| 1. Intro |
| 2. Richter Scale |
| 3. Joint |
| 4. Never Seen Before |
| 5. Skit |
| 6. Intrigued - Das EFX, , EPMD |
| 7. Last Man Standing |
| 8. Get Wit This |
| 9. Do It Again |
| 10. Apollo Interlude |
| 11. You Gots 2 Chill '97 |
| 12. Put On |
| 13. K.I.M. - EPMD, Keith Murray, Redman |
| 14. Dungeon Master - EPMD, Nocturnal |
| 15. Jane 5 |
| 16. Never Seen Before [Remix] |
Back in Business,EPMD,Def Jam,East Coast Rap,Hardcore Rap,Hip-Hop,Pop,Rap & Hip-Hop
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Business Up Front Party In The Back (Diamond Edition)
Family Force 5 Manufacturer: Gotee Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000NA288Y Release Date: 2007-03-20 |
Tracks:
- Cadillac Phunque
- Kountry Gentleman
- X-Girlfriend
- Drama Queen
- Put Ur Hands Up
- Love Addict
- Earthquake
- Replace Me
- Lose Urself
- Peachy
- Supersonic
- Numb
- I Love You To Death
- Face Down
- Never Let Me Go
Customer Reviews:
Just a lot of fun.......2007-07-29
Family Force 5 -- A Force to be Reckoned with..........2007-06-26
This is the perfect crank-it-up, piss off your neighbors, head-banging kind of music. And it's great to scream along to.
What I've Been Looking For!.......2007-05-11
best cd ever.......2007-05-08
Its GREAT!.......2007-05-07
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Business Up Front/Party In The Back
Family Force 5 Manufacturer: Maverick ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000CS462S Release Date: 2006-03-14 |
Tracks:
- Cadillac Phunque
- Kountry Gentleman
- X-Girlfriend
- Drama Queen
- Put Ur Hands Up
- Love Addict
- Earthquake
- Lose Urself
- Peachy
- Supersonic
- Numb
- Replace Me
Amazon.com
Arriving out of Atlanta like high school sophomores who stole mom's car to hit spring break in Daytona Beach, the 3 brothers and 2 others of Family Force 5 deliver their debut, Business Up Front/Party In The Back. Without a doubt the focus here is on the "party", as most of the record is devoted to getting down, chasing girls ("Drama Queen" sounds like it was written by a 14 year old who just got dumped), and driving around with the radio blasting. Not that there's anything wrong with these things, but the band comes off more like Limp Bizkit's smart-ass little brother than a bunch of kids on a tear.No one would accuse FF5 of over-thinking their music and lyrics--when your album title is a.k.a. a mullet, intellectualism probably isn't your highest priority. Overall, the album seems genetically engineered to appeal to as wide an audience as possible, piled high with 80's synths, rap/rock riffs and shout-along refrains, and name-checking everything from break dancing to Speak & Spells. In the end, trying this hard causes the FF5 to wear out their welcome. It's only when the band drops the catchy chorus on "Kountry Gentleman" or "Love Addict", you may just find yourself speeding down the highway, bobbing your head a little despite your better judgement. --Ben Heege
Album Description
Straight out of the Nu South, Family Force 5 is greazy, beat oriented, righteous Crunk Rock with blistering New Wave guitars and gritty-witty lyrics. Combining Outkast with Rage Against the Machine, Beastie Boys with the White Stripes, Family Force 5 won two awards-Best Band and Best Live Act-and was nominated for two others at the second annual Atlanta Music Guide Awards in September. Now FF5 redefines the Dirty South with its debut major label album, Business Up Front/Party in the Back.Customer Reviews:
no business, all party.......2007-04-29
You, too, will become addicted!!!.......2007-02-13
Get up and dance!.......2007-01-10
Great music, fun band.......2007-01-06
Can't help but Dance!.......2006-11-29
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Sondheim - A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (1992 Concert Cast)
Stephen Sondheim , Betty Buckley , Paul Gemignani , Patti LuPone , Liza Minnelli , and Bernadette Peters Manufacturer: RCA Victor Broadway ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000003FDW Release Date: 1993-02-23 |
Tracks:
- Symphonic Sondheim: Sweeney Todd--orchestra, Jerry Hadley ("Johanna"), Eugene Perry,Herbert Perry ("Pretty Women")
- Evening Introduction--Bill Irwin
- Loveland/Getting Married Today--Ensemble, Jeanne Lehman, Mark Jacoby, Madeline Kahn
- Waiting for the Girls Upstairs--George Lee Andrews, Michael Jeter, James Naughton/Love, I Hear--Michael Jeter/Live Alone and Like It--James Naughton
- Someone Is Waiting--Richard Muenz/Symphonic Sondheim: Barcelona--orchestra
- Being Alive--Patti LuPone
