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May 4, 2005
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Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape
by Me'Shell Ndegéocello | MusicPrice: $7.99 to $9.10 Compare PricesMay 4, 2005
"SIMPLY RAW"
Pros: RAW!!!!
Cons: NONE!!!
FOR AWHILE THERE, I THOUGHT ME'SHELL HAD MUSICALLY LOST HER ROOTS SINCE "PLANTATION LULLABIES". HER DEBUT ALBUM WAS SO FAR AHEAD OF HER TIME AND NOTHING BUT "RAW". I mean SHE GAVE IT ALL SHE HAD FROM BEGINNING TO END AND YOU WERE JUST BLOWN AWAY. SO WHEN HER 2nd PROJECT CAME THROUGH,YOU WERE LIKE,'WHAT THE HELL IS THIS'!!!! IT'S LIKE SHE WANTED TO SHOW HOW TALENTED SHE WAS ON HER FIRST PROJECT AND SOMEBODY TOLD HER TO GO EASY ON HER NEXT FEW PROJECTS!!! THE QUESTION IS WHY DID SHE LISTEN TO THEM!!! BUT THEN I THINK SOME TRUE MUSICIANS TAPPED HER ON HER OTHER SHOULDER AND TOLD HER TO FORGET ABOUT GOING "EASY",AND GO BACK TO THE BASICS OF HER FIRST PROJECT. I'M GLAD SHE LISTENED CAUSE THIS "COOKIE-MIXTAPE&qu
ot; CD IS STRAIGHT UP "RAW". I MEAN I HEARD SAMPLES IN A STORE AND I SAID 'WHERE IN THE WORLD HAS ME'SHELL BEEN',CAUSE I GAVE UP ON HER MUSICALLY. THIS PROJECT TO ME IS SECOND TO "PLANTATION LULLABIES". SHE'S BACK TO THE BASICS ON THIS ONE. HER MUSIC IS OFF THE CHAIN AND SIMPLY RAW,WITH THE SMOOTH SOUNDS OF LELAH HATHAWAY AND FUNKY MUSICIANS LIKE MARCUS MILLER,SHE SCORES AN "A+" ON THIS ONE!!! DON'T STOP ME'SHELL!!!! ... -
June 9, 2004
SIMPLY AWSOME!!!!!
6 of 7 Yahoo! Users found this review helpfulPros: THIS WHOLE PROJECT IS ANNOINTED!!!
Cons: NONE
WELL YALL, FRED HAMMOND HAS DONE IT AGAIN!!! AS P.DIDDY SAYS "HERE'S ANOTHER ONE AND ANOTHER ONE AND ANOTHER ONE". FRED HAMMOND HAS NOTHING BETTER TO DO BUT TO CONTINUE TO COMPOSE GREAT MUSIC!!! HIS MUSIC IS ALWAYS FRESH TO WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO WONDER DID HE DO THAT SONG FROM THE LAST PROJECT BUT CHANGE THE MUSIC!!! FRED IS TRULY ANNOINTED FROM GOD AND SEEMS TO WAIT UNTIL GOD TELLS HIM TO WRITE AND FEED TO HIS PEOPLE. HE DOESN'T TRY TO KEEP UP WITH WHAT THE HIP-HOP AND R&B SOUND IS DOING TO WRITE HIS MUSIC EITHER. HE'S ALL NATURAL AND FRESH EACH AND EVERY PROJECT!!! THIS PROJECT "SOMETHING BOUT LOVE" IS SIMPLY MARVELLOUS. HE HAS TAKEN HIS TIME AND PUT THIS PROJECT TOGETHER WITH ALL THE RIGHT VOICES FROM BRIAN MCKNIGHT AND MARVIN WINANS AND MUSIQ AS WELL AS HIS OWN BACK ROUND HARMONY.
AND LET'S NOT FORGET HIS TALANTED MUSICIANS WITH DANIEL WITHERSPOON ON KEYS TO MARVIN ON THE DRUMS AND HIMSELF ON THE BASS!!! THE WHOLE PACKAGE AND THENSOME!!! "SIMPLY AWSOME"
D.C.
PHILADELPHIA,PA ... -
June 26, 2003
A DRUMMER'S DRUMMER!!!!
