Red Hot Rhythm & Blues [Import]

Product Description
Reissue of Diana's 1987 classic album. Features 2 Bonus tracks. EMI. 2005.

Red Hot Rhythm & Blues,Diana Ross,EMI,R&B/Soul,Soul/R & B

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Average customer rating: Perfect Tribute for a good cause! Afrobeat for the masses Disappointing A treasure Haunting + Pulsating

Red Hot + Riot: The Music and Spirit of Fela Kuti Various Artists Manufacturer: Mca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Africa | Compilations | International | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: Red Hot + Rio: Pure Listening Pleasure Red Hot + Rhapsody: The Gershwin Groove Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool Onda Sonora: Red Hot + Lisbon Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter ASIN: B00006LWSB Release Date: 2002-10-15

Tracks:

1. Fela Mentality (Intro) - Fela Kuti
2. Kalakuta Show - Gab & Lateef
3. Interlude: Live At Kalakuta - Fela Kuti
4. Shuffering & Shmiling - Dead Prez, Talib Kewli, Jorge Ben and Bilal
5. Interlude: Gimme Sh*t - Mixmaster Mike
6. Water No Get Enemy - Mixmaster Mike
7. Water No Get Enemy - D'Angelo, Femi Kuti, Macy Gray & The Soultronics (feat. Nile Rodgers & Roy Hargrove)
8. Gentleman - MeShell Ndegeocello & Yerba Buena (feat. Ron Blake)
9. Years Of Tears and Sorrow - Common & Djelimady Tounkara
10. Shakara/ Lady (Part One) - Cheikh Lo
11. Shakara/Lady (Part Two) - Cheikh Lo, Les Nubians and Manu Dibango
12. Don't Worry About My Mouth O (African Message) - Fela Kuti
13. Zombie (Part One) - Bugz In The Attic (feat. Wunmi)
14. Zombie (Part Two) - Nile Rodgers & Roy Hargrove
15. No Agreement - Res, Tony Allen, Ray Lema, Baaba Maa, Positive Black Soul & Archie Shepp
16. So Be It - Kelis
17. Interlude/This Is An Ashanti Proverb - Fela Kuti
18. By Your Side - Sade (Cottonbelly Remix)
19. Colonial Mentality - Yerba Buena
20. Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am - Baaba Maal & Taj Mahal (feat. Kaouding Cissoko)

Amazon.com

Never has there been a more appropriate Red Hot tribute than this one dedicated to the music of Afrobeat founder Fela Kuti, the Nigerian legend who died from AIDS-related complications in 1997. The artists and groups heard here, nearly 40 all told, cover the musical spectrum: hip-hop (Blackalicious, Roots), jazz (Roy Hargrove, Archie Shepp); soul (Sade, D'Angelo), Afrobeat (Tony Allen, Femi Kuti), world music (Baaba Maal, Jorge Ben), electronic music (Mixmaster Mike, Money Mark) and rock (Nile Rodgers). They have come together to raise money for the 25 million Africans now infected with the AIDS/HIV virus. Red Hot efforts often pair different artists together on the same song, and this album features many once-in-a-lifetime collaborations. Fela's music has been refashioned and mixed together here according to the styles of the artists, rendering several of the 20 songs barely recognizable in comparison with the originals. But such is the strength of Fela's music that even such singular-sounding artists as Macy Gray and Dead Prez get into the Afrobeat spirit of things. --Tad Hendrickson

Customer Reviews:

Perfect Tribute for a good cause!.......2005-09-06

Fela was the founder and king of Afrbeat, and an inspiration to acts as diverse as fellow Nigerian Lagbaja, and US prog rock duo The Mars Volta (Yes!!). Sadly he succumbed to AIDS related complications in 1997. Fitting then that this tribute CD raises money for AIDS relief in Africa. The CD liner notes talk extensively on this.

Chock full of a diverse array of musical talent; Nile Rogers, Macy Gray, D'Angelo, Sade, The Roots, Les Nubians, Meshell Ndegeocello, Femi Kuti, Baaba Maal and Cheikh Lo to name a few. Most of the songs are reinterpretations of songs by Fela in the artists own unique style, usually arranged differently from the originals. Fela's original vocals are interspersed during interludes. An excellent blend of African meets African American.

`Water no get enemy' featuring Femi, Macy Gray, Nile Rogers, Roy Hargrove and D'Angelo stays faithful to the original; shuffling beats, rich percussion, and lots of blaring horns. It's a real treat hearing Macy and D'Angelo singing in pidgin English.

