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5. Herman The German

6. Nena

7. Party Service

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9. Schwester Inge

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13. Betriebsausflug

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Average customer rating: The unbiased opinion of an biased fan Daddy Yankee has done it again THE KING IS BACK What a dissapointment Otro Mercado

El Cartel: The Big Boss Daddy Yankee Manufacturer: Interscope Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Rap | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Reggae | International | Styles | Music General | Reggae | Compilations | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: Los Benjamins: La Continuacion Perfect Melody Presenta: El Pentagono Residente o Visitante Los Benjamins ASIN: B000PDZJ0I Release Date: 2007-06-05

Tracks:

1. Jefe
2. En Sus Marcas Listos Fuera
3. Cambio
4. Fuera De Control
5. Impacto
6. Ella Me Levanto
7. A Lo Clasico
8. Bring It On
9. Who's Your Daddy?
10. El Celular
11. Ven Damelo
12. Papi Lover
13. Que Paso!
14. Mensaje De Estado
15. Tension
16. Soy Lo Que Soy
17. Coraza Divina
18. Plane To PR
19. Me Quedaria
20. Todos Quieren A Raymond
21. Impacto

Amazon.com

If the reggaeton revolution slowed for a second and you're not sure why, consider the comings and goings of Daddy Yankee: Three years have passed since he lit a Latino fire under the non-Latino world with "Gasolina," and despite the best efforts of vast clusters of tough-talking, body-rocking followers, only he, apparently, can keep it stoked. El Cartel: The Big Boss is a 21-track thrill ride destined to restore reggaeton's lost luster. The first few minutes creak--as intros go, "Jefe" is on the longwinded side--but from there it's a riot of bump-bumps, nemesis-bashing, and quick-tongued braggadocio. All credit to DY for again climbing atop a swirling mass of beats and remembering to swagger appealingly on the way up, but the small army of producers and friends who line up to pay the big boss respects on this disc also deserve their props: Fergie makes an impact on the Scott Storch-produced "Impacto" without forcing it in an overly mainstream direction, "Papi Lover" with Pussycat Doll Nicole Sherzinger busts out a cool bhangra-ragga vibe, and Will.i.am winds up "Plane to PR," a slight but contagious ode to Caribbean senoritas, tight. --Tammy La Gorce

Album Description

THE KING OF REGGAETON, DADDY YANKEE, returns with his new album "El Cartel: The Big Boss". After international platinum success with his first 4 albums, Daddy Yankee released, "El Barrio Fino", which went PLATINUM in the U.S alone, and solidified himself as the leading pioneer of the reggaeton movement. "El Cartel: The Big Boss" is the follow-up studio album everybody has been waiting 3 years for. Having enlisted super-producers such as will.i.am and Scott Storch, Daddy Yankee more than lives up to the hype and delivers his most multi-dimensional and complete album to date.

Customer Reviews:

The unbiased opinion of an biased fan.......2007-07-14

I've spent the last 3 days listening to El Cartel: The Big Boss, and I'm happy to report that Daddy Yankee's latest is actually very good. Back track- I picked up Barrio Fino about this time in '05, and truthfully, it took about 3 months to grow on me. Since then, however, it's become one of my all-time favorite CDs, and I still enjoy listening to it. Fast forward- The Big Boss grew on me in about three minutes. What I especially like about the tracks on The Big Boss is the skillful way that DY experiments sound but somehow manages to stay true to his reggaeton roots. The CD doesn't try to be too hip hop and seems to be tailored to an "American" audience without pandering. I found the blend of English and Spanish languages well thought out, playful, and pleasant. When I hit [REPEAT]- Bring it On, Papi Lover, Plane to P.R., Impacto (sin Fergie), and Me Quedaria. Anyway, as some would say "it's Daddy Yankee, so you know it's going to be good!"

Daddy Yankee has done it again.......2007-07-08

El Cartel is a hot cd. It has a different flavor of reggaeton that makes you want to dance endlessly. Impacto of course is the most bangin' track on the cd. Some of the tracks are in English, which allows the non Spanish speaking audience the opportunity to truly appreciate this genre of music and Daddy Yankee's extreme talent. As Daddy Yankee says the King is back!

THE KING IS BACK.......2007-07-07

Excellent, just excellent. This is a new age of Reggaeton.
Almost every song is brilliant with right words.
Hope You gonna like it like I do.

What a dissapointment.......2007-06-23

This cd is a dissapointment for people that knows Daddy Yankees trayectory. Daddy Yankee is one of the best reggaeton artist ever and with this cd he had the opportunity to be the best. But this cd is nothing as it was expected to be. My self coming straight from Puerto Rico, I know what real quality reggaeton is. For example his cd Barrio Fino is excellent. Don Omar's both cd's The Last Don and King of Kings. Tego Calderon's cd El Abayarde is great, his last one sucks too. And different cds like Desafio, MVP 1 and 2, Los 12 Dicipulos, all of the Gargolas, Eliel el que habla con las manos, Reggaeton from 2003 until 2006, a lot of good good reggaeton. But this cd has weird beats, that sound old and with lack of excecution. His voice in this cd sounds like he is trying to copy new artist Arcangel and it doesnt have his screaming pumping trademark voice good fast rapping style. It doesnt sound nothing like Daddy Yankee. His lyrics are stupid. And he is copying Don Omar saying his is El Jefe, come on Daddy you have been here more than anyone, you should not have to copy anyone. This cd is selling because of the expectancy but in Puerto Rico, where we listen to real reggaeton, not mainstream MTV sold out crap, this cd is not been played.

Otro Mercado.......2007-06-18

Definitivamente esta producción está dirigida al mercado Gringo y no al Latino. Es una desición de Yankee. No esta mal, pero no me deslumbra.

Average customer rating: Still a classic in 2006 "THE BOSS" IS A CLASSIC~BRAVO DIANA !!! A Masterpiece No doubt! Who's the boss?

The Boss Diana Ross Manufacturer: Motown ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Disco | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Classic R&B | R&B | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music Motown | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music $7.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music R&B | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Dance & DJ | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $7.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Diana (Deluxe Edition) Diana & Marvin To Love Again Diana Ross Diana ASIN: B00000J2RF Release Date: 1999-05-18

Tracks:

1. No One Gets The Prize
2. I Ain't Been Licked
3. All For One
4. The Boss
5. Once InThe Morning
6. It's My House
7. Sparkle
8. I'm In The World
9. The Boss (Original 12in Remix)
10. It's My House (Original Promotion-Only 12in Remix)

Amazon.com

While hardly as superfine a Ross vehicle as the Chic-produced Diana of a year later, 1979's The Boss does offer a few tracks of prime Ashford and Simpson-helmed disco-pop. Foremost among them are the title track (also heard on this augmented CD reissue in an even better 12-inch remix), "No One Gets the Prize," and "I Ain't Been Licked." All three offer a mix of sass and vulnerability that's among the diva's most pleasing stances. "All for One" and "I'm in the World" try too hard in their ways to reinvent Ross's showbizzy anthem "Reach Out and Touch," but neither truly offends. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

Still a classic in 2006.......2006-11-12

This album is one of my all time favourites by any artist. Diana is at her peak and the music has been sent direct from heaven courtesy of legendary writers Ashford & Simspon. I still get goosebumps when I play the classic dance numbers "No One Gets The Prize", "The Boss", "I Ain't Been Licked" and the smooth mid-tempo grooves of "It's My House" and "Once In The Morning". And the ballads are wonderful too - esp "All For One". We went and saw Diana live in concert in Melbourne and Sydney just a week ago (Nov 2006) and the crowds went wild when Diana belted out "The Boss" and esp when she let loose with her vocal dynamics at the end just like on the 12" extended single (included on this CD) - of course a standing ovation and a stunning vocal that everyone deserves to hear/feel. My three favourites on the album are "No One Gets The Prize", "Once In The Morning" and "It's My House" - all glorious productions. Diana fan or not, do yourself a favour and buy this classic album!