VINNIE IS OVERALL,TRUELY THE BEST DRUMMER IN MY VIEW. I FIRST CAME ACROSS VINNIE ON JOHN PATITUCCI'S FIRST SOLO PROJECT. AND FELL IN DRUMMERS LOVE WITH HIS STYLE OF PLAYING. HE'S FREE WHEN HE WANTS TO BE AND KNOWS HOW TO BE CALM PLAYING FOR OTHER PEOPLE SUCH AS "STING"!!! I FEEL STING SHOULD BRING VINNIE BACK ON HIS NEXT PIECE. AND HIS FOOT... WELL, THAT'S A STORY BY ITSELF. I STILL GIVE RESPECT TO THE STEVE GADDS, AND THE DAVE WECKL'S AS WELL AS DENNIS CHAMBERS BUT COMMIMG FROM A DRUMMER, I CAN LISTEN TO VINNIE COLAIUTA ALL DAY LONG. ... -
December 15, 2001
FRED DOES IT ONCE AGAIN
FRED HAMMOND DOES IT ONCE AGAIN WITH ONE OF THE MOST INSPIRATIONAL CHRISTMAS CD'S I'VE EVER HEARD. FRED FIRST LET'S YOU KNOW "WHO JESUS IS",WITH THE 1st SONG. AND IT DOESN'T STOP FROM THERE. FRED TAKES IT PERSONAL WITH "CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY". THAT SONG HIT'S RIGHT HOME AND REMINDS YOU OF JUST HOW THINGS ARE. BUT THE KILLER SONG THAT JUST MOVES YOU IS THE TITLE CUT "JUST REMEMBER". THE MUSIC IS JUST OUTSTANDING AND THE LYRICS FITS THE WORLD WE LIVE IN TODAY. WITH CHRISTMAS BEING SO COMMERCIALIZE, FRED REMINDS YOU OF WHAT THE TRUE MEANING OF THIS HOLIDAY IS ALL ABOUT. HIS WORDS SAY "AND IF THERE IS NO TREE, AND IF TEARS FILL YOUR EYES, JUST REMEMBER GOD SENT HIS SON SO THAT WE MIGHT LIVE, JUST REMEMBER,JUST REMEMBER". FRED HAMMOND DOES IT ONCE AGAIN AND IS A 'MUST BUY'. I'VE ALREADY BROUGHT FOUR OTHERS FOR MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SO LET FRED BLESS YOU THIS CHRISTMAS AND"JUST REMEMBER" D.C PHILADELPHIA,PA ... -
September 28, 2001
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AS SOON AS I HEARD HE WAS PUTTING THIS PROJECT TOGETHER AND WHAT THE TITLE WAS(FUTURE 2 FUTURE), I KNEW RIGHT THEN IT WAS GOING TO BE ALL THAT. HERBIE GOES WAY PASS THE FUTURE TO EXPLORE WHAT MUSIC HAS BEEN MISSING IT THE PAST. YOU MUST HAVE A CLEAR MIND TO LISTEN TO THIS. EVERYTHING HERBIE PUTS INTO THIS PROJECT IS JUST RIGHT. NOT TO DEEP BUT JUST RIGHT. ENJOY THE FUTURE!! ... -
March 3, 2001
ONE OF STINGS BEST PROJECTS
0 of 1 Yahoo! Users found this review helpful I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING STING SINCE HE STARTED WITH THE POLICE AND FELT HIS MOVE TO GO 'SOLO' WAS GREAT. THOUGH I HAD FOLLOWED ALL HIS SOLO PROJECTS,I SOME HOW MISSED THIS "SOUL CAGES" PROJECT WHICH I FOUND OUT IT HAD RELEASED IN 1991. I WAS RECENTLY IN A STEREO STORE LOOKING AT SOME CD CHANGERS AND THERE WAS THIS CD SITTING ON TOP OF ONE OF THE CHANGERS. SO NOT LOOKING AT WHAT OR WHO IT WAS I JUST PUT THE CD IN. AND WHEN I HEARD IT WAS STING AND NEVER HEARD THE MUSIC THAT WAS PLAYING I WAS SHOCKED BECAUSE I THOUGHT I HAD EVERYTHING HE HAD PUT OUT. SO I ASKED THE SALESMAN WAS THIS CD MADE JUST FOR THAT STORE, HE TOLD ME IT WAS THE "SOUL CAGES" CD AND IT CAME OUT IN '91'. WELL I BROUGHT THE CD AND ALMOST CRIED. THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST GROUP OF SONGS STING HAS EVER WRITTEN. I UNDERSTAND HE DID THIS PROJECT IN HONOR OF HIS FATHERS DEATH. WELL IT WAS A JOB WELL DONE AND SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN MORE AIRPLAY AT THE TIME AND MAYBE I WOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IT THEN. THIS CD NEEDS 10 STARS. THIS IS ONE OF STINGS BEST PROJECTS. ...
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"RAW"
Pros: "RAW"
Cons: NONE
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT LAST REVIEW WAS SAYING CAUSE IT WAS IN FRENCH AND I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND A WORD I WAS READING,HOWEVER LET ME TRANSLATE WHAT THEY SAID..."SIMPLY RAW"!!!!!! NO OTHER WORDS WHETHER IN ENGLISH,SPANISH OR FROM MARS CAN EXPLAIN THE RAW TALENT OF THE GIFTED FEMALE MUSICIAN. FROM TRACK '1' TO THE VERY END WILL HAVE YOU BLOWN AWAY,ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE A MUSICIAN,SUCH AS MYSELF!!! ME'SHELL IS AS 'RAW' ON THIS PROJECT AS "PRINCE" WAS WHEN HE FIRST CAME ON THE SCENE!!! BUT SHE TAKES A HARD FALL ON THE NEXT FEW PROJECTS,SO DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY. BUT THEN GO PASS THOSE STRAIGHT TO HER "COOKIE-MIXTAPE" (2002)CD AND YOU'LL GET 'PART 2'OF THIS PROJECT HERE. THIS IS A COLLECTORS ITEM WORTH EVERY CENT YOU PAID FOR IT!!! UNLESS YOU STOLE IT...!!!!
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