Rhythm Trouble [Import]

Product Description
Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Track

Rhythm Trouble,Gigantor,Jvc Victor,Rock

Average customer rating: Amazon reviewer is an idiot... Bizarre Amazon Review 6 stars minimum Self-Contradicting Review By The Gentleman Under Me This is setup for big bands/jazz lovers alike

Trouble Man Marvin Gaye Manufacturer: Motown ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Classic R&B | R&B | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music Motown | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Quiet Storm | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | R&B General | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | R&B General | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classic R&B | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classic R&B | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Motown | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Motown | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Quiet Storm | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Quiet Storm | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Soul General | Soul | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Soul General | Soul | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music $7.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music R&B | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Soundtracks | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $7.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 R&B | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Soundtracks | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Here, My Dear I Want You Trouble Man Let's Get It on Black Caesar ASIN: B0000060NH Release Date: 1998-04-07

Tracks:

1. Main Theme Form Trouble Man
2. 'T' Plays It Cool
3. Poor Abbey Walsh
4. The Break In (Police Shoot Big)
5. Cleo's Apartment
6. Trouble Man
7. Theme From Trouble Man
8. 'T' Stands For Trouble
9. Main Theme From Trouble Man
10. Life Is A Gamble
11. Deep-In-It
12. Don't Mess With Mister 'T'
13. There Goes Mister 'T'

Amazon.com

Two phenomenons of early-'70s soul--Marvin Gaye and the soundtracks of blaxploitation flicks--met on this 1972 souvenir of the violent Robert Hooks vehicle. Unlike Curtis Mayfield's concurrent Superfly, however, Gaye's record mostly fails to rise above the clichés of film music. Save for the pained, dramatic title single and a few moments of sax-and-wah-wah strutting, much of what's here fails to touch Mayfield's song suite. That's ironic, given that Gaye bookended Trouble Man with two conceptual triumphs, What's Going On and Let's Get It On. His fans, and students of the genre, won't find this a total disappointment, but with "Trouble Man" itself available on a number of best-of CDs, it's inessential. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

Amazon reviewer is an idiot..........2007-06-12

Yeah, the Amazon reviewer is a moron. I suggest you listen to this album. And Amazon, who the f*** is this dope? He never listened to the record. Hope he didn't get paid, since he's a fraud. This is just as good as the other albums he recommends.

Bizarre Amazon Review.......2006-09-10

I'm with the previous reviewer, did the amazon reviewer actually listen to this?
This a fantastic record. It stands strongly with the other two mentioned.
I tracked it down for myself on cassette in the early 90's, the finally got it on vinyl - now CD. I gets better and better, upon repeated listenings, it is satisfying on so many levels - there is a real unfolding emotional intensity in this album.

Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye were on totally different orbits, just listen to any of their other works for comparison. In my opinion Mayfield, whilst catchy, went the route of James Brown for soundtracks i.e. did their usual stuff, but for soundtrack.

Soundtracks are all about incidental music too, you know! Gaye created atmosphere.

6 stars minimum.......2006-03-05

Marvin Gaye is one of the most gifted and visionary talents of the popular black music ever launched by Motown. Through out his disturbed music career, Marvin released plenty of great albums:
'what's going on', 'Let's get it on' and more releases, yet 'Trouble man' stands apart.

Marvin released this soundtrack in the early 70, and came out with one that ranked right alongside with Isaac Hayes in 'Shaft'.
More, this album is soul consistant from beginning to end.
Any new artist playing soul music today, Marvin Gaye's 'Trouble man' is the roots to all.

If you are into soul music and don't own 'trouble man', your music collection is missing biiiig time.

Self-Contradicting Review By The Gentleman Under Me.......2005-03-24

I'm glad the previous reviewer called the Amazon "expert" on his disparagement of Trouble Man, but I winced when he himself put Marvin's oeuvre down (with the exception of Trouble Man). I am comforted, however, by the fact that in the self same sentence in which he dismissed Marvin's other albums, he lauded this one for the very things that make the other albums magnificent works of art. My friend, do thine self a favour and give albums like 'Here, My Dear', 'Let's Get It On', 'I Want You', 'Vulnerable' et al a good spin. You'll swallow your words. That I promise you.

This is setup for big bands/jazz lovers alike.......2005-01-08

People called this a jazz album but some people would say "Y'know this ain't a jazz is more a funk-R&B album with less jazz". I think a lot of people shouldn't understand that this is Marvin's first doing an entire album for a blaxploitation film. I think I love this album so much (originally own it on LP but not on CD). The CD of it should wait. Like 4 instance, what if Marvin used his style as a jazz singer or a crooner leading the big bands and stuff. What if he was the next Quincy Jones, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, or whatever.

