Twice As Nice

URB Magazine
"Truly the past, present and future of hip-hop all rolled into one."

Product Description
After a five year hiatus, the Sharpshooters return with Twice As Nice, the group's first release since the critical acclaim garnered by their groundbreaking Buck the Saw and Choked Up LPs. This is truly a monster of an LP with 29 tracks in total (14 new tunes married with 15 interlude teasers) which were mixed at Supreme's crib and then mastered at the world famous FREQ. mastering studios.

Showing all the hallmarks of pure genius, Twice As Nice is a result of countless hours of beat digging for obscure samples, many cups of coffee and some late night studio sessions causing much havoc with Supreme's neighbors. Sharpshooters are being compared with the likes of: Yesterdays New Quintet, Beatnuts, Jaffa, Portishead, Creators and other respectable groups in this genre.

Don't sleep on this one!!!!

Twice As Nice

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Average customer rating: The future of hip-hop

Twice As Nice Sharpshooters Manufacturer: Light in the Attic ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Acid Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Choked Up ASIN: B00008GSWQ Release Date: 2003-03-04

Tracks:

1. Twice As Nice (intro)
2. Love Walked Past
3. All That Glitters (interlude)
4. Dewdrops
5. Here We Go (interlude)
6. Danger In Your Eyes (remix)
7. That's Right (interlude)
8. Japanese Mathematics
9. Ain't That Somethin' (interlude)
10. The Sound Of Soul
11. Give It Up (interlude)
12. Have It Your Way
13. Old School Beat (interlude)
14. Party Time
15. Enjoy The Ride (interlude)
16. You're Nice
17. Organ Grinder (interlude)
18. It's The 'S' Numero Uno
19. Young & Restless (interlude)
20. Summertime
21. That's Lovely (interlude)
22. Are You Ready
23. Friendly Fire (interlude)
24. Never Gonna
25. Toot My Own Horn (interlude)
26. Down In This Town
27. Pommes Frites (interlude)
28. Velvet Touch
29. Adios (outro)

Album Description

After a five year hiatus, the Sharpshooters return with Twice As Nice, the group's first release since the critical acclaim garnered by their groundbreaking Buck the Saw and Choked Up LPs. This is truly a monster of an LP with 29 tracks in total (14 new tunes married with 15 interlude teasers) which were mixed at Supreme's crib and then mastered at the world famous FREQ. mastering studios.

Showing all the hallmarks of pure genius, Twice As Nice is a result of countless hours of beat digging for obscure samples, many cups of coffee and some late night studio sessions causing much havoc with Supreme's neighbors. Sharpshooters are being compared with the likes of: Yesterdays New Quintet, Beatnuts, Jaffa, Portishead, Creators and other respectable groups in this genre.

Don't sleep on this one!!!!

Album Description

After a year's hiatus, the Sharpshooters return with Twice As Nice, the group's first release since the critically acclaimed albums 'Buck The Saw' & 'Choked Up'. While the 90s saw Sureshot & Supreme sharing compilations & stages with Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, Greyboy, Rae & Christian, Ben Harper, Kool Keith & DJ Shadow the 21st century sees Twice As Nice, standing on its own. 'Truly the past, present & future of hip-hop all rolled into one.' - URB. Light in the Attic Records. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

The future of hip-hop.......2003-06-06

I regret that I had never heard the music of the Sharpshooters until their new album came up on one of RealOne's CD Listening Parties. Luckily, now I have and I can spread the word on to you. For a sample, their song "Japanese Mathematics"--which is both representative of the work on Twice as Nice and at the same time really isn't--is available for download.

Sharpshooters are DJ Sureshot and Mr Supreme from Seattle, Washington: two guys with massive record collections and terrific ears for songcraft. Twice as Nice consists of 29 tracks, fourteen of which are full-length songs and the other fifteen are interludes (including an intro and outro) inserted inbetween as a sort of "palate cleanser" to get you ready for the next track.

