Down and Dirty

1. Down and Dirty

2. Back Out On the Road

3. One More Time

4. Snakebite

5. New Orleanes

6. Africa

7. Catfish Saturday Nite

8. Living in a Bad Dream

9. Blind Fiddler

10. Death Drives a DeSoto

11. Baby's gone to Memphis

12. Down to the Boulevard

13. In the Stillness Of the Night

14. Your Love's a Mystery

15. Amarillo Wind Blown Blues

Down and Dirty,Drit

Average customer rating: GARBAGE A DISASTER "Beat'n Down Yo Trashcan" is more like it not a kid just want to be anonymous More garbage from the south.

Beat'n Down Yo Block Unk Manufacturer: Koch Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Southern Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Jibbs Featuring Jibbs Rich Boy Hated on Mostly Music Is My Savior Bred 2 Die Born 2 Live ASIN: B000HRMEFU Release Date: 2006-10-03

Tracks:

1. INTRO FT. JELLY
2. BEAT'N DOWN YO BLOCK
3. WALK IT OUT
4. COMIN DOWN DA STREET FT. LOKO
5. BRING IT BACK
6. 2 STEP
7. SLOW IT UP FT. JIZZLEMAN OF DEMFRANCHIZE BOYZ
8. DON'T MAKE US FT. DJ MONTAY & D.G. YOLA
9. FLATLINE
10. THIKNNING OF YOU FT. JAZZE PHA
11. FRESH DRESSED FT. BACKBONE
12. AYYY
13. THIS IS HOW WE DO FT. BIG KOREY & DRU
14. HOLD ON ** FT. BABY D, DJ MONTAY & PARLAE OF DEM FRANCHIZE BOYZ
15. SMOKIN' STICKY STICKY
16. HIT THE DANCE FLOOR
17. SAY YES FT. DRU
18. BACK IT UP
19. BRAND NEW DAY

Customer Reviews:

GARBAGE.......2007-03-20

his dude is soooooo wack the only reson you even get a star is because of the beats thats it,lyrics are wack

ayo go check out

Jay-Z
Nas
AZ
Rakim
Lupe Fiasco
THATS HIP HOP

A DISASTER.......2007-03-13

In all honesty UNk is a disaster to the Hip Hop culture. I cannot understand how anyone in their right mind can label this as hip-hop/rap! The lyrics are totally senseless and the beats suck. Making a song about a dance that has been out for a long time (and yes everyone was dancing like that back in their junior high days) is not called music. I would never buy this album, more less download the "songs". The only good southern rapper is Luda, and T.I isn't that bad. So far UNK has done nothing to amaze me and I'm pretty sure that he never will... HE JUST SUCKS!!!!

[This gets no stars from me]

"Beat'n Down Yo Trashcan" is more like it.......2007-02-22

I'm from the south. Georgia to be exact. The place of marvelous talents such as TLC, T.I., Usher, Ludacris, and Outkast . But also the place of D4L, Dem Franchize Boyz, Young Jeezy, Yung Joc, and now, UNK. This CD Beat'n Down Yo Block is a total piece of garbage, and I'm gon break it done to you, as simple as I can...

The lyrics.... childish.... simple-minded.... and wack!!!

The beats.... bland.... boring.... and worthless!!!

Overall.... WORTHLESS

To get technical... Beat'n Down Yo Block is a CD with not a lot going on for it. The beats all sound the same using the same synth and 808s as well as patterns in some ocassions. (Note to UNK: Next time (if there even is a next time), try not to let the same guy produce every beat.) The lyrics are babyish, bland and wack, like they were written by a 5 yr old in 10 mins. The songs point-blank are stupid, and pathetic. Usually talking mainly about the a dance move. Let me break down some of the songs...

track #3 - Walk It Out... Last summer in Atlanta, this was the anthem. You couldn't change to a hip hop radio station in the A and not hear it. It was the party starter for cookouts, pool parties, or just to bob yo head to. I'll admit it, I could remember enjoying it; then it went commercial, and lost its touch. Now, it makes me want to bang my hand across the tv when I see the video. Now, hating it, I finally analyzed the song. It is the most annoying song on the album. The FruityLoop beat totally complements the idiotic rhymes the scrilly-voice of Unk spits. I don't see how I made throughout the summer w/o losing my mind. Must have been the 99 degree UV rays from the sun effecting my brain... Go figure!!!

track #5 - 2 step.... This is the second single from the album UNK says... I really, REALLY, hope not. This song is the exact copy of Walk It Out. The beat is SOOO annoying. The Staticy Synth's and (Bell synth that remind me of W.I.O!!!!), definitely will give you a headache. His lyric are once again lacking, especially when he repeats the same 2 phrases 50 times, "Now Gon And Two Step" "Now Get Jiggy With It". The song is very much like Walk it Out, except set to another lame beat by DJ Montay.

track #10 - thinkin of you... This song would've been alright if Jazze Pha would've shut the hell up, and just produced. God, I never would've thought I could think less of Jazze, being one of the best producer Atlanta has to offer, until I heard this. Just cause yo daddy was a singer doesn't mean you are, Jazze. This could've been the jugular song of this CD, and it went down the drain... The beat is actually not that bad, even though Jazze didn't produce it, the ochestra synths, and funk guitar synth makes this beat the best this CD had to offer.

track # 13 - this is how we do... That song made this CD automatically lose a star. This song has no reason of being on this LP. If you gon' call your CD hood music, you can't have a peppy song that sounds like a nursery rhyme, and an 8yr old gets more time on it than you do talking about big wheels, and coloring books. LOL. The song was produced by Big Korey, and 8 yr old. Kudos. But definitely stay in school, WORST SONG ON THE WHOLE ALBUM... PERIOD!!!!

