Music Reviews
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Axis: Bold As Love
Overview - Axis: Bold As Love, the second effort by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, is a bit similar to their debut album, Are You Experienced, but has a few more melodic songs, a nice touch. I’ll say right now that I personally thought Are You Experienced was a brilliant …
Jimi Hendrix - Band Of Gypsies
Overview - Band Of Gypsys, a live album by Jimi Hendrix, features Jimi Hendrix along with two new musicians: Buddy Miles on drums and vocals and Billy Cox on bass and backing vocals. Personally, after listening to the first two of The Jimi Hendrix Experience records, Band Of …
The Beatles - The White Album (Side I)
Overview - Side I of The White Album, The Beatles’ ninth effort, is a very nice mix of McCartney and Lennon compositions, even one by Harrison which covers a lot of different ground as far as feel, lyrics, vocals, and music. While McCartney’s songs are a bit more on …
The Right Stuff By The New Kids On The Block
So the Old Kids On The Block are back, and I am just as excited about it as any woman in their late twenties up to the forties. I figured it was time to review the song, You Got It (The right stuff), the right way.
The Right Stuff grabs …
Delain’s the Gathering Song
I am a very huge fan of bands like Nightwish, Within Temptation and other Symphonic Metal bands, and I am warming up to another band called Delain. What started my interest in Delain was this song called “The Gathering”. As a huge Nightwish fan, I was introduced to it …
Green Day’s 21st Century Breakdown
American punk-rock band Green Day released their latest album in 2009. 21st Century Breakdown takes the group further along their progression towards conventional, radio-friendly pop-rock, but with a more grand, “classic rock” style which gives the work a little more credibility. It has three, five-track long “acts”, …
Enjoy The Silence By Depeche Mode
One day I was in the car riding with my parents to the grocery store, and on the radio came on this fascinating song. I was immediately entranced by the catchy rhythm and the depressing minor chords. Unfortunately I couldn’t get the name of the song or the artist …
Last Night: P. Diddy ft. Keyshia Cole
P. Diddy ft. Keyshia Cole
“Last Night”
Press Play
Bad Boy Entertainment
“Last Night” is the third single and music video from P. Diddy’s fourth album titled “Press Play”, following “Come To Me” and “Tell Me”. All I have to say is this is the best single out of all of them from …
White 2 - Sunn O)))
White 2 is the fourth album from drone metal pioneers Sunn O))) and most probably their most ambient based work.
In contrast to White 1 which had a lot of spoken dialogue and discernible riffs, White 2 steers clear of this in preference to long sustained crescendos with next to …
I Need A Girl, Part One: P. Diddy ft. Usher and Loon
P. Diddy ft. Usher and Loon
“I Need A Girl, Part One”
The Saga Continues…/We Invented The Remix
Bad Boy Entertainment
“I Need A Girl, Part One” serves as a third single and music video from P. Diddy’s third album “The Saga Continues…”, following “Let’s Get It”, “Bad Boy For Life”, and “Diddy”, …
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground And Nico
* Please take note that this is my first ever listen to this album and the band in general, usually I’ve listened to the album that I’m reviewing many times before, but for this review - this is my first listen.
Overview - The Velvet Underground And Nico, the first …
Taylor Swift’s song, “You belong with me”
Taylor Swift’s song called, “You belong with me” is an extremely touching song that most teenagers can relate to.
It is about two neighbors, one being a boy and the other a girl. The boy is pretty popular; he is on the football team. The girl is kind …
Bob Dylan - Another Side Of Bob Dylan
Overview - Another Side Of Bob Dylan, Dylan’s fourth effort, continues in his traditional style of having excellent lyrics, basic instrumentation, and not so great vocal delivery. Despite the flaws in his voice, Dylan is really able to compensate for his lyrical talent, which is something he really showcases …
Jefferson Airplane - After Bathing At Baxter’s
Overview - After Bathing At Baxter’s, Jefferson Airplane’s third effort, continues and expands on the psychedelic sound that the band developed on their previous album, Surrealistic Pillow. This album is very energetic for the most part, although it does have some slightly more melodic songs as well as experimental …
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Overview - Powerslave, Iron Maiden’s fifth effort, continues with the same energy and intensity the group showed on their previous effort, Piece Of Mind. However, it also demonstrates that the songwriting of Steve Harris is maturing even further, particularly on the last two tracks. While Piece Of Mind contained …
Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind
Overview - Piece Of Mind, Iron Maiden’s fourth effort, continues to showcase the band’s great talent as well as Steve Harris’ brilliant songwriting. Piece Of Mind features one of Iron Maiden’s best known songs of all time, The Trooper, but also contains quite a few other good tracks. This …
P.E. 2000 (Spanish Remix): Puff Daddy ft. Hurricane G.