Maybe we should have jazz guru Bobby McFerrin do the part of it. I think everybody would be proud if we would've stay a little longer and made this album 33 years 2day. If ya'll like to hear more jazz like this, I recommend u should pick up Quincy Jones' Walking in Space, Grover Washington, Jr.'s The Best of Grover Washington, Jr., Jon B.'s Bonafide, Miles Davis' Kind of Blue, Quincy Jones' Q's Jook Joint, Body Heat, Sounds & Stuff Like That, Common's Like Water for Chocolate, Resurrection, One Day It'll All Make Sense, Prince's Musicology, Regina Belle's Lazy Afternoon, Barry White's All-Time Greatest Hits, Ronny Jordan's The Antidote, The Roots' Things Fall Apart, The book Insatiable by Allison Hobbs and definitely some styles from Chet Baker, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Miles Davis again, Gil Evans, Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, GRP All-Star Big Band (my favorite band of all-time), and many others u can see. Highly recommended.

Average customer rating: Trouble -Akon Something different is something great Um... total hip hop bubblegum Not bad, don't judge it just on Lonely

Trouble Akon Manufacturer: Umvd Labels ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Contemporary R&B | R&B | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Konvicted Eminem Presents: The Re-Up Rappa Ternt Sanga Late Registration Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 ASIN: B0000DIZUR Release Date: 2004-06-29

Tracks:

1. Locked Up
2. Trouble Nobody
3. Bananza (Belly Dancer)
4. Gangsta
5. Ghetto
6. Pot OF Gold
7. Show Out
8. Lonely
9. When The Time's Right
10. Journey
11. Don't Let Up
12. Easy Road
13. Bonus Track 1

Album Description

Debut album from Aliaune Akon, son of legendary African percussionist and jazz musician Mor Thiam. On this first offering, Akon delivers his own unique blend of rap, hip-hop and even a hint of ragga thrown in for good measure. Includes the single 'Locked Up'.

Customer Reviews:

Trouble -Akon.......2006-11-10

Love it! Look forward to much more from this very talented artist!

Something different is something great.......2006-11-03

After hearing Akon lament about his troubled past on `Locked Up' I rushed out to purchase the CD in it's entity, for judging on the strength of that one song I knew I'd be in for a treat, and what a treat it was. Sticking to his roots Akon delivers a unique musical experience that stands out from the crowd as different and all his own.

With slow tempo tracks like `Trouble Nobody' about rehabilitation and the difficulty in picking up the pieces after committing a felony and `Lonely' about the sore feeling of losing the ones you care about, Akon easily cements himself as one of the most thoughtful and almost poetic artists to emerge on the scene in a while. He still gives us club tracks to grind to like the ever popular `Bananza' which is like my wife's favorite song, as well as `When the Times Right' which is my favorite track here.

All around, this is an album to please any fan of hip-hop and R&B. Coupled with impressive beats, an intriguing story and Akon's one of a kind voice and sound `Trouble' is one of the better albums to come out in a long time.

Um..........2006-06-22

You know, I first heard this album awhile ago, but after listening to it all the way through, I decided it was only okay. My least favorite song in Bananza. The reason is because it makes belly dancers all look like a bunch of strippers and sluts, which we're not. That song is very disrespectful. The rest are so-so, nothing great, nothing horrible. I recommend this to some people, who listen to whatever they can get their hands on, but if you want amazing music hip-hop or anything, this isn't it.

total hip hop bubblegum.......2006-05-07

I was shocked to hear he is related to an african music/jazz music legend. I would have expected something better than this. Mr Lonely is a cute unserious song with an awesome piano hook but the rest is bland crap

Not bad, don't judge it just on Lonely.......2006-04-13

I bought this album a while back after hearing Locked Up on the radio which I thought was a tight song, and to be honest this album is a real mixed bag. I see a lot of great reviews on here and a lot of reviewers who hate Akon, mainly off the back of the irritating single Lonely. In truth this album falls somewhere in between the two views, Lonely got played way too much and lets be honest it was a bad song in the first place, but hey the chorus sounds like a chipmunk so idiots will buy it. I have no idea why this album is regularly classified as Hiphop, Akon does not really rap on the entire album so anyone expecting a Hiphop album will be dissapointed, this is R&B and fairly radio friendly at that.