Overall, this CD is WACK. It will only amuse you for only a short amount of time. So if you want a CD with mediocore FL Studio beats, wack lyrics, and just stupid then your in the right place... If your look for a CD with longevity, and Good, you should definitely look the other way.

I AIN'T HATING, JUST TELLING THE TRUTH
:Da Critic

not a kid just want to be anonymous.......2007-02-17

if you want to hear some decent party rap, then go with this cd. all rap is pretty much the same as far as lyrics go, but this has a decent beat to it. i dont discriminate on rap, i like all kinds of other music, and this is some good rap. f*ck the other people that say this is bad because the lyrics suck. rap isnt about the lyrics they are all the f*cking same. it's about havin a good beat that makes you wanna party

More garbage from the south........2007-01-09

"Walk it out" is up there with other terrible tracks such as "laffy taffy" and "lean wit it rock wit it". Music like this makes me want to hug my real hip hop CDs from Nas, Jay-Z, Biggie, Pac, and Wu Tang. This is a joke. Some southern music has a nice beat to it, but just has mediocre lyrics. This, is awful. The lyrics make me want to pull my hair out, and the beat it just decent. This is another no-talent loser trying to make a quick buck. Please, for the love of Hip Hop, DO NOT BUY THIS CD. Go pick up the new Nas CD, or the new Ludacris cd. Luda remains to be the only superb rapper from the south. TI is in second. Everyone else is a disgrace to this country. If we dont kill the "crunk", then "Hip Hop is Dead".

Average customer rating: A country western classic Classic! It was worth the wait. FINALLY! It's been a long time coming The True Country Outlaw

Down & Dirty Bobby Bare Manufacturer: Raven [Australia] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Country | Styles | Music Country Folk | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: A Bird Named Yesterday/Talk Me Some Sense Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends and Lies Outlaw Country: Live From Austin, TX Rubber Room: The Haunting Poetic Songs of Porter Wagoner 1966-1977 The Essential Bobby Bare ASIN: B000IFSFE0 Release Date: 2006-11-02

Tracks:

1. Good for Nuthin' Blues
2. Numbers
3. Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)
4. Tequila Sheila
5. Rock Star's Lament
6. Crazy Again
7. Tecumseh Valley
8. Blind Willie Harper
9. Rough on the Living
10. Down to My Last Come and Get Me
11. Qualudes Again
12. Goin' Back to Texas
13. I Can't Watch the Movie Anymore
14. Gambler [*]
15. This Guitar Is for Sale [*]
16. Goin' Up's Easy, Comin' Down's Hard [*]
17. Sleep Tight, Good Night Man [*]
18. Summer Wages [*]
19. Take Me as I Am (Or Let Me Go) [*]
20. Goodnight Irene [*]
21. (I'm Not) A Candle in the Wind [*]
22. Diet Song [*]

Album Description

Raven presents, for the first time on CD, one of the greatest live recordings ever! By 1979, BOBBY BARE had been recording for 25 years yet when he strapped on a Fender Telecaster and recorded live in the studio a rough and rowdy album with a bunch of Nashville's finest musicians, he was set to hit new highs in an illustrious career. Down & Dirty was both a glorious last hurrah for the `outlaw' movement and a touchstone for the `new country' of current darlings Big & Rich, Gretchen Wilson etc. According to AMG's Thom Jurek it is, "Bare in his element: live, rowdy, and dangerous. This is good-time outlaw country. Bare's band rocks and rolls, swings and strolls through 13 tracks from a rejuvenated Bare. The humor is in large supply; the poignancy is everywhere. But it's the tune selection that makes this is such a killer record." For every outrageous Shel Silverstein song (Numbers, Qualudes Again) there is a tender, sensitive or just plain poetic masterpiece. In the words of Bill Graham, "Bobby Bare is the Bruce Springstein of country music". Embellished with eight stunning bonus tracks, circa 1978-1980, this is good time outlaw country at its finest. Comes with an 8-page booklet with detailed liner notes.

Album Details

Embellished with Nine Stunning Bonus Tracks, Circa 1978-1980, this is Good Time Outlaw Country at Its Finest.

