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Still I Rise, the third posthumous release of "new" material by Tupac Shakur, is not surprisingly a mixed bag. Recorded in 1996 with the Outlawz, the disc at its best does showcase the power of 'Pac. More politically acute (and complexly anti-Clinton) than most gangsta rap even attempts to be, "Letter to the President" and "The Good Die Young" find the star turning in some of his most focused lyrics and performances. Elsewhere, he often cedes the mic to other voices; the collaborations that result--"Secretz of War," "Tattoo Tears," the title cut--are the equivalent of campfire songs for the latter-day black cowboy. Dominated by phat beats and familiar imagery, they entertain but hardly illuminate. --Rickey Wright

Still I Rise,2Pac & Outlawz,Interscope Records,G-Funk,Gangsta Rap,Hardcore Rap,Pop,Rap & Hip-Hop,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues,West Coast Rap

Average customer rating: OFFICAL HIP-HOP AMAZON REVIEWER The Best Outlaw's Album Ever Sheer Brilliance On Teardrops! I hate to repeat the review below but Would've been 5 stars if it wasn't for the Outlaws

Still I Rise 2Pac & Outlawz Manufacturer: Interscope Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music West Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: Until The End Of Time R U Still Down? (Remember Me) Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. Better Dayz 2Pacalypse Now ASIN: B00003GPPA Release Date: 1999-12-21

Tracks:

1. Letter To The President
2. Still I Rise
3. Secretz Of War
4. Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)
5. As The World Turns
6. Black Jesuz
7. Homeboyz
8. Hell 4 A Hustler
9. High Speed
10. The Good Die Young
11. Killuminati
12. Teardrops And Closed Caskets
13. Tattoo Tears
14. U Can Be Touched
15. Y'all Don't Know Us

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Still I Rise, the third posthumous release of "new" material by Tupac Shakur, is not surprisingly a mixed bag. Recorded in 1996 with the Outlawz, the disc at its best does showcase the power of 'Pac. More politically acute (and complexly anti-Clinton) than most gangsta rap even attempts to be, "Letter to the President" and "The Good Die Young" find the star turning in some of his most focused lyrics and performances. Elsewhere, he often cedes the mic to other voices; the collaborations that result--"Secretz of War," "Tattoo Tears," the title cut--are the equivalent of campfire songs for the latter-day black cowboy. Dominated by phat beats and familiar imagery, they entertain but hardly illuminate. --Rickey Wright

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OFFICAL HIP-HOP AMAZON REVIEWER.......2006-12-15

Well iv read through a few reviews now, some good, some totaly wierd and none understanding, some dont know what they'v even on about but i read the review by G FUNKINN which i think is 3rd down. im a huge tupac fan and will defend his reputation if anyone dare try portray him as something other then a true hip-hop legend.

i was realy looking forward to writing this review about this great album as it's easly one of my best if not my best, but i was so shocked to see some write such a detailed review on this album (someone love's this album as much as me) G FUNKINN you'v done a brilliant job on reviewing this album and made me want to buy another copy incase anything happened to the one iv got.. .. ..

i'd just like to add what the story line of the best song on the album "tear drops and closed caskets"

the song is so well writen when listening to it your mind fallows the song and make you feel like your reading a book due to the way the songs writen, after its finished it makes you feel like after you have just watched a realy good film and you get that feeling inside that make you feel like what you'v just watch is actualy one of your own memories ( not mean that you have had happen to you what the songs lyrics are about but more that it's such a graphic song) the rhyming of the word is nearly unbelievable. you do tend to hear the same thing been rhymed alot in songs ie: im a G from CPT and other things that ryhme with G or E, but not in this song

the song start's by intruducing the 3 mean characters which are two friends called little moe and little trigga and a woman called little precious. it tells you how prcious is a getto girl and wont even bother with you unless you have a nice car and money, litle trigga's heart broken by the fact he's got no money and he want precious to be with him. so he meets up with his best friend little moe and plot to kill the two neibourgh hood deals and steal there drugs and money. they complete there mission and little trigga is seen as a big time man of the getto.

in the second vurse it goes on to tell you how precious and trigga are together and have a baby on the way but little known to trigga but his best friend lil moe has been seeing precious and it would apear that them two are togeher, after people see both precious and moe together start talking and trigga finds out.

