Speak Life

Product Description
Anyone who has heard Sev Statik knows he is a brilliant and gifted emcee and lyricist. Whether dropping poetic gems of wisdom or reciting calculated, tongue-in-cheek battle raps, he makes listeners hit the rewind button and consistently makes people think. A member of the Tunnel Rats and Deepspace 5 crews, Sev has an off-the-wall sense of humor, which is balanced unexpectedly by a serious and spiritually conscious side. The album 17 well-crafted tracks and 2 interludes with production handled by Tunnel Rat mainstay Dert as well as Peace 586, Dave Digler and DJ Cheapshot - a featured producer on the Linkin Park Remixes album. Guest emcees include Deepspace 5 member Listener, as well as established Tunnel Rat acts New Breed, Zane, LPG and Raphi and new members DOKument and Propaganda.

Sev's vision for his music has remained consistent since the beginning of his career. Aggressively touring the Northeast, Sev looks to continue to captivate audiences from all walks of life, all the while.... Speaking Life.

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Average customer rating: FANTASTIC Highly Recommended Uplifting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I Speak Life Good but not Great

I Speak Life Donald Lawrence & Company , and Donald Lawrence and Company Manufacturer: Verity ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Praise & Worship | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Similar Items: The J Moss Project One Church Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs Hero Day by Day ASIN: B0002X7G9S Release Date: 2004-10-12

Tracks:

1. Healed
2. I Speak Life- featuring Donnie McClurkin
3. You Covered Me- featuring Hezekiah Walker
4. Miracles- featuring Vanessa Bell-Armstrong
5. Right Now
6. Angels- featuring Carl Thomas
7. Dont Forget To Remember- featuring Lalah Hathaway & Ramsey Lewis
8. Say A Prayer For Me- featuring Faith Evans
9. Wailin To Dancin
10. Lamb
11. Better- Introducing The Murrills feat. DJ Rogers
12. Coming Strong On Your Behalf
13. Beautiful Feet

Customer Reviews:

FANTASTIC.......2007-07-12

I havent actually listened to the album (hence the 4Star rating from me). I just heard "I Speak Life" and I was pretty much blown away !. If the album is anything like this song then GREAT. I am just about to order it.

Highly Recommended.......2007-06-27

This is the first CD I purchased blind and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!! I highly recommend this. Great for the soul!

Uplifting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2007-06-12

When your spirits are low, Donald Lawrence cd is so uplifting,
when you think it's no hope, this gospel is wonderful to listen
to, I am so glad I bought this cd!

I Speak Life.......2007-05-09

No doubt, Donald Lawrence love's God, but this album lacks something. I can't quite put my hand on it. I guess the best way I can explain it is to compare him to other artist: J. Moss, Byron Cage and Fred Hammon are in much higher leagues. This album will probably not be one of my favorites.

J. Azikiwe

Good but not Great.......2006-07-10

Let me begin by saying I am a HUGE fan of Donald Lawrence. In my opinion, he is perhaps one of the best (if not the best) songwriters, producers, and arrangers in the gospel music industry today. And although I've had this album for quite sometime I have just began listening to all the songs on the cd. For over a year, I really only listened to 'Healed', 'You Covered Me', 'I Speak Life', 'Miracles', 'Right Now' and 'Wailin to Dancin'.

However, after the Donald won like six Stellars for this album I decided to see what all the hoopla for this album was all about.

[1] Like other reviewers have stated, Donald does quite a bit of talking before and during each song and that can be a little distracting. For each introduction of a song he has enhanced his voice to do this kinda low sexy Barry White impersonation and you cannot really understand everything he is saying. Also, of all of the Donald's talents singing is definitely the weakest. His voice works fine on some songs and on others he definitely needs to take a back seat.

For example, I think he complements Hez Walker just fine on 'He Covered Me' but on 'Lamb' he probably should have played and let Richard Smallwood do the singing. On 'Beautiful Feet' Donald proves why he is the heir apparent to Andrae Crouch. You can literally take that song and place it on one of AC's earlier recordings with Andrae leading it and you would never know that someone else actually wrote it and arranged it. Capturing Andrae's style is no easy feat and how he does it is just absolutely astounding.

[2] Finally, I'm not a big fan of gospel artists including secular artists on their albums. Like someone once said, many people can quote Psalms 23, but, not everyone knows The Shepherd. And yes Lalah Hathaway and Faith Evans may can sing their genre of music, but, gospel music requires a lead to adlib in order to really interpret the song. And the best adlibers are those who have a personal relationship with Christ and can speak from his word and/or their experiences. And that is often the missing ingredient when you hear secular artists attempting to sing gospel music. You can't feel it because they don't know how to adlib the song.

Because Donald rearranged 'Don't Forget to Remember' to be a bit more bluesy and jazzy; Lalah Hathaway does a pretty decent job with it. However, I still prefer the original version with Brenda Waters on Bible Stores.

