Mosaic

1. Stolen Gems

2. Joseph Nkolo Is Singing

3. Mosaic (The House That I Grew Up In)

4. Our Best Friend

5. There's Life in the Old Girl Yet

6. Song of My Father

7. Days Like These

8. Fifty Something

9. Wanted Woman

10. Nobody Knew She Was There

11. Never Lose Hope

Mosaic,Judy Small,Crafty Maid,Folk,Folk & Traditional,Political Folk,Pop,Singer/Songwriter

Average customer rating: Benson's Last Purely Funky Jazz Release The Good King is Bad... Not typical CTI-era Benson...

Good King Bad George Benson Manufacturer: Mosaic Contemporary ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Funk | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: Beyond the Blue Horizon In Concert-Carnegie Hall The New Boss Guitar Stay with Me Born 2 Groove ASIN: B000N3ST0C Release Date: 2007-06-05

Tracks:

1. Theme from Good King Bad
2. One Rock Don't Make No Boulder
3. Em
4. Cast Your Fate to the Wind
5. Siberian Workout
6. Shell of a Man
7. Hold on I'm Coming

Customer Reviews:

Benson's Last Purely Funky Jazz Release.......2007-07-03

I admit to being a Johnny-come-lately when it comes to the music of George Benson. I hadn't even heard of him until Breezin' burst on the scene. Though I did not care much for his vocals at the time, his guitar wizardry mesmerized me. So when I soon found out he'd been around for awhile, I started exploring his back catalogue and was stunned upon discovering Good King Bad.
GKB is so good, it is an album I still own on vinyl, cassette, and now on CD. I even once owned it on 8-track. There are very few recordings I own in so many formats so that should testify to how vital I think this is.
Since I rarely listen to my albums anymore, I have been watching this site for years for Good King Bad to be reissued on CD. As soon as I discovered it had been, I ordered it immediately and received it within days. Imagine my joy as I put it on and cranked it up!
The best songs here are definitely the Dave Matthews compositions. Theme From Good King Bad is great, One Rock Don't Make No Boulder is better, but Benson really scores a knockout with Siberian Workout. Not only is George Benson spectacular on this tune, its relentless driving rhythm has even a non-dancer like myself wanting to get up and get down. In addition to the Matthews cuts, I also highly enjoy Em.
Where Good King Bad differs from some of Benson's earlier instrumental albums is in the way he plays. While his virtuosity shines thoughout, Benson's play is far more controlled and deliberate than in the pre-GKB past.
Those reading this review may wonder why I give the CD only four stars after praising it so highly. Well, its because of the addition of the vocal Hold On I'm Coming which was not on the original album and which is very much out of place here. Mosaic Records would have done listeners a much bigger favor adding some CTI out-takes or alternate versions of the other songs rather than sticking us with a vocal which is evocative of Benson's rather lame mid-80s and 90s soul crooner output. Clocking in at just under 40 minutes, the original recording is admittedly short but the last song would have been better off omitted. This song is probably the source of the first reviewer's somewhat negative evaluation of the quality of the album.
Good King Bad is George Benson's last purely funky jazz release before he started to slouch toward the pop/smooth jazz mix that made him famous in the wider world. If you are one of those who love George Benson best when he uses his guitar to sing, then forget about the last song and get this CD anyway. You won't regret it.

The Good King is Bad..........2007-06-26

We all have our tastes, but if you have trouble with Benson's effort on this set, then ours obviously run counter. George is in fine form and plays with the confidence that comes from not having to show off to impress anyone. The respect he shows to Charlie Christian, Wes Montgomery, 'Brother' Jack McDuff and Tal Farlow are obvious to me, but hey I'm from the Miles Davis school of less (well-placed) is more. His time, ability to swing and touch are all quite tasty...anyone that can't get into 'Good King Bad' has truly missed the boat.

I've been looking for this one since 1977 and almost fell over when I saw that it was being released on cd. Finally...while he doesn't dominate the set with his flawless technique, there's no doubt who the Alpha is, the Good King is indeed Bad...

Not typical CTI-era Benson..........2007-06-19

While the vast majority of George Benson's CTI-era releases are at least worthy - if not outright burnin' - "Good King Bad" isn't one of his better efforts for the label.