The vocals of Sade's `By your side' are imposed on a shuffling dubby Afrobeat rhythm. Echo-ey vocals and rich percussion, dreamy sounding. Excellent!

`So be it' featuring Kelis on vocals is the other non Fela composition. It is a calming R&B song with some African sounding backing vocals and great horns played by Ugochi Nwaogwugwu.

`No Agreement' by Res, Tony Allen, Ray Lema, Baaba Maal, Positive Black Soul & Archie Shepp is another outstanding performance. Great jazzy breaks and wonderful horns.

`Zombie (part 1)' is a bouncy hip hop/Afrobeat affair featuring Bugz in the Attic & Wunmi, with lyrics about the robot mentality of soldiers blindly taking orders from above. Written during the days of military rule in Nigeria.

`Zombie (part 2)' with Nile Rogers and Roy Hargrove is an excellent instrumental piece, closer to the original. An energetic horn laden, percussion rich number, with faint electronic tweets.

Another outstanding piece is `Shuffering and shmiling' featuring Dead Prez, Talib Kweli, Bilal and Jorge Ben. Transformed with skittery beats and some skat singing and rapping, and horns that stay true to the original. Beautiful!

Each song is musically rich and captivating in it's own way, be it `Gentleman', `Shakara/lady (parts 1 and 2)' with excellent guitar work, talking drums and razor sharp horns, to `Trouble sleep, yanga wake am'. The attention to detail is astounding, everything in its right place.

A beautiful CD showing the wealth and beauty of African music. Not meant to replace the originals at all, and a perfect tribute to the king.

Afrobeat for the masses.......2004-06-29

Shuffering and shmiling alone is enough to make this cd a solid purchase. Underground hip hop luminaries Talib Kweli and Dead Prez combine to remake the song while keeping the same general beat and theme. It's an unbelievably compelling song that does no injustice to the original, rare in a tribute album.

The fun doesnt stop with Shuffering though. Sade's track is a standout and Femi Kuti does his daddy proud. Buy this CD, your ears will thank you.

Disappointing.......2004-05-03

Red Hot and Riot was a HUGE disappointment. With the exception of a very few covers that stay true to the original (the best being "Water no get Enemy" by his son, Femi), the album consists largely of rap songs that have only one thing in common with the original Fela Kuti tunes: the title. Gone are the absolutely exquisite melodies and rhythms that came out of the pure genius of Fela. Some of the rappers doing the covers are so egotistical that not only do they abandon Fela's heavenly musical stylings; they don't even bother to adhere to the original lyrics. Given all this, I just want to issue a warning to those listeners who think that by buying this album, they may be getting a good introduction to Fela's music: save your money and buy one of HIS albums. Even Fela's worst album would be a thousand times more worthwhile to listen to than this eminently forgetable drivel.

A treasure.......2004-02-22

There's not a bad cut on this CD. I never had the pleasure of seeing Fela Kuti, altho I've caught his son in performance a few times. This CD admirably honors Fela's fight, his soul, his fire! My favorite cut is Gentleman with Meshell and Yerba Buena! Baby, it just don't get any better than this...hot, luscious Afro-Soul with a dead-on message. I'm not a Sade fan, but even I have to bask in the black velvet glow of her slide thru this remake of By Your Side. Anyone who digs Macy Gray (count me in) will be all smiles listening to her signature riffs on Water No Get Enemy. I hope the inclusion of Baaba Maal and Cheikh Lo will turn on those listeners who might not otherwise tune in to these killer African artists. This CD is always in my rotation (along with Resident Alien, Seal IV, 6 Degrees' Latin Travels, and Tourist) Slide it in and dance your heart to bursting. It's all for a good cause (AIDS awareness), so double bonus!

Haunting + Pulsating.......2003-08-18

This CD was released in October of last year, but I still can't get it out of my head (not that I want it to be) Great, solid, breathing album. Love Baaba Maal's Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am. The rhythms pulsate and the vocals grab me deep within. Love the guest stars -- Sade, Res, Meshell Ndegeocello, Nile Rodgers, Macy Gray, Kelis, Talib Kweli, Les Nubians, etc. I am in love with the lush compositions and prepossessing rhythms. They all add a certain touch to the vibe of the LP. Plus, all proceeds from the album go towards fighting AIDS in Africa. An even greater reason to love it. I recommend picking up this album if ever you're in the record store. You won't be disappointed.