"THE BOSS" IS A CLASSIC~BRAVO DIANA !!! .......2006-10-10

When Diana Ross went into the studio to lay down the tracks for this delicious classic that I have loved since its release, this great singer was in rare form and did some of the most inspired singing of her long and totally brilliant career...from the opening "No One Get's The Prize" it is clear that this is going to be one hell of a ride with a legendary singer in top form!!! Diana is loose, funky and supremely soulful and the material and arrangements are equally inspired and superb. The follow up release "Diana" which is another tremendous classic went through the roof but "THE BOSS" has always been my personal favorite from this Supremely Talented Diva...next track is the ultimate survival athem and "I Ain't Been Licked" is another reason why "The Boss" is the ultimate musical treasure chest of classic performances as Diana infuses this great song with a edgy and urgent vocal that is nothing less than stunning...one of those incredibly great songs that you will play over and over and love it more with each listen...Diana needs to get back into the studio with Ashford and Simpson as they are a match made in musical heaven..."All For One" is another glorious track with Diana in top ballad form infusing this classic song one with a completely gorgeous and passionate vocal performance that is nothing less than brilliant...title track "The Boss" is another song turned into an athem by Miss Ross as she infuses this great song with a tremendous vocal that is loose and wildly soulful...every song in this great collection is a winner and this is a must have for anyone who enjoys a legendary singer at the peak of her wonderous powers...BRAVO DIANA and thanks for this wonderful musical treat that is your complete masterpiece for us all to savor and enjoy until the next one...a great companion to this awesome CD is the Import DVD "Diana Ross In Concert" which is a incredibly great HBO special taped in Las Vegas during "The Boss" tour and this amazing 80 minute tour-de-force performance hopefully will be released in the US!!!

A Masterpiece.......2006-04-16

This album is the greatest achievement of Diana Ross' career. Miss Ross sings in a way that she has ever in her career. From the opening track, "No One Get's the Prize," to the title track and especially, "Once In the Morning," every vocal is a thrilling surprise. The vocals on every track show that Ross can sing the way she's always demonstrated during her live performances, but seldom on records. This record is one of Ashford and Simpson's best production, along with Gladys Knight & the Pips', "About Love." If you are a new Ross fan, this is the record the have, in all it's remastered glory. Simply, a Masterpiece!

No doubt!.......2006-01-31

The Boss is The Bomb. Yea, yea, the next album was "chic" and all that, and perhaps commecially her best seller. When they were in vogue, put anyone on a Chic groove and they sold by the truckloads, i.e. David Bowie, Sister Sledge, etc. Even Lady Madonna got some of their flavor. Having said all that, if you must own at least one Diana Ross album, it's got to be this one, hands down.

Who's the boss?.......2006-01-20

You're right: in another review I referred to The Boss as being Diana's best solo effort after her first solo album in 1970. Any similarities? You bet! Ashford & Simpson are back in charge here, as there were in the late sixties and early seventies. Apparently they know how to get the best out of Ms Ross. Strong tracks with excellent rhythm and back-ups. Catchy lyrics for Diana to sing in a voice that seems to have a range larger than ever before. Looking back at that period, I feel this must have been the top of her success. Surely, about a year after this record 'Diana' was produced by Edwards and Rodgers (Chic), but personally I believe she emulates he Chic-sound on that one (she had no choice), whereas The Boss is still very Motown, combined with late seventies disco. Diana's voice sounds great here. From the eighties recordings it slowly loses its power, perhaps because of the lesser material to sing, who knows?

Average customer rating: She's the Boss brilliance &%**( brilliance He's the boss on his first solo album (except the title song) Okay, maybe worth three stars Mick Solo

She's the Boss Mick Jagger Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Wandering Spirit Primitive Cool Goddess in the Doorway Main Offender Talk Is Cheap ASIN: B000002IXG Release Date: 1993-11-16

Tracks:

1. Lonely At The Top
2. 1/2 A Loaf
3. Running Out Of Luck
4. Turn The Girl Loose
5. Hard Woman
6. Just Another Night
7. Lucky In Love
8. Secrets
9. She's The Boss

Customer Reviews:

She's the Boss.......2007-02-01

I have been looking for this CD long time. I had it once and lost it. I am very very happy that I could find it. It was actually only Amazon who had this.

brilliance &%**( brilliance.......2005-08-02

Jagger shines when removed from the ramshackled ineptitude of his sophomiric R&B infused garage band. His songwriting seems to elevate itself with the absence of drug riddled back up man Keith Richards. The production is crystal clear in clear contrast to Stones releases of the time. It clearly outshines any of Richards solo works. Jagger is the true musician behind the Stones biggest hits as evidence by the sheer exuberance of this solo outing. (in case anyone missed the sentiment of this review, I have added this parenthetical note noting the sarcasm of the sentiment of this review)

He's the boss on his first solo album (except the title song).......2005-07-26

Before the Stones' Dirty Work hit the shelves in 1986, Mick Jagger released his first solo album a year before. Like Phil Collins doing a different sound to distinguish his solo material from Genesis, so too does Mick to differentiate She's The Boss from another Rolling Stones album with guitar chores from Jeff Beck and Pete Townshend and some keyboard work by jazz great Herbie Hancock. It has a smoother sound yet manages to rock with a pop polish. Most of the songs are produced by Bill Laswell, but Nile Rodgers of Chic does his hand on three of the tracks.

Those are "½ a Loaf", which features a sound one might recognize on Like A Virgin, also helmed by Rodgers, who also does guitar here, with former bandmate Bernard Edwards on bass. Having a clandestine affair is deemed "half a glass, half a dream, half a life" and in the bridge, a frustrated Mick just says to heck with it and let it all hang out. He then calls upon some overprotective guardian to "Turn The Girl Loose." Featuring a strong bass, Mick really belts it out when he yells "let her out of jail." It even has Alfa Anderson doing a sassy rap declaring her independence and free will at the end. "Secrets" shows that a respectable wife isn't that respectable but has been really out on the town.

Even though not produced by Rodgers, the sound on the first danceable single "Just Another Night" is a disguised cousin of "Material Girl" in terms of sound. It hit #12 on the singles chart, somewhat low considering his long history with the Stones, but it was a #1 mainstream rock hit. Jagger seems to be shucking off the bad boy persona of the Stones: "Can't you see that I'm human" and "I get hungry, I get thirsty, I get moody, I need attention." Some great percussive effects by Sly Dunbar here.

The closest thing to the Stones comes from Keith Richards' co-penning of the energetic rocker "Lonely At The Top" a warning on how fame, the thing "that leads young girls astray" eventually strips away one's soul once one reaches that pinnacle. One might indulge Jagger, as his band is considered one of the greatest bands in the rock and roll pantheons.

Another lively track, "Running Out of Luck" has Mick on harmonica. This also spawned an extended concept video of the same name, and which I presume had the videos for "Just Another Night" and "Lucky In Love" on it.

Where the Stones were chauvinistic on some of their previous albums, a few songs champion the woman. Other than "Turn The Girl Loose," there's "Hard Woman," a tender and melodic ballad with some strings that's actually one of my favourites tracks and could've been a single. Lots of famed players are here, Tony Thompson of Chic and the Power Station on drums, Jan Hammer on piano, and Beck and Townshend on guitars. Despite the woman being materialistic, cruel and unfaithful, he has no regrets of the time spent: "Alone at last, I could've loved in vain for a thousand years, I have to let her go." The tongue-in-cheek title track, this time is a humorous role reversal, with Mick as the submissive half: "she's the boss in the office, she's the boss in the kitchen, she's the boss in bed, she's the boss in my head." In a spoken bedroom banter later in the song, he says stuff like "I got a headache," "I gotta wash my hair" and that old favourite, "it's my time of the month." OK, Mick, I don't think we needed to know that.

"Lucky In Love," the other single, is a humorous tale of someone who doesn't come up trumps in gambling but when it comes to the ladies... Well, Mick is one with the ladies, to be sure. And the challenging rap at the end, with Mick betting and raising with the full house he's been set up with is amusing. I like this better than the first single, so why it managed a #38 showing is beyond me. Top Ten for sure!

Hardcore Stones fans may not take too kindly to this smoother pop/rock sound. The solid and consistent She's the Boss showed Mick could successfully break away and do his own thing without his bandmates.

Okay, maybe worth three stars.......2005-04-14

Mick Jagger's first solo outing is now a very dated 80's relic. Not without its charms but difficult to take seriously.

I sort of like Just Another Night and Lucky in Love but the production is so Miami Vice / Pastel / Cheery / Reaganesque that it is virtually unlistenable now. I can just see Keith and Ronnie giggling over this one. And Jeff Beck playing guitar? Why? I wonder if he was snickering as he picked up his paycheck.

This record has its moments and in no way is it as bad as the follow up, Primitive Cool. That stinker killed any momentum and goodwill Mick had built for a solo career.

