Advantages: Simply one of the fiercest hip hop albums ever
Disadvantages: One or two below par tracks, and the two extra 'missing' tracks don't really fit in

...never come across before. Public Enemy's 'It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back' just blew up in peoples faces, and is one of the biggest political hip hop records that has ever seen the light of day, certainly regarding black identity and the emergence of the Nation of Islam in the hip hop scene. But if you're going to pick one record that embodies all the anger and frustration of ghettoized black America and one that almost predicts the real life future of what the disenchanted feelings would resort to, you would have to plump for Ice Cube's second solo release, 'Death Certificate', back in 1991. Ice Cube was one of the founders of NWA, who themselves were pioneers of what would be termed 'gangsta rap', and whose 'Straight Outta Compton' debut promised good things. The band pretty much imploded after being seen as public... Read review

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Advantages: Versatile, great flavour, convenient
Disadvantages: There is no excuse for not cooking

...My mum recommended these little wonder cubes to me and I have not looked back since. They have become on of the most important and most used items in my kitchen cupboard, even inspiring me to cook occasionally (they must be good!). You can find Knorr Mixed Herb Cubes in the same isle as Oxo Cubes and Bisto gravy. They come in little flat boxes about 4 inches by 2.5 inches (don’t look for fat boxes like Oxo cubes) and the box is mainly green with the red Knorr writing. By the way, for those that think packaging is irrelevant, I hope by describing the box I will help you find them quicker, as you have just got to try them if you like herbs. They cost around £0.89 per box and have a best before date of up to one year ahead. Inside you will find 8 rectangular herb cubes covered in a folder silver wrapper (which are therefore... Read review

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Advantages: lots to learn
Disadvantages: none

...Galt Activity Cube This was one of the first toys I bought for Jack when he was really too small to play with it. The fact was it was cheap but looked good. Since he has had it a while I thought it about time I did a review of it also I liked the toy so much I bought two for Christmas, one each for one of my friends babies. I bought the activity cube from Amazon for £5.99 pence and of course had to pay a small fee for post and packaging. I have not seen this particular activity cube for sale anywhere else although these are so many products that are similar out on the market. The cube arrived with a few days and on opening the posting box it came in the cube was held in a handled plastic container. Although this kept it nice and snug it was really of no use so this was thrown away. Of course just like any cube... Read review

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Advantages: Easy to Control
Disadvantages: Boring

...Age 3yrs + 1-4 players simultaneous Memory Card - 2 blocks Being a lover of puzzles and having quite liked playing the likes of Tetris and Bust-a-move in their prime I jumped at the chance of picking up a copy of Zoocube in the Dixons sale a couple of months back. Got it home and I was sorely disappointed, in fact it hasn’t been out of its box since that fateful day and is in the Departure Lounge for the One Way Trip to the “Pre-owned” bin at my local Game. The Box The cover has a cute picture of an Orang-Utang climbing half way up a “puzzled” roadsign, which also features a picture of the “cube” used in the game. In the background there is a desert type scene with silhouettes of various animals. The back of the box features some screenshots of the game and a brief overview. Brief Story of The Game Background Basically... Read review

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Advantages: Unofficial/unbiased, good long content, more for adults
Disadvantages: No demo discs

...drew me into buying it, 1) It was for GC, 2) It was only £3.50 (although it has gone up now), it was cheaper than OPM and well I wasn't going to get a game for that much any way, and 3) The free gift, a fascia to replace the GC logo (even if it was purple and didn't match my GC it was still a good free gift). With a lack of demo discs I needed advice on which games to buy and which ones not to so buying CUBE soon became a monthly event for me. The Team Playing and reviewing games for a living sounds good to virtually every gamer (I know I’ve done it for Ciao but it’s not really the same), but then again you have to be generally good at games and good at writing too. Usually there are six team members. Last issue (which at the time of writing was 35) there were four guys and two girls showing that professional gaming... Read review

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Advantages: Look cool, durable, dishwasher safe
Disadvantages: Maybe a bit too girly for the boys!

...As it's summer and the weather is getting hotter I thought I would invest in an ice cube tray so that I could make my drinks extra cold. I'm not a big fan of the ice cube bags which you only use once, this adds up and they can get quite expensive (and for some reason I always manage to catch some of the plastic into the water so that there is plastic bag in the ice cubes - not good!) Also they are not very environmentally friendly, only being able to use them once. I was on the lego website looking at the 'Apparel, Home & Outdoors' section when I came across this really cute ice cube tray. The ice cube tray is from the 'Belville' range of lego (basically lego for girls). The tray comes in a soft pink rubber material. The tray is 17cm long and 11cm wide and makes a total of 10 ice cubes. It is rectangular in shape. There are 6... Read review

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