Average customer rating: Red Hot Rhythm & Blues Her best album from the 80's Diana Ross' Best Album For RCA Records Supreme One of my favorite Diana albums from the '80s

Red Hot Rhythm & Blues Diana Ross Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: Why Do Fools Fall in Love? Take Me Higher Workin' Overtime The Force Behind the Power The Boss ASIN: B000008K8I Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Dirty Looks
2. Stranger in Paradise
3. Summertime
4. Shine
5. Tell Me Again
6. Selfish One
7. Cross My Heart
8. There Goes My Baby
9. It's Hard for Me to Say
10. Shockwaves

Customer Reviews:

Red Hot Rhythm & Blues.......2006-01-06

I think it is one of her best albums...The video of Dirty Looks
is wonderful as Diana teases us..and if you caught her TV Special of the same name the performance of Tell Me Again was
outstanding..I don't know why this body of work didn't seem
to get the acclaim it deserved..

Her best album from the 80's.......2005-03-08

This album is really wonderful. «Dirty looks» is one of her sexiest songs, like «Love hangover» in 1976, the ballads «There goes my baby» and «Summertime» capture the magic of her fragility, «Stranger in paradise» is haunting and mysterious, «Shine» and «Shockwaves» are 100% delicious swing. The production by sound engineer Tom Dowd, who worked with Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin during their Atlantic years, is flawless.

Diana Ross' Best Album For RCA Records.......2005-02-07

In mid 1987, soul music legend Diana Ross released what would be her final studio album for RCA Records. Neither RCA or Ross were keen to renew contracts that were due to expire that year. Ross had signed to the RCA label in 1981 for a whopping $20,000,000. Most cynics assumed Ross would sink without the lavish care and attention her career automatically received at Motown Records, the label that had catapulted her into a world wide superstar. However most critics were forced to eat humble pie when her first self-produced album away from Motown (Why Do Fools Fall In Love;1981) became a double platinum seller whilst two other albums that were largely produced by Ross (Silk Electric;1982 and Swept Away;1984) went on to become Gold sellers.

After the surprisingly mediocre sales in the U.S of her explosive Eaten Alive (1985) album on which she had collaborated with the Gibb brothers of The Bee Gees and Michael Jackson, Ross decided to retreat to safer terriotry, returning to her roots of Rhythm And Blues to mark a celebration in black music for the dynamic Red Hot Rhythm And Blues (1987) album. This was accompanied by a spectacular television special of the same name that saw Ross tracing the origins of black music through to todays modern culture. It was great to see Ross really make a stand for her heritage. Ratings for the Red Hot Rhythm And Blues t.v special shot through the roof and the show went on to be nominated for an Emmy Award the following year.

The Red Hot Rhythm And Blues (1987) album featured the legendary soul divas' soaring reneditions of many old R&B favourites. It also boasted new songs courtesy of Ross herself as well as the divine soul singer Luther Vandross and lead singer of Simply Red, Mick Hucknall. The project was overly produced by Tom Dowd with Ross credited as Executive Producer.

The fantastic Dirty Looks was Red Hot Rhythm And Blues (1987) premier single. Listeners were stunned to hear Ross' sensational, sexually-charged and charismatic performance that sound quite fitting when listening to those mildly racy lyrics. Dirty Looks was certainly one of Ross' more succesfully adventurous offerings but commercially it served as a big disappointment to what was anticipated. In the U.K where she had recently topped the charts with the distinctley Supremes-like Chain Reaction, Dirty Looks didn't even crack the Top 40 where as it completely missed missed the U.S Top 100 (though did manage to climb to No.12 on the U.S R&B charts).

Ross, undoubtedly the queen of all divas', really hits her stride on the compelling Stranger In Paradise. Ross talk-sings in her trademark soft, evocative voice, enhancing her vocal style to stylishly electric effect on the tracks exalting chrous.

The great Mick Hucknall of Simply Red (who Ross is said to be a big fan of) wrote the rolling Shine. From the swinging, uptown R&B arrangements to the effective, thrashing guirtar interludes on the chrous, Shine was further complimented by an impressive, strikingly husky performance from Ross. Shine was indeed quite progressive for its time and does emerge as one of Red Hot Rhythm And Blues highlights.

Shockwaves was co-written by Ross along with Bill Wray. This fun, bouncy, happy go-lucky number vaguely recalls her Supremes sound with its contagious musical arrangements and a cooing, upbeat performance from Ross.