After my first listen, I couldn't get enough of Twice as Nice and have listened to at least a little bit of the Sharpshooters masterwork every day since. Smooth samples mixed with downtempo beats and live instrumentation makes for a complete experience of soothing, energizing hip-hop. I never really knew that hip-hop consisted of something other than rap, and if this is hip-hop's future, we've all got a lot to look forward to.

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Twice as Nice: Urban Classics Various Artists Manufacturer: United Recordings Nl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Soul | Compilations | R&B | Styles | Music R&B | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000RGUGXI Release Date: 2007-07-02

Tracks:

1. It's Okay (One Blood) Aol Sessions (Explicit)
2. Smack That Dirty
3. Move Ya Body
4. Promiscuous
5. Don't Cha
6. Livin' It Up (Explicit)
7. Hot In Herre
8. Give It To Me (Explicit)
9. Stand Up (Explicit)
10. Get It On The Floor (Explicit)
11. Lean Back (Explicit)
12. Candy Shop (Explicit)
13. Get Low
14. Murder She Wrote
15. Yeah Yeah (D Ramirez Radio Edit)
16. Flowers (C & J Mix)
17. Why?
18. Decoy
19. Body Language (Original Mix)
20. Closer Than Close
21. Precious Love
22. Gabryelle (Original Mix)
23. Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away) (Famous Radio Edit)
24. What's It Gonna Be?
25. So Sick
26. Slow Down (Radio Version)
27. Get Me Home (Explicit Version)
28. Back & Forth
29. Candy Rain
30. U Blow My Mind
31. Candy
32. Poison
33. Stroke You Up
34. Freek'n You
35. I Should Have Cheated (Main Radio Edit)
36. Silly Games

Album Details

The "Twice as Nice" Brand is Back with a Collection of Urban Classics that it Made Famous Spanning Hip Hop, R and B, Dancehall and Garage! the Album was Mixed by Twice as Nice DJ Scottie B and Includes 3CD'S in the Set; Hip Hop, Garage and House and R and B.

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Twice as Nice Look Twice Manufacturer: Zyx Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000025AL8 Release Date: 1995-01-17

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Twice As Nice-Urban Club Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Compilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music | Ambient | Dance Pop | Disco | Drum & Bass | Electronica | Freestyle | Techno-House | Trance | Trip Hop ASIN: B000A2GO8U Release Date: 2004-12-28

Album Description

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Twice As Nice Joe Bajuk & Gary Seibert ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000MX98DU

Product Description

1 Swingstreet Polka 2 The Schneider Polka 3 Sweet Phyllis - waltz 4 Pepino - polka 5 Kramer's Polka 6 Bonnyville Waltz 7 Hot Tamale - polka 8 Three Musicians - polka 9 Sersen's Polka 10 Evening In San Francisco - waltz 11 Chico's Polka 12 Treasured Memories - waltz 13 Bajuk's Polka 14 Velvet - waltz

Average customer rating: Nice compliation of out of print titles! Hit or miss, but still worth for key "lost" 80s club traxx!

Twice as Nice: Be Music/Dojo/Kamins/Baker Productions Various Artists Manufacturer: Ltm / Boutique Nl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Cool as Ice: The Be Music Productions ASIN: B0002H2TGO Release Date: 2004-09-07

Tracks:

1. Express - 52nd Street
2. Call Me Mr. Telephone - Cheyne
3. Low Rider (Remix) - Quando Quango
4. Summer (Arthur Baker Remix) - Anna Domino
5. Look Into My Eyes - 52nd Street
6. Genius (Part 2) - Quando Quango
7. Keep On Dancing - MARCEL KING
8. You Hurt Me - Shark Vegas
9. Video 586 (Edit) - New Order
10. Sakura - Section 25
11. Jess + Bart (Remix) - Thick Pigeon
12. Montherland - Rfatp
13. Cold As Ice (Jellybean Mix) - 52nd Street