Puff Daddy ft. Hurricane G.
“P.E. 2000 (Spanish Remix)”
Forever
Bad Boy Entertainment
Nope, sorry Puffy, still no cigar. First he gave us the original version of “P.E. 2000″, then a rock remix version which was a tad bit entertaining but not quite, and now we have the most boring version of them …
Mushroomhead XII
This album is the closest thing to musical perfection in rock and metal that I’ve heard in a long time. Personally, I think that this is a musical masterpiece from Mushroomhead. The first track, “Kill Tomorrow”, begins slow and steady with Jeffrey Nothing’s vocal starting as well. Then the …
The Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead From The Mars Hotel
Overview - Grateful Dead From The Mars Hotel, the seventh album by The Grateful Dead, is an album that’s a lot more upbeat and energetic than their past three efforts: Wake Of The Flood, American Beauty, and Workingman’s Dead. On Wake Of The Flood, you could tell that the …
The Grateful Dead - Wake Of The Flood
Overview - Wake Of The Flood, the sixth effort by The Grateful Dead, departs from the more folk and country rock that was found on Workingman’s Dead and on American Beauty but still does not venture back into the psychedelic sound they once had. The music still does have …
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Overview - Abbey Road, The Beatles’ penultimate effort, is a very nice collection and mix of tracks which compliment each other very nicely - particularly on the second half of the record where transitions from song to song just flow very well. Abbey Road has some of The Beatles’ …
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
Overview - Led Zeppelin IV, largely considered the greatest rock album of all time, takes a blend of everything Zeppelin had done up to that point - electric, fast, acoustic, ballad, epic, long, short, simple, complex, energetic, and mellow, and merges it into a single record. As you can …
Pink Floyd - Obscured By Clouds
Overview - Obscured By Clouds, yet another of Pink Floyd’s efforts, is an album that tries to balance out instrumentals with more traditional songs. Personally, I give credit to Pink Floyd for putting four instrumentals on this album, two of them to open the record. Besides the four instrumentals, …
Michelle Branch
WHen I was younger in my earlier years of high school, I had just gone into an alternative rock phase. I think that was about the same time which a new alernative rock singer named Michelle Branch emerged upon the scene. I liked her since I thought her songs …
Chi-Lites
Once many people get to know me it will soon become clear to them that I am not the type of person who likes listening to soul music. In fact, I think many people will be surprised to find out that I actually know a lot about old soul …
Through The Pain (She Told Me): P. Diddy ft. Mario Winans
P. Diddy ft. Mario Winans
“Through The Pain - She Told Me”
Press Play
Bad Boy Entertainment
“Through The Pain (She Told Me)” is P. Diddy’s fourth single and music video from his fourth album titled “Press Play”, following “Come To Me” with Nicole Scherzinger, “Tell Me” with Christina Aguilera, and “Last Night” …
Tell Me: P. Diddy ft. Christina Aguilera
P. Diddy ft. Christina Aguilera
“Tell Me”
Press Play
Bad Boy Entertainment
Director: Erik White
We begin a totally empty white living room that only has the latest stereo equipment on the market in there (i.e. Panasonic Plasma TV, an LC2 Grand Comfort Petite Model Armchair, and so forth). A sexy female assistant asks …
Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D
Don’t take Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D too seriously. If not, you will not like the music at all. Instead, if you just listen for pleasure, doing some things while listening and putting on this CD music while the guests are in your home for a birthday party …
Hannah Montana 3 Soundtrack
If you are a big fan of Miley Cyrus, it’s best to get this Hannah Montana 3 Soundtrack. It has some nice sounds and up-tempo beats and Miley’s voice is as golden as ever. She has this really great and awesome talent and definitely nice sounding. Very …
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Overview - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, one of the most, if not the absolute most, praised records The Beatles ever released during their career, and for obvious reasons. The song has a nice balance between Lennon and McCartney as well as between feels and energies. This track …
Asia-Fight Against The Tide from Archiva
The craziness that is Asia; remains to captivate me to this day from when I first heard one of their songs called “Heat of the Moment.” It’s one of those one hit wonder bands from the eighties that turned out to be way more talented and enjoyable than the …
Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Overview - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, the debut album by Pink Floyd, is an album that I would categorize as being extremely experimental, layered, complex, psychedelic, and even spacey at times. Surprisingly, the band did not really go for any commercial appeal with this album at …