There are some genuinely good tracks on here, Locked Up, Trouble Nobody, Journey and especially Ghetto which is off the hook. There is also a lot of filler, and Akon's voice can begin to grate after a while as he is hardly a great singer. He deserves a lot of credit for the production which he did entirely by himself, and the beats are solid throughout. Basically this is a decent album, people shouldn't judge it on Lonely, if you liked the other singles you'll probably like this othewise I wouldn't bother with it.

Average customer rating: The Trouble With Being Funky 4.5 stars Soul for your Soul the real trouble This!!!

The Trouble With Being Myself Macy Gray Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Contemporary R&B | R&B | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | R&B General | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | R&B General | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: The Id On How Life Is Big The Very Best of Macy Gray Live in Las Vegas ASIN: B000089H9V Release Date: 2003-07-15

Tracks:

1. When I See You
2. It Ain't The Money
3. She Ain't Right For You
4. Things That Made Me Change
5. Come Together
6. She Don't Write Songs About You
7. Jesus For A Day
8. My Fondest Childhood Memories
9. Happiness
10. Speechless
11. Screamin'
12. Every Now And Then

Customer Reviews:

The Trouble With Being Funky.......2007-06-16

Not to say that Macy Grey cannot produce a great ballad but this triple threat singer,songwriter and producer just seems so much more at home throwing down her gritty,quirky singing to incredibly funky songs such as the brightly catchy "When I See You","Come Together" and the speedy,horn fueled jazz funk extravaganza of the closing "Every Now And Then".She also gets a little reflective on the midtempo funky soul groove "She Don't Write Songs About You".Unfortunately this albums loses a lot of steam especially in the case of "It Ain't The Money" which Macy totally spoils in an effort to "reach the youth market of 2003" by adding a clever but contrived rap by Pharoahe Monch;Macy Gray has more then enough ability to stand on her own without the presense of rappers and this is made no more clear then on her lastest (and somewhat superior) album Big.The rest of the album is good but points out Macy's other slight flaw of trying to be too musically diverse and eclectic.Considering her freakish persona,borrowing heavily from her 70's counterpart Betty Davis Macy sounds very good on the ska inflected "My Fondest Childhood Memories" and the too beat heavy string ballad "Jesus For A Day" but are just too bogged down by her ambition rather then having it be a help to her sound.Sadly the rest of the remaining songs on this album (again) focus on hip-hop beats "for the kids" (to quoate Miles Davis referring to his very Macy Gray-sounding classic On the Corner) and soul balladeering trying hard to replicate the sound of her breakthrough hit "I Try" from five years earlier.So four classics out of twelve isn't bad and nothing on this album is truely awful.But fans totally intolerant of contempory-hip hop-disguised-as-retro R&B might want to steer clearly.Otherwise a potent musical experience awaits you.

4.5 stars.......2007-01-02

The Trouble With Being Myself is definitely Macy Gray's best work to date. This is seriously one of my favorite albums. It is excellent. Songs like "Screamin'," "Speechless" and "My Fondest Childhood Memories" are superb, as is the rest of the album. The lyircs on here are such an improvement from her past works, too. Yeah, some of them are still very strange and freaky, but a lot of them are deep and relateable. I highly recommend buying this album. It's really a shame because this was her least successful release, but it it her best.

Soul for your Soul.......2005-08-31

Macy Gray sadly would suffer a slight decline in her popularity, a common problem with some whose debut to critic's can never be bested in their eyes. Macy continued to release new music in her own distinct vein with 2001' "The Id" & this, 2003's "The Trouble With Being Myself". Though the critics finally "got" this record, beyond her fans, Top 40 radio had moved on from the neo-soul movement, & one of the most promising soul singers fell into obscurity sales wise.

I myself was one of the few who purchased this great album back in 2003, & continues to spin it today. This album to me is what we need more of in RnB: original, yet accesible beats & melodies, a voice that no one can forget, & thought-provoking lyrics. This record gives that & more.

"When I See You" opens the album with a fresh slice of funk, finding Macy still knows how to party & make that feel good music. Another highlight is "Jesus For A Day" which I really can't put into words, but can only say 'wow'. I also enjoyed "Things That Made Me Change" & "Speechless" which found Macy dealing with many introspective issues as with on her debut, but with the idiosyncratic nature of her sophmore follow-up.

I like how Macy adrresses the idea of love as something tangible, but that once you have it, you have to be able to hold onto it without losing what you "grabbed" it for in the beginning. She seems to channel the up's & down's of romance well through song.