Album Description

LTM are proud to present Twice As Nice, a second compilation of stone classic old school 80's electro and dance cuts produced by Be Music, the tag used by NEW ORDER, as well as Donald Johnson, Mark Kamins and Arthur Baker. The set will be available both on CD and as a limited DJ friendly double vinyl set. Twice As Nice is the sequel to our hugely successful 2003 compilation Cool As Ice. Produced between 1982 and 1986 for release on Factory Records and Les Disques du Crepuscule, the Twice As Nice tracklist runs as follows: 52nd Street "Express" #, Cheyne "Call Me Mr Telephone" >, Quando Quango "Low Rider" (remix) >, Anna Domino "Summer" (remix) <, 52nd Street "Look Into My Eyes" #, Quando Quango "Genius" (Pt 2) >, Marcel King "Keep On Dancing" *, Shark Vegas "You Hurt Me" (version) *, New Order "Video 586" (edit), Section 25 "Sakura", Thick Pigeon "Jess + Bart" (remix), RFATP "Motherland", 52nd Street "Cool As Ice" (Jellybean Mix) #. Those tracks marked with an asterisk* were jointly produced by Be Music (Bernard Sumner) and DoJo (Donald Johnson, of A Certain Ratio). # indicates DoJo alone. > indicates Mark Kamins. < indicates Arthur Baker. The others are all Be Music (New Order) productions. Several of these tracks, including Genius, Keep On Dancing and Cool As Ice remain influential club classics, and have been extensively sampled and bootlegged. Other classic old school dance cuts include the Madonna-connected Call Me Mr Telephone, an ultra funky remix of Low Rider and both sides of the first, long-lost Factory single by 52nd Street, Express and Look Into My Eyes. Twice As Nice also includes two prototypical sequencer tracks masterminded by Bernard Sumner in early 1982, long before Blue Monday changed music forever. One is an exclusive edit of the original version of 586 by New Order, and the second influential electro-pulse Sakura by Section 25. The album has been digitally remastered and runs for 72 minutes

Album Details

Twice as Nice is the Sequel to the Successful 2003 Compilation Cool as Ice. Produced Between 1982 and 1986 for Release on Factory Records and Les Disques Du Crepuscule. Several of These Tracks, Including "Genius", "Keep on Dancing" and 'cool as Ice" Remain Influential Club Classics, and have Been Extensively Sampled and Bootlegged. Other Classic Old School Dance Cuts Include the Madonna-connected "Call Me Mr Telephone", an Ultra Funky Remix of "Low Rider" and Both Sides of the First, Long-lost Factory Single by 52nd Street, "Express" and "Look Into My Eyes". The Album Has Been Digitally Remastered and Runs for 72 Minutes.

Customer Reviews:

Nice compliation of out of print titles!.......2007-01-08

I have to admit that the only reason I bought the TWICE AS NICE cd is for the second track "Call Me Mr. Telephone."

The song came out around 1985 by a singer with braids and a mohawk named Cheyne. Rumor had it that Madonna co-wrote and sang backup on it, but that was only an urban legend. This is explained in the liner notes along with the idea that "Into The Groove" was going to be offered to Cheyne as a follow up single, but Madonna decided to keep it and use it herself. Never-the-less, "Call Me Mr Telephone" had a driving infectious beat and hook that stayed with me throughout the years.

I had the original 12-inch single but sold it during a drug induced stupor! It has long been out of print and I've been hunting high and low for it.

The other songs are mostly underground/obscure hits from the early to mid 80s. The songs have been remastered and sound pretty good, particularly since most of them are over 20 years old.

This cd comes with a booklet that tells you a little about the artist and the song that's included in this compliation, as well as the producers of this cd BE MUSIC, DOJO, MARK KAMINS and ARTHUR BAKER PRODUCTIONS.

But if you aren't really into that underground sound of the early 80s, this might not be the cd for you. The songs on this cd are a mix of the ecclectic sound of music when it was on the precipice, unsure whether it should fall head first into the sound of the British Invasion/New Wave or still hold on to the high energy dance music (evolution of disco) or both. However, if you remember a song or artist on this comp, these versions are pretty much in their original 12-inch versions.

Of course I'm not sure if these are the actual cuts you'll remember, since I only really know the second track and it's in the original 12-inch form.