Danny Elfman-Red Dragon Main Theme
Danny Elfman is still one of my favorite score writers or soundtrack artists. He has always been dynamic in most of his songs right from Batman on up to his more recent works. One song that stands out in my mind is the theme from the movie, “Red Dragon” …
Diddy: P. Diddy ft. Pharrell
P. Diddy ft. Pharrell
“Diddy”
The Saga Continues…
Bad Boy Entertainment
Director: Bret Ratner
“Diddy” follows “Let’s Get It” and “Bad Boy For Life” in the line of singles and music videos from his third album “The Saga Continues…”. So far, P. Diddy has established a solid track record of successful and entertaining singles …
Day 26 (singing group)
I watched Making the Band on MTV once or twice, simply because I like entertainment and like to see what the new singing groups are going to come up with next. When I saw Day 26 on the program I was so disappointed. I have …
Goapele (singer)
I really tried to like this singer. She’s absolutely beautiful. A café au lait woman with and interesting eclectic style. She’s been around for awhile on the Neo-Soul scene, and I have yet to connect with her music. Her voice is buttery …
Bad Boy For Life: P. Diddy ft. Black Rob and Mark Curry
P. Diddy ft. Black Rob and Mark Curry
“Bad Boy For Life”
The Saga Continues…
Bad Boy Entertainment
It was made apparent from the previous “Let’s Get It” and the current “Bad Boy For Life” music videos that P. Diddy had come back strong, stronger than ever. “Bad Boy For LIfe” is the …
If You Seek Amy by Britney Spears
Listen to this song, If You Seek Amy by Britney Spears. It is not bad at all and in the music video, Britney looks exceptionally pretty. I am a big fan of hers and since she was single right up till now that she has become a mother …
The Grateful Dead - Aoxomoxoa
Overview - Aoxomoxoa, the third album by The Grateful Dead, goes back more to traditional song structure and a lot further away from the experimental side they meddled with on Anthem Of The Sun, however you can still hear some pretty experimental sides on certain tracks. Also, the songs …
The Grateful Dead - Anthem Of The Sun
Overview - Anthem Of The Sun, the second album by The Grateful Dead, departs from the simplistic songwriting that The Dead showcased on their self-titled debut album and departs into more experimental and complex songs. Most of these songs contain varying moods and energies just within the song itself …
The Grateful Dead - Workingman’s Dead
Overview - Workingman’s Dead, The Grateful Dead’s forth effort, strays extremely far away from the more psychedelic sound that the band developed on Aoxomoxoa and Anthem Of The Sun for a much more folk rock and even country sound. Although there’s a huge change in sound, the band honestly …
The Grateful Dead - American Beauty
Overview - American Beauty, the fifth album by The Grateful Dead, continues in the same style of they started with on Workingman’s Dead by writing from more of a folk rock and country style rather than the electric and psychedelic driven songs from their first three albums. I’ll say …
I’ll Be Missing You: Puff Daddy ft. Faith Evans and 112
Puff Daddy ft. Faith Evans and 112
“I’ll Be Missing You”
No Way Out
Bad Boy Records
Director: Hype Williams
Ah yes, the height of the Puff Daddy craze, this was it right here. Summer 1997. The two hottest songs of the year were Notorious B.I.G.’s “Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems” and Puff Daddy’s “I’ll …
Been Around The World: Puff Daddy ft. Mase and Notorious B.I.G.
Puff Daddy ft. Mase and Notorious B.I.G.
“Been Around The World”
No Way Out
Bad Boy Records
Director: Paul Hunter
Puff Daddy and Mase reunite with Paul Hunter for their first big and epic mini-movie of a music video together. “Been Around The World” is the official fourth single and music video from Puff …
Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down: Puff Daddy ft. Mase
Puff Daddy ft. Mase
“Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down”
No Way Out
Bad Boy Records
Director: Paul Hunter
Welcome to January 1997, the beginning of the year-long chart domination of Puff Daddy and his Bad Boy Records label. It all began with his very first solo single and music video “Can’t Nobody Hold Me …
Let’s Get It: P. Diddy, Black Rob, and G-Dep (Three The Hard Way)
P. Diddy, Black Rob, and G-Dep (Three The Hard Way)
“Let’s Get It”
The Saga Continues…
Bad Boy Entertainment
Director: Little X
After winning a year and a half long court case involving a Manhattan night club shooting as well as getting over the widely publicized break-up with singer/actress Jennifer Lopez, Puffy…err… P. Diddy …
Satisfy You: Puff Daddy ft. R. Kelly
Puff Daddy ft. R. Kelly
“Satisfy You”
Forever
Bad Boy Entertainment
Director: Hype Williams
It’s hard to believe that this was the most successful single and music video from Puff Daddy’s sophomore effort, it’s not even a hit hit, it’s like sticking its head just above water on its tip toes in order to …
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