Again, Ross sounds almost as she's back with The Supremes on her glorious renedition of the R&B classic, Selfish One. That yearning, niaeve sound Ross possessed when she was lead singer of The Supremes, creeps right back in on her delivery. It's on numbers like Selfish One that Ross' singing sounds so effortless.

Ross' cover version of The Bobettes 1950's classic Mr. Lee was silly but fun and lifted as the singles second single. Most critics and D.J's ridiculed the track and the track dipped at a measly No.58 on the U.K charts whilst in the U.S it was just the same old story - they just simply weren't interested! Mr. Lee failed to even embrace the U.S Top 100!

Far more impressive was her stomping renedition of Etta James' Tell Mama. Diana Ross certainly has never possessed the power and volume of a singer like Etta James but what Ross has always had is that uncanny and quite extraordinary ability to make any song she sing completely her own as what Ross does possess is a great, crystal-clear, evocative and most defintely unique sound in her unusual vocal style. Ross puts in a solid, rip-roaring performance on Tell Mama which would have made Etta James proud!

Her renedition of The Drifters' There Goes My Baby is refreshing from its divine musical arrangements to Ross' exhilirating vocal delivery. Her cover of Leonard Cohens' Summertime is startlingly haunting and atmospheric. Ross' beautifully soft, exuberant vocal delivery is overflowing with charm, style and finesse and this emerges as another of the albums highlights.

Cross My Heart is another stunning and sensational ballad with Ross' shimmering vocals perfectly complimenting the sweeping orchestrations. whilst the wonderful Luther Vandross-produced number It's Hard For Me To Say has a more poignant edge. This was Ross' first real heartbreak ballad in quite sometime. The exotic, impeccably mellow musical arrangements are mesmerising.

Red Hot Rhythm And Blues then winds down with one last ballad Tell Me Again where Ross' classy vocal style coats the dazzling, tempo-shifting arrangements. Tell Me Again was lifted as an American single but this too failed to hit the Hot 100.

Though the Red Hot Rhythm And Blues television spectacular was a huge success, this album surprisingly only had lukewarm sales, literally crawling into the lower reaches of the U.K and U.S Top 75 Album Charts. Never the less Red Hot Rhythm And Blues is ESSENTIAL to any Diana Ross fan. Despite its disappointing outcome commercially, Red Hot Rhythm And Blues stands as something of an over-looked classic.


Ian Phillips

Supreme.......2004-10-27

From a wonderful "Summertime" to the cathcy top 20 "Dirty Looks" Diana remains Supreme!

One of my favorite Diana albums from the '80s.......2004-10-12

I thought that Diana Ross made a good album in 1987. I heard Dirty Looks a lot, and still love it! This song sounds like it could have been made in 1982, but it sounds good on this album. The rest of the songs, such as Stranger in Paradise, It's Hard For Me to Say, Shockwaves, and Shine are also very well done musically and vocally. Maybe this album was a little too perfect because all the songs were good, and the musicians sounded good on here with the sound. This album was easily overlooked in '87 and I am here to say that I loved all of the songs.

Average customer rating: King of the Single Entendre How Many Ways Can You Say It?

Banana In Your Fruit Basket : Red Hot Blues, 1931-1936 Bo Carter Manufacturer: Yazoo ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Delta Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Acoustic Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music Delta Blues | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Please Warm My Weiner: Old Time Hokum Blues Banned : 20 Risque Songs From The 20s & 30s Let Me Squeeze Your Lemon: The Ultimate Rude Blues Collection Bed Spring Poker Dirty Blues ASIN: B000000G81 Release Date: 1991-07-01

Tracks:

1. Pig Meat Is What I Crave
2. What Kind Of Scent Is This?
3. Mashing That Thing
4. Blue Runner Blues
5. Howling Tom Cat Blues
6. Don't Mash My Digger So Deep
7. Pin In Your Cushion
8. Ramrod Daddy
9. All Around Man
10. Pussy Cat Blues
11. My Pencil Won't Write No More
12. Ants In My Pants
13. Banana In Your Fruit Basket
14. Cigarette Blues

Customer Reviews:

King of the Single Entendre.......2004-12-28

Bo Carter is always noted for his barely veiled celebration of carnal pleasures and clever lyrics. While that is well deserved recognition, and its hard to think of anyone who has ever celebrated sex as joyfully as Bo Carter, he's still one of the most undeservedly obscure artists to ever come out of Mississippi.