3rd vurse goes on to say that now moe and trig are now enemys and precious is to doped up on drugs not to notice, the song ends with the lyrics. " small time dealing to selling keys, i cant believe the sh** there telling me, they opened fire 3 bodys dropped so call the cops, precious little moe and trig, tear drops and closed caskets".

the way the stories is told is as if tupac and the outlaws are rapping to each other about the stories as if it happened and they had heard about it.

In the other views people have said that the outlawz have spoiled this album but i strongly disacree with these comment.
the outlawz when i first heard this album i felt the same way and thought the outlawz maded this album not as good as it could of been but after a few years of owning the album you start too realise what the outlawz are saying, too the commen listener poeple do tend to get hook up in the beat and with tupac been on the album alot of people only start properly listening when pac starts speaking.
after owning the album for some time i started to notice the outlawz and although there lyrics can be spitted out in a fast and sometimes non-understandible style people dont actualy hear the words, if you do buy this album please dont just listen to pacs word but also listen to the outlawz because true listeners with a good ear for proper hiphop will notice the talent and lyricial skill of the outlawz and infact in a few song i find that they are very much on the same level as pac.

what more can i say. if you dont buy the album please down load the song tear dropz and close caskets

i actualy rate this 5 stars im not sure why it's only put a 1 star rating? ? ?

The Best Outlaw's Album Ever.......2006-12-09

R.I.P Pac - R.I.P Yak - Outlawz 4 Life

if ive lost this album...
im gonna buy again man..even if it gonna cost me 50 $...
thats right..

Best Of The Best..

Sheer Brilliance On Teardrops!.......2006-10-07

My first Pac review. "Still I Rise" is one of those posthumous Pac albums that still keeps with the west coast sound of the mid-90s. I'm more into g funk than "pure" gangsta rap so I'll write the review from this perspective. He was larger than life so I'll do my best...

Pac was no g funk artist like Quik, Warren or Tha Dogg Pound, but somehow, he has some of the best and most memorable songs out there. Pac's funk can be divided into two types; The "syrupy" g-funk of "Keep Ya Head Up" and "Dear Mama" or the hard funk of "Skandalouz" and "All About U." I prefer the former. And this is what we find here in "Still I Rise." The conscious stuff. The profound deep kind. And Pac brings it like only he can. Although g-funk is thought of as minimalistic with throwaway lyrics, 2 Pac proves that he can do pretty much anything he wants. The song sports 2 classics 4 near classics and great songs throughout.

The first classic is "The Good Die Young" featuring the female Nate, Val Young. The title already reveals the subject matter. However, from the very first lines, Pac steps out of South Central, out of Harlem and out of Oakland. He's talking about things that transcend his experience. That transcend race and class. And every part of his story is backed by a brilliant beat. Guitars, bass, all organic sounding. Outlawz come big with lyrics as insightful as 2 Pac's. Val Young soothes the subject matter every time the hook comes rolling along. The song is sad, but with the beat, Val Young's beautiful voice and Pac's tribute, hope is still possible: "I told you we'd make it to the sunshine one day/You just got there a little quicker/But like my homeboys Thugs say/I'll catch ya at the crossroads." The song is dedicated to the Columbine victims.