I'll list the song, artist and the running time of each, incase any of them might ring a bell.

****TRACKS***

01. EXPRESS/52ND STREET/5.02

02. CALL ME MR TELEPHONE/CHEYNE/6.27

03. LOW RIDER (400 BLOWS REMIX)/QUANDO QUANGO/3.47

04. SUMMER (ARTHUR BAKER REMIX)/ANNA DOMINO/7.26

05. LOOK INTO MY EYES/52ND STREET/6.59

06. GENIUS (PART 2)/QUANDO QUANGO/6.48

07. KEEP ON DANCING/MARCEL KING/3.30

08. YOU HURT ME (VERSION)/SHARK VEGAS/6.33

09. VIDEO 586 (EDIT)/NEW ORDER/6.10

10. SAKURA/SECTION 25/3.58

11. JESS + BART (REMIX)/THICK PIGEON/3.12

12. MOTHERLAND/RFATP/4.44

12. COOL AS ICE (JELLYBEAN MIX)/52ND STREET/7.45

Hit or miss, but still worth for key "lost" 80s club traxx!.......2006-10-22

In hindsight, much of the whole early 80s Hacienda club culture might seem a bit overrated, but this nice useful CD compilation of hard-to-find Factory club traxx hits the spot - while hit or miss, you'll find some really rare cuts here worth seeking out that will take you back, like CHEYNE's Madonna-meets-Danceteria pastiche "CALL ME MR TELEPHONE" (rumor has it Madge was due to give Cheyne "Into the Groove" as a follow-up single, but wisely changed her mind!), QUANDO QUANGO's best song "GENIUS" in the Mark Kamins-style "PART 2" club mix, and several early raw tracks from UK soulsters 52ND STREET that are, surprisingly, much more experimental than their later Nick Martinelli-meets-Loose-Ends croosover style. All in all, if you bought most of these 12"s back in the day when they were first released, this is a nice round-up for Arthur Baker, Jellybean-esque productions. Check out the other volume, COOL AS ICE, too!

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Twice As Nice Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Visi ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Compilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music | Ambient | Dance Pop | Disco | Drum & Bass | Electronica | Freestyle | Techno-House | Trance | Trip Hop ASIN: B00005BI0H Release Date: 2001-04-16

Tracks:

1. Serious - Maxwell D
2. If I Was Your Girl - Blond And Soverign
3. Youre Mine (Im Yours) - Wideboys Feat Robbie Craig Shola Ama
4. One By One - TJ Cases Feat Kat Blu
5. Messin Around (Wideboys Mix) - Once Waz Nice
6. G A R A G E (Y2K Mix) - Corrupted Cru Feat MC Neat Mega Man
7. All I Do (Bump N Flex Club Mix) - Cleptomaniacs
8. Whats It Gonna Be (Sticky Y2K Mix) - Nesha
9. One Of A Kind (DJ Para Remix) - Roadblock Feat Deejay Linski
10. Mr DJ - Blackout
11. Imagine (Twiceasnice ALLSTARZ Mix) - Shola Ana
12. Boo (Club Mix) - Sticky Feat Ms Dynamite
13. Bouncing Flow - K2 Family
14. The Virus (EI-B Dub) - Mutiny UK
15. Dont Be Shy - DJ Double G Feat MC Blakey And Gordi
16. Rendezvous (Sunship Vs Chunky Remix) - Craig David
17. Backup Backup - Wookie
18. Girls Like Me - Twiceasnice ALLSTARZ Feat Esther
19. Dats Me - PSG Feat Michelle Haynes
20. Sweet Thing - Twister Feat Gina Foster
21. No Doubt - Shut Up And Dance
22. Could It Be (Anything You Want Remix) - Jaheim
23. Game Show - Kelis
24. Find A Way - A Tribe Called Quest
25. Love Sets You Free - Kelly Price
26. Shake Ya Ass - Mystikal
27. Gotta Get Her - Derrick Dixon
28. So Good - Destinys Child
29. Lost My Mind - Jamie Hawkins
30. Lets Get Ill - Crooklyn Clan
31. Oh No - Mos Def And Pharoahe Monch Feat Nate Dogg
32. Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See - Busta Rhymes
33. All Night Long - Faith Evans
34. Wifey - Next
35. Vivrant Thing - Q-Tip
36. Party Up (Up In Here) - DMX
37. Shake It Up - Horace Brown
38. Encore - Cheryl Lynn
39. I Found Lovin - The Fatback Band
40. All This Love That Im Giving
41. It Takes 2 - Rob Base And Eazy Rock
42. 900 Number - Mark The 45 King
43. You Owe Me - Nas Feat Ginuwine