Carter's guitar work and vocals put him in a league with other Delta Blues icons like Son house and Robert Johnson. That sounds like high praise, and it is. From his work with his family hokum string band (Mississippi Sheiks)through his solo work, Carter is a shining example of the Delta style, and its a shame his novelty work gets so much more attention than his musical talent.

How Many Ways Can You Say It?.......2000-08-22

It sounds juvenile. Bo Carter here writes 14 metaphors for sex using potato diggers, pencils, and pincushions to stand for parts of the anatomy. But what starts off as funny mellows with age into something comforting and sly. You're in on the joke. And in his world, men and women enjoy themselves A LOT. I mean, when was the last time you heard that? In so much of today's music, sex either screws you up or makes you a status symbol. Here, the music (a lone guitar and temperate, folksy, semi-blues picking) and lyrics suggest we are taking it way too seriously. He makes Hokum Blue's finest statement.

Average customer rating: The BEST Gershwin/Porter album Glowing Coles of Porter...

Fennell Conducts Porter & Gershwin Manufacturer: Philips ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Hi-Fi A La Espanola/Popovers Liszt: Piano Concertos Mercury Living Presence - You Are There - The True Story of a Legendary Label British and American Band Classics Byron Janis: Prokofiev; Rachmaninov...(Recorded By Mercury On Location In Moscow) ASIN: B0000057LZ Release Date: 1993-02-16

Tracks:

1. Blow, Gabriel, Blow
2. So In Love
3. It's All Right With Me
4. Ridin' High
5. In the Still of the Night
6. Begin the Beguine
7. Night and Day
8. My Heart Belongs To Daddy
9. Anything Goes
10. I've Got You Under My Skin
11. It's De-lovely
12. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
13. I Got Rhythm
14. Love Is Sweeping The Country
15. Love Walked In
16. 'S Wonderful
17. Bidin' My Time
18. Oh, Lady, Be Good
19. Fascinating Rhythm
20. Liza
21. Embraceable You
22. The Man I Love
23. Someone To Watch Over Me
24. But Not For Me

Customer Reviews:

The BEST Gershwin/Porter album.......2004-02-11

Perhaps I'm romanticizing, but this was THE cd I listened to in high school. The arrangements are absolutely captivating; building new material over the original themes while referencing them so purely. I couldn't imagine a better use of your money than purchasing this album, it will bring you years of joy!

Glowing Coles of Porter..........2004-01-15

I can only comment on the Porter half of this recording, as I own it on original vinyl. It's a mono copy, but you wouldn't know it. As usual, excellent engineering from Mercury, who set standards in the early 60's that still count (IMHO) as best practice.

Frederick Fennell is right at home in the warmth of these beautifully wrought Ray Wright orchestrations. As he should be; Wright's day job was orchestrating for Radio City Music Hall. The sound is lush, the dynamics amazing, the performance spot on. It gets four stars only because I can't justify five, not having heard the Gershwin half.

I suppose that if you can't find a nice copy to play on a good turntable with a warm amplifier, then this CD would do - but then, you miss the excitement of hearing sound you've been taught can only come from a CD, magically floating straight up from ancient vinyl.

Average customer rating: RAW HIP HOP The Only Rap Record I Play Over and Over

#1 Player Red Hot Lover Lover Tone Manufacturer: Select / Ada ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Street Nigga Criminal Red Hot Lover Lover Tone A View to a Kill Straight From the Soul ASIN: B000008NQ5 Release Date: 1999-04-13

Tracks:

1. Red Hot Intro
2. #1 Player
3. Like That
4. In The Game
5. BMW
6. 4 My Peeps (Buckwild Version)
7. Damain's Hook
8. 98
9. Yes Yes Yall
10. Wanna Make Moves
11. Bust Tha Maneuva
12. 4 My Peeps (Remix)
13. Take Your Time

Customer Reviews:

RAW HIP HOP.......2004-12-16

Don't let the title fool you #1 player from Tone is non stop straight New York hip hop.

