Audio CD
Tuesday, 25 June 1996 |
Written by
Jason Karsh
|
Reasonable Doubt,
Priority Records
| Performance 7.5 | Sound 6 |
Re-issuing
this album when they did is probably the smartest thing Priority
Records has done in a while. Jay-Z, their former artist who has since
"switched factories" to the Def Jam stables, couldn't be much hotter
than he is right now. His most recent album Hard Knock Life . . . Vol. 2
is walking off shelves across the country and he has just embarked upon
a nationwide tour with Method Man, Redman, and DMX. Who says you can’t
make money off an artist after they’ve left your label?
Tuesday, 14 May 1996 |
Written by
Jerry Del Colliano
|
Portraits of Cuba,
Chesky Records
Performance Quality = 7 Sound Quality = 9.5
Add
Portraits of Cuba to your reference collection next to JVC's Bill
Holman records for best big band recordings. This record is musically
spicy and recorded about as good as it gets. It is warm, resolute and
present. The songs are jazzy and spicy. The songs are strong from start
to finish.
Tuesday, 26 September 1995 |
Written by
Brian Kahn
|
Flagman Ahead, Virgin Records
| Performance 6.5 | Sound 8 |
This
1995 release by Tab Two is the first I have heard from this German
band. Their music crosses the bridge between jazz and R&B, leaning
more towards R&B with it’s heavy use of synthesizers and dance
oriented rhythms. The lyrics, while sounding slick, are difficult to
understand due to the thick accents. The combination of the
synthesizers and the accents makes this album a bit less engaging than
it would otherwise be.
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