I recommend this to any Macy Gray fan who never got a chance to listen to this underrated album, which combines what made both of her previous efforts great.

the real trouble.......2005-04-21

"the trouble with being myself is that I'm too embarassed to admit that I swallowed a frog and my record execs are pimpin' me to put out mess despite my suffering vocal skills"-Macy Gray

This!!!.......2004-06-30

Macy is in a class of her own. This cd is almost perfect. I love her unique voice. She is funky and soulful. Nobody matches the soulfulness of her voice. The songs are unique, strange, and wonderful. She is so quirky and real.

Average customer rating: This brings back many memories... ROLLER COASTER THUMBS UP

E Flat Boogie Trouble Funk Manufacturer: Funky Delicacies ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Disco | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Best of Chuck Brown "Rare Essence - Greatest Hits, Vol. 1" Your Game: Live at the 9:30 Club Washington, D.C. Go Go Swing Live Doin' It Old School Style ASIN: B00064X638 Release Date: 2004-11-02

Tracks:

1. E Flat Boogie
2. Let's Get Small
3. Trouble Funk Express
4. So Early in the Morning
5. Hey Fellas
6. Pump Me Up
7. E Flat Boogie [Instrumental Version]
8. Let's Get Small [Instrumental Version]
9. Trouble Funk Express [Instrumental Version]

Album Description

Funky Delicacies literally "drops the bomb" as it presents the first of a projected three-volume reissue program featuring Trouble Funk, the band that was truly the missing link between funk and hip-hop. This first volume contains the group's most rare and influential early recordings--tracks like "Pump It Up," "Trouble Funk Express," "Let's Get Small," and "So Early in the Morning." Sampled by everyone from Boogie Down Productions to Will Smith, these unedited, digitally remastered original classics are now available for the first time in more than a decade. Includes three previously unavailable instrumental versions.

Customer Reviews:

This brings back many memories..........2006-05-12

thanks Amazon for adding go-go to your item selection.
I had this 12" record when I was a teenager and member playing it everyday after school. Gotta add this to my ole skool go-go collection!!!

ROLLER COASTER THUMBS UP.......2005-02-19

TROUBLE STARTS YOU OFF WITH A SMOOTH RHYTHMIC & STYLISH BASS LINE
ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG HORN SETS WITH JAZZY OVERTONES OF FLOW ALONG WITH "BIG TONY'S VOICE"
SO CULTURE-FULL FROM ITS NATIVE WASHINGTON D.C. WHERE THIS FORM OF MUSIC WAS BORN. ITS A MIXTURE OF TEMP JAZZ, AFRICAN PERCUSSIONIC RHYTHMS, AND THE ALL-AMERICAN RHYTHM & BLUES BASS-LINE EVERYONE LOVES- SPRINKLED WITH A TOUCH OF URBAN
{CALL&RESPONSE} RHETORIC. SOOTHING...TO EXCITING! EXCITING! AND QUENCHING FOR THE PARTY GOERS' EAR.

Average customer rating:

Trouble Akon Manufacturer: Umvd Labels ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Contemporary R&B | R&B | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music $9.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music R&B | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $9.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Konvicted Good Girl Gone Bad ASIN: B000MDH8AK Release Date: 2007-01-03

Tracks:

1. Locked Up
2. Trouble Nobody
3. Bananza (Belly Dancer)
4. Gangsta - Akon, Daddy T, Devyne,
5. Ghetto
6. Pot of Gold
7. Show Out
8. Lonely
9. When the Time's Right
10. Journey
11. Don't Let Up
12. Easy Road

Average customer rating:

Trouble Akon Manufacturer: Umvd Labels ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Contemporary R&B | R&B | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music $9.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music R&B | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $9.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Konvicted Minutes to Midnight FutureSex / LoveSounds I'm Not Dead The Sweet Escape ASIN: B000MDH8AA Release Date: 2007-01-03

Tracks:

1. Locked Up
2. Trouble Nobody
3. Bananza (Belly Dancer)
4. Gangsta - Akon, , Devyne, Pickle Head, , Daddy T
5. Pot of Gold
6. Show Out
7. Lonely
8. When the Time's Right
9. Journey
10. Don't Let Up
11. I Won't
12. Locked Up [Remix][*] - Akon, Styles P

Average customer rating: As Always, Hilarious Spoof Odessey worth the laughs! better to be "Lost in Space" Stretched Thin Do the Math

Forbidden Broadway 2001: A Spoof Odyssey Manufacturer: Drg ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Forbidden Broadway, Vol. 8 - Special Victims Unit Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act!: The Unoriginal Cast Recording, Volume 5 (1998 New York Cast) Forbidden Broadway (20th Anniversary Edition) Forbidden Broadway, Vols. 1-4 Forbidden Broadway: The Hit Musical Revue (1982 Revue Compilation) ASIN: B0000584UL Release Date: 2001-02-13

