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Flaw – Through the Eyes
Artist: Flaw Title: Through the Eyes Label: Republic Rating: 6/10 As intimidating as these guys look on the back of their major label debut, Through The Eyes, the music on the album comes off just like you’d expect from any of the many heavy rock acts that are around today. The first track, “Only The…
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Jermaine Dupri – Instructions
Artist: Jermaine Dupri Title: Instructions Label: So So Def Rating: 4/10 Jermaine Dupri is the proven hit maker. There is no argument there, but his own singles haven’t always been all that interesting. Instructions is more like an all-star album as every track finds another rapper taking point while Dupri hides in the background. Ludacris…
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Monopoly Tycoon
Game: Monopoly Tycoon Platform: PC Studio: Infogrames Rating: 9/10 If you are waiting for your run of the mile Monopoly game than Tycoon will turn you on your head. Look: The entire game is in 3D. So instead of the typical flat board you really feel like you are making a purchase. The buildings have…
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Rah Digga – Interview [2001]
Investigating Thirteen Ghosts with Rah Digga! Thirteen Ghosts is a remake of the classic William Castle horror film about a family that inherits a spectacular old house from an eccentric uncle. There’s just one problem: the house seems to have a dangerous agenda all its own. Trapped in their new home by strangely shifting walls,…
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The Verve Pipe – Interview with Brian
What are you up to? Doing some radio tours. Working the promotion machine? Yeah. Shaking a lot of hands. Back to the basics? Yeah, back to the basics. I don’t understand radio, but I couldn’t figure how there wasn’t three or four singles. RCA got really nervous when “Hero” didn’t hit. They spent so much,…
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Backstreet Boys – The Hits
Artist: Backstreet Boys Title: The Hits Label: Jive Rating: 5/10 With the year rapidly coming to a close, now is the time to reminisce. It seems like every genre of music is being bombarded with some form of greatest hits compilation. This year’s slot for pop culture boy bands-The Backstreet Boys. With two of the…
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Goldie – Goldie.co.uk
Artist: Goldie Title: Goldie.co.uk Label: Moonshine Rating: 8/10 DJs are unknowns to the commercial world but the exception is drum and bass legend Goldie, the only DJ that has hit pop star status. You may recognize his famous gold teeth from successful films such as James Bond’s The World Is Enough and Guy Ritchie’s production,…
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Harry Connick, Jr. – Songs I Heard
Artist: Harry Connick, Jr. Title: Songs I Heard Label: Columbia Rating: 6/10 Songs I Heard is an album of Harry Connick Jr. performing kids songs. Here we go again. 1. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious – Actually not entirely bad. I’m so very surprised. 2. The Lonely Goatherd – This is a little less listener-friendly. 3. Ding Dong! The…
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Harry Connick, Jr. – 30
Artist: Harry Connick, Jr. Title: 30 Label: Columbia Rating: 4/10 30 is an album that Harry Connick Jr. recorded on his thirtieth birthday, four years ago. As he did with 25 and 20, Connick performs songs that he loves and admires, all classic standards. 1. I’m Walkin’ – Known as it is sung by the…
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DMX – The Great Depression
Artist: DMX Title: The Great Depression Label: Def Jam Rating: 8/10 DMX has become a man at the forefront of an art form known as hip-hop. His growl, his words, his voice, and his style are unstoppable. When DMX speaks, people stop to listen. The Great Depression comes in with a poem called “Sometimes” that…
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