Mick Solo.......2003-12-03

She's the Boss (1985) was Mick Jagger's first solo album. In my view it is much better than Goddes in the Doorway or Primitive Cool, but not as good as Wandering Spirit--which is an excellent record.
She's the Boss is a good record, but it's not great. Just Another Night, Lucky in Love are kind of catchy songs, but the album does not have much personality, not much depth. It pales in comparison to Keith's first solo effort.
That said, I enjoyed listening to this record for the past 17 years. Mick's voice is still at his best, some songs are truly nice (Hard Woman is in the tradition of the great Rolling Stones slow songs), and Jeff Beck's solos are sheer talent--listen for example to the solo on Hard Woman or on the otherwise mediocre Running out of luck.
It's a 4 stars

Average customer rating: Yes, it is boss guitar Innovative Subtle Intense Jazz Chamber Music Boss Guitar...you ain't kiddin' Wes's best!

Boss Guitar Wes Montgomery Manufacturer: Ojc 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: The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery The Wes Montgomery Trio Full House Smokin' at the Half Note Complete Live in Paris 1965 ASIN: B000000YES Release Date: 1991-07-01

Tracks:

1. Besame Mucho
2. Besame Mucho (Take 2)
3. Dearly Beloved
4. Days Of Wine And Roses
5. The Trick Bag
6. Canadian Sunset
7. Fried Pies
8. Fried Pies (Take 1)
9. The Breeze And I
10. For Heaven's Sake

Customer Reviews:

Yes, it is boss guitar.......2006-09-17

Does Wes Montgomery live up to the boastful title? That's the main question any review should answer. YES. Wes' playing is generally similar to his other jazz-era (vs pop-era) songs. He's jaw-dropping on the faster songs. Wes is good on the slower songs, though he tends to be too nice. "The Incredible Jazz Guitar" is a better album, but "Boss Guitar" should be in every fan's collection. The trio format works out fine. There's a good reason Grant Green made so many albums with organ - it's very compatible with guitar. Mel Rhyne gets to take the first solo in "Dearly Beloved" and in general provides solid playing. Jimmy Cobb is, as usual, fantastic.

Innovative.......2006-07-31

Wes Montgomery was truely gifted at the guitar. He couldn't read a single note of music but his style was very distinct, he used his thumb to play the guitar, he also used incredible octaves in his style as well as tremendous solo's. Boss Guitar for me was Innovative for any jazz guitarist. It showed Montgomery's creativity as a musician. Besame Mucho is a beautiful song, Dearly Beloved shows Montgomery's creative side, Fried Pies is my favorite, for me it has everything a jazz solo should have octaves, block chords, and tremendous playing from the heart. I recommend this to any guitarist out there weather you play the blues or rock. Try learning these solo's and i guarantee you will be one hell of a great guitarist. This is Highly Recommended!!!!!!!

Subtle Intense Jazz Chamber Music.......2004-03-29

Haven't heard a trio album ever sound so complete. Perhaps Bill
Evans but that would be a completely different comparison. This
timeless album seems to have no beginning or end. You will get
listners lost in the complexities of this album if you hit the
repeat button. The unlimited playablility is perhaps the
strongest attribute. Full house is the first choice but the Wes
album you may play the most is this one. Just a suggestion and
no more. Yes, Incredible Jazz guitar is great but I don't play
that one too often because of this one.

Boss Guitar...you ain't kiddin'.......2003-07-06

I agree with a reviewer who stated that not only is Wes obviously comfortable with the format here (organ trio with Mel Rhyne and Jimmy Cobb), he is sounding true and playing at a level that even by his own standard must be considered "cold-blooded" (as my friend and Wes 'descendent' Jimmy Ponder called it). The way Wes builds his single line solos only to break into impossible chordal ones just when you think he has gone the distance makes me shake my head in amazement, still, after nearly 30+ years of hearing it. While it is true that Wes played by ear, he did eventually know most of the names of the chords he played, and, not that it matters one bit, understood "scales" simply by having mastered them before "knowing" them in the traditional sense. But I digress - "Boss Guitar" is one of Wes' finest Riverside recordings, for whatever reason. I was too young to meet Wes, but those who knew him say that, unlike many players, what one hears on these recordings is the man...so in a way, everyone who digs this knows a big piece of Wes Montgomery and his 'boss guitar'.

Wes's best!.......2003-01-17

Of all the Wes Montgomery recordings I own, this is definitely my favorite. I feel that the improvised solo on "Days of Wine and Roses" is one of the best jazz improvs ever recorded. Everything is there: great sensitivity and feel, absolutely inspired melodicism, and a beautiful structure. Pretty mind boggling when you take into consideration that Wes knew nothing about music theory, scales, reading music, even the names of chords - he just played by ear.

Average customer rating: Pretty Good

Hitman: Codename 47 / Hitman 2 - Silent Assassin Jesper Kyd Manufacturer: La-La Land Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Anime & Video Game Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Hitman: Contracts Hitman Blood Money Perfect Dark Zero Chaos Theory: Splinter Cell 3 Soundtrack Fable ASIN: B000A2GP5W Release Date: 2005-08-30

Tracks:

1. Intro
2. Main Title (Extended Version)
3. Hong Kong Themes
4. Jungle Exploration
5. Dark Jungle
6. Hotel Themes
7. Harbor Themes
8. Hospital Themes
9. Hotel Music (Early Demo)
10. Rainforest (Early Demo)
11. Atmosphere Demo
12. Main Title (Original Slow Version)

Tracks:

1. Hitman 2 Main Title
2. Waiting For Action
3. Action Begins
4. 47 Makes A Decision
5. The Penthouse
6. Japanese Mansion
7. Japanese Snow Castle
8. Streets Of India
9. Mission In India
10. 47 In St. Petersburg
11. Trouble In Russia
12. Desert Sun
13. Arabian Dance
14. The Setup
15. End Boss
16. Slow Ambience
17. Fast Ambience
18. H2 Exploration
19. H2 Action
20. Dreams Of Instanbul (Bonus Track)

Customer Reviews:

Pretty Good.......2006-07-29

This was a very unique item. Fans of the series will enjoy it. At times some of the tracks seem out of place when out of the game, but that's more than made up for by the many powerful and classic tracks that these CD's have. The first CD is more techno-inspired while the second is more operatic. It's good music to do push-ups to or to drive to. Especially the first track of the first CD.

Average customer rating: Great Box! Excellent overview of Charlie Parker's career A Proper introduction to Bird Comprehensive and Interesting This is the one ...

Boss Bird Charlie Parker Manufacturer: Proper UK Boxed Sets ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Bargain Box Sets | Jazz General | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Jazz General | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bebop | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Lester Young Story The Bebop Years Giant Steps Somethin' Else Mingus Ah Um ASIN: B000069DWX Release Date: 2002-07-15

Tracks:

1. Tiny's Tempo
2. I'll Always Love You Just The Same
3. Romance Without Finance
4. Red Cross
5. Billie's Bounce
6. Warming Up A Riff
7. Now's The Time
8. Thriving On A Riff
9. Ko-Ko
10. Moose The Mooche
11. Yardbird Suite
12. Ornithology
13. A Night In Tunisia
14. Max Is Making Wax
15. Loverman
16. The Gypsy
17. Bebop
18. This Is Always
19. Dark Shadows
20. Bird's Nest
21. Hot Blues
22. Cool Blues
23. Relaxin' At Camarillo
24. Cheers
25. Carvin' The Bird
26. Stupendous

Tracks:

1. Donna Lee
2. Chasin' The Bird
3. Cheryl
4. Buzzy
5. Dexterity
6. Bongo Bop
7. Dewey Square
8. The Hymn
9. Bird Of Paradise
10. Embraceable You
11. Bird Of Paradise
12. Klactoveesedstene
13. Scrapple From The Apple
14. My Old Flame
15. Out Of Nowhere
16. Don't Blame Me
17. Drifting On A Reed
18. Quasimodo
19. Charlie's Wig
20. Bongo Beep
21. Crazeology
22. How Deep Is The Ocean
23. Another Hair-Do
24. Bluebird
25. Klaunstance
26. Bird Gets The Worm

Tracks:

1. Barbados
2. Ah-Leu-Cha
3. Constellation
4. Parker's Mood
5. Perhaps
6. Marmaduke
7. Steeplechase
8. Merry-Go-Round
9. The Bird
10. Repetition
11. No Noise, Pts 1 & 2
12. Mango Mangue
13. Okiedoke
14. Cardboard
15. Visa 2:58
16. Segment
17. Passport
18. Passport
19. Just Friends
20. Everything Happens To Me
21. April In Paris
22. Summertime
23. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
24. If I Should Lose You
25. Star Eyes

Tracks:

1. Blues (Fast)
2. I'm In The Mood For Love
3. Dancing In The Dark
4. Out Of Nowhere
5. Laura
6. East Of The Sun
7. They Can't Take That Away From Me
8. Easy To Love
9. I'm In The Mood For Love
10. I'll Remember April
11. Au Privave
12. She Rote
13. K.C. Blues
14. Star Eyes
15. My Little Suede Shoes
16. Un Poquito De Tu Amor
17. Tico Tico
18. Fiesta
19. Why Do I Love You?
20. Blues For Alice
21. Si Si
22. Swedish Schnapps
23. Back Home Blues
24. Loverman

Album Description

Most of Charlie Parker's studio recordings from 1944-1951 for the Savoy, Dial and Verve labels are featured in this 4 CD box. Just some of the cast includes Erroll Garner, Barney Kessel, Miles Davis, Max Roach, and Hank Jones. 101 tracks. 4 standard jewel cases in a hardcover slipcase. 2002.