While I don't have so much of a problem with attempts at pop crossover, I was disappointed in Benson's playing, which sounds bored, stilted and surprisingly conservative considering his playing on other CTI barnburners, including "Bad Benson," "Beyond the Blue Horizon" and even "Body Talk," which also is obviously aimed at more of a pop audience but is a much better record.

Benson's pop crossover was most successful on "Breezin,'" where he managed to show his considerable jazz guitar chops, get his "pop" vocals on the record and sell a gazillion copies for the effort. It was a record that left both pop and jazz audiences satisfied.

While I've been approving of Mosaic Contemporary's choices so far for its releases of the more "modern" stuff, particularly its reissuing of Benson's "Beyond the Blue Horizon" and Freddie Hubbard's outstanding "Super Blue," I can't quite figure out why Mosaic - a label with unusually pristine judgement - chose to reissue "Good King Bad." It's a pretty mediocre effort for a Mosaic release, and a failure at Benson trying to please two audiences at once. It's neither a good jazz or pop effort.

While I didn't believe the record deserves a two-star review, it doesn't quite reach a three star, either. I would call it a two and one-half.

If you are a fan of Benson's finger-busting guitar chops you will be disappointed with "Good King Bad." I would definitely go for "Beyond the Blue Horizon" or even "George Benson In Concert at Carnegie Hall," also recently reissued by Mosaic and a pleasing effort for fans of Benson's astonishing guitar prowess.

jazzbojesus has spoken.

Average customer rating: Reggae Folk Pop rise against the chillis "bedouin soundclash is actually really good:" AN ALBUM TO LISTEN TO AGAIN AND AGAIN Funky Kingston Just like a mosaic: Simple when you look close but beautiful and complex as a whole

Sounding a Mosaic Bedouin Soundclash Manufacturer: Side One Dummy ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Ska General | Ska | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Reggae | International | Styles | Music Rocksteady | Reggae | International | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Aggrolites Bedouin Sound Clash Show Your Bones Root Fire Broken Boy Soldiers ASIN: B0008KLV7S Release Date: 2005-05-10

Tracks:

1. When The Night Feels My Song
2. Shelter
3. Living In Jungles
4. Money Worries - (featuring Vernon Buckley)
5. Gyasi Went Home
6. Shadow Of A Man
7. Jeb Rand
8. Criminal
9. Murder On The Midnight Wire
10. Music My Rock
11. Rude Boy Don't Cry
12. Immigrant Workhorse
13. Nothing To Say
14. Money Worries - (E-Clair remix)
15. Rude Boy Abroad - (Lazare remix)

Album Description

Ontario's Bedouin Soundclash has emerged as a young group refusing to be classified, while blurring the lines of reggae and rock. Look for them on the Vans Warped Tour this summer.

Customer Reviews:

Reggae Folk Pop.......2007-01-11

What happens when you combine Folk, Pop and Reggae? You end up with Bedouin Soundclash. All of the songs have catchy hooks and choruses, so there is never really a "dead spot" on the CD.
If you are a fan of the old style Reggae, then this might just be a group for you.

rise against the chillis "bedouin soundclash is actually really good:".......2006-04-23

I think bedouin soundclash is areally good band compared to other bands. Any who doesn't agree sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AN ALBUM TO LISTEN TO AGAIN AND AGAIN.......2006-02-23

This is overall an amazing album. I purchased it a while ago after hearing When A Night Feels My Song on the radio. I was blown away by the consistency of the album. Every song is a hit single.

ALL RATINGS OUT OF 5

WANFMS - 5/5 what do you expect? Can never get tiresome
Shelter - 3/5 probably my least favourite song on the album
living in jungles - 3.5/5 solid song
money worries - 4/5 vernon buckley is a mad man
gyasi went home - 4/5 just go home gyasi
shadow of a man - 3.5/5 great rythym
jeb rand - 4.5/5 great vocals
criminal - 3.5/5 set up song for later
murder on the midnight wire 5/5 - my favourite song on the album
music my rock - 6/5 cancel that this is my favourite song
rude boy don't cry 4/5 - the album is almost over but don't cry
immigrant workforce - 4.5/5 good solid song
nothing to say - ending off strong

the rest of the songs are remixes so i wont review those. This is summer music at its best.
PEACE

