Rude, crude, and lewd, the Outsidaz's rhymes on The Bricks should give those who find Eminem unpalatable something to think about. Violence, drugs, armed robbery, sexual depravity, and shooting the president are all topics primed to make their debut album the subject of moral-majority placards. That the East Coast rappers' caricature exploits, bravado, and taunts--aimed at wack rappers, cheating girlfriends, and anyone that's not them--are exaggerated for maximum effect and come with party beats, suggests more bad-boy misbehavior than a corrupting influence. "State to State," for one, with its comedy samba and explicit message to sexually demanding ladies--that the Outsidaz's wouldn't entertain with someone else's barge poll--is pure comedy. And with Kelis & Rah Digga getting their own back on "I'm Leaving," The Bricks isn't all one-sided. They even offer a blunt warning against the evils of drugs on "Rehab," albeit to something approximating a demented Disney ditty. If these redeeming features, plus addictive beats and playful rhymes, aren't enough to convince detractors that the Outsidaz are a valuable addition to society, then the fact that they set up on an ice-cream stand on a corner of their neighborhood known as the Bricks (previously frequented by drug dealers) should hint that they're not all bad. --Dan Gennoe
Bricks,Outsidaz,Rufflife Records,Pop,Rap & Hip-Hop
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Bricks Are Heavy
L7 Manufacturer: Reprise / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000002LRV Release Date: 1992-04-14 |
Tracks:
- Wargasm
- Scrap
- Pretend We're Dead
- Diet Pill
- Everglade
- Slide
- One More Thing
- Mr. Integrity
- Monster
- Shitlist
- This Ain't Pleasure
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Somewhat poppier than their previous album, Bricks Are Heavy still features the abrasive guitar riffs and punk inflections that gained L7 their following. "Pretend We're Dead" was the major hit from this album, and is the most commercial song of the lot; songs like "Wargasm", "Everglade", and "Slide" are aggressive, roaring rockers. While "Diet Pill" and "This Ain't Pleasure" emphasize the group's feminist slant, this takes a backseat to their music, which is the main reason to pick up this album. L7 isn't women who play rock and roll; it's a rock and roll band that happens to be made up of women. --Genevieve WilliamsCustomer Reviews:
L7 are top of my list!.......2007-06-23
great rock album.......2007-02-04
Not One Bad Song On This Album.......2006-02-05
If you're a fan of any of those genre's, i'm sure you'll love this CD too. Donita Sparks' vocals are great as well, and the riffs just make you want to air-guitar all over the place. My favorite songs are probably "Wargasm", "Pretend We're Dead", the pretty heavy "Diet Pill", "Everglade" and also "Sh*tlist". Very awesome CD, and i really don't think anyone can be disappointed in it.
5/5
Great Album, Not Their Finest........2006-01-04
one of the 90's best.......2005-08-31
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Bricks in My Pillow
Robert Nighthawk Manufacturer: Delmark ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000009O4N Release Date: 1998-09-22 |
Tracks:
- Crying Won't Help You
- Take It Easy, Baby
- Seventy-Four
- Maggie Campbell (Alternate)
- The Moon Is Rising
- Nighthawk Boogie
- Kansas City
- You Missed A Good Man
- Bricks In My Pillow
- Seventy-Four (Alternate)
- U/S Boogie
- Feel So Bad
- Maggie Campbell
- The Moon Is Rising (Incomplete)
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Something of a missing link between Delta and Chicago blues, Robert Nighthawk never garnered as much attention as his followers, who included Earl Hooker and Muddy Waters. That's a shame, partly rectified by this reissue from Delmark Records, though the guitarist's rambling way of life meant that his sessions were few and far between. That makes the material on this collection all the more precious; the tracks on Bricks in My Pillow include some of the best slide guitar ever recorded. Listen to Nighthawk's guitar wailing on "Crying Won't Help You" or" The Moon Is Rising" (two takes, one previously unissued, are included here), coupled with a rich, resonant voice that sounds equally at home on ballads and uptempo rockers. Though Nighthawk's name isn't often uttered in the same sentence as those of other blues greats, it indubitably should be. --Genevieve WilliamsCustomer Reviews:
Amazing sound, great songs. Why wasn't Nighthawk a star?.......2003-04-15
Perhaps the main reason is that Nighthawk was a rambler who didn't care all that much about making records. Even so, United Records in Chicago did manage to record him on two occations (July 1951 and October 1952), and the cuts on this fine album were the results. Nighthawk plays some mean slide guitar and even a few single-string leads, and sounds very much like a man who could have given Muddy Waters a run for his money. Great band, too, including a really good piano player.