The Only Rap Record I Play Over and Over.......2003-07-24

I first got into Tone through the House Party 3 soundtrack. His track, "The Illest," was the rudest, raunchiest, and most clever rap on that album. Tone is now a successful producer, but he needs to put out another record like this one.
#1 Player is full of clever rhymes that often incorporate the names of other rap stars and celebrities. "Now it's Common Sense that I'm Notorious with ladies / BIG or Small, I put it in your Bush, Babees" is but one example.
The songs all have phat drum tracks and simple bass lines, often overlaid with jazzy horns or keyboards. There are also guests aplenty, with Notorious BIG, MOP, Big Daddy Kane, Greg Nice, Don Barron, and Organized Confusion on various tracks. One of the highlights is "4 My Peeps," possibly the best posse song of all time, second only to EPMD's "Headbanger."
The only criticism I have is that "BMW" and "In Tha Game" have deplorable rhymes against women. "#1 Player" itself works fine as a Mack song without slamming the ladies, and "Take Your Time" has clever rhymes about a certain girl that are almost praising.
There's a non-LP track floating around the Net with Punchline and Wordsworth known as "The Beat" that is just as enjoyable, and Tone, if you read this, you should release it officially (along with the various remixes on your singles).
In the end, I pull this one off the shelf fairly often, whereas all my other rap CDs often go for a year without me giving them a listen. Any fan of mid-90s hip hop will love this album.

Average customer rating: old but PHAT!

Red Hot Trip Hop Various Artists Manufacturer: Street Beat Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip Hop | Compilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Bass | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music 1990s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music 1990-1999 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Techno-House | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bass | Rap & Hip-Hop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Planet Trip Hop 2 - Nu Underground ASIN: B0000037RP Release Date: 1996-10-01

Tracks:

1. Take Me To The Top - DJ Boom
2. Come Into My House - DJ Icey
3. Feel My Soul - E-Go Trip
4. Mr. Kirk's Nitemare - 4 Hero
5. Shake Your Body - Beat Dominator
6. Lo Down Girl - DJ Icey
7. So Hot - Feel Da Dreams, Inc.
8. Miami Breaks - P.S.S.
9. Fantasy - Acid Factor
10. Break It Down - Bass Trip
11. Cybertrip - Bass Waves
12. All We Are - Noel Sanger
13. Rock It - Drayno
14. Inspiration - Dysfunktion

Customer Reviews:

old but PHAT!.......2000-02-07

i know you are looking at the date of when this cd came out, but have faith! this cd is well worth it! ifyou like ICEY and SCOTT HENRY, you will totally dig this cd, i love it, listen to it almost everyday to be honest!

happy hunting, becca

Average customer rating:

Papa Mojo's Roadhouse Mel Melton & the Wicked Mojos Manufacturer: Louisiana Red Hot ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Zydeco | Cajun & Zydeco | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Cajun & Creole | Cajun & Zydeco | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Modern Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Harmonica Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Slow Ride A Stone's Throw Road to Rio Watermelon Slim and the Workers Guitar Groove-A-Rama ASIN: B000AE8GR0 Release Date: 2005-09-13

Tracks:

1. Zydeco Razzle
2. Papa Mojo
3. Juke Joints & Honkytonks
4. Missing You Baby
5. Ils Sont Parti
6. Funky Nola
7. Pray For Day
8. Mama Mamou
9. What I Say
10. Bunkie Boogie
11. Song For Laurel (Lagniappe)
12. Bonus Track

Album Description

Roy "Mel" Melton knows how to cook onstage and off. Nicknamed "The Zydeco Chef" by former bandmate and friend C.J. Chenier and "Cookie Boy" by Sonny Landreth, another old band partner, Mel has been enjoying the success of two careers for three decades: one as a musician and the other as a professional chef and culinary consultant. According to Melton, "The food and music of Acadiana have always been inseparable for me."

Mel moved to Lafayette, Louisiana, in the 1970s and began playing in a band he co-founded with Sonny Landreth, the Lafayette slide guitar-playing superstar. He recorded on Sonny's first record, Blues Attack, in 1978, featuring C.J. Chenier on saxophone and Buckwheat Zydeco on the Hammond organ. Over the next fifteen years, he honed his musical and cooking skills, eventually becoming a well-known Cajun chef. At the same time, he was becoming known as a singer and a harmonica player who created a Zydeco style of playing that has earned him the reputation as the world's number one Zydeco harmonica player. In addition to playing with Sonny, he was frequently on stage with the King of Zydeco, Clifton Chenier, and spent a year touring with the internationally known "Cajun Rocker," Zachary Richard.