How do I introduce the next one? It's Pac's best song. It's one of the g-funk era's best products. It's one of Nate's best hooks. It's a hip-hop classic by any standards. "Teardrops and Closed Caskets" is in a world of its own from the very first sound--drums; sounds like the beginning of an 80s rock song (a bang on the drum, a pause, another bang). Then some strange synths come in. Then Pac spits the best opening verse I've heard in my life, with Outlawz by his side. So fluid. This is also some of the most professional sounding MUSIC I've heard in my life, doesn't matter if we're talking rap, rock, pop or R&B. QDIII, the producer, should be held in the same regard as Quincy Jones for producing this song. But there's more. There's Nate sounding even better than he did on Regulate, another one of those special songs. Val Young helps out too, from the 2nd replayed hook on. She too, at the top of her game. I don't know how they recorded this thing but everyone just sounds so much more real. And then there's the subject matter. Again bleak. Again sad. Brilliant line in:" s**t, it's like I done ran out of suits homey/I done ran out of tears" But again, the entire production is hopeful--from the mellow beat to the voices of our two crooners. However, there's a difference between a hope--the peaceful and beautiful sounds created--and a reality--expressed in the violent, bleak lyrics. Unlike 99.9% of any music, you really get the feeling that, rather than being a passive listener, you're involved in something EPIC. I will listen to this one until I die, marching along with Pac each and every time.

The near classics include "Letter to The President," "Still I Rise," "As the World Turns" and the follow-up to "Keep Ya Head Up," "Baby Don't Cry." The lyrics are arguably just as good, especially on "Letter to The President," but the production is not as ground-breaking. "Killuminati" is also worth listening to. The least substantive song, it's straight g-funk.

All in all this album is one of Pac's best efforts. More focused and positive than some of his more known work--"All Eyez on Me" comes to mind--like millions of his fans, we only wish he lived longer to teach, confound and astound. However, his work will live on for generations. 5/5

I hate to repeat the review below but.......2006-04-13

The outlawz bring the score down to 4 stars, on Tupac's part this is a 5 star classic, in fact his verses on this album are some of my favourite hes ever spit. While All Eyez On Me was undoubtedly a classic album, I have always prefered Pac when he's adressing issues, either personal or political and this album marks a real return to that style. If this is what Pac was working on immediately before he was killed, as well as the Makaveli album then I can only imagine how great the music he would be making were he still alive. The production on Still I Rise is also first rate, producers include long time collaboraters like QD3 and Johnny J. As I stated earlier Pac's verses are among the best hes ever written both lyrically and in how poignant they are, sadly like some of his classics completed in his life time, (ie - Hail Mary) members of The Outlawz often drop poor verses, spoiling parts of the album.

Don't get me wrong I do respect The Outlawz for all they've done for Pac's legacy, however certain members of the group should never have been allowed near Pac on the mic. Of the original lineup the most talented members in my opinion were Mussolini & Mo Khomeni, (Big Syke & Mopreme Shakur) who were both in Pac's former group Thug Life. Sadly they play basiclly no part in this album (Syke drops 1 verse), nor does Hussein Fatal who was also a talented member of the group. Kadafi (R.I.P) drops some verses and he's probably the best next to pac on this album, as well as Napoleon who appears occasionally. The 3 remaining members are the existing members of The Outlawz, Kastro (The best who only appears on a few tracks) and E.D.I. Mean & Young Noble. It is EDI and Noble who figure most on this album besides Pac, I've never been a fan of EDI his flow is never on beat and hes an average lyricist. Noble should never have been allowed into the group, he's a terrible rapper, a god awful lyricist and he cannot flow at all. Every time he spits a verse I want to reach for the skip button, but I can bear it just because the talented members of The outlawz and Pac's verses are hot.

All in all this album is essential for any Pac fans, I wish he did the whole album himself but you can still listen to this pretty much all the way through. The best tracks are Letter To The President where Pac is back to his political best, Still I Rise, Baby Don't Cry (classic track, heart breaking lyrics), As The World Turns, Homeboyz, The Good Die Young and Killuminati which has two Pac verses. The album dies out a bit towards the end with the last 2 tracks featuring little Pac, the last track is dire, but the majority of this album is a great listen, stick with The Outlawz to hear Pac who drops some gems on this album.

Would've been 5 stars if it wasn't for the Outlaws.......2006-01-11

Look, it's not that I don't like The Outlaws,in fact I have much respect for them for bein loyal and true to Pac , but to be quite honest,lyricly, they might be the worst group of rappers Iv'e ever heard in my life.The fact that this album went Double Platinum tells you everything you need to know about 2Pac's popularity more then anything else. Okay Hussein Fatal(who for some reason isn't even on the album) was cool and Kadafi(R.I.P.) was okay, but the rest of them,at best, were a little below average.I can't tell you how many Pac songs they've brought down because of their obvious lack of lyrical talent.