And I really wished the Donald had let Erica or Arnetta from the Tri-City Singers or he could have gotten Kimberly McFarland (formerly of the Thompson Community Choir) who lives right there in Chicago for God's sakes to sing 'Say a Prayer' instead of Faith Evans. The lyrics to that song are powerful, but, Faith Evans vocals just DO NOT do justice to such a masterfully, written song. Her performance is lackluster, non-inspiring and she sounds whiney and child-like during parts of the song. Everytime I listen to that song I think 'man Erica's voice would have just soared on this song.'

However, I love DJ Rogers on 'Better' (this song illustrates that 'electic/neo-soul/funky/weird' side to the Donald's writing). I actually heard the Murrills do the 'so-called' live version on this song on the Finale cd before I heard it on this cd. The studio version is much better because DJ Rogers just smoothes it out on the vamp while one of the brothers just yells and shouts during the 'so-called' live version (the Murrills is one of the Doanld's upcoming projects -- interesting concept so I can't wait to hear their album when it is released, but, I am concerned).

Overall, this is a good album but definitely not his best work like Bible Stories and now Finale. However, I will always be a loyal fan of The Donald so I recommend anyone to just buy the album.

Average customer rating: Kurt Weill: Re-discovery... Incredible Live Album

Kurt Weill: The Centennial Kurt Weill , Brock Peters , Carole Cook , Charlotte Rae , Nancy Dussault , Norm Lewis , Peter Becker , Rod McKuen , Shirley Jones , Tim Curry , and Steve Orich Manufacturer: Lml Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Weill | Weill, Kurt | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Cabaret | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Life Upon the Wicked Stage Tap Your Troubles Away - The Words and Music of Jerry Herman (Historic All-Star Tribute) ABC (Adler, Bock, Coleman) Dream: The Lyrics and Music of Johnny Mercer Over The Rainbow: The Music Of Harold Arlen (1995 Benefit Concert Cast) ASIN: B00005U8HM Release Date: 2002-01-08

Tracks:

1. Act 1: Pirate Jenny - Charlotte Rae
2. Act 1: I'm A Stranger Here Myself - Jodi Stevens
3. Act 1: Economics - Jane A. Johnston
4. Act 1: Is It Him Or Is It Me? - Pam Dawber
5. Act 1: Barbara Song - Linda Purl
6. Act 1: Lullaby - Kathryn Skatula
7. Act 1: That's Him - Nancy Dussault
8. Act 1: Don't Look Now - Sharon Lawrence
9. Act 1: Apple Jack - Norm Lewis
10. Act 1: Speak Low - Sally Kellerman
11. Act 1: September Song - Rod McKuen
12. Act 1: Ice Cream Sextet - David Holladay

Tracks:

1. Act 2: Wouldn't You Like To Be On Broadway? - David Holladay
2. Act 2: What Good Would The Moon Be - Melissa Dye
3. Act 2: It Never Was You - Hugh Panaro
4. Act 2: We'll Go Away Together - Hugh Panaro
5. Act 2: Tschaikowsky - Jack Noseworthy
6. Act 2: The Saga Of Jenny - Carole Cook
7. Act 2: Surabaya Johnny - Tim Curry
8. Act 2: My Ship - Shirley Jones
9. Act 2: Mack The Knife - Loretta Devine
10. Act 2: Lost In The Stars - Brock Peters

Customer Reviews:

Kurt Weill: Re-discovery..........2006-11-10

I am so impressed and pleased to have found this recording on Amazon.com. I am always amazed when I find these seemingly obscure recordings, and thrilled to know they exist. What a wonderful history of our musical world---and what a chance to hear interesting, challenging, and unusual performances from so many well-known people. The songs live on--the composer is 'new' again, and this recording becomes part of history re-discovered. Thank you Amazon.com for your continued professionalism and for having these recordings available.

Incredible Live Album.......2002-02-10

This incredible concert (which i attended) benefitting The Actors' Fund of America, contains some absolute MUST performances for any Broadway collector.

For me, the highlights are HUGH PANARO ("It Never Was You"), NANCY DUSSAULT ("It's Him") and TIM CURRY singing "Surabaya Johnny" in German!

Loretta Divine, Brock Peters, they're all great!