Funky Kingston.......2005-09-16

Kingston, Jamaica? No, mon, that'd be Kingston Ontario. As in Canada. As in wind chill, blizzards, and block heaters. And trust me, when Toots Hibbert sang about a "Funky Kingston" there was nobody getting the two towns mixed up. Yet as unlikely as it may seem - especially given the fact that Bedouin Soundclash played among all the trendy screamo bands on this summer's Warped tour - these Canuck kids do the reggae like they stepped straight outta Trenchtown.

"Sounding A Mosaic" was produced by Darryl Jennifer (of DC hardcore legends the Bad Brains), and he does an ace job of maintaining that sense of lazy space featured in all great reggae. Everything bobs, slinks, and hops with an unhurried, heavy-lidded pace, perfect for power-lounging on a tropical beach (or, given their citizenship, maybe a particularly muggy kitchen). Singer Jay Malinowski's voice resembles Bob Marley, but the band lays down grooves more similar to the reggae-lite of Jimmy Cliff, with a few overtones of dub and an appropriately distant element of Two-Tone ska. For extra cred, they do a version of the Maytones' "Money Worries" that features Vernon Maytone himself on vocals. Not that they needed the help, as the lead-off single "When The Night Feels My Song" is so feel-good melodic that Johnny Nash probably would've eaten his own head just to have it as a followup to "I Can See Clearly Now."

So it's Funky Kingstons now. As in two of them. As in who'da thunk? I guess it was inevitable that there'd be some pleasant trickle-down effect of rampant globalization.

Just like a mosaic: Simple when you look close but beautiful and complex as a whole.......2005-06-22

It's as simple as this: one beautiful voice, one single guitar playing hypnotic reggae clean riffs, one inspired bass line (the album is produced by Bad Brains bass player Darryl Jennifer) and drums that you can't almost notice on some songs that almost seem like some acoustic roots reggae and have much more importance on drum and bass tracks giving a refreshing beat to this album.

BSC doesn't fall in the temptation of adding extra instruments or effects to make their album sound more eclectic, they stick to the ingredients above giving us the impression that they are talented and they don't need any cheap trick to make it more obvious.

They are great song writers: each song as its own story, the lyrics are wise, and as for the music, they manage to change the beat at the perfect moment, bring a catchy chorus so you don't get bored and find yourself listening to the whole CD begging for more.

I personnaly regret that the 2 remix songs don't bring much and somehow betray the global feeling of the album.

In addition to this album I would suggest Root Fire which is as solid as this one, not to be considered as a prequel to Sounding a Mosaic but as another beautiful "mosaïc" which confirms that these guys have their own style. If you don't know him, I would also suggest Patrice early albums :"Ancient Spirit" & "Lions EP"

Average customer rating:

Intimate Patti Austin Patti Austin Manufacturer: Mosaic Contemporary ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary R&B | R&B | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Quiet Storm | R&B | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Avant Gershwin for Ella Street of Dreams Love Is Gonna Getcha Feeling Good ASIN: B000OONPJK Release Date: 2007-05-22

Tracks:

1. Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)
2. Island
3. Baby, Come to Me - Patti Austin, James Ingram
4. If I Believed
5. Summer Is the Coldest Time of Year
6. Cry Me a River
7. Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most
8. Any Other Fool - Patti Austin, Sadao Watanabe
9. In My Life
10. Through the Test of Time
11. If This Is the Last Time
12. Love's Been Kind to Me Lately

Average customer rating: Brilliant Best album I've heard in a long time.

Mosaic Woven Hand Manufacturer: Sounds Familyre ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Live Folklore Olden Sackcloth 'n' Ashes Low Estate ASIN: B000HEZC0C Release Date: 2006-09-19

Tracks:

1. Breathing Bull
2. Winter Shaker
3. Swedish Purse
4. Twig
5. Whistling Girl
6. Elktooth
7. Bible And Bird
8. Dirty Blue
9. Slota Prow - Full Armor
10. Truly Golden
11. Deerskin Doll
12. Little Raven/Shun

Album Description

An enchanting and layered world of musical meditations. David Eugene Edwards' music is brooding and dark, yet somehow maintains a tight grip on hope. Dreamy instrumentals, jarring anthems, haunting melodies, hypnotic percussion. Whether the biblical references inspire heartfelt devotion or confused indifference, it's the power of the words and the passionate authority with which they're sung that bring Edwards' songs to another level.