Tracks:

1. Forbidden Broadway 2001: Another Op'nin, 'Another Show
2. Futuristic Stewardess/Usherette: Come Fly With Me
3. Judi Dench: Why Can't The English?
4. Trouble In New Tork City: Trouble
5. The Music Man Revival 2001: Till There Was You
6. Cole Porter: You're The Top/From The Moment On
7. Kiss Me, Kate Revival 2001: Wunderbar
8. I Hate Ben - Marin Mazzie: I Hate Men
9. Cheryl Ladd In Annie Get Your Gun: There's No Business Like Show Business
10. Miss Saigon Farewell: Why God Why?
11. Saturday Night Fiasco: Stayin' Alive
12. Gwen Verdon & The Fosse Dancers: I'm A Brass Band/Steam Heat
13. Liza Minnelli 2001/Alan Cumming in Cabaret: Wilkommen
14. Let's Run Times Square Again: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
15. Ethel Merman & Elton John: I've Got Rhythm/Old Fashioned Wedding
16. Beauty's Been Decreased: Beauty And The Beast
17. Being Lupone: Being Alive
18. Sondheim's Blues: Buddy's Blues
19. Streisand's Farewell Tour: Happy Days Are Here Again/Mame
20. Les Miz 2001 - Edith Piaf/Milord
21. Aida - Amneris Intro: Every Story Is A Love Story/Heather Headley/It's Cheesy: Easy As Life
22. Elaborate Sets (Aida Cont.): Elaborate Lives
23. Angela Lansbury: I Don't Want To Know
24. The Full Monty: Let It Go
25. 76 Hit Shows: 76 Trombones
26. Bows-Ta-Ta Folks: Another Op'nin, 'Another Show
27. Joseph And The Amazing High 'C': Any Dream Will Do

Customer Reviews:

As Always, Hilarious.......2007-05-03

This is so funny! Like all the Forbidden Broadway cds, its another knock-out. I feel like such a crazy person when I am in the car driving and I just burst out laughing. Its great and a must have for any Forbidden Broadway fan.

Spoof Odessey worth the laughs!.......2002-04-14

I enjoyed "Forbidden Broadway 2001: A Spoof Odyssey." This recording has some truly genius material, and although these actors' impersonations of famous Broadway stars aren't as strong as they have been in the past, the CD has a lot to recommend it.

Particularly strong is Track 16, "Let's do an old fashioned show tune," featuring Elton John and Ethel Merman duking it out over AIDA, which Merman says is "putting everyone here through hell." Likewise, Track 15, "Let's Ruin Times Square Again," tickles my funny bone. Also wonderful are the satires of Beauty and the Beast, Angela Lansbury, and the Full Monty; Gerard Alessandrini's done a tremendous job with these! In addition, this CD's introductory song is much stronger than those on the previous volumes of Forbidden Broadway. It really sets the tone for the best parts of this recording.

Unfortunately, with a few notable exceptions, the first half of the CD is a bit thin, which is why I give this recording 3 out of 5 stars: Even though it entertains me, there's a lot I have to skip over. For example, the Liza Minelli spoof annoying (though, I admit, a little funny), and in the Music Man revival satire, their Robert Preston impersonator sounds *nothing* like the original. (In earlier recordings, the actors *did* sound like the people they claimed to be.)

The good news is that the CD has 30 tracks in all, so even though there are 13 that I dislike, I just love the rest... I do recommend it!

better to be "Lost in Space".......2001-12-31

First and foremost, this CD is really for diehard fans of Forbidden Broadway, those of us who want the good, the bad and the ugly on the cd rack. I was extremely unimpressed with the latest offering.

While I agree with some of the other reviewers that there is some nice work, I don't know that Saturday Night Fiasco and Sondheim's Blues are sufficient to carry the rest of the tracks. Not much seems new or worse yet, important. Disney isn't new, nor is Les Miz. And while pointing out what is stale and pedestrian on Broadway was amusing on the last couple of releases, this Forbidden Broadway spoof clearly has joined the list of stale and pedestrian.

While there is some nice material on this disc, I really didn't laugh out loud, and that is why I have always bought these in the past.

If Alessandrini reduces the show to the same complaints of the same shows and then replaying lightly tweaked versions of past numbers, Trouble and Alan Cumming in Cabaret specifically, then he has himself is on the becoming a revival - and we know what he thinks of revivals.