Average customer rating: SAIL ON, KURT! Not at All Vile Weill ELEVATOR MUSIC

Kurt Weill: Life, Love, & Laughter--Dance Arrangements, 1927-50 H.K. Gruber , and Palast Orchestra Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Weill | Weill, Kurt | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Ein Freund ein Guter Freu Krokodile und Andere Hausfreunde Wochenend und Sonnenschein Superhits Präsentiert Vom Palast Orchester Superhits V.2 ASIN: B000055YBR Release Date: 2001-02-12

Tracks:

1. Mile After Mile
2. Bilbao Song
3. Stay Well
4. Life, Love And Laughter
5. My Ship
6. Green-up Time
7. The Little Gray House
8. Blues Potpourri
9. September Song
10. All At Once
11. Le Roi d'Aquitaine (Waltz)
12. Foxtrot Potporri
13. Alabama Song
14. Lied Der Jenny
15. Speak Low
16. It Never Was You
17. What Good Would the Moon Be
18. Tango Ballade
19. Kanonen-Song

Amazon.com

Here's a disc of 19 familiar and unfamiliar Kurt Weill songs arranged for dance band and played by an expert group of specialists in Roaring Twenties band music. They're led by singer-conductor-composer H.K. Gruber, whose previous recordings include Weill's Die Dreigroschenoper. The result is a start-to-finish delight. From the first notes, you're beamed back in time to one of those sleek transatlantic passenger liners, sitting in an art deco ballroom watching elegant couples in tuxedos and ball-gowns swirl by while the band plays hits from Weill's German and Broadway triumphs. Sure, the venom is leached from the originals, but who needs agitprop when you're on a dance floor? The arrangements are by a variety of hands, hired by Weill's European and American publishers with his approval to get more mileage from his musical theater works. They're delightfully square rhythmically and formulaic in transferring Weill's music to conventional dance bands, but the music still holds up and is fun to hear in its new clothes. A special treat is the eight tracks with Max Raabe, whose light tenor and falsetto singing preserve the spirit of Weill's songs, as well as perfectly mimic the boy band singers of times gone by. --Dan Davis

Customer Reviews:

SAIL ON, KURT!.......2006-04-23

I wouldn't take offence here oh, Weill purists! These reconstructions are charming and harmonically reverent to their originals, more than could be said for many versions of the Weill Songbook through the decades, including Lou Reed's friendly `adaptation' of the September Song's chord progression and melodic line!

Shoenberg and Webern expressed their disdain of Weill's music; curiously, Arnold had also disclosed a secret wish of having his own audiences walk back home "whistling his tunes", oh, don't ask why... You can certainly whistle, hum and sway your partner now, as the transatlantic's bouncy dancehall sails on just as Kurt, Lotte and the lot of them did when escaping the lethal hounds of early 30s Berlin.... the-next-little-dollar bound.

Not at All Vile Weill.......2001-08-13

The ever versatile HK Gruber has done it again digging up these gorgeous dance arrangements for Weill's music--proving, if anything, Weill's versatility. Anyone familiar with the Capriccio historical Weill recordings will be aware of the long tradition of dance bands taking Weill's music as the lead for dance music or pop music incarnations (all the way up through the more obvious appropriations familiar to Americans: Mack the Knife and September Song). Hardly MUZAK arrangements (listen to the delicate violin in track 17's "What Good Would the Moon Be" to hear what I mean), this generous helping of 19 songs offers a chance to see Weill through a delightfully different but entirely compatible lens. Max Raabe provides the ideal vocal compliment on 8 of the tracks, his tenor floating effortlessly into his head voice suggesting a "period" sound reminiscent of Bing Crosby. The import title for this disc is "Charming Weill," and that modest adjective expresses the least of its virtues.

ELEVATOR MUSIC.......2001-05-23

This is a very strange CD: why would anyone want to take the quirky rhythms and melodies of the great Kurt Weill and "tame" them into dance arrangements? Certainly one has listened to (& even perhaps admired) dance arrangements of composers from Victor Herbert to Cole Porter to Jerry Herman, but these are all, if you will, main stream composers-- men whose music sounds good in original Broadway or Hollywood arrangements and just as good (or almost as good) as played by a dance band...think "Begin The Beguine" as done by Fred Astaire on film or "Begin The Beguine" done by Jo Stafford with the Paul Weston Orchestra.

But Weill was an innovator: a man who can still be listened to experiencing the thrill of something fresh and new. One immediately thinks of his collaborations with Bertolt Brecht in Germany: "Threepenny Opera" and "The Rise & Fall Of The City of Mahagonny" or "The Seven Deadly Sins", etc. his American opera, "Street Scene" with Langston Hughes or his American musical plays: "One Touch of Venus" with Ogden Nash or "Love Life" with Alan Jay Lerner, etc. The songs on this CD all deserve great recordings from the "Alabama Song" to "September Song" but they turn into a kind of flattened elevator music instead of having fresh interpretations or even more traditional ones. What happens is that the longing in "What Good Would the Moon Be" and the romance of "Speak Low" and the raucousness of "Bilbao Song" are all much too similar and much too easy.

It's a little weird to think of husbands whispering to their wives," Listen, honey, they're playing 'As You Make Your Bed' from "Mahagonny".........let's fox trot!"