Customer Reviews:

Brilliant.......2006-11-13

This album is absolutely gorgeous, and some of the best music I've heard in a long time. I also think this is Mr. Edwards' finest album yet. It's not different in style from his past works, just better. For me it's the first complete Woven Hand album, the first one without a single dull track. I've been a fan since 16 Horsepower, and I'm constantly impressed that he continues to deliver great music album after album, but he's outdone himself this time. I highly recommend this to anyone who has enjoyed the music of 16 HP or Woven Hand.

Best album I've heard in a long time........2006-09-20

I have been running music stores for 11 years, so you know that I am very picky. This guy is brilliant. He has incorporated world music with melodic vocals that are just haunting. the images that he portrays in his songs with his obvious religious background in superb. There is nobody out there like this. if you like folk music, dark sounding gospel or just plain world music, this is for you. he uses many different instruments and as stated, his vocals are indescribably good.

Average customer rating: Great Post Punk fantastic new band from the lucky country local no-wave wannabes turned industry lapdogs

Mosaic Love of Diagrams Manufacturer: Matador Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk-Pop | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Australia & New Zealand | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Reminder No Shouts No Calls Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters Beyond Sound of Silver ASIN: B000N4R8KI Release Date: 2007-02-26

Tracks:

1. Form And Function
2. The Pyramid
3. Pace Or The Patience
4. At 100%
5. Interlude
6. Ms V Export
7. Confrontation
8. Single Cable
9. Double
10. All The Time
11. Trouble
12. What Was I Supposed To Do?
13. Bonus Track 1

Album Description

The band's sound reflects the experimentation of No Wave and the immediacy and off-kilter tunefulness of classic UK post-punk. Their stripped-down guitar-bass-drums racket and call-andresponse vocals emit a wonderfully controlled urgency.

Album Details

Melbourne's Love of Diagrams have Been Making their Mark on the Australian Music Scene Since 2003, with Two Frenetic, Angular Eps, a 7" and an Album on the Unstable Ape Label. Now after Two Trips to the Us and Europe, They have Signed a Worldwide Deal with Matador. The Band's Sound Reflects the Experimentation of No Wave and the Immediacy and Off-kilter Tunefulness of Classic UK Post-punk. Their Stripped-down Guitar-bass-drums Racket and Call-andresponse Vocals Emit a Wonderfully Controlled Urgency. 'mosaic', was Recorded in Chicago at Steve Albini's Electrical Audio Studios with Legendary Producer Bob Weston (Shellac, Mission of Burma).

Customer Reviews:

Great Post Punk.......2007-04-28

Reminds me a lot of Les Savy Fav (only with a female lead vocal)- fast tempos, lots of distortion, and plenty of hooks. The sound is raw and full of energy. Probably the best album I've heard in 2007 and better than other recent albums put out by such British bands as the Rakes, the Klaxons, and Bloc Party.

fantastic new band from the lucky country.......2007-04-24

This is a fantastic release from a great and relatively new Australian band. They are definitely not another Bloc Party or Interpol clone band. However, they are definitely influenced by the same sort of bands: Gang Of Four, Joy Division, The Cure, Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Slits, Birthday Party, etc.

They have a dark vibe overall and frankly, I do not see them becoming nearly as popular as other recent post-punk styled bands. Matador will not be cashing in on this band as they nowhere near as radio friendly as Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand, or even the Futureheads. However, I think Matador has done us all a great favor by bringing these guys out of the woodwork.