Customer Reviews:

A country western classic.......2007-03-26

What a pleasure to discover that one of the all-time great country-western albums was finally on a CD. Bobby Bare is a singer's singer, a favorite of better known performers like Willie Nelson and Kris Kristoffersen. When he teamed with songwriter Shel Silverstein on rollicking ballads like "Pour Me Another Tequilla, Sheila" and "Numbers," the result was ingenious, literate, up-tempo fun. From the sad tale of bluesman "Blind Willie Harper" to the lyrical truth that "Some Days are Diamonds," there isn't a wrong note in this album.

Classic! It was worth the wait........2007-03-02

Of course this cd finally is released after I jumped through all the necessary hoops to convert my vinyl LP to CD! Even so, I'm thrilled to have the cd at last, not only for the improved sound quality over my converted format, but for the additional tunes. Bare was never better than on this album, and that's saying something. Pointed, poignant, facetious, playful, even angry and bitter -- he displays the full range of emotions here, and never, ever goes over the top. IMHO this is one of the top 10 country LPs of all time. When the Tim McGraws and the Kenny Chesneys of the entertainment world can display this kind of range and talent, I'll buy'em, but not until.

FINALLY!.......2006-12-11

Finally on cd,some of the most fun music recorded ever.Urban Cowboy music at it's best.According to the liner notes "DRUNK AND CRAZY" to be released soon.Looking forward to that!

It's been a long time coming.......2006-12-08

Thank heavens they finally released "Down & Dirty" on CD! My cassette of it gave way years ago and I have been searching for the CD since. This is truly one of the best recordings ever made.

The True Country Outlaw.......2006-11-27

I can't add much more to the terrific and comprehensive album review that sums up in a nutshell what Bobby Bare has done for Country Music.
I have this album as well as the bonus tracks on vinyl and although the quality of the tracks are excellent and the fact that I have already converted them to a cd, this has not stopped me ordering this album.

There has never been an equal to Bobby Bare in song rendition. He interprets the songs with such meaning that you can actually live inside of them.

Because he was so many years ahead of the dreary country scene at the time, he never received the recognition that was due to him. Therefore, this album will be appreciated in this day and age much more than it did in its time.

I rate this as a true masterpiece from a man that should have been inducted to the Country Hall Of Fame a long time ago. If I as a South African can appreciate the "Bare" then all I can say is "Wake up American country fans and smell the roses". Do something about this injustice to Country Music

C. J. Lock

Average customer rating: This album doesn't blow Just B*itch In My Book Is Enough To Make This a Five Star lyrical masterpiece "Shermed-Out Reviewers" it all sounds alike

Sittin' Fat Down South Lil' Troy Manufacturer: Umvd Labels ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Southern Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Back to Ballin 400 Degreez Throwed Yung Playa Regulate...G Funk Era Country Grammar ASIN: B00000J2VI Release Date: 1999-05-18

Tracks:

1. Intro
2. Thugs Niggas
3. Ain't No Luv
4. Wanna Be A Baller
5. Chop, Chop, Chop
6. Small Time
7. Still A Bitch
8. Where's The Love
9. Loyal To The Sign
10. Another Head Put To Rest
11. Dem Niggas
12. Diamond & Gold
13. Rollin
14. Wanna Be A Baller (Edit)

Amazon.com

Known for his chart-topping single "I Wanna Be a Baller," rapper Lil' Troy can't convince the world that he's foremost a rapper and not just a drug dealer. Sittin' Fat Down South is 14 tracks about the drug life and the struggle to survive it. Guest appearances by southern rappers Scarface and Willie D make the album bearable, as does "Small Time," the album's excellently produced high point featuring a beautiful soprano voice sample, horn, and hard-hitting drums. Sittin' Fat fails, not because of its single-minded subject matter, but because it lacks musical ideas. The album is mostly keyboards with little variation in played or sampled riffs, so almost every song sounds the same. But if you're looking for something with a lot of bass to bump in your system, then Lil' Troy will satisfy your cravings. --Kenji Jasper

Customer Reviews:

This album doesn't blow.......2006-03-22

as some would have you think.

Granted, its not a masterpiece at all, but it bumps and it gets you in that party mood.

Also, those who say the songs all sound the same, def. dont know the rap game at all. Just like all country songs sound the same, and all pop songs sound the same, etc etc, spare me.

Chop Chop Chop goes right into Small Time and those two songs are about as opposite as it gets.

Small Time may be one of the best Rap songs Ive ever heard. Wanna be a baller is ok, I knew of the song when the album came out, but I bought it based on the 6 or so other tracks that are pretty tight. Man, if youre looking for poetry, check out Nas or Tupac, but if youre just looking for some bumping tracks and fun, you cant go wrong with putting this on and starting from track 1 and listening the whole way through. You CAN listen to both in life, its called expanding your mind.

J.

Just B*itch In My Book Is Enough To Make This a Five Star.......2006-01-04

You can't beat this track I dont care what anybody says about this album. I dont care what other songs are on here. IN fact I dont remember any other track except Wanna Be A Baller but who cares. B in My Book is one of the greatest songs ever!! If you never heard it skip all the other track s and check it out. Guaranteed Hit.

lyrical masterpiece.......2005-01-27

underground rhymes that bring it on almost every track. if you have a sub in your trunk this will light it up.