Average customer rating: Very Good Excellent Weill Alternative to Lenya and Lemper Everything is right but the style Intelligent reading from both singer and conductor Brilliant--The best of the 7 Deadly Sins recordings

Anne Sofie von Otter - Speak Low ~ Songs by Kurt Weill / Gardiner Kurt Weill , John Eliot Gardiner , Anne Sofie von Otter , Bengt Forsberg , Hannover North German Radio Orchestra , Karl-Heinz Lampe , Frederick Martin , Christfried Biebrach , and James Sims Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Weill | Weill, Kurt | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Otter, Anne Sophie von | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Deutsche Grammophon: Music | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: For the Stars Stratas Sings Weill Teresa Stratas - The Unknown Kurt Weill Sings Kurt Weill, Vol. 2 Anne Sofie von Otter - Love's Twilight (Late Romantic Songs by Berg, Korngold, Strauss) ASIN: B000001GM3 Release Date: 1995-03-14

Tracks:

1. Die Sieben Tods Prologue
2. Die Sieben Tods No. 1 Faulheit (Sloth)
3. Die Sieben Tods No. 2 Stolz (Pride)
4. Die Sieben Tods No. 4 Zorn (Anger)
5. Die Sieben Tods No. 5 Vrei (Gluttony)
6. Die Sieben Tods No. 6 Unzucht (Lust)
7. Die Sieben Tods No. 6 Habsucht (Avarice)
8. Die Sieben Tods No. 7 Neid (Envy)
9. Die Sieben Tods No. 8 Epilog
10. My Ship
11. One Life To Live
12. Buddy On The Nightshift
13. Nannas Leid
14. Bilbao - Song
15. Surabaya - Johnny
16. Das Leid Von Der Harten Nuss
17. Je Ne T'amie Pas
18. Schickelgruber
19. Der Abscheidsbreief
20. Foolish Heart
21. Speak Low
22. I'm A Stranger Here Myself

Amazon.com

Kurt Weill's ballet with songs is one of this century's greatest theatrical works. It has all the wit and melodic appeal of The Threepenny Opera and social conscience of Mahagonny, but more warmth and musical sophistication than either. It's also all over with in about 40 minutes. Some critics believe the piece was intended as a sort of love poem to Weill's wife, Lotte Lenya; given the tenderness of much of the music, it's hard to disagree. Lenya herself recorded the piece in the 1950s (a recording recently reissued by Sony) and this very much newer performance is welcome particularly for Anne Sofie von Otter's highly intelligent and musical way with the text. The other songs, from both Weill's Berlin and Broadway periods, make the perfect filler. --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews:

Very Good.......2006-01-03

This is a very nice selection of Weill pieces showing the full range of his output. These range from the ambitious Seven Deadly Sins to songs from Happy End to some of his Broadway work. All are very interesting. The performers, particularly Von Otter, are excellent. Recommended strongly.

Excellent Weill Alternative to Lenya and Lemper.......2005-09-29

`Speak Low Songs by Kurt Weill' is a great addition to the performances of Herr Weill's works by the prominent mezzo-soprano, Anne Sofie Von Otter. I have listened to many performances by Weill specialists from the archetype, Weill's wife, Lotte Lenys, for whom many of the songs were originally written to Ute Lemper and Gisela May, who lean heavily toward Lotte Lenya's gravel-voiced interpretation of Weill's songs.

Anne Sofie Von Otter breaks with this tradition and gives us what are easily the sweetest interpretations of Weill's songs from both his German and English works, which I have heard anywhere.

The flagship performance on this disc is `Die Sieben Todsunden' (`The Seven Deadly Sins') which was a cycle of songs to be sung on the stage, accompanied by dances done by a second performer. This takes the first nine (9) tracks and is at least as good as what I have heard from Weill specialist, Lemper. This album is the first time I have noticed that there are two versions of this work, and that Ms. Von Otter is performing the version for soprano.

But, I think the most moving performances come later, especially in von Otter's performances of the three numbers from `Happy End', `Bilbao-Song', `Surabaya-Johnny', and `Das Lied von der harten Nuss' (Song of the Big Shot). I have heard these done by many people, but never so sweetly. These numbers are so lovingly performed that I insist that you ignore the fact that the lyrics are in German. The accompanying booklet gives English translations, which I simply ignore and enjoy the musical talent with no filter. My understanding German has nothing to do with this, as I do the same with French, which I can just barely make out.

Kurt Weill may not be the most important influence on American musical theatre in the 20th century, but he is easily in the top five, along with the Gershwins, Irving Berlin, Richard Rodgers and collaborators, and Cole Porter.

Ms. Von Otter is ably accompanied on this disk by her favorite pianist, Bengt Forsberg plus the Norddeutch Rundfunk orchestra directed by John Eliot Gardiner. While I really like her selection on this disk, the collection makes me wish Ms. Von Otter would do some more Weill and spend less time hanging out with Elvis Costello, but that's a different story.