The repeats might even be acceptable if there was something fresh in the perfomance, but both were done much better on their respective discs. I think Danny Gurwin is a great comedian, but he doesn't shine in either of these numbers. We also need a recording with no Ethel Merman or Liza numbers - give them a rest already. And why bring back Streisand with such a poor imitation? The earlier Barbara's were dead on vocal impressions as well as speech patterns. If you aren't going to improve on it, then don't drag it back out.

Alessandrini suggests that this is one of the best casts he has ever worked with. I don't know what he bases that on, but I beg to differ, either cast with Bryan Batt was significantly better, although they worked with fresh, clever material. Still, those recordings had verocious talent that brought Gerard's stinging wit to life for those of us who can't see every new production of FB.

Maybe it is time to go to off Broadway productions, or to the radio or the movies for some new ideas. Or else promise no references to the Gap, Disney, or Chorus Boys, (way over used on this recording), along with a Merman and Liza free season. Start from scratch. That might give us hope that Forbidden Broadway too might not be dead.

Stretched Thin.......2001-03-26

I just saw the stage production of Forbidden Broadway 2001: A Spoof Odyssey. I agree with the other reviewers who feel that Alessandrini is no longer at the top of his game. Perhaps he should lay off for a year or three and let Broadway present new things for him to lampoon - as it always will.

The opening sequence is forced and unfunny, and clearly in place only to batter the listener with the "2001" theme. Unlike a previous reviewer, I found the Judi Dench parody hysterical, though I question its accuracy.

The "Trouble" parody is, as it always was, incomplete and thin. My dear friend John Kenrick (...) did a better job with it - included the segments of the original song that GA left out, and in a funnier fashion. The Cole Porter parody is marginally amusing, but the Brian Mitchell/Marin Mazzie parody is dead on the mark, and VERY funny.

The parody of Cheryl Ladd remains in the show, although she's no longer in "Annie Get Your Gun" - Reba McIntyre is now in the role. Similarly, he stabs at Alan Cumming, who is no longer playing the Emcee. These numbers, while funny, lack punch. On the other hand, he once again skewers long time target Patti LuPone with an hysterical new parody of Being Alive. I suppose she's innately funnier, after all these years, than Alan Cumming, who is, after all, a relative newcomer.

The Rocky Horror parody is amusing, and the observation that sex has moved off 42nd Street and onto the Broadway stage is not without merit. The Beauty parody is amusing, and apt, but as has already been noted, GA has been clobbering us with the Disnification of Broadway for years now. I suppose he finds some glee in the fading success of this particular show.

I must say that while Gurwin is not the greatest singer, "Sondheim's Blues" is the most brilliant piece I've heard from Alessandrini in years. It's absolutely dead on. The friends I was with had never seen nor heard "Follies" and completely missed the point, but I was in stitches.

The "10 Years More" (which does not appear on this album, but remains in the show) has really begun to wear thin, especially with the closing this year of Cats and Miss Saigon. The Cameron Macintosh British mega-musicals are finally releasing their grip on Broadway, and this isn't as funny any more.

Broadway, despite the naysayers, will never die... and apparently, neither will Forbidden Broadway. I don't think it should - but I do think it needs a rest.

Do the Math.......2001-03-15

Four CDs cover the first 20 Years of Forbidden Broadway, Gerard Alessandrini's viciously witty satire of New York Theatre. The last year has seen Three new CDs, FB "Cleans Up Its Act" "20th Anniversary Edition" and now "2001 a Spoof Odyssey". Do the math.

Alessandrini is running out of ideas, and is spreading the remaining ones too thin. . Sanitized Time Square - Been there. Disnified Broadway - Done that, and so many times. Asinine casting faux pas, plotless pointless set-monster musicals, and Ethel Merman and Liza. We've heard it all before - and last time, it was funnier.

Now normally when a writer (or director or actor) has truly entertained me on numerous occasions, I'll forgive the odd show that disappoints. This would be the case here except for two things: Alessandrini is in the vicious parody business - he's never spared anyone else Besides, if he's going to actually include couplets like: "If lyrics are no longer witty... Then I don't want to go " he's inviting the pans.