Album Details

Four CD Box Set featuring Most of Charlie Parker's Studio Recordings from 1944-51 for the Savoy, Dial and Verve Labels, Making this One of the Most Comprehensive Collections of his Work Ever Assembled.

Customer Reviews:

Great Box!.......2007-02-21

Proper Records has drawn together an impressive array of tracks from most of Parker's studio recordings from 1944 to 1951, when Bird was working for the Savoy, Dial and Verve labels. This set contains a 48 page illustrated booklet with information on the present recordings, as well as generous biographical material. Each disc comes packaged in an individual cardboard sleeve, nestled in the box with the booklet. The sound quality is sufficient while the material is extensive, making this a great boxed set at a great price.

DISC ONE

TRACKS 1 to 4: "The Grimes Quintette" recorded on September 15, 1944 with the following personnel: Charlie Parker (alto saxophone), Clyde Hart (piano), Tiny Grimes (guitar, vocals), Jimmy Butts (bass, vocals), and Harold "Doc" West (drums).
TRACKS 5 to 9: "Charlie Parker's Reboppers" recorded on November 26, 1945 with the following personnel: Charlie Parker (alto sax), Miles Davis (trumpet), Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet, piano), Argonne Thornton (piano), Curley Russell (bass) and Max Roach (drums).
TRACKS 10 to 13: "Charlie Parker Septet" recorded on March 28, 1946 with the following personnel: Charlie Parker (alto sax), Miles Davis (trumpet), Lucky Thompson (tenor sax), Dodo Marmarosa (piano), Arvin Garrison (guitar), Vic McMillan (bass) and Roy Porter (drums).
TRACKS 14 to 17: "Charlie Parker Quartet" recorded on July 29, 1946 date with the following personnel: Charlie Parker (alto sax), Howard McGhee (trumpet), Jimmy Bunn (piano), Bob Kesterton (bass) and Roy Porter (drums).
TRACKS 18 to 22: "Charlie Parker Quartet" recorded on February 19, 1947 with the following personnel: Charlie Parker (alto sax), Erroll Garner (piano), Red Callender (bass), Harold "Doc" West (drums), Earl Coleman (vocals).
TRACKS 23 to 26: "Charlie Parker's New Stars" recorded on February 26, 1947 with the following personnel: Charlie Parker (alto sax), Howard McGhee (trumpet), Wardell Gray (tenor sax), Dodo Marmarosa (piano), Barney Kessel (guitar), Red Callender (bass) and Don Lamond (drums).

DISC TWO

TRACKS 1 to 4: "Charlie Parker's All Stars" recorded on May 8, 1947 with the following personnel: Charlie Parker (alto sax), Miles Davis (trumpet), Bud Powell (piano), Tommy Potter (bass) and Max Roach (drums).
TRACKS 5 to 10: "Charlie Parker Quintet" recorded on October 28, 1947 with the following personnel: Charlie Parker (alto sax), Duke Jordan (piano), Tommy Potter (bass) and Max Roach (drums).
TRACKS 11 to 16: "Charlie Parker Quintet" recorded on November 4, 1947 with the following personnel: Charlie Parker (alto sax), Miles Davis (trumpet), Duke Jordan (piano), Tommy Potter (bass) and Max Roach (drums).
TRACKS 17 to 22: "Charlie Parker Sextet" recorded on December 17, 1947 with the following personnel: Charlie Parker (alto sax), Jay Jay Johnson (trombone), Miles Davis (trumpet), Duke Jordan (piano), Tommy Potter (bass) and Max Roach (drums).
TRACKS 23 to 26: "Charlie Parker's All Stars" recorded on December 21, 1947 with the following personnel: Charlie Parker (alto sax), Miles Davis (trumpet), Duke Jordan (piano), Tommy Potter (bass) and Max Roach (drums).

DISC THREE

TRACKS 1 to 3: "Charlie Parker's All Stars" recorded on September 18, 1948 with the following personnel: Charlie Parker (alto sax), Miles Davis (trumpet), John Lewis (piano), Curley Russell (bass) and Max Roach (drums). TRACK 4: Miles Davis sits out for this one, same session.
TRACKS 5 to 8: "Charlie Parker's All Stars" recorded on September 24, 1948 with the following personnel: Charlie Parker (alto sax), Miles Davis (trumpet), John Lewis (piano), Curley Russell (bass) and Max Roach (drums).
TRACK 9: "Charlie Parker Quartet" recorded on December 1 and 2, 1948 with the following personnel: Charlie Parker (alto sax), Hank Jones (piano), Ray Brown (bass) and Shelly Manne (drums).
TRACK 10: "Charlie Parker with Neal Hefti Orchestra" recorded on December 1 and 2, 1948 with the following musicians: Charlie Parker - Murray Williams - Sonny Salad (alto sax), Al Porcino - Doug Mettome - Ray Wetzel (trumpets), Bill Harris (trombone), Bart Varsalona (bass trombone), Vinnie Jacobs (French horn), John La Porta (clarinet), Pete Mondello - Flip Phillips (tenor sax), Manny Albam (baritone sax), Gene Orloff (concert master), Sam Caplan - Manny Fidler - Sid Harris - Harry Katzman - Zelly Smirnoff (violin), Nat Nathanson - Fred Ruzilla (viola), Joe Benaventi (cello), Tony Aless (piano), Curley Russell (bass), Shelly Manne (drums), Diego Iborra (percussion) and Neal Hefti (arranger and conductor).
TRACKS 11 to 14: "Charlie Parker with Machito and His Orchestra" recorded on December 20, 1948 with the following personnel: "Charlie Parker (alto sax), Mario Bauza - Paquito Cavilla - Bob Woodlen (trumpets), Gene Johnson - Freddie Skerritt (alto sax), Jose Madera - Flip Phillips (tenor sax), Leslie Johnakins (baritone sax), Rene Hernandez (piano), Roberto Rodriguez (bass), Jose Manguel (bongos), Luis Miranda (conga), Umbaldo Nieto (timbales), and Machito (maracas).
TRACKS 15 and 19: "Charlie Parker and His Orchestra" recorded in March of 1949 with the following personnel: Charlie Parker (alto sax), Renny Dorham (trumpet), Tommy Turk (trombone), Al Haig (piano), Tommy Potter (bass), Max Roach (drums) and Carlos Vidal (conga).
TRACKS 20 to 25: "Charlie Parker with Strings" recorded November 30, 1949 with the following personnel: Charlie Parker (alto sax), Mitch Miller (oboe, maybe English horn), Bronislaw Gimpel - Max Hollander - Milt Lomask (violin), Frank Brieff (viola), Frank Miller (cello), Myor Rosen (harp), Stan Freeman (piano), Ray Brown (bass), Buddy Rich (drums) and Jimmy Carroll (arranger and conductor).
TRACK 26: "Charlie Parker Quartet" recorded in March or April of 1950 with the following personnel: Charlie Parker (alto sax), Hank Jones (piano), Ray Brown (bass) and Buddy Rich (drums).