- Good Thing Going--The Tonics
- Losing My Mind/You Could Drive a Person Crazy--Dorothy Loudon
- Our Time--Boys Choir of Harlem/Children Will Listen--Betty Buckley
- Anyone Can Whistle--Billy Stritch
- Water Under the Bridge--Liza Minnellli, Billy Stritch
- Back in Business--Liza Minnellli, Billy Stritch, Ensemble
Tracks:
- Symphonic Sondheim: Comedy Tonight--Bill Irwin, orchestra
- Sooner or Later--Karen Ziemba
- Pretty Lady--Mark Jacoby, Eugene Perry, Herbert Perry
- Green Finch and Linnet Bird--Harolyn Blackwell
- The Ballad of Booth--Patrick Cassidy, Victor Garber
- Broadway Baby--Daisy Eagan
- I Never Do Anything Twice--BETTY
- With So Little to Be Sure Of--Jerry Hadley, Carolann Page
- Not a Day Goes By--Bernadette Peters
- Remember?--Ron Baker, Peter Blanchet, Carol Meyer, Bronwyn Thomas, Blythe Walker (Quintet)/A Weekend in the Country--Kevin Anderson, George Lee Andrews, Mark Jacoby, Beverly Lambert, Maureen Moore, Susan Terry, Quintet
- Send in the Clowns--Glenn Close
- Old Friends--Liza Minnelli
- Sunday--Bernadette Peters, Broadway Chorus
Customer Reviews:
Great CD.......2006-08-06
Simply the Best.......2005-06-29
In a compilation of songs like this you're always going to have tracks that you prefer over others, but the majority of the renditions in this CD are great. This is simply one of the best collections of Sondheim out there. You get interpretations that span from "classical" (Green Finch), to bordering on insane (Anything Twice). This is to demonstrate how versatile this composer really is.
In my opinion, some of the best renditions are "Not a Day Goes By," "Anyone Can Whistle", "Girls Upstairs Medley," "Losing My Mind/Drive a Person Crazy," and "Weekend inthe Country." Makes me wish I had been there to witness it first hand.
If you love Sondheim and enjoy hearing Broadway performers, get this CD. A great recording.
Inconsistent, but mostly excellent.......2004-03-21
"Celebration" is not strong enough a word.......2003-04-30
I have been a major Sondheim fan for quite some time, and I finally obtained a copy of this album. I was blown away by the excellent cast and phenomenal selection of music. It is obvious how much work went into this production, considering that this is the live recording of a one time show, and it's flawless. The songs cover all of his shows with the exception of "Passion," which was released 3 years after this show. Also, the shows for which he wrote only lyrics are ommited, like West Side Story, Gypsy, etc. Thus, you can find material from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Anyone can Whistle, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Merrily we Roll Along, Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, and Assassins.
There are two striking things about this CD (besides the music and performers themselves). First of all, some of the songs are completely stylistically reworked. The most obvious are "Good Thing Going" and "I Never do Anything Twice." Both are traditionally very ballady with a piano accompaniment, but here they have been redone as jazzy tunes. The result is excellent. Such reworkings demonstrate that Sondheim writes music for virtually any style, and in these cases, across several styles. It's a great example of his variety. The other interesting thing is how many songs have overlapping melodies of songs from different shows. Case in point, "Our Time" and "No one is Alone" are sung seperately by the Harlem Boys Choir and Betty Buckley (the original Grizabella in Webber's atrocious "CATS," although Buckley was excellent) respectively, and then combined. Putting these two songs together offer different meanings to each, and the music is only enhanced. Another example, the trio of "Waiting for the Girls Upstairs," "Love, I Hear," and "Live Alone and Like It" are sung in that order, and then the latter two are combined. Again, the meanings of the songs change, this time in an almost narrative style, and offering different takes on love in the same montage. Lastly (at least for this review, there are more), Dorothy Laudon's (the original Ms. Hannigan in Annie) combination of "Losing my Mind" and "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" is brilliant. Those who are familiar with these songs will wonder how exactly they fit, but trust me, they do. She swtiches back and forth between melodies to create a number that starts poignant and beautiful, and soon moves to become uproariously funny. Both the song reworkings and overlapping melodies of unrelated songs are all for the better.