The sound is amazingly good - full, clear and rich. Highlights include the slow, ominous "Crying Won't Help You", the jazzy "The Moon Is Rising" and "You Missed A Good Man", and the gritty traditional "Bricks In My Pillow", but there are really no weak tracks on this album. Robert Nighthawk's brand of blues is somewhere in between Elmore James and early amplified Muddy Waters, and this CD, along with the fabulous "Live on Maxwell Street", would serve as a fine introduction to this underrated but influential and hugely talented bluesman.
4 1/2 stars. Highly recommended.
AMAZING.......2001-01-26
WHAT A PLEASURE TO LISTEN TO AND GREAT TO HAVE IN MY COLLECTION!
DEFINEATELY ONE OF MY TOP 5 DESERT ISLAND DISCS
Great to have the United and States masters available again [updated, originally reviewed in 1999].......1999-06-08
One of the few genuinely perfect records........1998-08-13
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Blood on the Bricks
Aldo Nova Manufacturer: Lemon Records UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0002LHQIG Release Date: 2004-09-06 |
Tracks:
- Blood on the Bricks
- Medicine Man
- Bang Bang
- Someday
- Young Love
- Modern World
- This Ain't Love
- Hey Ronnie (Veronica's Song)
- Touch of Madness
- Bright Lights
Album Description
UK reissue of the rocker's fourth album, originally issued in 1991, featuring production by Jon Bon Jovi who also contributes eight songs, lead, & backing vocals. Original artwork & sleeve notes. Lemon. 2004.Album Details
Aldo Nova Exploded on to the Rock Scene with an International Selling Debut Album in 1981. Three Years Later He Assisted a Fledgling Bon Jovi with their Debut Album and in 1991 it was Payback! featuring an All-star Cast of Some of Rock's Biggest Names, this Album Boasts Appearances By, Among Others, Bryan Adams Co-writer Jim Vallance and American Idol Judge and Multi Grammy Award Winning Record Producer Randy Jackson on Bass. The Real Catch, However, is Jon Bon Jovi, who Co-wrote Most of the Album and Contributes Vocals to Nine of the 10 Tracks! this was Done as a Thank You for Aldo Nova's Work on the "Young Guns" Soundtrack 12 Months Earlier. Features Comprehensive Bonus Sleevenotes from Malcolm Dome (Total Rock/Classic Rock), this is a Real Piece of Lost Rock Treasure.Customer Reviews:
Aldo's Best.......2006-03-03
BRIGHT LIGHTS BECKON AGAIN?.......2005-01-25
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Blood on the Bricks
Aldo Nova Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000008J0P Release Date: 1991-06-25 |
Tracks:
- Blood on the Bricks
- Medicine Man
- Bang Bang
- Someday
- Young Love
- Modern World
- This Ain't Love
- Hey Ronnie (Veronica's Song)
- Touch of Madness
- Bright Lights
Customer Reviews:
blew me away.......2004-11-30
I can't believe this CD wasn't well publicized, it must be one of the best 80's melodic releases I have ever heard. Up there with Giant as best undiscovered rock gems!
THIS IS IN MY TOP 10 FAVORITE ALBUMS!!!!.......2004-05-19
I wasn't big into Aldo Nova even when he hit big back in the eighties, with "Monkey on your back". I was more into Motley Crue, Judas Priest, Def Leppard, Krokus, and Bon Jovi. Now that I've got his self titled, Twisted, and Portrait albums I'd have to say I'm blown away that I held a deaf ear to his music for so long. This is one of the best, and well manicured albums I've ever listened to. If you are into the lost sound of the Glam / Melodic Rock of the eighties and early 90's this is a must have. I own two of these cd's(not burned) one for the car and one for the house. As I stated in the title to my review this album Rocks. Not a bad track on the whole CD.
Aldo Nova even showed America he can still crank out awesome hits. "This is the night" sang by Clay Aiken was a recent tune Aldo was involved on, and that was the biggest selling single for 2003. It'd be great to hear him crank out another cd in the future.
Deserves more..........2004-04-24
This is a great rock CD. The Bon Jovi influence is unmistakable. Which gives this CD a Bon Jovi meets Loverboy feel. You won't find any long jams or lightning fast finger, screeching guitar work, but what you do find is 10 rock solid songs. There is not a dud in lot. Although there is not a huge song like "Fantasy", from his debut, each song can stand on it's own and could have been released as a single, there are no filler songs here. Put them all together in one CD and you have a great "pop metal" rocker. Personally, the song "Hey Ronnie" is a standout for me.
You just can't go wrong with this one. If you liked Aldo Nova's debut, then I guarantee that you will love this one. Even if you have never heard Aldo Nova before, this CD deserves a listen.
Rock on.