Everything is right but the style.......2005-09-24

Weill and Brecht defined a nasty age with nasty art, writing some of the grittiest satire in the history of music. In this CD von Otter misses that edge, skirts all the dangerous, sleazy implications, and ultimately sounds too much the opera singer slumming it for an hour. Her earnestness is no subtitute for the right period style, a la Lotte Lenya.

Intelligent reading from both singer and conductor.......2005-01-27

THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS is such a brilliant mini-masterpiece (and, to me, the pinnacle of the Brecht-Weill years) that it is hard to screw up. It is a testament to the staying power of this work (and to the brilliance of Weill's music in general) that it can be performed by the likes of Lotte Lenya, Julia Migenes, Ute Lemper, Judy Kaye, Marianne Faithfull, Teresa Stratas, and -- as here -- Anne Sofie von Otter, and STILL work... and EACH of these women are totally successful in the piece on their own terms.

Here, Anne Sofie von Otter gives us an intelligent (and highly musical) rendering of the text, keeping the musical line very much intact. She sings with vibrato at times, and then will turn around and use straight-tones at moments where it is dramatically appropriate to do so. She balances the performance well, shifting gears between cool detachment (which she is often criticized for) and impassioned outbursts (which her critics often fail to notice).

John Eliot Gardiner surprised me with how easily this music seemed to come to him, especially as he seems to be a man more at home with "Period-Instrument-Mozart" than highly charged 20th century works. However, his reading of "The Rake's Progress" by Stravinsky was totally staggering. For example, his choice beginning the climactic moment of the score ("Envy") as slowly as he does caught me very much off guard at first, and I didn't really care for it at all. However, with each successive listen, I find myself "getting" this choice more and more.

Finally, the "filler." As to be expected, she is more successful with the European material than she is with the songs from Weill's Broadway years. But this is the case with about 99.9% of all opera singers who try to sing Weill's Broadway scores. You will never hear any singer give "Je ne t'aime pas" a more hauntingly beautiful, passionately intense performance than Anne Sofie von Otter. Truly, the ultimate interpretation of one of my favorite Weill songs. "Nannas Lied," "Der Abschiedsbrief," and the HAPPY END selections. However, "My Ship" and "One Life to Live" seem to fail at catching fire -- the former because it is marred by an attempt to sound like a "pop singer," the latter because von Otter sings English better than native speakers (she knows where the ACTUAL emphasis in the phrase "nothing: the thing is to have fun" goes, as opposed to where Ira Gershwin placed it). I also -- surprisingly enough -- don't care for her performance of "Schickelgruber" -- she just seems totally lost to me. (I really think that this song is foreign territory to 'legit' sopranos and mezzos -- I don't even care for the Stratas rendition.) Just when I thought I would have to suffer through another bad batch of "opera-crossover," Anne Sofie turned around and surprised me by giving highly successful performances of the numbers from ONE TOUCH OF VENUS (especially on "I'm Stranger Here Myself").

All in all, a worthy purchase: highly recommended to all fans of THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS and Kurt Weill enthusiasts.

Brilliant--The best of the 7 Deadly Sins recordings.......2002-10-12

Weill, and particularly anything Brecht-Weill, has suffered for too long with interpertations based on tired ham theatrics, burlesques of Lenya's style, to the point where we have come to expect it as the only way to sing this music. Lenya herself is said, late in life, to have commented that a better singer (specifically Stratas at that time) would be more appropriate for properly interpreting Weill's music.

Here, after countless CD releases of the Seven Deadly Sins, is the first recording sung in the key the composer originally intended! The result is relevatory, sublime and magnificent.

Ms. Von Otter interprets the rest of the songs with mixed results--all are lovely, several are excellent, though several others have been handled better by singers with more "theatrical" talents. Nevertheless, this recording stands alone, head and shoulders above the others.

Average customer rating: Good cd Sev Static is off the hook The Revival Of TRUE Hip Hop

Speak Life Sev Statik Manufacturer: EMI ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Christian Rock | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Tunnel Vision Raw Material The Night We Called It A Day Unique, Just Like Everyone Else Take 2 ASIN: B000075A6V Release Date: 2005-11-18

Tracks:

1. Intro
2. All For A Purpose
3. Warning
4. Over the Influence
5. Da Pointman
6. Meds
7. Disappear
8. Speak Life
9. I Apologize
10. Poor Penmanship
11. Seasons of a Tear
12. Statik Interlude
13. Right Now
14. Rock of Ages
15. End Up
16. Invisible Bars
17. Close
18. Global
19. MIC

Product Description

Anyone who has heard Sev Statik knows he is a brilliant and gifted emcee and lyricist. Whether dropping poetic gems of wisdom or reciting calculated, tongue-in-cheek battle raps, he makes listeners hit the rewind button and consistently makes people think. A member of the Tunnel Rats and Deepspace 5 crews, Sev has an off-the-wall sense of humor, which is balanced unexpectedly by a serious and spiritually conscious side. The album 17 well-crafted tracks and 2 interludes with production handled by Tunnel Rat mainstay Dert as well as Peace 586, Dave Digler and DJ Cheapshot - a featured producer on the Linkin Park Remixes album. Guest emcees include Deepspace 5 member Listener, as well as established Tunnel Rat acts New Breed, Zane, LPG and Raphi and new members DOKument and Propaganda. Sev's vision for his music has remained consistent since the beginning of his career. Aggressively touring the Northeast, Sev looks to continue to captivate audiences from all walks of life, all the while.... Speaking Life.