I recommend this recording to anyone wanting to get better acquainted with some of Sondheim's best work, or those already familiar who want to hear a tour de force of phenomenal music. It has been said that Sondheim is a masterful lyricist (which he is), but lacks real talent for music. This CD is the final proof that such critics are wrong. His music may take a few listenings to get into, contrary to Webber or Wildhorn, but unlike those two, he doesn't cater to the audience. He challenges them to think outside of traditional musical theater in a glorious repertoise of shows that reach for a smarter, more sophisticated form.
A maginificent evening, a magnificent album.......2001-12-16
This wonderful double CD shows off the best and brightest of the musical theatre composer and it is, as one person put it, "an embarassment of riches." With songs from his finest works done in amazing arrangements (listen to that harmony in "We Had a Good Thing Going"!) combined with fabulous performers this is a Sondheim lovers delight.
My favorite song is, without a doubt, Dorothy Louden and her wonderful medley of "Losing My Mind" into "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" followed very closely by the recently departed Madeline Kahn singing "Getting Married Today."
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Back in Business
EPMD Manufacturer: Fontana Def Jam ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000024MR Release Date: 1997-09-23 |
Tracks:
- Intro
- Richter Scale
- Da Joint
- Never Seen Before
- Skit
- Intrigued
- Last Man Standing
- Get Wit This
- Do It Again
- Apollo Interlude
- You Gots 2 Chill '97
- Put On
- K.I.M.
- Dungeon Master
- Jane 5
- Never Seen Before (Remix)
Customer Reviews:
This is what happens when great groups breakup..................2006-11-18
one of the best ever.......2006-03-19
and this enlightened me to other genres of rap
Appropriately Titled.......2005-10-15
4.5 stars - Erick & Parrish Making Dollars.......2004-11-19
#2 - 8.5
#3 - 10 (classic)
#4 - 7.5
#6 - 9 (f/ Das EFX)
#7 - 8.5
#8 - 7.5
#9 - 9
#11 - 9
#12 - 7
#13 - 8.5 (f/ Redman & Keith Murray)
#14 - 8.5 (f/ Nocturnal)
#15 - 9 (parrish Smith solo about Jane (Again))
#16 - 10 (classic remix of #4)
Parrish Smith -- b. 1968 -- Brentwood, Long Island, NY
Erick Sermon -- b. 11/25/68 -- Brentwood, Long Island, NY
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Absolute Masters.......2002-12-22
Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith both born in 1968 have been around since the early days of hip-hop, and they are not old and tired either, they did their first major album when they were only 18 years old!! They bring their hip-hop longevity, underground sound, and old school rap flow to this CD which is typical EPMD; uncut funk samples and a very non-commercial sound. I guess some people who gave it a bad review can't understand their artistic vision and musical integrity. The one BASIC thing about EPMD is how consistent they've been... with four gold albums to their credit. They are even more influential than that.
These saavy veterans are called EPMD, it stands for (Erick and Parrish Making Dollaz) and they flex madd skills and fresh game on this CD. They bring hot raps and much revitalized energy to this new set of awesome, perfectly selected samples from the "Joys of Funk" production, a.k.a. Erick "Funk Lord" Sermon who has produced (Redman, Method Man, Scarface, Too Short and many others) AND many tracks used first by EPMD were used later by: Run-DMC, JAY-Z, DR. DRE, LL COOL J, DMX, Warren G, and others.
On this CD they are using hot old school funk tracks by Zapp, Tom Browne, Rick James, and Slave, but you gotta be old school to notice that. All you youngsters better listen up and learn from the masters...'cause this is how rap should be done.
FYI: To you new jacks to the hip-hop world who think they know sumthin'....THERE WOULD BE NO: REDMAN, KEITH MURRAY, MOBB DEEP, DAS EFX OR K-SOLO WITHOUT EPMD!!
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Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Various Artists Manufacturer: Interscope Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0001AP0KE Release Date: 2004-02-03 |
Tracks:
- Not Today - Mary J. Blige
- I Can't Wait - Sleepy Brown featuring OutKast
- Fallen (Zone 4 Remix) - Chingy
- Pussy - Clipse
- Never - Keyshia Cole
- Unconditionally - G-Unit
- All - Olivia
- Things Come and Go - Sean Paul
- Wanna B Where U R (Thisizzaluvsong) - Floetry
- Barbershop - D-12
- One of Ours - Mobb Deep
- Private Party - Olivia
- On the Weekend - Morgan Smith
- Make It Home - Anthony Hamilton
- Your Precious Love - KeKe Wyatt
Customer Reviews:
Pretty decent Soundtrack........................2006-03-24
Mary J. Blige and Eve start the album off strong with "Not Today" a nice collaboration. Next Outkast hook up with Sleepy Brown and deliver the upbeat love song "I Can't Wait", good to see Andre rhyming again, though its Sleepy smooth vocals that are the highlight of this cut for me. Chingys cut is skip material for me, then the Clipse deliver "Pussy", a decent track with a banging beat. Eve and Keyshia Cole deliver an upbeat R & B/rap collaboration with "Never". G-Unit's
"Unconditionally" comes next, not really feeling the hook to this track though 50, Banks and Buck come across okay.