"Shermed-Out Reviewers".......2003-11-09

What in the F*@$ were y'all smokin??? This album is piss-poor.
With the exception of his ONE HIT and WHERE'S THE LOVE AT, this
CD sucks!!! I bought this s#!% used for like six bucks and I admit I was a fool for buying the damn thing...I'm out

it all sounds alike.......2001-05-26

The single "Wanna Be a Baller" was okay but i have to admit its no different than the other raps out there. Its all about money cars, getting high, and being a balla. Although that's a part of everyday life, if you know other people live it all the time, why not rap about something new?

Average customer rating: dj UNK --one of the best south hip hop artist !!!!! CD

Beat'n Down Yo Block Unk Manufacturer: Koch Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Southern Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Jibbs Featuring Jibbs Ciara: The Evolution The Inspiration Beat'n Down Yo Block Music Is My Savior ASIN: B000HRMEG4 Release Date: 2006-10-03

Tracks:

1. INTRO FT. JELLY
2. BEAT'N DOWN YO BLOCK
3. WALK IT OUT
4. COMIN DOWN DA STREET FT. LOKO
5. BRING IT BACK
6. 2 STEP
7. SLOW IT UP FT. JIZZLEMAN OF DEMFRANCHIZE BOYZ
8. DON'T MAKE US FT. DJ MONTAY & D.G. YOLA
9. FLATLINE
10. THIKNNING OF YOU FT. JAZZE PHA
11. FRESH DRESSED FT. BACKBONE
12. AYYY
13. THIS IS HOW WE DO FT. BIG KOREY & DRU
14. HOLD ON ** FT. BABY D, DJ MONTAY & PARLAE OF DEM FRANCHIZE BOYZ
15. SMOKIN' STICKY STICKY
16. HIT THE DANCE FLOOR
17. SAY YES FT. DRU
18. BACK IT UP
19. BRAND NEW DAY

Customer Reviews:

dj UNK --one of the best south hip hop artist !!!!!.......2007-05-15

when i first heard of dj unk...I thought his beats was some of the best hard-hitting bass I ever heard....It made my car music system shake the whole block...this CD must have been recorded on some very high-end studio equipments.... this is my favorite CD in my car..all my friends love DJ UNK... DJ UNK also have a very cool voice and almost all of the
tracks have great beats.. I can't wait for his next album...If you love solid thumping bass... you must buy this CD....

CD.......2007-01-10

My son Loves this CD. Although the lyrics seems to be "basic", the most favorite song on this CD is Walk it out.

Average customer rating: This Soundtrack Was Under The Radar pretty good soundtrack Tight soundtrack

A Low Down Dirty Shame: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various Artists Manufacturer: Jive ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music 1990s | By Decade | Soundtracks | Styles | Music 1990s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music 1990-1999 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Mo' Money: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack New Jack City: Music From The Motion Picture Boomerang: Original Soundtrack Album The Meteor Man Down 4 Whateva ASIN: B00000051E Release Date: 1994-11-08

Tracks:

1. Down 4 Whateva - Nuttin' Nyce
2. Shame - Zhane
3. I Can Go Deep - Silk
4. Homie, Lover, Friend (Lookin' For My Homey Mix) - R. Kelly
5. Turn It Up - Raja-Nee
6. Stroke You Up (Remix) - Changing Faces
7. The Thing I Like - Aaliyah
8. Gotta Get Yo' Groove On - Tevin Campbell
9. Birthday Girl - Hi-Five
10. Get The Girl, Grab The Money And Run - Souls Of Mischief
11. Cray-Z - Fu-Schnickens
12. Later On - Casual
13. How's That - Keith Murray
14. Let's Organize - Organized Konfusion
15. Ghetto Style - Smooth
16. Front, Back & Side To Side - UGK'z
17. In Front Of The Kids - Extra Prolific
18. U Rong 4 That - Mz. Kilo

Customer Reviews:

This Soundtrack Was Under The Radar.......2005-03-09

This soundtrack was very good, this CD was like what I mention on the Poetic Justice soundtrack. This soundtrack had some star power with artists in hitting or in their prime like Zhane', Silk, Changing Faces, Aaliyah, Tevin Campbell, Hi-Five, & Silk. R-Kelly came with it in one of his best remixes ever of "Homie Lover Friend" with the late Aaliyah singing in the background. Smooth sexy self come in with "Ghetto Style". Also let me not forget some of the underrated rappers from the Big 'O' like Souls of Mischief & Casual who came with it on this soundtrack. Also U.G.K. gave us the radio version of the classic hit "Front, Back, Side to Side", and Mz. Kilo wraps it up on here but her song was not better than the one on Menace II Society soundtrack. Nuttin' Nyce most recognized song "Down 4 Whatever" is featured on here along with newcomer Raja-Nee's cut "Turn It Up". This soundtrack should have gotten more pub but this was during a time when a lot of things were really starting to pop back in late '94 & early '95. Great soundtrack.

pretty good soundtrack.......2004-01-26

I bought this Soundtrack years ago&it sounds alright still.R.Kelly has a cool Re-Mix for "Homie,Lover,Friend"&also his Re-Mix for Changing Faces 'Stroke You Up" is here&also he wrote a New cut for Ayliyah for the Soundtrack. Jimmy Jam&Terry lewis&others are featured on this Soundtrack that blends,New Jack Swing,R&B&Hip-Hop.it stil sounds pretty good.