Customer Reviews:

Good cd.......2004-04-23

if you're use to hip/hop like 50 and all you might not dig the album the first time. But the album is quite good. Good lyrics and beats you grow to like very fast. This album won't disappoint you at all you won't regret buying it

Sev Static is off the hook.......2004-01-29

If you want pure gospel rap with a heavy dose of reality with a spice of origionality then go get Sev Static: Speak Life.

This cd is just hot! I love gospel rap and have heard over 400 songs but I must say that Sev serves up a real gem that you'll enjoy.

Don't sleep on this cd go buy it, you won't regret it at all

The Revival Of TRUE Hip Hop.......2003-01-03

If you're like me you find the rap scene today to be pretty grim. We're innundated with "artists" that exemplify the epitome of the proverbial "perpetual fountain of non-sense." I've found myself asking the question, "Whatever happened to the days when hip-hop was real - when it was about the lyrics and not the 'ice'?" Well Sev Statik - Speak Life - brings you back to the essence of hip-hop. A Tunnel Ratz associate, Sev Statik hits you with unadulterated hip-hop lyrics reminiscent of of people like Heavy D, Big Daddy Kane, and Rakim - raw poetical lyrics that make you press rewind. BUT HERE'S THE TWIST! Along with the Tunnel Rats, Sev's foundation, as proclaimed on the album, is CHRIST. So you can play "Speak Life" in front of your little cousins without being worried about them picking up some hedonistic nonsense that will defile their psyche for life. The title track (track #8) hits you with piano breaks like a DJ Premiere production. In fact every track is laced with samples and break beats that will make ALL HEADS KNOD (check out "End Up" and "Invisible Bars")! To miss out on this album would be a mistake!

Average customer rating: Interesting... hum... Good, Depending On Your Taste Ha ha! Surely it's a joke! What? It isn't?! Innovative, trendy, sexy and fantastic!

String Quartet Tribute to No Doubt Manufacturer: Vitamin Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Tributes | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The String Quartet Tribute to Gwen Stefani String Quartet Tribute to the Killers ASIN: B0000A0WHN Release Date: 2003-07-22

Tracks:

1. Bathwater
2. Don't Speak
3. Ex Girlfriend
4. Hella Good
5. Hey Baby
6. Just A Girl
7. Simple Kind Of Life
8. Spiderwebs
9. Underneath It All
10. Vague Moment (Original Composition)

Product Description

1. Bathwater
2. Don't Speak
3. Ex Girlfriend
4. Hella Good
5. Hey Baby
6. Just A Girl
7. Simple Kind Of Life
8. Spiderwebs
9. Underneath It All
10. Vague Moment (Origional Composition)

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Interesting..........2006-03-19

The string tribute is, of course, not meant to substitute for the originals, but as a No Doubt fan I found the "classical" versions fun and a stimulating alternative. I can put No Doubt albums on repeat and rock out, but it's always great to hear remixes, covers, and different versions of a favorite artist.

I suggest you visit an independent music store or someplace you can better sample the album, rather than rely on the clips. If not, I would recommend the tribute to pretty solid No Doubt fans and to those interested in some refreshing classical music.

hum..........2005-06-08

some of the songs are alright, don't speak and simple kind of life aRE incredible. hella good and hey baby were a bad choice i think cos they are a bit repetitive when done on a string instument. im a little confused about vague moment..is that a no doubt song?

Good, Depending On Your Taste.......2004-11-17

I know that some people were very disappointed with this CD; I wasn't, but maybe that's just because I am a tried-and-true No Doubt fan- I find it thrilling to hear different renditions of my favorite songs. Yes, some songs hang on the precipice of being tacky, especially the faster ones, like "Hella Good", and, in some ways, "Hey Baby". However, I think some work quite well. Obviously, all the original songs are better, but sometimes I get in a dramatic, classical-music mood, and this CD is awesome. "Ex-Girlfriend" sounds deliciously devious and dark with the deep string instruments, and "Don't Speak", like its original, is so heart-rendingly beautiful it'll pull at your heartstrings.

Overall, take care. I think the CD is well-made, with a good instrumentalists and fine arrangements, but I can understand how it would put some people off. But don't knock it till you give it a listen. And best of all- it's instant kareoke!