Olivia sings over a Lil Jon beat on "All", not really feeling this cut, maybe because I like the original more. Mos Def and floetry deliver a laidback cut with "Wanna B Where U R". I was looking forward to Mobb Deep's "One of Ours", but Mobb don't come through with anything special on this one (hopefully there saving those cuts for there album). I had never heard of the female rapper known as Morgan Smith up until this release, her collaboration with 3LW is good. Spitfiya and R & B singer Anthony Hamilton deliver a standout collaboration with "Make it Home", this ones my favorite track at the moment. This is actually first time I have heard Spitfiya, what I like is he shows hunger in his rhymes. Keke Wyatt and Avant close off the album with the calm "Your Precious Love" which sounds like one of those old love songs back in the day.
This was a good CD but some of the songs in the film aren't on the soundtrack like that Tupac song and "C'mon" - Mystikal feat. Iron, that's the track with the people dancing in the subway. But Thanks to PPV and my DVR, here's the song list from the credits and who it was *performed* by (unless otherwise noted). =)
"Stars and strips" - written by John P. Sousa
"Hold on I'm coming" - Sam & Dave
"Let's get censored" - Black Eyed Peas
"Lose your mind" - Bubba Sparxxx
"Fallen (Zone 4 remix)" - Mya ft. Chingy
"Get up" - Amel Larrieux
"Wanna b where u r (thisizzaluvsong)" - Floetry ft. Mos Def
"I'm back" - written by Marshall Mathers, Andre Young, Michael Elizondo
"Tight for" - The Co-Stars
"Move on me" - The RZA and Richard Gibbs
"Private party" - Olivia
"Your precious love" - Avant, Cedric the Entertainer, and Byron Willis
"A toast to men" - Willa Ford
"Suga suga" - Baby Bash
"Wade in the water" - Queen Latifah
"C'mon" - Mystikal ft. Iron
"Swagger back" - Keith Murry
"SportsCenter theme" - Queen Latifah
"Hot & wet" - 112
"Thug n u thug n me (remix)" - 2 Pac
"Not today" - Mary J. Blige ft. Eve
"Smells like funk" - Black Eyed Peas
"I can't wait" - Sleep Brown ft. Outcast
"Scared" - Ashanti ft. Irv Gotti
"Never" - Keyshia Cole ft. Eve
"Put up or shut up" - Gang Starr
"There she goes" - Nate Dogg
Typical problem when buying music.......2005-10-11
To "a music fan"--the "no rap until after 12pm song".......2005-09-26
Issac's song so sad its not featured on the soundtrack.......2005-09-10
Song while Isaac is showing off..........2005-07-05
the name of the song while Isaac is cutting hair (and cuts an "i" in the back of that dude's head) is "i'm back" by marshall mathers
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Sondheim - A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (Highlights from the 1992 Concert Cast)
Manufacturer: RCA Victor Broadway ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000003FEM Release Date: 1993-02-23 |
Tracks:
- Symphonic Sondheim: Sweeney Todd
- Company: Loveland - Getting Married Today
- Follies: Waiting For The Girls Upstairs - Love, I Hear - Live Alone And Like It
- Company: Being Alive
- Merrily We Roll Along: Good Thing Going
- Merrily We Roll Along: Our Time - Children Will Listen
- Dick Tracy: Back In Business
- Sweeny Todd: Green Finch And Linnet Bird
- Follies: Broadway Baby
- Merrily We Roll Along: Not A Day Goes By
- A Little Night Music: A Weekend In The Country
- A Little Night Music: Send In The Clowns
- Sunday In The Park With George: Sunday
Customer Reviews:
What a recording!.......2000-06-29
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Sergei Prokofiev, Enfant Terrible (1891-1953): A 50th Anniversary Celebration
Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000084H93 Release Date: 2003-04-08 |
Customer Reviews:
An eye-opening Prokofiev survey (try to buy it used).......2006-03-26
As I listened straight through, I was surprised at how unacquainted I actually was with the wide extent of Prokofiev's style. From the very early "Dreams," which could be mistaken for Glazunov through the unfamiliar operas (Betrothal in a Monastery Garden, Semyon Kotko) to the final, sadly diminished works like the Seventh Sym. and the cello concerto, the composer covered every major Russian style of the century. I didn't find any new masterful performances--not that a short excerpt is a good enough trial--but everything here is well performced. Any listener should find something unexpected and intriguing in this two-and-a-half-hour traversal.