Tight soundtrack.......2000-02-06

The producers of this soundtrack should have won album of the year for the mellow cuts that they chose to go on this CD. Everything that I heard I enjoyed and I highly recommend this CD.

Average customer rating: YES YES YES Buy this CD, and Stereo MC's other two, too... Getting 'Deep, Down and Dirty...' Early 90s Fans Rejoice! Funk, funk and mo' funk

Deep Down & Dirty Stereo MC's Manufacturer: Polygram Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music Rap & Hip-Hop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Connected DJ-Kicks Paradise Stereo Mc's - Retroactive (Greatest Hits) 33-45-78 ASIN: B00005JJD6 Release Date: 2007-06-04

Tracks:

1. Deep Down & Dirty
2. We Belong In This World Together
3. Breeze
4. Running
5. Graffiti (Part 1)
6. Graffiti (Part 2)
7. Sofisticated
8. Traffic
9. The Right Effect
10. Stop At Nothing
11. Unconscious
12. Shameless

Amazon.com

Deep Down & Dirty is the fourth album from the Stereo MC's, though it could easily be their 10th, given the number of tracks that have hit the cutting-room floor in the intervening years. And yet just one listen to it makes it seem as if the U.K.'s premier crossover hip-hop act have never been away. The album's title track and lead single find rapper Rob Birch back in inspired form, freestyling those positive vibes over filthy, irresistible funk. "We Belong in This World Together" is a huge sing-along anthem; "Breeze" is dubbed-up urban soul with swirling atmospherics and Vocoder mumblings; "Traffic" is a colossal, up-front groove that culminates with Birch declaring, "It ain't easy, it ain't easy." Clearly not, but you'd never know from listening to this record. --Mike Pattenden

Customer Reviews:

YES YES YES.......2002-07-14

As music transcends words, as the rhythm defies definition, so will any review fail analyze this album. Not that there is some thing mysterious about it, nor dose it speak in tongues. I feel it is right to say that in this album the whole is much larger then the sum of the words written about it. It is complete in the sense that every track is good as a stand alone jewel, it is complete in the sense that combined together they are even better. This album IS about music, and there is little to add in term of labels, for any cataloging will fail dead in its tracks.
This album is not for the faint hart, for the seekers of serenity, it is not for those who listen to dwell in soft ambient light. It is hard and fast. It is the rock and the hard place.
It gave me many hours of pleasure. A pleasure that came from deep down inside.

Buy this CD, and Stereo MC's other two, too..........2002-06-20

I bought Deep, Down & Dirty, loved it and played it non-stop
until I needed more. Then I bought Connected; same story. Then
I bought Supernatural American Mix.

Best rap I've ever heard. And deliciously, lusciously funky.
If only I could convince the ditzy DJ's I know to play this
stuff...

Highly recommended songs:
"The Right Effect" (Deep, Down & Dirty)
"Don't Let Up" (Connected)
"Declaration" (Supernatural)

Getting 'Deep, Down and Dirty...'.......2002-03-28

Stereo Mc's
Deep Down and Dirty
Island/Universal

Over the years, Stereo MC's Connected would never left my cd player for months on end. One of the most entertaining live acts to come out of the early 90's, they opened and blew fellow alty-brats Jesus Jones out of the water when they appeared in Montreal to support the seminal release back in 1992. UK's premier crossover hip hop act release Deep Down and Dirty some nine years later only to show their absence has made them deeper, downer and dirtier and tighter with the funk. Rob Birch's unique commanding, half-rap, half-sung mantra is back along with an irresistible, filthy fusion of rap, funk, with stabs of dance rock blockin' beats. Lead off single/title track "Deep Down and Dirty" remind us of what made Connected such a refreshing, melting pot of booty shaking rhythm and rhyme. "We Belong In This World Together" a sing along anthem, reminds us about the positive/intelligent lyrical quotient the band is known for. "Breeze" and "Traffic" are the standout dubbed up urban tracks that highlight stellar levels of production along with the culmination of all the variables into a near flawless mix.

Early 90s Fans Rejoice!.......2002-01-21

Its as if Stereo Mcs didnt take a break. As accessible as Connected, if not more, Deep plummets into crunchy, funky beats without being too much or not enough. "We Belong In This World Together" is a must hear for any fan who still believed a comeback would happen. The title track beeps and blips itself into your heart, while "Sophisticated" just simply makes you smile. While these songs wont win over everybody and break much ground in the world of laptops, drum machines, 20 or so soul singers, and vocoders, it will definitely win over those kids who dug "Connected" all 1,000 times they played it on MTV, K-Mart, and your favorite tv commercial. Thats deep, man.