In 1982, Sonny and Mel formed the band Bayou Rhythm, and eventually added C.J. Chenier to the lineup. The band recorded Way Down in Louisiana in 1985. A song on that record, "Congo Square," was co-written by Sonny and Mel and has since been recorded by the Neville Brothers, John Mayall, Tom Principato and several other artists. Bayou Rhythm toured heavily and headlined national shows and also opened for legendary musicians including Ray Charles, B.B. King, Dr. John, the Neville Brothers, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Dave Edmunds, and the Fabulous Thunderbirds.

In 1986, Melton left the band to pursue a full time chef career in Chicago. In the first month there, as chef at Capers, he won the prestigious Grand Prize at the Rolls Royce/Krug Champagne Invitational Chef Competition. The restaurant was named one of the top ten new Chicago restaurants of 1987. He frequently did cooking demonstrations and appeared on various Chicago radio and television programs. He was also a featured chef at the Chicago Jazz Festival, the American Cancer Society Christmas Gala, and Mardi Gras at the Limelight Club.

In 1990, Melton moved back home to North Carolina, where he continued showcasing his cooking skills at numerous events and cooking schools and by opening several restaurants. In 1995, he formed his current band, Mel Melton & the Wicked Mojos, and in 1998 recorded his first CD, Swampslinger, for New Moon Music, a Chapel Hill-based blues label. The CD was named one of the top ten blues CD of the year by the Washington Post. He followed that up with Mojo Dream in 2000, on the Nashville-based Nightfly label, and it was awarded Zydeco Record of the Year by Real Blues magazine. He also authored his first cookbook, Cookie Boy, the Authentic Cajun Recipes of Mel Melton, published by Kartobi Press of Farmington, New Mexico.

And now he has released Papa Mojo's Roadhouse, his third CD with his band, featuring guest appearances by Sonny Landreth and Trisha Yearwood's excellent guitarist Johnny Garcia, on Louisiana Red Hot Records. The CD covers the scale of Louisiana dance hall music, with rowdy Zydeco and Cajun tunes, swamp bop, juke joint blues and New Orleans funk. There's even a special "Lagniappe" at the end from Mel and his thirteen-year-old daughter, Laurel. Esteemed music journalist Philip Van Vleck (Billboard, Dirty Linen, Metro), said in Triangle Live: "It's the best record he's ever released because he just keeps getting better instead of older. His vocal work has never been more forceful, or polished, and his harmonica playing is simply unfailingly brilliant."

Mel describes the band's sound and his songs as "Mojo Music." "It's like the food. Down in Louisiana everyone cooks, and they like to stir it up their own way." As far as cooking, Mel's working on a new cookbook and doing as many cooking events as his schedule allows. As he states, "When people leave one of our shows I want them to feel like they've been down in the swamp at a big party and they've had a great time. That's what it's all about."

Average customer rating: Early Nineties Semi-Good Stuff I'll Probably Be The First And Last To Review This

Red Hot Lover Lover Tone Red Hot Lover Lover Tone Manufacturer: Select / Ada ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: #1 Player Criminal 2 Hype The Natural Dynamite ASIN: B000008JUK Release Date: 1999-05-18

Tracks:

1. True Confessions
2. Da Gigolow
3. Winderella
4. Porgee
5. Like A Virgin
6. D.I.Y.M.
7. In The Business
8. I Like
9. Gigolow Thing
10. Never Love
11. Pu**Y's All That
12. Give It Up
13. It Burns
14. Li'l Boy Blu
15. Gigolows Got It Going On
16. Gotta Run
17. Sex Anonymous
18. My Lady

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Early Nineties Semi-Good Stuff.......2007-03-30

Pretty good rapper with a decent flow although this can't be the album he is known for, I'm gonna have to look that one up. All the beats and rhymes are half decent, the subject matter is exactly the same on every song though. I guess he's just livin up to his name though can't really fault him for that. If you like hardcore sex rhyme rap this is definitely gonna keep you happy.

I'll Probably Be The First And Last To Review This.......2005-07-25

I was introduced to this album back upon its release back in 1992 by a friend who bought it by "chance". Red Hot Lover Tone(AKA Samuel Barnes AKA Tone AKA one half of production team Trackmasters) released this album on the now defunct Select Records label(also responsible for the likes of Kid N Play and Chubb Rock). A relative unknown except for a guest appearance on MC Serch's "Back To The Grill", Tone puts out an album that quite possibly defines his nickname as fat as subject matter is concerned. This album consists of songs about sex, sex and more sex. It would even make Akinyele's ears bleed. Throughout the album....the topic of sex is well covered including how many women Tone has been with, different positions, ways to convince a woman to jump into the sack and everything in between. Listening to the lyrics, one cant help but to find a lot of humor in Tone's lyrics and what's probably even funnier is the fact that I think he meant for it to be that way. I really cant rate this album based on lyrical talent/skill or even production....I can only say that anyone who listens or owns this album would seriously have to form his own opinion. My 4 star rating is based upon originality because that it what bests describes this album.