With that being said, I really do think that this was a good album. The stand out tracks for me are "Mr.President", "Secrets Of War"(Pac comes off nice on this one.He also has an unreleased verse on this song), "Homeboys", "The Good Die Young", "killuminati", "Hell For A Hustler","Baby Don't Cry" and "Tattoo Tears". My favarite song on this album has to be "Hell For A Hustler". Pac's rage and emotion on this song is unbelieveble.

"Whatching over me threw every murder scene"
"Guess you can call me anti-social,n****z shaken like they caught the holy ghost when I approach you".

Bottom line,if your a fan of 2Pac then you should probably snatch this album up because Pac's lyrics on this album alone is worth the price even though he's only rapping on 1-2 verses per song.

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1. Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer (CWM Rhondda) - Caerphilly Make Voice Choir
2. Land of My Fathers - Caerphilly Make Voice Choir
3. Dies Irae
4. Men of Harlech
5. You'll Never Walk Alone
6. Cadwyn O Emyn Donau Cymreig: Joanna (Trad./Elfion Wyn)/Crugybar (Trad.
7. Old Folks at Home
8. Il Liza Jane
9. Faust/Soldier's Chorus - Caerphilly Make Voice Choir
10. Vergine Degli Angeli
11. Ballard of Rourke's Drift - Cwt-Y-Collen Choir
12. My Hero
13. God Bless the Prince of Wales - Caerphilly Make Voice Choir
14. German Mass/Gloria
15. German Mass/Sanctus
16. Misbles/Master of the House/On My Own/Drink with Me/Empty Chairs at
17. All Through the Night - Caerphilly Make Voice Choir
18. Arwelfa
19. Invictus
20. Softly as I Leave You

Tracks:

1. Diolch l'R L
2. Hine E Hine (Maori Lullaby)
3. Pererin Wyf (Amazing Grace)
4. Tribute to the USA: America the Beautiful (Ward/Bates)/God Bless ...
5. Memories of Martha
6. I Lombardi/The Crusaders' Chorus - Treorchy Male Choir
7. Myfanwy - Treorchy Male Choir
8. Tales of Hoffman/Barcarolle
9. Creation's Hymn
10. In the Spirit!
11. Shall We Gather at the River
12. Nos a Bore
13. Very Best Time of Year
14. Soon Ah Will Be Done
15. Thanks Be to God
16. Flower That Shattered the Stone
17. Rhys - Treorchy Male Choir
18. Where Shall I Be?
19. Bywyd y Bugail
20. Lord's Prayer

Tracks:

1. Ave Maria
2. Pearl Fishers/Divine Brahma
3. She Was Beautiful (Cavatina) - Treorchy Male Choir
4. Cymru Fach
5. Nidaros
6. Jacob's Ladder - Treorchy Male Choir
7. Watching the Wheat
8. Pan Ddaw y Saint (When the Saints Go Marching In)
9. Misbles/Stars
10. Rachie
11. Pirates of Penzance/With Cat-Like Tread - Treorchy Male Choir
12. There Is a Balm in Gilead
13. Rise Up Shepherd and Foller
14. My Lord, What a Mornin'
15. Bryn Myrddin
16. Jesus Christ Superstar/Medley: Jesus Christ Superstar/Hosanna/The Last
17. Finnish Forest (Suomen Salossa)
18. Nabucco/The Glory of Israel
19. Ride the Chariot
20. Tydi a Roddaist - Treorchy Male Choir

Tracks:

1. Y Nefoedd
2. Phantom of the Opera/Think of Me
3. Morte Christe (When I Survey the Wondrous Cross)
4. By Babylon's Wave
5. I'm Gonna Sing
6. Where Could I Go But to the Lord?
7. Holy City - Treorchy Male Choir
8. Mefistofele: Ave Signor, Degli Angeli
9. Senzenina (Zulu Chant)
10. That's All I Want from You
11. Deep Harmony - Treorchy Male Choir
12. Give Me Jesus
13. Just a Closer Walk with Thee
14. My Wish for You
15. Jeptha/Waft Her Angels
16. Mose in Egitto/Prayer
17. Be Still My Soul (Finlandia Hymn)
18. God's Choir in the Sky
19. Floral Dance - Treorchy Male Choir
20. Smilin' Through

Tracks:

1. Calon Lan
2. True Love
3. Mor Fawr Wyt Ti (How Great Thou Art)
4. Aberystwyth
5. Comrades in Arms
6. Cats/Memory
7. They Led My Lord Away
8. State Fair/It's a Grand Night for Singing
9. When I Fall in Love
10. Let's Face the Music and Dance
11. Windmills of Your Mind
12. How Soon
13. Non Nobis Domine
14. Rhythm of Life
15. Kalinka
16. Sound an Alarm
17. Neapolitan Trilogy: It's Now or Never (Di Capua/Schroeder/Gold)/Mo ...
18. Turandot/Nessun Dorma
19. Christus Redemptor
20. Ann Evening's Pastorale

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Choirs Include the Morriston Orpheus Choir, the Pontadrddulais Male Voice Choir, the Caerphilly Male Voice Choir, the Cwrt-y-gollen Choir, the Treorchy Male Choir and the Lucknow Male Voice Choir.

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1. Old American Songs, Sets 1 & 2: The Boatmen's Dance - William Warfield
2. Old American Songs, Sets 1 & 2: The Dodge - William Warfield
3. Old American Songs, Sets 1 & 2: Long Time Ago - William Warfield
4. Old American Songs, Sets 1 & 2: Simple Gifts - William Warfield
5. Old American Songs, Sets 1 & 2: I Bought Me A Cat - William Warfield
6. Old American Songs, Sets 1 & 2: The Little Horses - William Warfield
7. Old American Songs, Sets 1 & 2: Zion's Walls - William Warfield
8. Old American Songs, Sets 1 & 2: The Golden Willow Tree - William Warfield
9. Old American Songs, Sets 1 & 2: At The River - William Warfield
10. Old American Songs, Sets 1 & 2: Ching-A-Ring Chaw - William Warfield
11. Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: I. Nature, The Gentlest Mother - Aaron Copland
12. Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: II. There Came A Wind Like A Bugle - Aaron Copland
13. Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: III. Why Do They Shut Me Out Of Heaven? - Aaron Copland
14. Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: IV. The World Feels Dusty - Aaron Copland
15. Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: V. Heart, We Will Forget Him - Aaron Copland
16. Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: VI. Dear March, Come In! - Aaron Copland
17. Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: VII. Sleep Is Supposed To Be - Aaron Copland
18. Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: VIII. When They Come Back - Aaron Copland
19. Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: IX. I Felt A Funeral In My Brain - Aaron Copland
20. Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: X. I've Heard An Organ Talk Sometimes - Aaron Copland
21. Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: XI. Going To Heaven! - Aaron Copland
22. Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: XII. The Chariot - Aaron Copland
23. In The Beginning - Aaron Copland
24. Lark - Aaron Copland