Funk, funk and mo' funk.......2001-11-17

Simply put, it's a Brit Hip-hop masterpiece--excellent
grrrrroves and heavy bass production.
Buy or Die.

Average customer rating: Bay Area's best 5 stars for the original 40, Legit, Shot & Suga I love this Let's get drunk my Sahab!!!

Down and Dirty The Click Manufacturer: Jive ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music West Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Federal Game Related Money & Muscle The Mail Man In a Major Way ASIN: B00000051K Release Date: 1995-11-21

Tracks:

1. Let's Get Drunk
2. On A Mission
3. Life
4. Mic Check
5. Mr. Flamboyant
6. Tramp Dogs
7. Old School
8. That S*** Will F*** With Your Brain Boy
9. She Was Only 16
10. Tired Of Being Stepped On
11. Click's Concert

Customer Reviews:

Bay Area's best.......2007-02-23

The original version of this CD put the Bay on the map. I bought it when I was in high school, December 19, 1992. I remember that day well. Once I popped that CD in and played it, I thought it was the greatest rap album I had ever obtained. I still have the original of this CD, E-40 Federal, B-Legit The Savage, and Suga T It's All Good. Deathrow couldn't even top the Sick Wid It camp in the early 90s. I know where people can still by the original release of Down and Dirty at reasonable price. [...]

5 stars for the original.......2006-06-09

The original release of Down & Dirty with 18 tracks is definitely one of the best albums ever made. It's a versatile gangsta rap album, that touches a lot of different topics.

The beats are ahead of their time, the big names Studio Ton, Mike Mosley and Sam Bostic take care of that. E-40 is at his best on this album, his unique style and delivery with great lyrics combined. B-Legit is also on fire here, and even D-Shot comes very hard. Suga-T is only featured on one track, on Sohabs.

Even though the whole album is classic, the best songs are Let's Get Drunk, On A Mission, Mr. Flamboyant, Daily Routine, You F***ed Up When You Slammed My Motha and of course Let's Side.

The re-release on Jive with changed beats and narrowed tracklist ain't anything after you've heard the original.

And guess what... I have the original tape on great condition for sale... Holla at me! My e-mail address is ailuv@suomi24.fi

40, Legit, Shot & Suga.......2005-04-26

I was introduced to E-40 and The Click with "Mr. Flamboyant" and 40's flow was so tight I had to get it. Though it's not the original copy/release from 1991-1992, Down & Dirty is still tight. Sick Wid' It Records was the first independent rap label to get at least a million advance. Studio Ton did a mojority of this release that was quickly picked up and imitated by southern producers. "Mic Check" is a good display of the talent of the fast, slang filled rhymes of the crew. The original funk on "On A Mission" about retaliation on another click having game being told instead of a hook. "...I'm sideways, doing about a buck fifty / took another exit to another part of the city..." how 40 water started on "Let's Get Drunk". The Hillside of Vallejo, California family that started a lot of the slang that we now say and need their due recognition on this dirty release.

I love this.......2004-11-29

I heard this when I was 12 and loved it.It has tight beats and will have you nodding your head. It has that funky sick wit it style all over this one. I noticed the beats are different though that is the only bad point.THis is a rerelease so it get 4 stars.

Let's get drunk my Sahab!!!.......2004-10-11

I was there...listening to this album before it was released! The whole Click family was up at my high school back in '92 or '93, personally handing out free copies of this album. My buddy got a copy, we heard it, and were in love with it from the first listen. Because of that, E-40 and the rest of the Click have gotten my respect for all their success, they earned it!

The thing that does suck is that the versions of some of the songs changed when I heard it again years latter. I hadn't heard it for a while, and tracks like Let's Get Drunk had a different beat, when the original was MUCH better!

Either way, this album is awesome, a must have! All the way down the line, you hear E-40 and B-Legit at their best! Just so y'all know, E-40 started tha fosheezi stuff, not Snoop. Check this album out, you won't be disappointed!

Average customer rating: Psychocandy Revisited

Trust Electricity The Upsidedown Manufacturer: Reverb (Redeye) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Rock | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: To Where You Are Passover Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space ASIN: B0002KQNX6 Release Date: 2006-03-11

Tracks:

1. The Way In
2. Wake Up Drive Thru
3. Blackeye Liner
4. Saint Theresa of the Roses
5. I Wish I Could See You Right Now
6. Bumpersticker
7. Walk On Fire
8. Elizabeth
9. Pepperspray
10. Drag Race
11. Dutches of York
12. Airplane Eyes
13. Sacred Call
14. Radio Broadcast
15. Spirit in the Sky