DISC FOUR

TRACKS 1 and 2 are the same as the ending personnel on DISC THREE.
TRACKS 2 to 10: "Charlie Parker with Strings" recorded in the summer of 1950 with the following personnel: Charlie Parker (alto sax), Joseph Singer ( French horn), Eddie Brown (oboe), Sam Caplan (violin, concert master), Howard Kay - Harry Melnikoff - Sam Rand - Zelly Smirnoff (violin), Isadore Zir (viola), Maurice Brown (cello), Verley Mills (harp), Bernie Leighton (piano), Ray Brown (bass), Buddy Rich (drums) and Joe Lipman (arranger and conductor).
TRACKS 11 to 14: "Charlie Parker and His Orchestra" recorded on January 17, 1951 with the following personnel: Charlie Parker (alto sax), Miles Davis (trumpet), Walter Bishop (piano), Teddy Kotick (bass) and Max Roach (drums).
TRACKS 15 to 19: "Charlie Parker's Jazzers" recorded on March 12, 1951 with the following personnel: Charlie Parker (alto sax), Walter Bishop (piano), Teddy Kotick (bass), Roy Haynes (drums), Luis Miranda (conga) and Jose Manguel (bongo).
TRACKS 20 to 24: "Charlie Parker Quintet" recorded on August 8, 1951 with the following personnel: Charlie Parker (alto sax), Red Rodney (trumpet), John Lewis (piano), Ray Brown (bass) and Kenny Clarke (drums).

Excellent overview of Charlie Parker's career.......2006-10-23

This is the probably the best value available right now for those seeking a single, affordable overview of Bird's entire career. This includes the highlights of his Savoy, Dial and Verve studio recordings, and the sound and presentation is first-rate.

There are a lot of great packages of Bird's work on the market right now, and so you can choose a lot of different ways to put together a Bird collection. But if you want a single, broad overview at a very reasonable price, this is highly recommended.

A Proper introduction to Bird.......2006-03-16

One of the nice things about these Proper sets is that they can get you into music you might otherwise pass up. I had always been left a little cold by Bird. I kept reading "genius", and none of the recordings I heard spoke to me in that way. I think the problem for me was, Bird was so influential that virtually everyone who followed tried to play like him. This had the retroactive effect of making Bird sound like everyone else. But with these four CD's, you eventually stop listening for the genius, and start listening to Bird. Then, the real Charlie Parker emerges. This is an essential collection, and as with most of the Proper boxes, the sound is very good and the price is right.

Comprehensive and Interesting.......2005-04-11

As the above reviewers have pointed out, this is a great addition to your collection: low price, good quality reproduction, good selection. On playing them chronologically, one sees the growing sophistication of Bird's phrasing and the increasing repetition. The earliest cut comes from 1944 and as with most of the tunes, it's a 12 bar blues. Here, Bird is aggressive, fresh and incredibly swinging. It is interesting to contrast the '44 bird with that of the Jay McShan days where his phrasing was simpler but no less swinging. Then come the Miles Davis quintet sides: still fresh, inventive and swinging. However, one can start to notice the reacurence of pet phrases. To me, the Davis solos are just as interesting and less repetitive. The repetition is most evident on those tunes that are based on the 12 bar blues. Bird's solos almost become a "draw it by the numbers" construct, especially as the end of the decade nears. For each four bar portion of the blues there are a collection of stock phrases to choose from and the listener can almost anticipate them. It must have been horrible to be so talented, so brilliant, so accomplished technically, so complete stylistically and to basically run out of interesting things to do (other than drugs).

This is the one ..........2002-08-22

This has almost all of Bird's studio work on four CDs without any hard-to-hear live recordings or annoying partial takes. With masters from Savoy, Dial and Verve, it covers more ground than either the Rino collection or the Savoy and Dial box, which has 8 discs and costs five times as much. It doesn't have every tune you can imagine, for instance with 101 tracks there wasn't room for one version of Confirmation. And there are times when it would be nice to listen to Bird puzzle his way through all the takes of Parker's Mood. But this box gives you four great CDs that each play over 70 minutes and showcase a stage in the career of the greatest improvisor in modern jazz. Even if you own the other collections, this one is worth buying. This is the Parker set I will listen too again and again, and I'm so happy it has finally been put together in this form. The book is weak -- full of trivia and short in insight -- but at this price I won't complain (any further.)

Average customer rating: Jimmy Reed-The Essential Boss Man Greater than Elvis

The Essential Boss Man: The Very Best of the Vee-Jay Years, 1953-1966 Jimmy Reed Manufacturer: Snapper UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chicago Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Harmonica Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Blues | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Excello Singles Anthology King of the Slide Guitar The Chess Box Sufferin' Mind Blues Masters: The Very Best of Jimmy Reed ASIN: B0002Y9TTW Release Date: 2004-11-29

Tracks:

1. High And Lonesome
2. You Don't Have To Go
3. Boogie In The Dark
4. I'm Gonna Ruin You
5. Pretty Thing
6. I Ain't Got You
7. She Don't Want Me No More
8. Come On Baby
9. I Don't Go For That
10. Baby, Don't Say That No More
11. Ain't That Lovin' You, baby
12. Can't Stand To See You Go
13. When You Left Me
14. I Love You, Baby
15. My First Plea
16. You Got Me Dizzy
17. Honey, Don't Let Me Go
18. It's You, Baby
19. Honey, Where You Going?
20. Do The Thing
21. Little Rain
22. Signals Of Love (Red Lights The Stop Light)
23. The Sun Is Shining
24. Baby, What's On Your Mind?
25. Odds And Ends (Instrumental)

Tracks:

1. Honest I Do
2. My Bitter Seed
3. Ends And Odds (Instrumental)
4. You're Something Else
5. A String To Your Heart
6. Go On To School
7. You Got Me Crying
8. Down In Virginia
9. I'm Gonna Get My Baby
10. I Wanna Be Loved
11. Caress Me Baby
12. I Know It's A Sin
13. You'n That Sack
14. Going To New York
15. I Told You, Baby
16. Take Out Some Insurance
17. I'm Nervous
18. Baby, What You Want Me To Do
19. Goin' By The River (Part 1)
20. Where Can You Be
21. Hush, Hush
22. I Was (So) Wrong
23. Blue, Blue Water
24. Please Don't
25. Found Love

Tracks:

1. Big Boss Man
2. Hold Me Close
3. Close Together
4. You Know You're Looking Good
5. Kind Of Lonesome
6. Found Joy
7. Bright Lights, Big City
8. Baby, What's Wrong
9. Aw Shucks, Hush Your Mouth
10. I'm Mr Luck
11. Blue Carnegie (Instrumental)
12. Good Lover
13. Down In Mississippi
14. Too Much
15. Let's Get Together
16. Shame, Shame, Shame
17. Cold And Lonesome
18. Up Tight
19. Mixed Up
20. Wear Something Green
21. When You're Doing All Right
22. I'm Going Upside Your Head
23. I'm The Man Down There
24. When Girls Do It
25. Knockin' At Your Door

Album Details

27 Tracks from his Glorious Years from 1953 to 1966 on Vee-jay.

Customer Reviews:

Jimmy Reed-The Essential Boss Man.......2007-02-12

Great, great box set with ALL the hits and ALL THE lesser known classics!
When I'm in the mood to hear Jimmy Reed songs I want them all together so I can "relive" with my buddies those days and the great sounds that we danced to and partied to in our youth! We would ware out the grooves on those Silver and Purple Vee Jay 45's! Terrific liner notes also! A must have!

Greater than Elvis.......2007-01-26

Jimmy Reed was, arguably, greater than Elvis. He was a terrific songwriter, a singer with a laid back delivery, a screeming harmonica, and a cool guitar. Don't be fooled by this nonsense of him being unable to carry a tune, or that he was no master of the guitar or the harmonica. Maybe so. But the seemingly simple arrangements of his songs are really so subtle, inventive and marvelous that Mick Jagger, Brian Jones and Keith Richard listened to his records incessantly, trying to figure out how he did it. And the Grateful Dead and Steve Miller loved him.
This being said, it is worth having all of his CDs.
To start, buy this 3-CD box set (and then Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall and Rockin' with Reed). Don't make the mistake of buying another CD boxed set, Jimmy Reed: The Classic Recordings, on the Tomato label. It has a good compilation, but plays at a very low level and has lousy sound quality. An insult to this great blues master's work.