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1. The Tender Land: Act One: The Day Before Graduation (Late Afternoon): Gently Flowing - Aaron Copland
2. The Tender Land: Act One: The Day Before Graduation (Late Afternoon): Moderate Tempo: 'Once I Thought I'd Never Grow Tall As This Fence' - Joy Clements
3. The Tender Land: Act One: The Day Before Graduation (Late Afternoon): Moderately Fast: 'Do You Suppose They're Makin' Food In There?' - Richard Fredericks
4. The Tender Land: Act One: The Day Before Graduation (Late Afternoon): Somewhat Faster: 'We've Been North'/'We've Been South' - Richard Cassilly
5. The Tender Land: Act One: The Day Before Graduation (Late Afternoon): With Motion: 'Halloo, Halloo' - Norman Treigle
6. The Tender Land: Act One: The Day Before Graduation (Late Afternoon): Moderately: 'If You Boys Work As Smooth As You Talk, We'll Make Good Time In The Fields' - Norman Treigle
7. The Tender Land: Act One: The Day Before Graduation (Late Afternoon): Trifle Slower: 'The Promise Of Living With Hope And Thanksgiving' - Richard Cassilly
8. The Tender Land: Act Two: That Evening: Lively And Rough - Aaron Copland
9. The Tender Land: Act Two: That Evening: Quite Slow: 'Thank You, Thank You All' - Joy Clements
10. The Tender Land: Act Two: That Evening: Very Broadly: 'Ah, Laurie, You Are A Puzzle' - Norman Treigle
11. The Tender Land: Act Two: That Evening: Briskly: 'Stomp Your Foot Upon The Floor' - Richard Cassilly
12. The Tender Land: Act Two: That Evening: Somewhat Slower: 'The World Seems Still Tonight' - Richard Cassilly
13. The Tender Land: Act Three: Later That Night/Then Graduation Day (Dawn): Introduction: Starting Slowly - Aaron Copland
14. The Tender Land: Act Three: Later That Night/Then Graduation Day (Dawn): As At First: 'Daybreak Will Come In Such A Short Time' - Richard Cassilly
15. The Tender Land: Act Three: Later That Night/Then Graduation Day (Dawn): Fast Tempo: 'That's Crazy!' - Richard Fredericks
16. The Tender Land: Act Three: Later That Night/Then Graduation Day (Dawn): Broadly: 'The Sun Is Coming Up As Though I'd Never Seen It Rise Before' - Joy Clements
17. The Tender Land: Act Three: Later That Night/Then Graduation Day (Dawn): (Still Slower): 'You Are Strange To Me' - Claramae Turner

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful.......2007-04-22

I must confess I am unfamiliar with Copland's "The Tender Land" except for this reissue, which I find to be absolutely magnificent. I realize this is a truncated performance, eliminating what I assume to be a fair amount of spoken dialogue. But I don't care. What is presented here is simply one of the finest American compositions - forget American - one of the finest compositions of the 20th century. Period.

Pure joy.......2005-07-29

The recording of Copland's The Tender Land is alone worth getting this disc. The rest of the vocal works are just a bonus, a very good bonus! Copland directs a definitive account of his opera, and in this compressed version leaves out all the spoken parts of the full length opera, no doubt depriving us of a lot of good music but on the other hand giving listeners a very concise version that is even stronger musically (although dramatically a little lacking in logic because of the missing parts - for example without knowing of the confrontation during the party scene you would find the boys' departure the next morning puzzling, and the CD notes does not elaborate on the plot, which is about the only negative thing you can say about this set). Listening to the opera in this abridged version gives you the feeling of one hit after another, there is not a single weak point in the score and Copland has a gift for word-setting that can turn clumsy texts such as "girls come and go, some are good, some are not so good" into goosebumps stuff (a lovely dedication to Laurie sung by Grandpa). Other high points include the stunning transformation of the traditional Walls of Zion into the quartet piece The Promise Of Living and a rollicking Party Scene, which contains the best in Copland's clever orchestration and rythmic vitality - it seems all of the composers best traits have all come together in this work. Martin's Act 2 Song 'Laurie...You Know, Laurie' is a rare gem or an aria and beautifully sung. Other hidden gems include the comical 'We've Been North'. The cast is impeccable and the entire performance is flawless. Add to that one of those scores that simply win you over from start to finish, and you can't but fall in love with this music. I once thought that nothing could better Appalachian Spring but that was before I discovered this neglected work.

Copland's vocal work.......2002-08-08

And so on this third set of the celebration of Aaron Copland's music, all attention is on his vocal work including the opera, "The Tender Land".

I can't completely explain why I give this five stars after giving the first two sets four stars each. This is just the way the opera, in particular, strikes me. I'm no great opera fan, and to my knowledge, America just has not yet proved itself in the operatic field although it's tried. It will take time, but I do see Copland's work as someday being considered the best example of American opera. This is all subjective opinion, obviously, and I'm sure there are those more knowledgeable who will disagree. So be it.