Love of Diagrams certainly deserve your attention. I cannot stop listening to this CD. Additionally, I saw these guys twice in Chicago and they were a fantastic live band. Hopefully they get a good Pitchfork review so people actually pay attention to them!

local no-wave wannabes turned industry lapdogs.......2007-04-16

this sucks slightly less than their older stuff but it also seems like a bizarre sellout move. this band used to be defined by their raw garageyness and they completely sucked at music, now they suck slightly less due to the production but sound like another brick in the interpol/bloc party wall. the best example i can give is if nirvana started sounding like creed. it sucks either way but these guys sound like they became puppets. a lot more professional, a little less interesting, equally uncatchy and insubstancial tunes

Average customer rating: The Real George Benson!

Beyond the Blue Horizon George Benson Manufacturer: Mosaic Contemporary ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Good King Bad The New Boss Guitar Shape of Things to Come Bad Benson In Concert-Carnegie Hall ASIN: B000OONPJU Release Date: 2007-05-22

Tracks:

1. So What
2. Gentle Rain [From the Gentle Rain]
3. All Clear
4. Ode to a Kudu
5. Somewhere in the East
6. All Clear [Alternate Take][*]
7. Ode to a Kudu [Alternate Take][*]
8. Somewhere in the East [Alternate Take][*]

Product Description

Superb 24-bit remastered reissue of the classic CTI LP featuring Ron Carter and Jack DeJohnette.

Customer Reviews:

The Real George Benson!.......2007-06-14

I've been a George Benson fan for almost three decades now (though not so much in recent years) but for most of that time I was also a pretty ignorant one in that I used to believe his career began with 1976's Breezin'. I know better now of course. Fine an album as that one was (and still is) though, a few albums preceded it that were far superior, especially in terms of his jazz guitar playing. I'm thinking about White Rabbit, (also released in 1971), 1973's Body Talk and 1974's Bad Benson, and even after all this time, these are still some of my favourites.

This one I missed though. Recorded in 1971, I recently learned that it's considered by many to be one of his best. The sticker label on the front of the CD proclaims it as "the legendary musician's most brilliant guitar recording. A breathtakingly burning finger-bursting jazz guitar classic!" and after just one listen I have to say I totally agree. There are no vocals at all on this one, not even Benson's trademark background scatting, which alone marks it out. The guitar playing is mesmerisingly interesting.

There were five tracks on the original album, produced by Creed Taylor and it features other legends like Ron Carter on bass and Jack DeJohnette on drums, with Clarence Palmer on organ, and Michael Cameron & Albert Nicholson on percussion. This (probably remastered) reissue has three extra tracks; alternate takes of "All Clear", "Ode To A Kudu" and "Somewhere In The East". These alternate takes are not quite as tight are the original versions and lean towards the smoother jazz Benson was to later become renowned for. No surprise there, I suppose.

I've always loved Benson's guitar improvisations but some of the stuff he does here - on the Bonfa/Duble tune "The Gentle Rain" and the exotic, worldly "Somewhere In The East" especially - is just crazy. The percussion on the tune is almost worth the price of the CD all on its own. "All Clear" has been one of my favourite tracks by Benson for the longest time ever since a friend put it in a compilation tape for me back in the old days. It's only recently I decided to find the album the song came from. I may have left it rather late but better late than never, no?

If you ever wanted to have an idea of how George Benson might have turned out if he hadn't tried to be a jazz guitarist AND a pop singer at the same time, this CD is definitely worth checking out. Personally, I love every minute of it.

Average customer rating:

Ultimate Alex Bugnon Alex Bugnon Manufacturer: Mosaic Contemporary ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ultimate Earl Klugh Stay with Me White Sand Born 2 Groove Greatest Hits ASIN: B000N3ST0M Release Date: 2007-04-03

Tracks:

1. Around 12:15 A.M.
2. Piano In The Dark
3. Love Season
4. Dance Of The Ghosts
5. 107 Degrees In The Shade
6. The Lone Crusader
7. This Time Around
8. Okra
9. Onward, Upward
10. Walking In Rhythm
11. Soul Purpose
12. Missing You Like Crazy

Average customer rating: Certified Gem for him or her DE LA RETURNS Doesn't get old! Where to begin? Better, Stronger, Faster...?

Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump De La Soul Manufacturer: Rhino / Ada ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD East Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Experimental Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: AOI: Bionix The Grind Date The Love Movement Beats, Rhymes and Life Midnight Marauders ASIN: B00004U45L Release Date: 2000-08-08

Tracks:

1. Intro/Say R.
2. U Can Do (Life)
3. My Writes - featuring Tash & J-Ro
4. Oooh - featuring Redman
5. Thru Ya City - featuring D.V. Alias Khrist
6. I.C. Y'All - featuring Busta Rhymes
7. View
8. Set The Mood - featuring Indeed
9. All Good? - featuring Chaka Khan
10. Declaration
11. Squat! - featuring Mike D and Ad Rock
12. Words From The Chief Rocker - featuring Busy Bee
13. With Me
14. Copa (Cabanga)
15. Foolin'
16. The Art Of Getting Jumped
17. U Don't Wanna B.D.S. - featuring Freddie Foxx

Amazon.com

The first of their three-album Art Official Intelligence series, Mosaic Thump is a likable album, full of inspired moments. It's also the closest thing De La Soul have ever come to making a less-than-stunning LP. Maybe it's the contemporary production style that weakens songs like "U Can Do" and "I C Ya'll." Maybe it's the (far too) many cameos by bigwigs like Busta Rhymes and Redman and not enough by dark-horse newcomers like Indeed (who comes off nice on "Set the Mood"). De La haven't muzzled their intellectual bite on songs like "Declaration" and "View," and they can still get that rear in rotation with groovers like "With Me," and the funkalistic "Thru Ya City." But where they once left no doubt as to their status as hip-hop's brightest and most innovative group, De La now seem less extraordinary and more merely mortal. --Oliver Wang

Album Description

Features guest appearances by Redman-'Oooh', Chaka Khan-'All Good', Beastie Boys-'Squat', Busta Rhymes-'I.C. Y' All', and Tash & J-Ro of the Alkaholiks and Xzibit on 'My Writes' and much more. Packaged in a Digipak. (Tommy Boy Records)

Customer Reviews:

Certified Gem for him or her.......2007-01-17

Apparently a lot of reviewers took a star away from their rating on this album due to guest appearances by Redman and Busta Rhymes. I guess they forgot that Busta was originally a native tonguer (remember "Scenario") and Redman's first album sparked an entirely new era of east coast hip hop. Not to mention the fact that both songs are certified head nodders (in a good way) especially "Ooooh". "It Ain't All Good" was another banger. My favorite song has to be the 'set the mood' with Indeed, her style is so vivid and effortless you feel like you were next to her when the altercation she described is happening waiting on her to puff and pass. I think other raters are penalizing De La bcuz this is probably their most commercial album as both 'Ooooh' and 'It ain't all good' got major airplay and this album has the most guest appearances from established artists than all of their other albums (busta, redman, black thought, phife, pharoah monch, chaka khan, 2/3 of the beastie boys, etc). I guess hardcore de la fans, many of which are not necessarily hip hop or rap fans, my find that I turn off. The album also seems to be a little more funk influenced than their other albums. Personally, I can replay this whole album 5 times in a row before I even begin to get tired of it. If that's not a classic I don't know what is.

DE LA RETURNS.......2005-09-27

after a hiatus from releasing albums De La Soul returned with this. and believe me it does not dissapoint. I dont understand why all of yall are talkin ---- on this joint its pretty dope there are really only a few tracks that I find myself skipping through and it is about equal with the BIONIX record. Prince paul didnt produce on this one but the beats still bump bear in mind this isnt the second coming of DE LA SOUL IS DEAD but it is still better than 90% of the attempted comebacks by most Hiphop artists today. My favorite song is SET IT OFF with INDEED it is the hottest track I have heard in a while. I think that if you are looking at this CD and you see some bad reviews dont listen to them this is not a classic but it is definetly worth your time. 4 mics

Doesn't get old!.......2005-08-23

I have been listening to this CD by de la for months and it still has not gotten old! My personal favorites are "Thru ya city" and "copa cabana" but there are a lot of other good ones. The trademark de la sideshow freestyles are also classic. Pick this one up for sure, ya won't be dissapointed.