Ha ha! Surely it's a joke! What? It isn't?!.......2004-09-18

When I listened to these clips, I cracked up. This is so bad it's funny, kind of like reality TV. If you want a laugh, try this CD. If you want music, I suggest you buy a REAL No Doubt album. No offense if you like chamber music; but these people who did this pathetically bad album have ruined it forever.

Innovative, trendy, sexy and fantastic!.......2004-07-07

I can add a lot more words to the list; motivating, romantic, provacative, eluring, brilliant.... This is GREAT! I love the idea this company has of putting out string quartet versions of your favorite artists. But this CD is marvelous. I got it last week and it is my favorite CD in my collection. A fine tribute indeed. Congratulations to this group for such a fabulous tribute.

Average customer rating:

From Berlin to Broadway Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Weill | Weill, Kurt | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: On the Town ASIN: B00005YUH5 Release Date: 2002-03-26

Tracks:

1. Overture
2. Ballad of Mac the Knife
3. Cannon Song
4. Ballad of Immoral Earnings
5. Second Threepenny Finale
6. Solomon Song
7. Call from the Grave
8. Epitaph
9. Third Threepenny Finale
10. Surabaya-Johnny
11. Alabama Song
12. Je ne t'aime pas
13. Jennys Lied
14. Speak Low
15. Lost in the Stars
16. My Ship
17. One Life to Live

Album Description

This release by the award-winning Center City Brass Quintet showcases the depth and variety of music by the German-born composer Kurt Weill, beginning with a suite of songs from his best-known Threepenny Opera. This is followed by a collection of cabaret and art songs composed in Europe, and concludes with songs composed in America for the Broadway stage in collaboration with the likes of Ira Gershwin and Moss Hart. Every song is in a brand new arrangement for brass quintet, written especially for this recording. Fans of the Center City Brass Quintet's previous CD releases will enjoy the same rich sound, technical brilliance, and artistry they have come to expect from this fabulous ensemble which the American Record Guide has deemed "one of the strongest of today's brass quintets".

Average customer rating: This artist and choir just get more impressive with time!! NOT THEIR BEST WORK

Speak Life Joe Pace , and Colorado Mass Choir Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Similar Items: Mighty Long Way Joe Pace Presents: Shake the Foundation Joe Pace Presents: Sunday Morning Service Joe Pace Presents: Let There Be Praise Praise 'Til You Breakthrough ASIN: B0000A5A2H Release Date: 2003-07-22

Tracks:

1. God Can Do Anything
2. Hallelujah Anyhow
3. Speak Life
4. Speak Life
5. Hold On
6. Stand
7. Sing Unto The Lord Medley
8. Good To Me
9. Everything I Need
10. We Lift Our Hands
11. We Worship You This Day
12. Joy To World Medley

Customer Reviews:

This artist and choir just get more impressive with time!!.......2003-12-01

I thought "Shake The Foundation" would be hard, if not impossible, to top. But this new project, suprisingly, does. Every song compels you to worship, praise, dance, and/or reverence the Lord! I'd recommend it to anyone who wants a real praise experience!

NOT THEIR BEST WORK.......2003-10-02

IT'S OK! BUT NOT THEIR BEST WORK. THE ONLY SONG THAT IS OK ON HERE IS HALLELUJAH ANYHOW. AND THAT LOOSES ITS THUNDER TOWARDS THE END.

Average customer rating:

Gilbert & Sullivan: The Gondoliers Manufacturer: Polygram Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Sullivan | Sullivan, Arthur | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Sullivan: Yeomen Of The Guard/Trial By Jury ASIN: B0000041VC Release Date: 2003-04-08

Tracks:

1. Ov
2. Act I: List And Learn
3. Act I: Good Morrow, Pretty Maids
4. Act I: For The Merriest Fellows Are We
5. Act I: See, See At Last They Come To Make Their Choice
6. Act I: Buon Giorno, Signorine!
7. Act I: We're Called Gondolieri, But That's a Vagary
8. Act I: And Now To Choose Our Brides!
9. Act I: Are You Peeping?
10. Act I: Thank You Gallant Gondolieri
11. Act I: From The Sunny Spanish Shore
12. Act I: In Enterprise Of Martial Kind
13. Act I: O Rapture, When Alone Together
14. Act I: There Was A Time, A Time For Ever Gone
15. Act I: I Stole The Prince
16. Act I: But, Bless My Heart, Consider My Position!
17. Act I: Try We Life-Long We Can Never
18. Act I: Bride-Groom And Bride!
19. Act I: When A Merry Maiden Marries
20. Act I: Kind Sir, You Cannot Have The Heart, Our Lives To Part
21. Act I: Do Not Give Way To This Uncalled-For Grief
22. Act I: Then One Of Us Wiil Be A Queen

Tracks:

1. Act I: Now Pray, What Is The Cause Of This Remarkable Hilarity
2. Act I: Replying, We Sing As One Individual
3. Act I: For Ev'ryone Who Feels Inclined
4. Act I: Come Let's Away-Our Island Crown Awaits Me
5. Act I: Now, Marco Dear, My Wishes Hear
6. Act I: Then Away They Go To An Island Fair
7. Act II: Of Happiness The Very Pith
8. Act II: Rising Early In The Morning
9. Act II: Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes
10. Act II: Here We Are, At The Risk Of Our Lives
11. Act II: After Sailing To This Land
12. Act II: Dance A Cachucha, Fandango, Bolero
13. Act II: There Lived A King, As I've Been Told
14. Act II: In A Contemplative Fashion And A Tranquil Frame Of Mind
15. Act II: With Ducal Pomp And Ducal Pride
16. Act II: This Polite Attention
17. Act II: On The Day When I Was Wedded
18. Act II: To Help Unhappy Commoners
19. Act II: Small Titles And Orders For Mayors And Recorders
20. Act II: I Am A Courtier Grave And Serious
21. Act II: Here Is A Case Unprecedented!
22. Act II: Now Let The Loyal Lieges Gather Round
23. Act II: Speak Woman Speak, We're All Attention!
24. Act II: The Royal Prince Was By The King Entrusted
25. Act II: Luiz! Casilda
26. Act II: One More, Gondolieri

Average customer rating:

Kurt Weill from Berlin to Broadway - a selection Manufacturer: Pearl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Weill | Weill, Kurt | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill / Levine, Lenya, Armstrong, Gilford, et al Kurt Weill: The Centennial September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill Kurt Weill / Songs Volume 2 - A Centennial Anthology Kurt Weill / Songs Volume 1 - A Centennial Anthology ASIN: B00004WZTK Release Date: 2000-10-24

Tracks:

1. The Threepenny Opr: Mack The Knife - Harald Paulsen With Orch
2. The Threepenny Opr: Cannon Song - Harald Paulsen With Orch
3. The Threepenny Opr: Pirate Jenny - Lotte Lenya With The Lewis Ruth Band/Theo Mackeben
4. The Threepenny Opr: Babarasong - Lotte Lenya With The Lewis Ruth Band/Theo Mackeben
5. The Threepenny Opr: Lied Von Der Unzulanglichkeit Menslichen Strebens - Bertolt Brecht With Theo Mackeben And His Orch
6. Happy End: Mandalay Song - Lewis Ruth Band
7. Happy End: Surabaya Johnny - Lotte Lenya With Pno
8. Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny: Moon Of Alabama - Lotte Lenya With The Three Admirals And Orch
9. Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny: Denn Wie Man Sich Bettet - Lotte Lenya With Pno
10. Knickerbocker Holiday: September Song - Walter Huston With Orch/Maurice Abravanel
11. Knickerbocker Holiday: There's Nowhere To Go But Up - David Brooks With Orch/Maurice Abravanel
12. Knickerbocker Holiday: The Scars - Walter Huston With Orch/Maurice Abravanel
13. Lady In The Dark: One Life To Live - Gertrude Lawrence With Orch/Leonard Joy
14. Lady In The Dark: The Princess Of Pure Delight - Danny Kaye With Orchestra/Maurice Abravanel
15. Lady In The Dark: And Other Russians - Danny Kaye With Chor And Orch/Maurice Abravanel
16. Lady In The Dark: The Saga Of Jenny - Gertrude Lawrence With Chor And Orch/Leonard Joy
17. Lady In The Dark: My Ship - Gertrude Lawrence With Chor And Orch/Leonard Joy
18. One Touch Of Venus: I'm A Stranger Here Myself - Mary Martin With The 'One Touch Of Venus' Orch/Maurice Abravanel
19. One Touch Of Venus: Westwind - Kenny Baker With The 'One Touch Of Venus' Orch/Maurice Abravanel
20. One Touch Of Venus: Foolish Heart - Mary Martin With The 'One Touch Of Venus' Orch/Maurice Abravanel
21. One Touch Of Venus: Speak Low - Mary Martin/Kenny Baker With The 'One Touch Of Venus' Orch/Maurice Abravanel
22. One Touch Of Venus: That's Him - Mary Martin With The 'One Touch Of Venus' Orch/Maurice Abravanel
23. Ulysses Africanus: Lost In The Stars - Walter Huston With Orch/Victor Young
24. Ulysses Africanus: Lover Man - Lotte Lenya With Pno
25. One Touch Of Venus: Very, Very, Very - Kurt Weill
26. One Touch Of Venus: Wooden Wedding - Kurt Weill
27. One Touch Of Venus: Jersey Plonk - Kurt Weill
28. One Touch Of Venus: The Trouble With Women - Kurt Weill

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2. Strong Island Freestyle, Vol. 1: Keepin It Real
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4. Tales from Beyond the Groove [Import]
5. The Beauty of the Empty Vessel
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9. The Sound of Young New York
10. Thinking Out Loud, Vol. 1

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