All in all, these three sets will give you a complete overview of one of America's most important composers.

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Still I Rise A.B.G. Manufacturer: Christsyde Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Devil's Worst Nightmare Lifestyles of the Flesh & Spirit Represent Worldwide Down South Affiliated: Compilation, Vol. 1 ASIN: B000CSUM3A Release Date: 2005-11-03

Tracks:

1. War Time
2. Oh Yeah!
3. Welcome
4. Whoa!
5. The Last Days
6. Still I Rise
7. Ain't No Half Steppin'
8. Smash
9. Dangerous Minds
10. Only God Cna Judge Me
11. My Life
12. Hope
13. Someday
14. Visitation
15. Without You
16. Connecting Da Game

Average customer rating: Well done, but overly mannered.

O tuneful voice - Songs & duets from late 18th century London (English Orpheus, Vol 5) /Kirkby * Muller * Robert * Kelly Samuel Arnold , Jean-Baptiste Cardon , Franz Joseph Haydn , James Hook , William Jackson , Thomas (The Younger) Linley , George Frederick Pinto , Johann Peter Salomon , William Shield , and Stephen Storace Manufacturer: Hyperion ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Franz Joseph Haydn | Haydn, Franz Joseph | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Kirkby, Emma | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000002ZPK Release Date: 1993-11-19

Tracks:

1. O Tuneful Voice
2. Elegy
3. Invocation To Nature
4. The Clurfew
5. The Lark Sings High In The Cornfield
6. She Never Told Her Love Her Love
7. Minuetto In A Flat
8. Think Not, My Love When Secret Grief
9. The Day That Saw Thy Beauty Rise
10. A Shepherd Lov'd A Nymph So Fair
11. Hope And Love
12. Ye Balmy Breezes, Gently Blow
13. 'Tis Only No Harm To Know It, You Know
14. Sailor's Song
15. From Thee, Eliza, I Must Go
16. Variations On 'Ah, vousdirai-je, maman
17. The Emigrant
18. Time Has Not Thinn'd My Flowering Hair
19. Go, Lovely Rose
20. Eloisa To Abelard
21. Why Still Before These Streaming Eyes
22. O Tuneful Voices

Customer Reviews:

Well done, but overly mannered........2005-07-11

The singing is excellent, and some of the pieces are quite good, but after a while you get tired of this genre.

Average customer rating: one of 2pac's best album kill's review still i rise Even when he is dead hes the tightest rapper out there! Even when he is dead hes the tightest rapper out there!

Still I Rise 2Pac & Outlawz Manufacturer: Interscope Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music West Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Better Dayz (Clean) ASIN: B00003L48U Release Date: 1999-12-21

Tracks:

1. Letter To The President
2. Still I Rise
3. Secretz Of War
4. Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)
5. As The World Turns
6. Black Jesuz
7. Homeboyz
8. Hell 4 A Hustler
9. High Speed
10. The Good Die Young
11. Killuminati
12. Teardrops And Closed Caskets
13. Tattoo Tears
14. U Can Be Touched
15. Y'all Don't Know Us

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Still I Rise, the third posthumous release of "new" material by Tupac Shakur, is not surprisingly a mixed bag. Recorded in 1996 with the Outlawz, the disc at its best does showcase the power of 'Pac. More politically acute (and complexly anti-Clinton) than most gangsta rap even attempts to be, "Letter to the President" and "The Good Die Young" find the star turning in some of his most focused lyrics and performances. Elsewhere, he often cedes the mic to other voices; the collaborations that result--"Secretz of War," "Tattoo Tears," the title cut--are the equivalent of campfire songs for the latter-day black cowboy. Dominated by phat beats and familiar imagery, they entertain but hardly illuminate. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

one of 2pac's best album.......2001-10-02

according to me this album is probably one of the best with"all eyez on me".The outlawz have a very good style and the flow is as good as 2pac's precedent albums particularly on "hell for a hustler","black jesus" and "as the world turns" but other songs are really wonderful too.you can listen this album again and again you will always enjoy it believe me!

