mini reviews #5

fifth edition now and i wanted to do this one earlier, i had thought of doing in a few more days because the fourth one was really long overdue. the person i asked for this one is the one i stole this concept from and his name is christian ciccone. more known online as sykonee and he's a music enthusiast and i quite like his reviews and his mixtapes.

01. envio - time to say goodbye (passiva remix) | youtube
the track does nothing for me. i think arksun's remix was much better

02. tranceformer - hypnotized | youtube
quite sounds like resistance d in the best way possible. i approve.

03. ice mc - take away the colour | youtube
i think this version is nice however the '95 version is far superior.

04. ice cube - once upon a time in the projects 2 | youtube
the beat isn't anything special but cube is decent even though i'm not keen. the best thing is this bass fill that appears twice in the track.

05. deep forest - cafe europa | youtube
michael sanchez can be either really good or extremely crap and derivative. this one is the latter.

06. bob marley - buffalo soldier | youtube
still appreciate this song but i've really grown sick of it over the years.

07. raekwon - knowledge god | youtube
one my favourite rza beats and the track itself is bumping.

08. malcolm mclaren - d'ya like scratchin' | youtube
it's ok but the soft jazz flirt near end is questionable but the piano and bass combo sound like larry heard.

09. audio bullys - turned away (tony senghore electric vocal mix) | youtube
there is a subtle "cübik"-influence on this one and i enjoy the track but i wouldn't buy it.

10. asura - back to light | youtube
decent track but i would liked it more with out the four on the floor beat and it would have been beatless up to the breakbeat part

thanks for those ten sykonee. and as always i asked if he wanted to anything extra about his picks and her response was:

they were randomly selected, so there's nothing especially special about them that I can think of off hand

right on.