Product Description

The Portland Oregon music scene is alive and well. Very alive, very well! The Shins, Sleater Kinney, Helio Sequence, Decemberists, Sleater Kinney, The Dandy Warhols, The High Violets, The Thermals and Steven Malkumus. And now joining them is THE UPSIDEDOWN who just released their debut album TRUST ELECTRICITY on Reverb Records. The band had help in the studio from Dandy Warhol and Elliott Smith collaborator Tony Lash (ex-Heatmiser member) and it sounds absolutely brilliant. The band formed out of the ashes of seminal Portland shoegazer band The Bella Low and have been winning fans and influencing people ever since. They just finished up a full-on national tour and radio & press were faithful: The Willamette Week described The Upsidedown as: "dirty, glammed-up, drugged-down guitar rock with a dark heart. Their brand of ambient rock carries forth in a grand tradition: carefully constructed Dandies drone, pop hooks and devil-may-care-decadence." The Willamette Week know how to call it. KPSU described the band as "The best band that will come out of Portland in 2004!" With thumping, psychedelic, sexy and danceable beat driven songs like "Wake Up Drive Thru," "Blackeye Liner" and the Portland/George W. Bush riots inspired track "Pepper Spray," The Upsidedown are on a mission to bring some big bad dirty fun back into the world of independent music. They also successfully navigate territory formerly travelled by Love and Rockets and Echo & the Bunnymen, but with their own style, sound and attitude. And their cover version of Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit in the Sky" is like no other. The band close off the album with their version, which is dripping in fuzz, swagger and sex. Prepare yourself to embrace The Upsidedown sound, which just recently hit shelves in North America.

Customer Reviews:

Psychocandy Revisited.......2005-04-08

If you've spent a lot of time with Galaxie 500, Jesus & the Mary Chain, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Spacemen 3, My Bloody Valentine, etc.-- you have very good taste. And so do the Upsidedown. I feel like I should control my enthusiasm for this record because it's not taking me anywhere new. But visiting familiar musical landscapes with people who can finesse the experience can be quite satisfying. This is a very nicely produced and executed psycho-pop garage trip. It's like a love letter to heroin art rock. Most fans of the genre will fall prey. Lush, trippy, catchy and pretty cool.

Average customer rating: Lil Keke Kicks In Da Do' 4.5 star solo debut -- his best album Solid Keke knew what he was doing when this album was made. Best Rap Album Ever

Don't Mess Wit Texas Lil' Keke Manufacturer: Jam Down Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Southern Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Platinum in da Ghetto City of Syrup The Commission Throwed in Da Game Screwed 4 Life ASIN: B000001XLO Release Date: 1997-06-17

Tracks:

1. Still Pimpin Pens (Screwed)
2. Don't You Know
3. It's Going Down
4. Something About The Southside
5. Money InThe Making
6. Serious Smoke
7. Don't Mess Wit Texas
8. Call It What You Want
9. Bounce And Turn
10. If You Wanna
11. #Iggas Be Hating Me
12. We Bust Back
13. Can You Feel Me
14. All In The Game
15. Still Pimpin Pens

Customer Reviews:

Lil Keke Kicks In Da Do'.......2007-03-19

Lil Keke bursts in in 1997's Don't Mess Wit Texas with heat and fervor. Along with many guests like Al D, 3-2, and others from the Screwed Up Click, Keke kicks in some trill rhymes over slammin southern fried crunk-funk. He gets socially aware over a sweet laid back beat in "All In The Game." He gets his ride on in the bouncy "Bounce And Turn" over a nice southern fried funk beat. Keke and Big Pokey, along with some other homies get loc'd on "Serious Smoke" over a smooth melodic G-Funk style beat. Keke gets it crunk on "Call It What You Want" puttin' it down for the whole south, and does it again with 3-2 on "Something About The Southside." Keke also has somethin 4 the hustlas on "If You Wanna" where he shows that u can hustle legit by gettin into the rap industry, over a soulful G-Funk beat. I luv the original and screwed versions of "Still Pimpin' The Pen," perfect to lean to! Keke is a very good MC; he can get fun, but can also be serious and has some lyrical depth. Overall, the album slams from start to finish with those sick Southside flows and funkdafied beats.

4.5 star solo debut -- his best album.......2005-09-12

Lil Keke of the original Screwed Up Click comes correct with his solo debut, his best album he's done. Packed with 15 songs, none I skip, it has 1 classic, 2 almost classics, 5 ok songs, and the rest are good or great songs. Guests are rapping on 5 songs, and do hooks on 2 songs so you get a good deal Lil Keke and some fellow H-Town rappers. The production is great as well. Sean "Solo" Jeminson and Double D each do 7 songs. A great album to have for all rap fans especially fans of southern rap, his best album.

#1 - 6 (screwed up version of #15)
#2 - 9.5 (f/ Phaz -- nice relaxing beat & hook)
#3 - 7.5
#4 - 9.5 (f/ 3-2 -- nice beat)
#5 - 9 (f/ Herschelwood Hardheadz -- tight beat)
#6 - 8 (f/ Duke, Mike D, Big Moe -- about smokin')
#7 - 8 (f/ Head & Knocky -- nice beat)
#8 - 8.5 (nice beat)
#9 - 10 (CLASSIC -- f/ Phaz -- another nice relaxing beat)
#10 - 7.5
#11 - 7 (f/ Double D)
#12 - 8.5 (good beat)
#13 - 9 (f/ Al-D & Phat Pat {R.I.P} -- nice beat)
#14 - 7.5
#15 - 8

Marcus Edwards -- b. around 1976 -- Houston, TX
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Solid.......2004-11-01

This is a good album. Almost every song is good and the beats are nice too. Very consistent.

