japan's Kano sisters have taken the world by storm. The back page is devoted to an essay,usually around 1,000 words in length and there is also a page devoted to people in the news. Time is easily found at bookstores around...

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Review of Time

Mortal Kombat (Mega Drive)

Advantages: Plenty of gore
Disadvantages: Similar fighting styles and end boss too easy to defeat

...Johnny Cage, Rayden, Liu Kang, Sonia Blade, Kano, Sub Zero & Scorpion. The latter two acting as a comparison to the Ryu & Ken relationship from street fighter. In between some of your fights you had the opportunity to 'test your might' again similar to the arcade version of SF where you had to demolish a car or some barrells in a certain time limit to achieve more points, MK had you breaking wood. Dependant on how you progress, another non playable character, Reptile, comes out and makes an appearance. reptile would dress similar to Sub Zero and Scorpion and be a popular character in further releases. Once you defeated all the main characters and possibly reptile, you move onto to face the final two bosses, Goro and Shang Tsung. Goro being a 4 armed monster and Tsung being an old evil monk with the ability to change into any character...

Capodon 05.03.2009 · Read review
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