When you hear the AIDA lampoon, you'll be reminded of the dim bulb in Cyrano de Bergerac who taunts the hero with the brilliant witticism: Your nose is very large

Yes, there are a few true Forbidden Broadway tracks on Spoof Odyssey. Dame Judi Dench singing "Why can't Americans do theatre like the Brits?" (with apologies to My Fair Lady), I Hate Ben (with apologies to Kiss Me Kate) and about 1/3 of "Let's Ruin Time Square Again" (no apologies necessary to Rocky Horror which understands how easy it is for good parody to go bad). Oh yes, there is one absolutely true Forbidden Broadway track: TROUBLE - yes, the same Trouble from Volume 3 which was just re-released on the 20th Anniversary compilation - and it's back again with a more hackneyed Robert Preston impersonation and all of 4 words changed. Granted it's one of the better bits, more worthy of rerunning than say, referring to Miss Saigon as Viet-Numb, but oh, he reran that gag too

Average customer rating: Loketo Loketo. Worth it for Diblo's guitar African musicians still unfairly overlooked by the west!! Le meilleur groupe du fin des annees quatre-vingt huits! Magnificent soukouss.

Soukous Trouble Loketo Manufacturer: Shanachie ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Africa | International | Styles | Music Zaire & Congo | Africa | International | Styles | Music Soukous | Africa | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Africa | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Super Soukous Zing Zong Kwassa Kwassa Rough Guide to Congolese Soukous The Rough Guide to Franco: Africa's Legendary Guitar Maestro ASIN: B000000E2Q Release Date: 1990-06-27

Tracks:

1. Soukous Trouble
2. Mabe
3. Pour Toujours
4. Pingui Bill
5. Kimia Eve
6. Menssa

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Loketo founder Diblo Dibala's smoothly syncopated 16th-note patterns virtually define 1990s soukous. Bearing an impeccable pedigree--including stints with the legendary Franco's TPOK band in Zaire and with Kanda Bongo Man in Paris--Diblo formed Loketo (which means "hips") with vocalist Aurlus Mabele in the mid-'80s. Released about the time Loketo broke up (1990), Soukous Trouble is as fine an album as this memorable live band ever recorded. The title track celebrates Mabele's sizzling "soukous infernal" and sets the pace for a half-hour's worth of ecstatic intertwining guitar lines, railroad-rhythm drumming, and the constant encouragement of the group's three lead singers. Skipping old Congolese rumba's slow intros, Loketo launch immediately into the uptempo sembe section that makes modern Parisian soukous the nonstop electric dance party it has become. --Richard Gehr

Customer Reviews:

Loketo Loketo........2001-12-10

This CD is a must have to all lovers of Soukous music and alike. I can't stress enough how I like this CD, to put it in perspective, I rate it 5+, if there is such ratings. Please pick it up if you haven't done so.

Worth it for Diblo's guitar.......1999-11-27

Nice clean sound with Diblo Dibala's guitar playing featured up front. His playing just keeps everything moving. Good female vocal backup on some of the tracks.

It's good, soukouss fans will like it.

African musicians still unfairly overlooked by the west!!.......1999-10-28

After listening to all types and forms of music from all accross the globe for close to 4 decades now, it is my considered opinion that on the whole that African musicians (especially guitarists) are still not paid the full recognition they deserve! Any living human instantly connects and is transported with the expressive, enrapturing music on this CD!! (After all Africa is indeed the crucible and originator of all life and music!

Le meilleur groupe du fin des annees quatre-vingt huits!.......1999-06-19

Loketo remain for me my most memorable Zairean band from the late 80's, about the time I was a school leaver. However, the album they recorded with Aurlus Mabele "SOUKOUSS LA TERREUR" is their finest work.

Magnificent soukouss........1999-06-09

The first time I heard soukouss music was at a party here in town one summer. I just fell in love with it and that's my main music. You take a couple of cds like this one, your party's guaranteed to be a success.

Average customer rating: Good dance music It's a rappers delight!!! Classic "Old School" that started the rap movement

The Sugar Hill Records Story { Various Artists } Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Disco | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Old School | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Old School | Compilations | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music 1970s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music 1980s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music 1970-1979 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 1980-1989 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Blues | Box Sets | Stores | Music General | Dance & DJ | Box Sets | Stores | Music Rap & Hip-Hop | Box Sets | Stores | Music R&B & Soul | Box Sets | Stores | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000033T3 Release Date: 1997-02-04

Tracks:

1. Rapper's Delight (Long Version) - Sugarhill Gang
2. Funk You Up (Long Version) - Sequence
3. Rapper's Reprise (Jam-Jam) - Sugarhill Gang
4. Super-Wolf Can Do It (Short Version) - Super Wolf
5. Hot Hot Summer Day - Sugarhill Gang
6. And You Know That (Short Version) - Sequence
7. Freedom - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5
8. Monster Jam - Spoonie Gee Meets The Sequence
9. Baby Let's Rap Now (Pt. 2) - Moments
10. People Get On Up - Positive Force

Tracks:

1. 8th Wonder - Sugarhill Gang
2. That's The Joint - Funky 4+1
3. The Birthday Party - Grandmaster Flash
4. Check It Out - Wayne & Charlie (The Rapping Dummy)
5. The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels Of Steel - Grandmaster Flash
6. Showdown - Furious Five Meets The Sugarhill Gang
7. Let's Dance (Make Your Body Move) - West Street Mob
8. Spoonie Is Back - Spoonie Gee
9. Apache - Sugar Hill Gang
10. It's Nasty (Genius of Love) (Short Version) - Grand Master Flash & The Furious Five

Tracks:

1. Hey Fellas (Long Version) - Trouble Funk
2. Sing A Simple Song - West Street Mob
3. It's Good To Be The Queen - Sylvia
4. The Lover In You - Sugarhill Gang
5. The Message - Grand Master Flash & The Furious Five
6. Whip It - Treacherous Three
7. Scratching - Crash Crew
8. Ooh Baby (Short Version) - West Street Mob
9. Scorpio - Grand Master Flash & The Furious Five
10. Making Cash Money - Busy Bee
11. Here Comes The Bride - Sequence

Tracks:

1. Message II (Survival) - Melle Mel & Duke Bootee
2. Breaking Bells (Take Me To The Mardi Gras) - Crash Crew
3. Yes We Can-Can - Treacherous Three
4. The Word Is Out - Sugarhill Gang
5. New York New York - Grand Master Flash & The Furious Five
6. Girls - Sugar Hill Gang
7. Kick It Live From 9 to 5 - Sugar Hill Gang
8. Break Dance-Electric Boogie - West Street Mob
9. All Night Long (Waterbed) - Kevie Kev (Waterbed Kev)
10. At The Ice Arcade - Chilly Kids
11. White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) (Long Version) - Grandmaster & Melle Mel
12. We Are Known As Emcees (We Turn Party's Out) - Crash Crew

Tracks:

1. Jesse - Grandmaster Melle Mel
2. Beat Street - Grand Master Melle Mel & The Furious Five
3. Livin' In The Fast Lane - Sugar Hill Gang
4. We Don't Work For Free - Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five
5. Step Off - Furious Five
6. Xmas Rap (Un-Censored) - Treacherous Three
7. Busy Bee's Groove - Busy Bee
8. Turn It Up - Treacherous Three
9. The Down Beat - Sugarhill Gang (Kory-O, Woder Mike, Big Bank Hank)
10. Vice (From Miami Vice) - Grandmaster Melle Me:
11. Outta Control - Miracle Mike & The Ladies Of The 80's
12. Street Walker (Original) - Mass Production
13. The Message ('97 Dungeon Mix) - Grand Master Flash & The Furious Five

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Easily the two most overused words in music criticism are essential and classic. That said, this five-CD box set is all that and a bag of chips to boot. Back in the late 1970s, the small Sugar Hill Records label changed the nature of the rap genre with the music, made with a live band, that they released--and the beats still sound on point today. This box set features tracks from Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Sequence, the Sugarhill Gang, the Funky 4 + 1, and the Treacherous 3 (to name just a few) and classic tracks like "The Message," "Freedom," and "Rapper's Delight." In other words, classic, essential party music that still rocks the house. Everybody say ho! --Amy Linden

Customer Reviews:

Good dance music.......1999-10-20

I like to dance on HipHopmusic, so that's why I like these CD'S so much. It's real old stuff of the '80 and the beginning of the '90.

It's a rappers delight!!!.......1999-09-22

This album goes way back to the beginning of rapmusic. Back to the days of broken glas everywhere and casanovo fly. You can't have better than this. The godfathers of rap are in the house.

Classic "Old School" that started the rap movement.......1999-03-17

This box-set is an example of the classic "old school" that started the rap movement back in the early 80s. With 5 CDs of music, there's a lot to sift through. Each disc contains at least three or four essential tunes that clearly define why this music was so groundbreaking (and still is today). You've got all 14 minutes of "Rapper's Delight", two versions of "The Message", and a host of other notably catchy numbers. Even though Sugar Hill didn't invent the rap genre, they were the first to make it popular among the masses. The set also includes a booklet that contains several articles detailing the Sugar Hill story. For anyone who's into "old school" in the strictest sense of the word, then this box set is a must!

Average customer rating:

Double Trouble Mad Lion Manufacturer: Weeded Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Dance Hall | Reggae | International | Styles | Music General | Reggae | International | Styles | Music General | Reggae | Compilations | International | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Reggae | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000009NR2 Release Date: 1996-05-24

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