Reviews
R&B
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Back At The Chicken Shack
“Incredible” is a bit of a stretch. Probably better off using “Plain Old Jimmy Smith”, or “Just Jimmy Smith”, or even more equitable “Jimmy…
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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
This is the first time I have ever listened to any of this guy’s music. Seems kinda odd, right? I presume, given the prevalence of media…
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Songs in the Key of Life
I absolutely love this. I received the vinyl album as a gift when it first came out, and I listened to it endlessly. I still pull it up on…
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Club Classics Vol. One
See, soul and hip hop can actually be uplifting. No cursing, no killing, no anger for anger’s sake.
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Head Hunters
Damn this is really good. Herbie went hunting heads, and found them. All the heads I knew back in high school gravitated to these tunes.…
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Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Starts off sounding like the record’s stuck. Which is weird, because I’m listening to it on youtube, and I’m pretty sure they don’t use…
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Fulfillingness’ First Finale
I had never heard this album. It’s pretty good. Stevie could also teach The Byrds a thing or two also, since he actually spelled Bird…
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Sign O the Times
I’m going to be honest here. I NEVER listened to Prince aside from what was on the radio way back when, so this was new to me. So, I gave…
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All Directions
All directions? ALL of them? That’s pretty damn ambitious. Even modern bands choose less – One Direction anyone? I wonder if these guys…
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3 Feet High and Rising
What is this? Some kind of game show? It’s pretty weird, if so. Kind like a reverse Jeopardy, where they ask the questions first, then the…
