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Advantages: Comprehensive round up of the big tunes of 2008 Disadvantages: No beyonce! shock, and some horrible non-R&B on CD2
...As another year draws to a close and the Christmas madness begins as sure as sure can be you know you the music store shelves will be packed full of compilations. Restrospective compilations are still the flavor de jour, and R&B Collection 2009 (As it is oddly entitled) features a round up of all the tracks that did the business in yes, 2008.
What we have is a nicely packaged, although the cover is a little bog standard, 2 CD set with a bonus DVD featuring 15 music videos. This will undoubtedly set this one apart from a lot of the field. But more importantly on a compilation such as this one, how does the track listing measure up! I will now take you on a whirl wind tour of the 40 tracks featured on the album commenting on some of the more stand out efforts. It is also important to note for those of you who will be interested to know...
Advantages: Light, easy listening, well known tunes Disadvantages: Some dodgy songs on there
...Essential R&B.... let's see shall we...
The first song on this album is Eamon's F*** it. Pretty good way to start the album, admittedly its an old tune now but it probably was the most popular and most played (well one of the) of 2004. Who didn't hear that song?
It includes a lot of the most popular chart songs of 2004 and before, such as 50 Cent's In Da Club, R Kelly's Ignition Remix, another classic, and Usher's You got it Bad.
The songs on the album are varied - there's a couple of hip hop type songs, a few slower songs that are more love songs than anything, and of course, a lot of R&B.
The second disk starts with Outkast's Hey Ya, which gets the disk off to a good start! No Scrubs and Hot in Herre are also present, as well as, strangely, Natasha Bedingfield's Single? I found that pretty strange.
I believe this...
Advantages: Songs for all moods, happy, sad, angry etc. Disadvantages: A couple of dud songs on there to watch out for
...Ok, so I bought the previous R&B yearbook in 2005 and thought it was alright, but listening to this one really lifted my impressions of R&B music. I saw the CD from a Tesco store near me for about £15 and decided to give it a shot, little did I know until I got to the checkout till that it was their last one in stock (just shows how popular it must have been). It contains mainly R&B music with some Hip-Hop, some Rap and even a little bit of Reggae in there as well!
The first CD begins with a few of the biggest uplifting hits of the year in my opinion (Deja Vu, by Beyonce, and the wonderful Hips Don't Lie, by Shakira). Not to mention "Beep" by the Pussycat dolls ft. Will.I.Am (from the Black Eyed Peas). "Beep" is a nice number in a minor key, great to listen to at any time of day.
Then the mood is taken down a notch with Ne...
Advantages: Lots of big R&B tracks Disadvantages: A couple of tunes let it down
...?Can?t Take Me Home? came out as the debut album from the Pennsylvania-born R&B, Rock and Pop singer Pink. This one came out in 2000 and was her breakthrough release as she performed in a style which appeared to fit in more with the Soul influences which she was raised on (which later went more towards the Rock and Pop world) as she got backing from the R&B singer and producer Babyface.
1. ?Split Personality?
Getting the album going, you have a track which has here performing in a manner which really appears to fit in the style of 1998-2000 R&B, and it draws especially close resemblance to what Kelis was doing around this time and so it was really current in what it does for a decent opening cut as a tune to introduce what this has to offer from her.
**Three Stars**
2. ?Hell Wit Ya?
You see as we move on through the thing, you get...
Advantages: some great tracks, good use of samples, infectious, great vocals Disadvantages: the apparently requisite not-so-good album tracks
...From the first time I heard the song "On My Knees", I knew The 411 were no average girl group. For one thing, they weren't producing the regulation bland pop that groups such as Atomic Kitten do with increasingly regularity - their music had a slight edge to it and, even just in that one track, they managed to convey more than one music style, while still appealing to the pop market.
And their album, "Between the Sheets" shows more of the same. They seem to draw from various influences, such as soul, r & b, hip hop and disco, and their tunes seem that much more original than their chart counterparts.
