R&B Collection 2009 - all the hits!

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...

josef_wardle 14.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of R&B Collection (+DVD) - Various Artists

R&B Yearbook 2006

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...

Mattjc91 10.04.2007 · Read review
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Review of R&B Yearbook 2006, The - Various Artists

Essential R&B? Is it?

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...

ice_pink 07.08.2006 · Read review
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Review of Essential R&B - The Very Best Of R&B Summer 2004 - Various Artists

P!nk's R&B Days

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...

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Review of Can't Take Me Home - Pink

Sexy "Poppy" R & B

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...

Pmshack99 21.03.2005 · Read review
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Review of Between The Sheets - 411 (The)

None Of That R&B: Rap And BullS**t

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...

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CD-OK

Advantages: Store yor data, free your hard drive
Disadvantages: come on a spindle and have no cases

...I recently managed to fill up my 80GB Hard drive with all sorts of rubbish and needed some CD's to store my information on. Usually I would buy them from Tesco's, but as I was In a hurry I popped into my local computer retailer (Northbridge Computers in Lowestoft) to see what he had available. All he had on this occassion was TDK CD-R80 discs. There was single CD's in cases, boxs of ten in cases and spindles of twenty-five and one hundred. I plummeted for the spindle of twenty-five as I wasn't rich enough at the time to buy the big fat one hundred spindle. ***Product*** The disc's themselves are light blue with a silver swirl on it. TDK CD-R80 is clearly stamped on it. There is plenty of room to write on them and they can store up to 700MB of data or 80 minutes recording time. They are ideal for backing up files, pictures, photos...

Kingkarliii 25.04.2006 · Read review
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Review of TDK CD-R 80 min

48 Hour CD Service

Advantages: Cheap chart and new releases. 48 hour delivery typical
Disadvantages: Postage may or may not be included in listed price

...101cd have always serviced me well with my CD needs. I tend to order from either these guys, or Amazon. 101cd have very good deals on chart and new releases. These go for £9.99 which includes p+p. Typically you can expect your order to arrive in around 48 hours. They always have a good budget range for sale, usually these are around the £6-8 mark. You pay p+p on top of these though. As expected you can search by artist, title etc, and look through the whole catalogue. There is very rarely a cd they do not have. Prices do vary though, and they may not be the cheapest around. Sometimes they are, sometimes they aren't! They do offer imports and rare releases. These often seem to be sourced from other retailers, so you may benefit by going directly to that retailer for the rare or import cd you may want. You can earn ipoints by...

alflavor 16.01.2001 (13.05.2001) · Read review
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Review of 101CD

Cd Wow Indeed

Advantages: Online/secure payment and free postage
Disadvantages: Takes a few days to arrive/limited choice

...I'd read a review here on Ciao on CD WOW and a few days later a friend of mine mentioned it too. So I decided it was time to investigate further...... So off I went to www.cd-wow.co.uk Simple site designed in black, red and blue. I decided to sign up. This whole process took, five mins max! You just had to supply a few details including email address etc. Your email address doubles as your username and you have to make up a password for your account. On the left hand side of the page is as the top twenty CDs (based on UK CHARTS) and in the middle pre-releases and a review of a new album (at the moment David Gray) then on the right hand side has a ad telling you about the amazing free delivery, customer service details, dvds, and games. A little background info on the company (all these details can be found on the page) are...

tracy2002 02.11.2002 · Read review
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Review of cd-wow.co.uk

101cd

Advantages: prices
Disadvantages: slow delivery and incorrect postage info.

...after desperatley trying to get hold of a wii fit, i used a stock checker site and when 101cd flashed up on the screen as havin g stock i quickly clicked on it and bought it straight away... only after i'd done this it occured to me that i should probably of read some reviews about this site first as i hadn't heard of it before. when looking at other reviews i started to worry as alot of them are bad! saying that i couldn't see any recent ones so i hoped this company had sorted themselves out, and decided to give them the benefit of the doubt. my order status changed to shipped and i had an email confirming it and saying it would be sent royal mail 1st class. after 3days it hadn't arrived and i was starting to worry but then on the fourth day the postman came...but still no parcel ? i went to work feeling disappointed and a bit...

hazel1 20.08.2008 · Read review
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