kill's review.......2001-07-06

still i rise is a awsome cd not only does it have 2pac on it it has a great group named the outlaws my favorite songs are letter to the president, still i rise, and the good die young buy this cd

still i rise.......2000-10-17

it realy feels fantastic to ignore 2pac lyrics due to spiritual hatreds. hence he rises he vocally narrated that he never touched one who innocently doesn't deserve it and he further expantited that he only shoot aback if you tempt to 1st.

so is with absolute pressure and magnititude to honour the don killuminate as the most ever known .

with best wishes to the still i rise courtesey and all makavelli's released albums

Even when he is dead hes the tightest rapper out there!.......2000-07-22

Even when 2pac is dead he is still the tightest rappers out there. Im listening to this CD and it has things about problems and other things that happen in real life to real people. This CD has all good songs from slow rapped songs to fast beat songs. 2pac lives on in his work. Get this CD you won't be disapointed it might be the best CD you have rap lover or not.

Even when he is dead hes the tightest rapper out there!.......2000-07-22

Even when 2pac is dead he is still the tightest rappers out there. Im listening to this CD and it has things about problems and other things that happen in real life to real people. This CD has all good songs from slow rapped songs to fast beat songs. 2pac lives on in his work. Get this CD you won't be disapointed it might be the best CD you have rap lover or not.

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Sounding Joy Manufacturer: Arsis Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000015E9 Release Date: 2006-10-24

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Magic of Christmas Manufacturer: Cbc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Britten | Britten, Sir Benjamin | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Cornelius, Peter | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Part | Part, Arvo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rutter | Rutter, John | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Sweelinck | Sweelinck, JanPieterszoon | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tavener | Tavener, John Kenneth | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Magnificats | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music ASIN: B00000DCR2 Release Date: 2001-07-01

Tracks:

1. O Come, All Ye Faithful
2. Adam Lay Ybounden
3. Es Ist Ein 'Ros' Entspurngen
4. Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
5. Gabriel's Message
6. Magnificat
7. I Sing Of A Maiden
8. Still, Still, Still
9. I Saw A Maiden
10. Silent Night
11. Huron Carol
12. What Is This Lovely Fragrance
13. Rise Up, Sheperd, And Follow
14. In The Bleak Mid-Winter
15. The Three Kings
16. Carol Of The Children
17. What Sweeter Music
18. Hodie Christus Natus Est
19. The Twelve Days Of Christmas
20. Personent Hodie
21. God Is With Us
22. In Dulci Jubilo
23. A New Year Carol
24. We Wish You A Merry Christmas

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And Still I Rise Manufacturer: Arista ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music ASIN: B0001XH6XK

Product Description

German import. Song list: 1. Make It On My Own; 2. Gettin It Right; 3. Where Love Lives (Come On In); 4. Hear My Call; 5. Trouble; 6. Come Back (For Real Love); 7. Tell Me What You Mean; 8. Lets Make A Memory; 9. You & I; 10. The Difference is You.

Dance Music:

1. Success, the Best Revenge [Explicit Lyrics]
2. Takin' Dirty
3. Takin' Ends [Explicit Lyrics]
4. Tales From the Crypt [Explicit Lyrics]
5. Texas Syndicate [Explicit Lyrics]
6. Tha Block Is Hot [Explicit Lyrics]
7. Tha G-Code [Explicit Lyrics]
8. The Introduction [Explicit Lyrics]
9. The Invisible Man
10. The Master [Clean]

Dance Music

dance music

Dance Music

Kisou [Import]

Sacred Songs from East & West

Savoy Recordings, Vol. 1 [Import] [Limited Edition] [Original recording remastered]

João Voz e Violão

Farm Yard Filth [Import]

Shake You Down

Swing

Piano Music by Erik Satie

Raw and Alive 98 [Live] [Import]

Piano Works

Pornography [Deluxe Edition] [Import]

Sacred Love [SACD] [Import]

Musica Pa'La Raza, Vol. 13

Bach Violin Concertos

All Soul