TRACK LISTING
1. On My Knees (feat. Ghostface Killah)
2. Teardrops
3. China Girl
4. Chance
5. My Friend
6. Between The Sheets
7. Dumb
8. Forever Begins
9. Jumpin'
10. What If It Was You?
11. I Don't Want To Talk About It...
Advantages: great album Disadvantages: a bit annoying at someparts
...R&B, this has never been the most popular type of music, but this year is the year for it. Lots of great signers have brought out the sounds of R&B, Missy Elliott, Lauryn Hill, Craig David, Destiny's Child.
Destiny's Child are three talented young woman, Michelle, Beyonce and Kellie have worked together to create the new album Survivor.
The whole album is mixed with many different sounds, which you are sure to love.
Independent Woman:this was the theme for the film 'Charlie's Angels' which was a No1 hit.
Survivor:the first song we heard from the new album, also a No1 hit. It has an unusual sound but was a success.
Bootylicious:the next single to be released from the album. It has a really catchy beat and the words all fit. It hopefully will be a 3rd No1.
Nasty Girl:this is a mixed song, all different parts together. I...
Advantages: Cross-appeal Disadvantages: Does she HAVE to profit from my love of music?
...from this young, 20-something chick. Visually she's harping back to the past with her signature beehive and dark eyes, musically too she's there with that raspy sound and 50s vocal jazz style but she's better than that. She brings her sound right up to date mixing in blunt hip-hop and R&B and romanticizing that which should be cursed.
Even if you couldn't name any of Ms Winehouse's music off the top of your head if you've had any exposure to the radio and the press over the last year or so you'll certainly be familiar with both her music and her name. Undoubtedly a great musician in her own right much of her celebrity has come not from her talent but from the fact that she's such a troubled icon. In and out of drug rehabilitation, missing concerts or turning up on stage drunk and drugged she's climbed to the top of the media's celeb...
Advantages: Straight bangers throughout Disadvantages: Little variation
...The nine-man New York Hip Hop crew the Wu-Tang Clan released ?Wu-Tang Forever? as their second album in 1997 after a four-year break, in which a few of the MC had done solo work and other collaborative projects away from the group. It sees the Wu (consisting of RZA, Ghostface Killah, Ol? Dirty B*****d, Raekwon, Inspectah Deck, U-God, GZA, Method Man and Masta Killa) dropping something which was highly popular in the mid-to late nineties phase with a double album (which had recently be seen from 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G., and to be done a little later by R. Kelly E-40) and other) in order to really let them all have a significant role within this release. This second album form them sees the majority of the production covered by RTZA again, but True Master, Inspectah Deck and 4th Disciple are all seen to do so too.
Disc 1:
1. ?Wu...
Advantages: Good songs from good artists Disadvantages: Not exactly a love album
...Unlike an album of just one artist, compliation albums are meant to capture the best songs of artists and put them together under one theme. This double album does it well if you go in for the slow, sensual side of R & B.
The first album kicks of with burn by Usher, a very good first choice. In fact, most of the first album reflects some very good artists like Whitney Houston, Destiny's Child, Justin Timberlake and R. Kelly each singing some of their best tracks. Each of the songs are unique in their own right but successfully do fit together well when listening to it as a full album. My only queries for this would be the ending track of Eamon '**** you right back'... Could be just me but this isn't very romantic :p
The second album is also good containing the infamous fugees 'ready or not', old school Bobby Brown 'two can play...
Advantages: Great vocals, lyrics Disadvantages: Not as well known as should be
...**Introduction**
If you have regularly read my music reviews over the last few months then you will know about my plan to review some of my favourite artists albums, basically all the albums I own from the chosen artist. Following on from my recent reviews of Tank's Third album Sex, Love & Pain and his debut album Force of Nature I have decided to review his second album entitled "One Man" This completes his discography for now as he is due to release a new album later this year which I will of course be reviewing at a later date.
**One Man**
One Man was released in 2002 as Tank's second album release, Whilst It reached number five in the R&B Billboard Chart. At 383,295 copies it has sold just under half the amount that his debut album Force of Nature which has sold 655,034 copies. Whilst Tank may not boast the kind of sales...
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