Average customer rating: Snoop kept it 100% Real on this one!! 4 REAL!! Perfect man!! More For Alicia Jiles Right Hey Alica Jiles Right Guess Who's Back Hey Alicia Jiles Right Shut The F*** Up! Alicia Jiles Right is a Smart A** Moron

Paid Tha Cost to Be Da Boss Snoop Dogg Manufacturer: Priority Records 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: R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece Tha Last Meal No Limit Top Dogg Tha Doggfather Da Game Is To Be Sold, Not To Be Told ASIN: B000075A20 Release Date: 2002-11-26

Tracks:

1. Don Doggy
2. Da Bo$$ Would Like To See You
3. Stoplight
4. From Tha Chuuuch To Da Palace (featuring Pharrell)
5. I Believe In You (featuring Latoiya Williams)
6. Lollipop (featuring Jay-Z, Soopafly, Nate Dogg)
7. Ballin' (featuring The Dramatics, Lil' Half Dead)
8. Beautiful (featuring Pharrell, Uncle Charlie Wilson)
9. Paper'd Up (featuring Mr. Kane, Traci Nelson)
10. Wasn't Your Fault
11. Bo$$ Playa
12. Hourglass (featuring Mr. Kane, Goldie Loc)
13. The One And Only
14. I Miss That Bitch (featuring E-White)
15. From Long Beach 2 Brick City (featuring Redman, Nate Dogg, Warren G)
16. Suited N Booted
17. You Got What I Want (featuring Ludacris, Goldie Loc, Uncle Charlie Wilson)
18. Batman & Robin (featuring Lady Of Rage, RBX)
19. A Message 2 Fat Cuzz
20. Pimp Slapp'd

Amazon.com

Despite the middling quality of his previous two albums, Snoop Dogg's sixth full-length effort firmly places this "professor of G-ology" back on top of the game. Snoop comes off surprisingly spry on Paid tha Cost, offering one of his best-balanced albums in years. His pimpalistic style is still draped in silk and fur, especially on "Bo$$ Playa," "Suited 'n' Booted," and "Ballin'." But "I Believe in You" is an unexpectedly sensitive, irony-free love ballad, while Snoop's pairings with the Neptunes and Gang Starr's DJ Premier result in two of his hardest hitting cuts ever, "From tha Chuuuch to da Palace" and "The One and Only" respectively. Combine this with his unfettered attack on Suge Knight ("Pimp Slapp'd") and this is a Snoop Dogg charging forward rather than lazily leaning back. Taking the helm at the dawn of the new decade, this old Dogg still has some new tricks. --Oliver Wang

Customer Reviews:

Snoop kept it 100% Real on this one!! 4 REAL!! Perfect man!!.......2007-03-29

I dont know what to say about the surprise on this CD. SNoop is the man.
This CD's is oozing with Funk and the JOurney on here is worth it.

More For Alicia Jiles Right.......2006-08-12

Ha ha ha!!!! I know why you haven't sent a review full of comebacks. Exactly you got your a** kicked, admit it. You are with no doubt one of the worst reviewers on amazon. At least I didn't have to write a whole lot hate reviews to get the amount helpful votes i've got. I know there are a lot of other dumb haters like yourself who will give you helpful votes for your stupid hate reviews. Snoop Dogg is tha doggfather of rap and is better than Nas and Eminem any day and if you don't like it than you can suck his d***. I can see you simply have no idea what your talking about. When you say you'd judge records as good records despite the offensive content, than why did you leave Doggystyle the same review and rating. Well you admitted that you enjoyed Gin And Juice. You couldn't grasp all his misogyny when you were 11 so you enjoyed it. Then you get put off when you work out that it has offensiveness, but its enjoyable despite that. Doggystyle is a sensational production and very easily the best rap album of all time. I think you'd better delete your review for Doggystyle, because you only judged it on its offensiveness to woman and you should have judged it as a good record despite that. Why did you tell me I don't look like Einstein, well your hating, hypocrisy and arrogance ain't making you look like a genius either. I honestly have no idea why you think amazon needs your reviews. Reviews on this site are actually supposed to help customers to chose whether or not to buy the product. You hardly ever even discuss the products, mostly you just plain talk rubbish about the people. I can't why amazon excepts your reviews. Oh and I read your comeback on Dixie Chick's Fly for S Moore from Texas. Obviously you don't care about anyone on amazon other than yourself. People are sick of your dumb a** reviews and your so arrogant that you don't care about what they think, why are you being a hypocrite by saying Bill Maher is arrogant and thinks the majority of America is dumb when you present yourself exactly the same. I suppose you've met Snoop Dogg and he said hi Biaaaatch and slapped you in the face or something, huh? Well unless you have than your presenting yourself dumber than a box of rocks for thinking that just because he talks like that when his being recorded that his like that in real life. He also talks about murdering people, do you really think that he does all that, confesses it in his music and stays out of jail?, Well if your thinking that he in real life does hate woman than you must also think that he actually also goes out and murders people and sells drugs etc when his got about 50 million in the bank and he hasn't gotten any jail sentences yet. You have no evidence to support your arguement that his actually like that in real life when you've never been around him when his not being recorded. Its just the whole gangsta character, all gangstas talk about that sort of stuff in their music. And you think that Snoop Dogg fans have an I.Q. equal to their shoe size. God well you seem to be a fan of Eminem and he curses a hell of a lot, talks for a good amount of time about raping and killing woman and talks about being gangsta and s***. You said most of his music is really good and a good percentage of it contains a good amount of the things I listed. So if what you said is true than you must have an I.Q. the same as the people your accusing. Fans aren't dumb, haters are dumb as f***!!!!!

Snoop did alright with this release. Its a pity he can't do as good as Doggystyle but its still alright. I'm a diehard fan of Snoop so I had to get this and being such a big fan I was able to enjoy it. He has his amazing voice and a few dope beats. This is another album for all Snoop fans.

Hey Alica Jiles Right Guess Who's Back.......2006-07-31

Thanks for saying something for everything I said in my review as Tupac. Now how about I do the same thing to you.
Paid Da Cost...isn't a good record, therefore it doesn't deserve a good rating.
_Now you tell me, you didn't say s*** about what you thought of the record in your whole review.

You must be if Snoop Dogg is one of your favorite rappers.
-So i'm dumb just because I can enjoy good hip hop music, I get it.

If you know it, it makes me wonder why you like it so much, unless you share the same sexist mentality. That's something I wouldn't readily admit if I were you.
-How about the fact that not all of us are concerned with the s*** your concerned with, jacka**. If you think that anyone who can enjoy Snoop's music shares the same sexist mentality, think again.

Hmmm, more misogyny. Seems like Snoop Dogg's lyrics are rubbing off on you: calling a woman a "biotch." Very original. Who says rap music holds no effect on its listeners? Also, why do YOU have the right to express your opinions, but I don't? More sexism.
-Ever heard of an insult? Rap music hasn't effected me 1 bit, I just like to insult retards like you who can't take a hint. Well if you want to p** people off with your stupid reviews than go ahead. Just proves that your a pure idiot and a vindictive cow.

No Eminem is not more offensive. Furthermore, Paid Tha Cost... is not a good record. If it were, I would judge it as a good record despite the offensive content. If you want to do background checks, I suggest you look at ALL my reviews, not just the ones that help your argument.
-If you don't think that Eminem is at least as offensive than why not stop writing dumb reviews and go and listen to some of his albums? Well like I said, now you tell me what you think of the record. You never said s*** about it in your review. Well just because you don't like it doesn't mean its a bad record. Also you gave Snoop's Doggystyle the same review and rating and its one of the top rap CDs of all time. Explain that? Honestly, You can't be serious about your reviews. Your a joke, get over it.

I guess if having a problem with the way ghetto morons are degrading and mistreating women and showing that they have absolutely no class is a sign of idiocy, then I'll be an idiot. Furthermore, your rant doesn't exactly make you look like Einstein.
-Why don't you just forget about it. Who's forcing you to listen to Snoop? If your life is having a problem with music artists you don't even have to listen to than get a life! Thanks for saying i'm no Einstein, Lots of people consider me a nerd and i'm glad you don't think so.

I know you probably abuse women and think you're the boss of them, but I'm not one of your ho-es. Don't tell me what to do.
-Your determined to spend your whole life being a total [...], aren't you? Why are you s*** talking on Snoop?, he doesn't s*** talk on you.

Fo-sheezy my neezy - Hmm it looks like the Snoop hater is talking Snoop talk, How pathetic you are.

Any way this is an alright Snoop album. I miss the old Snoop Doggy Dogg however I lke all Snoop's albums. My fave famous song would have to be From Tha Chuuuch To Da Palace and my fave non famous song would have to be Bo$$ Playa. I own all of Snoop's albums and this isn't my best but I would'nt say its my worst. If you like this you should alos get albums like Da Game Is To Be Sold Not To Be Told, No Limit Top Dogg and Tha Last Meal.