Album Description

Third release in UK dance series that takes it's name from the dominators of London's Garage scene...the traveling party known as Twice As Nice. Mixed live by residents DJ Spoony & Steve 'Smooth' Sutherland. Tracks include Shola Ama 'Imagine' (TwiceasNice

Album Details

Mixed Live by Residents DJ Spoony and Steve 'smooth' Sutherland.

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Twice as Nice presents MoBo 2002 ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000RP6AN4

Product Description

2 Cd Set/Very Best of Urban Dance mixed by Steve "Smooth" Sutherland

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Twice As Nice Presents: The Sounds of Ayia Napa Manufacturer: DJ Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00099YVBG

Product Description

Track List: Compact Disc 1. Sweet Thing, 2. Triplets, 3. Girls Like Me, 4. Decoy, 5. I Like to Cut, I Like to Play, 6. Scrappy, 7. Dat's Me, 8. The Grab, 9. Slip 'n' Slide, 10. Text Me, 11. Ripgroove, 12. Two, Three, Bass, 13. Obessed, 14. Who's Coming Around, 15. Who's Who, 16. Step to Me

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Twice As Nice: Urban Club Classics Various Artists Manufacturer: Wea/Warner Special Marketing ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Compilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music | Ambient | Dance Pop | Disco | Drum & Bass | Electronica | Freestyle | Techno-House | Trance | Trip Hop General | Reggae | International | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music ASIN: B0006SGJG0 Release Date: 2005-01-03

Tracks:

1. Lean Back
2. Breathe
3. PS & QS
4. Decoy
5. Fix Up, Look Sharp
6. Swing My Way
7. Movin Too Fast
8. Flowers (Sunship Mix)
9. This Is How We Do It
10. All This Love That IM Giving
11. Rip Groove
12. Closer Than Close
13. My Love
14. Imagine (Club Asylum Remix)
15. Sorry (I DidnT Know)
16. Mundian To Bach Ke
17. Pon De River, Pon De Bank
18. You Are My Starship (Urbanstar Mix)
19. Move Ya Body
20. Tempted To Touch
21. Turn Me On
22. Ting-A-Ling (Dancehall Mix)
23. Battle
24. Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta)
25. Just In Case (Dub-A-Holics RollerS Rival Mix)
26. Get Ur Freak On
27. Thong Song
28. Picture This (Radio Edit)
29. Heads High
30. Oi!
31. Gotta Get Thru This
32. True
33. Do You Really Like It?
34. Party Up
35. Got Your Money
36. Gabriel
37. Wot Do U Call It?
38. Boo
39. 21 Seconds
40. Heartless Theme Aka The Superglue Riddim
41. Dat Sexy Body
42. Be Faithful
43. Jump Around
44. Body Groove
45. Dooms Night (Timo Mass Club Mix)
46. Has It Come To This?
47. Boogie 2nite
48. IM Still In Love With You
49. You Owe Me
50. Got To Be Real
51. AinT Nobody
52. Sweet Like Chocolate
53. Spirit Of The Sun (S.Gurley Mix)
54. Shake Ur Body

Album Description

Import exclusive three CD set contains 50 R&B, hip-hop, basement and old skool flavas. Featured artists include Sweet FA, Rosie Gaines, Shabba Ranks, Tweet, Rupee, DMX, Craig David, Nas and more. WSM. 2004.

Album Details

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