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The Ultimate Cole Porter, Vol. 3 Manufacturer: Pearl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ultimate Cole Porter, Vol. 4 Ultimate Cole Porter, Vol. 1 Ultimate Cole Porter, Vol. 2 Rodgers & Hart, Vol. 1 The Ultimate George Gershwin, Vol. 1 ASIN: B00008XS3Q Release Date: 2003-05-20

Tracks:

1. Goodbye, Little Dream, Goodbye (Orig. Cast) [O Mistress Mine] - Pierre Fresnay,
2. Who Knows? ( of Orig. Cast) [Rosalie] - Nelson Eddy
3. I've a Strange New Rhythm in My Heart ( of Orig. Cast) [Rosalie] - Marjorie Lane
4. Rosalie ( of Orig. Cast) - Nelson Eddy
5. It's De-Lovely ( of Orig. Cast) [The Fleets Lit Up] - Frances Day
6. River God - Todd Duncan
7. Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love ( of Orig. Cast) [Leave It to Me] - Mary Martin
8. My Heart Belongs to Daddy ( of Orig. Cast) [Leave It to Me] - Mary Martin
9. Do I Love You? [Dubarry Was a Lady] - Frances Day
10. But in the Morning, No! [Dubarry Was a Lady] - Frances Day, Bud Flanagan
11. Friendship [Dubarry Was a Lady] - Bert Lahr, Ethel Merman
12. Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love (Of Orig. Cast) [Black Velvet] - Pat Kirkwood
13. My Heart Belongs to Daddy ( of Orig. Cast) [Black Velvet] - Pat Kirkwood
14. My Mother Would Love You (Of Orig. Cast) (Panama Hattie) - Ethel Merman
15. I've Still Got My Health (Of Orig. Cast) (Panama Hattie) - Ethel Merman
16. Let's Be Buddies (Of Orig. Cast) (Panama Hattie) - Joan Carroll, Ethel Merman
17. Make It Another Old Fashioned, Please (Of Orig. Cast) (Panama Hattie) - Ethel Merman
18. Everything I Love (Of Orig. Cast) [Let's Face It] - Mary Jane Walsh
19. I Hate You Darling [From Let's Face It] - Mary Jane Walsh
20. Farming (Of Orig. Cast) [Let's Face It] - Danny Kaye
21. Let's Not Talk About Love (Of Orig. Cast) [Let's Face It] - Danny Kaye
22. Ace in the Hole (Of Orig. Cast) [Let's Face It] - Mary Jane Walsh
23. Farming (Of Orig. Cast) [Let's Face It] - Mary Jane Walsh
24. Let's Be Buddies [Black Vanities] - Chesney Allen, Bud Flanagan

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Funk: The Language of New Orleans, Vol. 8 Various Artists Manufacturer: Louisiana Red Hot ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Soul | Compilations | R&B | Styles | Music ASIN: B0002234CC Release Date: 2004-05-25

Tracks:

1. What's the Matter - John Gros
2. Groove Thang - Delta Funk Express, John Lisi
3. Waitin' on the Hurricane
4. Big Chief - Cyril Neville,
5. Chicken Shack - New Orleans Juice
6. Virginia Street - Tommy Malone
7. Raise Your Right Hand - Joe Nadeau
8. Somebody Broke My Lock - Burton Gaar
9. Lah Lah Song - Sunpie
10. Retroglide - Jonas Risin'
11. Joseph - Rhudabega
12. No Good Man - Delta Funk Express, John Lisi
13. Out da Box - Johnny Vidacovich
14. Funk Influences - Roderick Paulin
15. Fonkaliscious - Cyril Neville
16. Ain't No Sunshine - The Forever Fabulous Chickenhawks

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3. Soul Smooching: 36 Late Night Classics [Import]
4. Soulful Divas, Vol. 2: Dance Queens
5. Stand By Me & Other Hits
6. Strangers
7. Stutter [CD-single] [Import]
8. Texas Soul and Country Man: The Crazy Cajun Recordings [Import]
9. The Definitive Collection [Import]
10. The Diary of Alicia Keys

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