Hey Alicia Jiles Right Shut The F*** Up!.......2006-07-27

Well well well, I knew you'd come back with a neg review. Well i'll just give you another neg review. No i'm not some stupid sex friek and even if I was as if i'd want to like you said pull my pants down in front of someone as ugly as you if my life depended on it. Yeah i'm a Snoop fan so what? the problem with you is you seem to have a problem with that. Reviews posted on this site are actually supposed to help customers to chose whether or not to buy it. Yeah his offensive to woman boo hoo. I don't see any other woman having a cry on this site like you do. That may be because most woman are grown up enough to except that CDs like this are out there and they just don't have to listen to them. I may feel different about Snoop if I was a woman however if I was a woman i'd really give all the crying about it a miss. I understand, however if your life is hating on people like Snoop for this than get a life. I'm sorry but Eminem is very offensive to woman. He even talks about killing woman let alone raping them and calling them bad names. So don't even get me started on that. I'm trying to tell you what to do as if your my b**** or some s*** like that am I, seriously give me a break your way to old for me miss. I'm just saying your reviews are very useless and inappropriate and anyone who says they are helpful is dumb as hell. You need to learn to stick to your own s***. If you hate Snoop's albums so much than why waste time writing unhelpful reviews? And seriously get over your whole attitude, you sound like a spoilt teenager in your neg review on me. And that s*** you said about me not being Einstein, thanks I'm glad that someone doesn't consider me a nerd.

Go ahead write another neg review full of smart a** comments. I will just laugh at you.

I'll write about the album now that i've got that over with. This is definitely not Snoop at his best however if you are a diehard fan you can appreciate this. Snoop's voice is definitely not a let down, it is just something you can't not like. My fave famous song would have to be From Tha Chuuuch To Da Palace and my fave non famous song would have to be Bo$$ Playa. This wouldn't be Snoop's best no limit but it is still kick a** material


P.S. To Alicia Jiles Right - I Hate TLC!

Alicia Jiles Right is a Smart A** Moron.......2006-07-09

I'm so sick of this "Alicia Jiles Right" moron. I can't figure this clown out, she gave Eminem's music 5 stars and said its really good and Eminem is just as if not more offensive to women as Snoop Dogg. You obviously think we're all dumb don't you? Snoop Dogg disrespects woman etc do you think we don't know that? I don't know you but I bet your are pure idiot. Lay off Snoop Dogg and any other rappers your trashing neg reviews on. Keep your f***** opinions to yourself Biotch!

Anyway I miss the old Snoop Doggy Dogg. It seems this guy can't top his debut however if you are a fan of Snoop like me you should purchase this album along with all the others
Doggystyle, Tha Doggfather, Da Game Is To Be Sold Not To Be Told, No Limit Top Dogg, Tha Last Meal, Dead Man Walkin, Tha Eastsidaz, Duces N Trayz THe Old Fashioned Way, R & G The Masterpiece, Welcome to tha chuuch Da album and probably some more I have not mentioned. Like I said it's not as good as some of the others but if you are a true Snoop fan click add to cart now.

Average customer rating: It's The Kentucky HeadHunters Next Big Record What could be Still the best heavy metal country band! Bringing their patented country blues to the classics The Most Under-Rated Band Around

Big Boss Man The Kentucky Headhunters Manufacturer: Cbuj Ent ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Southern Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Contemporary Country | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Contemporary Country | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Southern Rock | Classic Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Southern Rock | Classic Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classic Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Country | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Flying Under the Radar Soul The Best of the Kentucky Headhunters: Still Pickin' Pickin' on Nashville Songs from the Grass String Ranch ASIN: B0009NSDV6 Release Date: 2005-06-21

Tracks:

1. Big Boss Man
2. Honkytonk Blues
3. Take These Chains From My Heart
4. Walkin After Midnight
5. Hey Good Lookin'
6. Like A Rolling Stone
7. Chug A'Lug
8. So Sad To See Good Love Go Bad
9. Made In Japan
10. You Win Again
11. Don't It Make You Wanna Go Home
12. I'm Down

Album Description

No American band has rocked harder and longer than the Kentucky Headhunters. No catalog overflows with more great roots, rock, and country songs than Sony/ATV Music Publishing. Which makes Big Boss Man, a collection of Sony/ATV masterworks by the Grammy-, Country Music Association-, and Academy of Country Music-award winning Kentucky Headhunters, an event worth celebration.

With a street date of June 21, Big Boss Man will please all who appreciate bands and songs with true staying power. More to the point, the twelve titles on Big Boss Man offer a textbook lesson in how five soulful musicians--brothers Richard (guitarist) and Fred (drummer) Young, their cousins Greg Martin (guitar) and Anthony Kenney (bass/vocals), plus lead singer Doug Phelps--can find something fresh in material that's been around the block more than once.

Sometimes it takes just one simple detail, like the addition of a nonstop, slamming backbeat through the stop-time breaks of "I'm Down." Sometimes it involves a shift from major to minor key, which casts an ominous shadow over "Walkin' After Midnight" and "Take These Chains from My Heart." It can also be about revamping the honky-tonk groove, adding some saloon piano courtesy of blues/rock legend Reese Wynans, and blowing it all up into an almost comic swagger, as they do on Hank Williams's "Hey Good Lookin'."

Or it can lead to a radical, top-to-bottom rearrangement, as in their treatment of "Like a Rolling Stone"--which, against all odds, uncovers something in the song that even Bob Dylan left untouched.

The point is that the Kentucky Headhunters, who have defied categorization yet still sold more than six million albums worldwide, beat the odds once again, this time by pumping high-octane energy into songs we all know and making us connect with them once again, in brand new ways.

The idea for this project comes from Tom Long of Sony/ATV Music Publishing Nashville and Tree Productions, who has been working closely with the band since he first heard them perform in 1976 at a county fair in Edmonton, Kentucky, next to a stockcar track. ("They were actually louder than the stockcars," Long recalls, laughing. "I was impressed.") After managing the band for a few years they eventually landed in Nashville, where hard work and keeping the faith led them to a record deal and, on their debut album Pickin' on Nashville, their first hit single, a cover of Bill Monroe's "Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine."

Their sound, which they'd cultivated since they'd come together in 1968, was a unique blend of traditional country and Southern rock & roll. Armed with talent, bound by family ties, and driven by raw, good-ole-boy attitude, they've developed that feel through the years, to the point that no other band is better equipped to interpret the Sony/ATV repertoire.

"So I sent them a compilation of about 2,500 songs from our pop catalog, our country catalog, and the Acuff/Rose catalog, which we acquired a few years ago," Long says. "And I left it up to them to select the 15 or 16 songs they felt most excited about doing."

"I knew it would be a great project," adds Richard Young, "but I gotta tell you, when I went to pick up the boxes of CDs Tom had sent us I was a little overwhelmed. It wasn't easy for us to narrow them down, since so many of these songs affected our lives. But in the end, after we had listened to every CD in those boxes, we did come up with a final list, based on trying to present a broad spectrum of music since our audience includes fans of country, rock & roll, blues, and even a jazzer or two."

Working in the same practice house they've kept in Edmonton since the seventies, the band woodshedded on their final selections. Meanwhile, Long inked a deal for the album with CbuJ Entertainment, Nashville's premier independent record label and distribution company, to handle national distribution for Big Boss Man. "It's a great honor for us to take this on," says Stephen McCord, VP/Sales & Marketing for CbuJ. "These guys have been playing together for more than 35 years, and with that depth of experience and artistry they're going to be our number one priority for CBUJ."

With the power-chord treatment of Buck Owens's "Made in Japan," the intimate cantina treatment of the Everly Brothers's "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)," the goofball romp through Roger Miller's "Chug-a-Lug"...with every track on the album, in fact, choosing one as the first single was no easy task. Yet in the end the title cut proved perfect for representing both the point of the album and the spirit of the Headhunters.

"The first version of `Big Boss Man' we'd ever heard was the one that Elvis sang at his sit-down concert in '68," Richard Young says. "Everybody said that he was washed up, but then he comes back in black leather, sits down in front of these people, and brings himself back. That took huge balls, and we respected that. But every time the Headhunters get into a song we become musicologists and dig back to find out where it came from--which means that it was Elvis who turned us on to the guy who did the original version, Jimmy Reed.

"That's part of what we want to accomplish with Big Boss Man. We want people to know about the songs that affected us when we were growing up. Of course we also put our own brand on them, and we're proud of what we've done. But one thing's for sure: Whatever you say about the Kentucky Headhunters, nobody can say we didn't do some great tunes."