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Back in Business
Eartha Kitt Manufacturer: Drg ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000000PKA Release Date: 1994-11-23 |
Tracks:
- Back In Business
- Let's Misbehave
- Solitude
- Why Can't I
- Ain't Misbehavin'
- The Nearness Of You
- Close Enough For Love
- Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?
- Angelitos Negros
- Moon River
- Speak Low
- Here's To Life
Customer Reviews:
Go see her live!!.......2006-07-05
Top Notch Artistry In Business.......1999-11-11
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Monkey Business
Eric Herman and the Invisible Band Manufacturer: Butter-Dog Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0008ESGWC Release Date: 2005-04-23 |
Tracks:
- In the Box
- The Monkeys
- Blackbeard, Bluebeard and Redbeard
- Bounce and Flap and Twist
- I Am a Robot
- Crazy Over Vegetables
- Picture Day
- Prune Juice
- Don't Bother Any Butterflies
- Ants in the Lunchroom
- Ten Times Fast
- The Math Game
- The Hero of Your Dreams
- Rest Easy Now
Product Description
It has become something of a cliche in recent years for marketing children's music releases as "music for kids that parents will also like". Cliche or not, Monkey Business may be the ultimate example of that description, with sophistication in its musicianship and lyricism that belies its apparent simplicity and accessibility. This album is rich in flavors and nuances, and grows more endearing with repeated listens. The beautiful breather song "Don't Bother Any Butterflies" makes a clever reference to The Beatles, and the Fab Four's sense of memorability and musical depth is an evident influence on Monkey Business. And yet, the music is still completely original and fresh, and doesn't merely cop the styles of its influences. Half of the songs on Monkey Business feature words written by or with the renowned funny poetry author Kenn Nesbitt. Inventive, energetic and sophisticated while still being fully accessible for kids, and above all a lot of fun, Monkey Business is truly a landmark album in the children's music genre.Customer Reviews:
Quirky Fun.......2006-09-22
I gave his disc the ol' family car workout to see what the kids would think. The sudden silence from the backseat meant they're interested. Continued silence meant they like it. A request to "hear it again" and we knew that it's a keeper.
The thing they seem to like most about this CD is Herman's oddball sense of humor. Even the grownups in the car had to laugh at such lyrics as "A pirate without treasure is like a monkey without a spatula." Or the boy pretending to be a robot who suffers a system malfunction when his mom asks him to clean his room.
Not every song has a punchline. After a funny sketch about a math gameshow, Herman slows things down with two beautiful lullabies that show off his chameleon-like vocal talents. But it's the previous dozen songs that my kids keep asking for, especially one of the best pirate songs I've ever heard.
Like so many of the very best children's CDs, these are tunes that even parents can listen to on a long road trip or during clean-up time at home. From the polished production to Herman's pleasing voice (which reminded me of Glen Phillips at times) to the clever lyrics, there's something here for kids of all ages.
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Back in Business
Da Vinci Manufacturer: Mtm Music & Publish ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000JFY04S Release Date: 2006-11-20 |
Tracks:
- Touchdown
- Call Me a Liar
- Young Hearts
- 9 and 10
- Turn Down the Lights
- Millions Like Us
- Pink Champagne
- Circus Maximus
- Hold Back the Tears
- Last Time
- Blame It on the Radio [*]
Dance Music:
- Back to Back Hits
- Best of Mr Shadow 2002 [Explicit Lyrics]
- Blacked Out [CD-single]
- Blacked Out [CD-single]
- Blazing Arrow [Import]
- Chicano Ballers: The Best of Chicano Rap
- Chocolate Soul: Compilation Deluxe [Explicit Lyrics]
- Chopped and Screwed 2003
- Chronicle: Best of the Works [Explicit Lyrics] [Import]
- Come Home With Me [Explicit Lyrics]
Dance Music
Ballad of Chasey Lain [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Explicit Lyrics] [Import]
Furtwangler Conducts Symphony 2 in B Minor
I Won't Change You Pt.2 [CD-single] [Import]