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Pinnacle Project: Bricks Without Straw 1 / Various
ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000FYZ6LY |
Product Description
1. Signs Of The Times - Michael McDonald 7. Then Came You - Vanessa Bell Armstrong 2. The Call - Tres 8. Say A Little Prayer - Andre Anderson 3. Together Forever - Bebe Winans 9. Love - Cece Winans 4. Fill The House - NRC 10. Simply Redeemed (Live) I Am A Christian - Tres 5. On Behalf Of - Andre Anderson 11. On Behalf Of (Track) - Tres 6. For You To Choose - Debbie Winans
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The Bricks
Outsidaz Manufacturer: Rufflife Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005IAI6 Release Date: 2001-06-19 |
Tracks:
- Intro
- Keep On
- Who You Be
- Interlude
- I'm Leavin'
- State To State
- Interlude
- Sign Of The Power
- Hell Yeah
- Rehab
- We Be The O's
- Music
- Interlude/Yo Doe Doe
- The Bricks
- Money, Money, Money Remix
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Rude, crude, and lewd, the Outsidaz's rhymes on The Bricks should give those who find Eminem unpalatable something to think about. Violence, drugs, armed robbery, sexual depravity, and shooting the president are all topics primed to make their debut album the subject of moral-majority placards. That the East Coast rappers' caricature exploits, bravado, and taunts--aimed at wack rappers, cheating girlfriends, and anyone that's not them--are exaggerated for maximum effect and come with party beats, suggests more bad-boy misbehavior than a corrupting influence. "State to State," for one, with its comedy samba and explicit message to sexually demanding ladies--that the Outsidaz's wouldn't entertain with someone else's barge poll--is pure comedy. And with Kelis & Rah Digga getting their own back on "I'm Leaving," The Bricks isn't all one-sided. They even offer a blunt warning against the evils of drugs on "Rehab," albeit to something approximating a demented Disney ditty. If these redeeming features, plus addictive beats and playful rhymes, aren't enough to convince detractors that the Outsidaz are a valuable addition to society, then the fact that they set up on an ice-cream stand on a corner of their neighborhood known as the Bricks (previously frequented by drug dealers) should hint that they're not all bad. --Dan GennoeCustomer Reviews:
Saw them live in 2000!.......2006-04-18
great sh#T.......2005-05-05
best trax r: 2, 3 (featrin red n meth.), 6, 7 (funny skit), 8, 9, 11, 14,
Tight debut.......2001-08-20
- Chris
The Bricks.......2001-06-06
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Building With Bricks Vol 2
Manufacturer: Traffic Entertainment Group ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0000TZ808 Release Date: 2004-01-20 |
Album Description
Commemorating an unheard of seven years in the game, this Brick records release is a 22 track mix CD containing the best joints from the most recent releases in their extensive catalog. Most tracks are exclusive or appearing on CD for the first & only time. Artists include Mr. Lif, Planet Asia, Main Flow, Insight, 7L & Esoteric, & many more.
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Bricks Without Straw 1
The Pinnacle Project Manufacturer: Pinnacle ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00006RION Release Date: 2002-11-12 |
Tracks:
- Signs Of The Times - Michael McDonald
- The Call - Tres
- Together Forever - Bebe Winans
- Fill The House - NRC
- On Behalf Of - Andre Anderson
- For You To Choose - Debbie Winans
- Then Came You - Vanessa Bell Armstrong
- Say A Little Prayer - Andre Anderson
- Love - Cece Winans
- Simply Redeemed (Live) I Am A Christian - Tres
- On Behalf Of (Track) - Tres
Customer Reviews:
Words Don't Do Justice.......2003-11-26
"Simply Redeemed" is the most beautiful song that I have ever hear. It's progressions flow perfectly and the word pierce your heart.
There's nothing like it. It's perfect
Best of 2002-03.......2003-03-28
I can't remember enjoying a contemporary Gospel CD so much!
Buy it now!
Awesome Contemporary Gospel CD Compilation.......2003-03-28
I can't remember enjoying a contemporary CD so much! I recommend it to everyone. It has truly been a blessing to me. Buy it now!
This album is great!!!.......2002-12-19
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Hit the Bricks
John Fedchock Manufacturer: Reservoir Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00004WFGN Release Date: 2000-09-26 |
Tracks:
- This Just In
- Moon Alley
- Steps en Trois (Giant Steps)
- Twilight
- Hit the Bricks
- Cool Customer
- I'm Thru With Love
- Empty Promises
- Brazilian Fantasy
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The String Quartet Tribute to Pink Floyd's The Wall: More Bricks
Various Artists Manufacturer: Vitamin Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000E115Y0 Release Date: 2006-02-21 |
Tracks:
- In the Flesh
- Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2
- Mother
- Goodbye Blue Sky
- Young Lust
- One of My Turns
- Hey You
- Nobody Home
- Comfortably Numb
- Show Must Go On
- Run Like Hell
- Trial
Product Description
1. In The Flesh
2. Mother
3. The Trial
4. Goodbye Blue Sky
5. Young Lust
6. One Of My Turns
7. Hey You
8. Nobody Home
9. Comfortably Numb
10. Run Like Hell
11. The Show Must Go On
12. Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 2
Format: CD
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