1. Still Pimpin Pens- 4/5
2. Don't You Konw- 3/5
3. It's Going Down- 4/5
4. Something About the Southside- 4/5
5. Money in the Making- 4/5
6. Serious Smoke- 2/5
7. Don't Mess Wit TX- 3/5 (screwed version's better)
8. Call it What You Want- 4/5
9. Bounce and Turn- 3/5
10. If You Wanna- 3/5
11. #iggas Be Hatin Me- 4/5
12. We Bust Back- 3/5
13. Can You Feel Me- 5/5
14. All in the Game- 2/5
15. Still Pimpin' Pens- 3/5 (see #7)

Keke knew what he was doing when this album was made........2004-01-12

If you feel the southside, then this album is what it is all about. I live in Cali, but H-town definitely knows what is up.

Best Rap Album Ever.......2003-12-05

Lil KeKe is da &@%# & this is his best album

Average customer rating: Turn off your Brain and do a line or two THESE GUYS SUCK Worst Album Ever I agree with everyone else Choo choo?

Down for Life D4L Manufacturer: Asylum Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Southern Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: On Top of Our Game Rappa Ternt Sanga Chris Brown Sweatsuit New Joc City ASIN: B000BKSITO Release Date: 2005-11-08

Tracks:

1. Bankhead
2. Laffy Taffy
3. What Can U Do
4. Stuntman
5. Do It Like Me Baby
6. Front Street
7. Scotty
8. Betcha Can't Do It Like Me
9. I'm Da Man
10. Diggin' Me
11. Get Real Low
12. Make It Rain
13. Sh**in' Me
14. Game Owe Me

Album Description

Formed two years ago, D4L (meaning down for life) has seemingly appeared out of nowhere to become one of the hottest, most innovative groups to spring forth from the dirty concrete of the Atlanta. The members, all representing from different Atlanta projects- Fa-bo, Mook-B, Stoney and Shawty Lo- traded in their street hustles to pursue a new kind of hustle: music... and two years later, D4L is an â€~overnight success.’

Customer Reviews:

Turn off your Brain and do a line or two.......2007-04-16

OK, so most of the album is the same thing over and over, but this is so cool to listen to while high or geeked up. Not much of this can be considered good, but it sure is entertaining

THESE GUYS SUCK.......2007-02-18

these guys think they are hard but they all p***y's and can't rap for s**t

Worst Album Ever.......2006-12-03

This is quite possibly the worst album ever made. The only difference between D4L and A.C. is that A.C. is actually deliberately cr@p, whereas these guys are actually trying.

To figure out just how bad this album really is, all one has to do is listen to Laffy Taffy. The reason for this is that every song on this CD sounds almost identical. Same song structure, same two note beats. Laffy Taffy has to be one of the worst songs I have ever heard. The whole song consists of a two note beat. The only variation to this is the same two note pattern transposed a tone downwards. Not exactly a masterpiece of composition. There are no intruments in the whole album, it's all synthesised, but really bad quality synth, like a midi file. The rapping just sounds like a drunken slur and lyrics like "shake your laffy taffy" have been done before literally thousands of times. They desperately try to look all "gangsta", as evident from the cover art, but in the end just end up looking like a bunch of clowns. This "gangsta" nonsense has been done a million times before by much more talented groups like N.W.A. The only reason this sells is that ignorant preteens wouldn't know anything else apart from what they see in the top 20 charts, so really don't have anything good to compare this with. In the end, D4L just show themselves to be a bunch of amateurs doing everything that their record company tells them. This is the epitome of watered-down, corporate, meaningless, talentless, unoriginal, mass produced garbage that won't be remembered for anything else apart from being a useless fad. This is the sort of group that you used to listen to when you were a preteen and knew nothing about music, and just look back on and think "what the hell was I thinking?". Hell, you only have to look at the cover art to realise that. This album contains the usual nonsense like bragging about how rich they are which is total cr@p considering this is their first album so they hadn't actually made any money yet while writing it. Unfortunately, the average rap fan is to dumb to realise this and just eat up all the garbage that the media feeds them.

These guys would like you to believe they are "down" for life. More like down for 15 minutes of fame.

I agree with everyone else.......2006-10-16

I am a man who loves his classic rock, but I don't shun modern music. However though, I just hate bands like these who add Absolutly nothing to to the music scene other than giving people urges to gouge their ears out. This is just terrible. Laffy Taffy is the worst song of the year.

We need some good music to come out. I can't say that much, other than this stuff will be on it's way. Read the other reviews as well, they all know what they are talking about, but I am just adding the back up, for the sake of power in numbers.

Choo choo?.......2006-10-04

Anyone who rates this more than one star has mental deficiencies.

Seriously.

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