Customer Reviews:

It's The Kentucky HeadHunters Next Big Record .......2007-07-12

If your Not a Kentucky HeadHunters Fan YOU should be An awesome Cd Taking the old classics and HeadHunting em Like only they can do.There is not one song they do not do Justice to. All are fine musicians perfect vocal harmonies What a Groove they Kick off with Big Boss Man and keep em coming. They keep improving with each Cd/album BUY IT!!!! If you can see them in concert do it !!

What could be.......2006-08-09

This is a great album from the Kentucky Headhunters. Their versions of these classic songs breathes new life to every cut. If there was any justice in the music industry this album would be played on every country and rock-n-roll radio station in the nation. The version of "Made in Japan" is the best remake I've heard in years and if widely listened to would be a bigger hit than even the Buck Owens version....and that's saying something. Buy this and play it LOUD. Great job guys.

Still the best heavy metal country band!.......2005-06-26

My neighbors will hate me for playing this compact disc because it is loud and will shake the walls! The Headbangers basically re-write the 12 cover songs presented here. Except for the Bob Dylan cover, nothing is remotely similiar to the original performance. Once again, Greg, Fred, Richard, Anthony and Doug(what a vocal on "You Win Again") deliver the goods. One nit pick, though, I'm still waiting for them to record and/or release "Crossroads". I've heard them play it a couple of times in the late 80's and early 90's.

Bringing their patented country blues to the classics.......2005-06-23

When the Kentucky Headhunters burst onto the scene in 1989 (after over a decade of perfecting their skills), Nasvhille bands were made up of two types: those that played fiddle-and-steel, and those that did pop country. The Headhunters introduced something new to mainstream country: rock and blues. It's nice to see that, all these years later, they haven't lost their edge.

Revitalizing such hits as Patsy Cline's "Walkin' After Midnight" and Roger Miller's "Chug a Lug" might seem ballsy, and downright blasphemous...except that the Headhunters take these songs and make them their own. There's no trodding over old material here...these songs sound fresh and re-energized, thanks in large part to Doug Phelps's raspy vocals and Greg Martin's incomparable guitar chops. The result is an album of "new" classics--new versions of songs you already know, that you will come to love as much as the originals. BIG BOSS MAN is, simply, an album by one of country's most talented bands, remaking the songs that made them want to sing in the first place--and doing it their way. Like they've always done things.

The Most Under-Rated Band Around.......2005-06-22

The "Heads" Breathe New Life And A Totally Different Twist On All These Cover Songs. They Really Do Defy Categorization. Heavy Metal Country? Country Rock? Rock Country? They Just Continue To Just Play The Music They Want To Play And With "Big Boss Man", They Honor Some Other Artists And Music That Mean Something To Them. Just Simply......Amazing

Average customer rating: Rough... The Hardest Record To Ever Drop From A Female Act ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL Dont get it twisted Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Born Gangstaz Boss Manufacturer: Fontana Def Jam ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music East Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: No One Can Do It Better Livin' Like Hustlers Guerillas in tha Mist Neva Again 187 He Wrote ASIN: B0000024IY Release Date: 1994-07-26

Tracks:

1. Intro: A Call From Mom
2. Deeper
3. Comin' To Getcha
4. Mai Sista Izza Bitch
5. Thelma & Louise
6. Drive By
7. Progress Of Elimination
8. Livin' Loc'd
9. Recipe Of A Hoe
10. A Blind Date With Boss
11. Catch A Bad One
12. Born Gangsta
13. 1-800-Body-Bags
14. Diary Of A Mad Bitch
15. 2 To Da Head
16. I Don't Give A Fuck
17. Outro: A Call From Dad

Customer Reviews:

Rough..........2007-07-09

Boss is AMG's sister from the DJ Quik clique. She comes with vicous flows and awesome skills.

The Hardest Record To Ever Drop From A Female Act.......2007-03-16

Like many hip hop heads, I considered myself a stubborn know it all. Purchasing books such as Ego Trips Book of Rap Lists covered just about all the albums I needed to know except one ("Born Gangstaz"). I never heard of Boss until my dad came back from his warehouse job with a stack of old Source Magazines in his hands. Apparently, a college student forgot to take the magazines with them and as the saying goes, "one mans mess is another mans treasure". Flipping through the pages of the magazine with the Onyx cover I came across the infamous mic report.

"Born Gangstaz" received four mics and back in 1993 and it was a huge honor to receive four mics back then. Albums such as "Doggystyle", "Enta Da Stage", "Doggystyle", "Midnight Marauders", and "Return of the Boom Bap" received the same ratings back in those days before the Source re-rated "Doggystyle" as a five mic classic. The editors went crazy over these females mic skills, delivery, and relentless macho-regression. Reviewer Carter Harris even referred to them as "coming off as the trigga happy henchwomen from Nino Brown's New Jack City crew".

"Born Gangstaz" is a rare album because for better or worse, there are no moments of sincerity. That's right...Boss stays hard to the core 24-7. But being hard isn't enough to get you by (especially in the cutthroat days of the nine-tray). The albums opener "Deeper" is an excellent single to start things with a dope dancehall influenced interlude. Erick Sermons funky bass-heavy produced "Comin' Ta Getcha" and "2 To The Head" are certified jeep slammers. "Drive By" will make your subwoofers bottom out as "Dee" and "Boss" showcase their excellent storytelling naratives. However, the Def Jef produced "Progress By Elimination" stands tall among my all-time favorite songs. One can't help but think of MC Lytes "Paper Thin" when listening to its sonic brilliance. Ill bassline, clashing hi-hats, screaming horns, and constant change ups certainly make this one for the hip hop hall of fame if there ever was one. On top of that, Lichelle Laws shows a dangerous display of superhuman breath control, bracing delivery, and a witty structure of wordplay that runs circles around this sonic masterpiece.

Overall, "Born Gangstaz" is a criminally slept-on album that never got the promotion it deserved. According to the Source, there were thirteen bangers on this album but the CD version holds only twelve. The missing DJ Quik funk drenched "Gangsta Pu--sy" is what I have been looking everywhere for. Maybe those blessed with vinyl duckets can scoop it up. Some say the career of Boss came to an end when critics sited that Boss wasn't really mixed in the lifestyle they were displaying on wax. It's really a shame there is no follow up but "Born Gangstaz" will remind us of a time when these ladies could rock with any male emcee on the mic!

ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.......2007-02-14

this is another album that i heard mixed reviews on. some say it's a classic. others say that it was wack. i think that this album was great period. she had that flow, and it is just raw. the production is lovely. i wish that after RUN, CATCH, KILL she would've done more. when i wanna go back the the DEEPER days, i just put this on and nod my head. one should never forget boss or this album here.

Dont get it twisted.......2006-07-29

Boss was probably the best female rapper(not mc) to put detroit on the map, but to call her one of the greatest? You gotta be a borderline retard to say that. She just came out at the right time when gangsta rap was startin to soar and she was the only female try'in to be hardcore at the time but it was later proven her whole image was fake. I bought this tape back when it first dropped and i was about like 16 then and I thought this was by far the worst female rapper at that time. Especially when compared to the likes of MC Lyte, Latifah, Yo Yo, and Bahamadia(true mc's). Those chicks had mic skills and subject matter. Boss didn't, thats why she disappeared. Not even a one hit wonder because at that time you had to be seriously lyrical, especially females just to be heard even for a second. I admit like 2 tracks were listenable then. But not now. And on a another note, I haven't met a gangsta yet who could put fear in my heart. So im gonna take a chick serious?

Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1.......2006-07-23

I love this CD over the years I have probably bought this thing 20 times ( no joke ). I don't know what that 1st reviewer is talkin about but Lil Kim can't come close to BOSS. The best femal lyricist hands down. If you don't have it buy it now. You won't be disappointed. The beats on this CD were awsome back then and I still rock this cd in my car now in 2006. It'll make you wanna drive fast and shoot somebody though. Just kidding. "Progress of Elimination" is one of my all time favorite songs ever.

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1. Zydeco Party [Import]
2. Asi Mit Niwoh [Import]
3. Baida [Import]
4. Bei Uns Doheim [Import]
5. Cafe Passe [Import]
6. Ciao Bella
7. Concert for the Kelzmer [Import] [Live]
8. Correnteza De Emoção [Import]
9. Czy Odnajde Inny Swiat [Import]
10. D'r Rhing Erop [Import]

International Music

International Music