Where to begin?.......2004-07-13

I'm kinda sick of readin all these reviews sayin how it's not as good as their old stuff or there are too many guests. If you like their old stuff you gotta be 30 years old. Thats not really a dis but it's true. If you like hip-hop from '89 your old. period. The beats from then are different from the mid to late 90's and i think you would have had to grow up then to like stuff from then. "Newer" hip-hop started around the time of The Chronic. Thats when the beats started changing to what the kids listen to today. As for the record. Good. Not great, not bad, but good. Like many said there are a handful of standout tracks but the others are still listenable. It's not like theres only 3 cuts and then i take the cd out. I can listen to almost the whole thing. Theres also only like 2 or 3 "skits" out of 17 tracks which is good (I can't stand albums where like half the material are skits). Overall it's got fresh beats and is a good listen and worth having in your collection.

Better, Stronger, Faster...?.......2003-06-16

The first installment of De La Soul's album Trilogy Art Official Intelligence is quite frankly not upto De La's usuall exceptional standards but does not fail to impress in parts.

Originality is not a major theme here, especially with a computer generated female narrator; identical to that used by A Tribe Called Quest: Midnight Marauders. Along with other recognisable Bass lines and samples.

However the album does "shine" with tracks like "Thru Ya City", "Set The Mood" feat. Indeed and "With Me".

However, these good efforts are overshadowed by tracks including the commercialised Redman, Busta Rhymes and even the likes of The Beastie Boys: which most definitely puts a slight downer on the album as a whole.

Not a great album, but not a bad album and probably worth a listen if you really don't have any other good music to buy.

Average customer rating:

Ultimate Earl Klugh Earl Klugh Manufacturer: Mosaic Contemporary ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ultimate Alex Bugnon Stay with Me White Sand The Meeting Place Angels of Shanghai ASIN: B000MQ55MU Release Date: 2007-04-03

Tracks:

1. Angelina
2. Living Inside Your Love
3. Dr. Macumba
4. Heart String
5. Kari
6. Wishful Thinking
7. Rainbow Man
8. Brazilian Stomp
9. Midnight In San Juan
10. Jo Ann's Song
11. Movin' On
12. Maybe Tonight
13. Desert Paradise
14. Angelina

Average customer rating: Top Of The Hill!

Mosaic Select 16: Andrew Hill Andrew Hill Manufacturer: Mosaic Select ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Nefertiti The Day the World Stood Still Hommage Renunciation Lift Every Voice ASIN: B0009T8I1K Release Date: 2006-08-29

Tracks:

1. Without Malice
2. Ocho Rios [First Version]
3. Diddy Wah
4. Ode to Infinity
5. Dance
6. Satin Lady
7. Ocho Rios [Second Version]
8. Monkash
9. Mahogany

Tracks:

1. Illusion
2. Poinsettia
3. Fragments
4. Soul Mate
5. Illusion [Alternate Take]
6. Interfusion
7. Resolution
8. Chained
9. Moma
10. Nine at the Bottom
11. Six at the Top
12. Nine at the Bottom [Alternate Take]

Tracks:

1. For Blue People Only
2. Enamorado
3. Mother's Tale
4. Oriba [First Version]
5. Oriba [Second Version]
6. Awake
7. Now
8. I
9. Yomo
10. Prevue

Customer Reviews:

Top Of The Hill!.......2007-07-05

This 3 disc set may be the finest Andrew Hill edition yet. The outstanding compositions range from hard boppish to introspective for most of the first two discs. The 3rd cd features an excellent mix of freer pieces and some beautiful ballads. The sound is superb throughout, making this set very enjoyable listening. All of the musicians participating in these sessions are the finset practitioners of their art. Bennie Maupin, Sam Rivers, Charles Tolliver, Woody Shaw, Ron Carter, Richard Davis, Paul Motian, Freddie Waits... You get the picture. I have many of the Andrew Hill Blue Note cds, but this Mosaic set is really something special. If you're a Hill fan, or you enjoy superb inside/outside modern jazz then this set comes highly recommended. Shop around for the best price.

Music Album:

1. Music of Cambodia
2. My Candy Tree
3. My Sisters Sing
4. Nordisk [Enhanced]
5. Old Cartoons [Import]
6. One Track Mind
7. Parcel of Rogues [Import]
8. Pentangle [Import]
9. Picnics
10. Possible Dream [Import]

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