Hidden Beach Recordings Presents: Unwrapped Vol. 2 [Limited Edition w/ Bonus CD]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 10, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Hidden Beach
• ASIN: B00007FLN9
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #141,918 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Somebody Got It

2. Always on Time

3. Roll Out (My Business)

4. Electric Relaxation

5. Gangsta's Paradise

6. Bouncin' Back (Bumpin Me Against the Wall)

7. Summertime

8. Music

9. Still Not a Player

10. Hot in Herre

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. The Lesson

2. Girls, Girls, Girls

3. Get Money

4. Bouncin' Back (Bumpin Me Against the Wall)

5. You Got Me! [Animated Video]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hidden Beach Recordings Presents: Unwrapped Vol. 2, December 12, 2002

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Jeff C. (New Castle, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hidden Beach Recordings Presents: Unwrapped Vol. 2 [Limited Edition w/ Bonus CD] (Audio CD)

I bought three copies of this on Tuesday morning(one for me and two for Christmas gifts for relatives in Colorado and Maryland).

As I listened to it for the first time, I was very pleased with what I was hearing. The music is really fresh. Hell, the music is great! I opened it in the parking lot and listened to it in my car. As a woman was exiting the store, I told her to buy it also as a gift for someone she knows (she was doing her xmas shopping). I let her listen to some passages on several tracks. Her eyes lit up and she said "Thank You!" and returned to the store to buy it as well.

I hope that you keep producing music such as on Hidden Beach Recordings Presents:Unwrapped Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. I have enjoyed listening to Patrice Rushen for years. Recently I also purchased the Mike Phillips CD. Mike's playing is pleasingly sweet! I had a lot of fun with other people listening to the one track with the dialogue about the saxophone.

I have been calling my friends to tell them to go out and buy the Limited Edition Vol. 2 asap.

Thank you for the music!!!

Jeff C.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars PART II COMES HARD!! ACTUALLY 4 1/4 stars, February 28, 2003

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Adrian G (Dallas, Tx) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hidden Beach Recordings Presents: Unwrapped Vol. 2 [Limited Edition w/ Bonus CD] (Audio CD)

HIDDEN BEACH RECORDINGS- UNWRAPPED VOL II
As stated on this CD, the roots of Jazz and Hip Hop are definitely intertwined. It's crazy that it took over 15 years for someone to come up with a Jazz/Hip Hop influenced work. The first Unwrapped CD is classic, a true classic. It's a CD people 20 years from now will be listening to. So with much anticipation they have released VOL II. And the beat goes on! This is another great work. The CD starts with a remake of the hit "Always on Time"(Ja and Ashanti). The wack "Streetwize" CD from last year tried to do this song but man they just didn't do it justice. The Spanish percussion is good on here along with the rhythm guitar. "Roll Out", the Ludacris joint, got madd luv on this CD. Mike Phillips makes his first of several appearances here and works it. He uses his famous Vocoder(think Roger Troutman). The scratchin and the drum programs are verrrry nice. Tribes "Electric Relaxation" makes an appearance also. Great song to include on this work. The guitar really goes hard on this one. Coolio's "Gangsta Paradise" is one of my favorites. The violinist here Karen Briggs(you might remember her from "Showtime At The Apollo" amateur night fame) goes off. Now this song is impressive. This song is very physical and I'd love to see this performed live. I bet she carves up the violin on this one. Mystikal's "Bouncin Back" actually shows up twice, one being sort of an extended version. The second version really isn't needed but they really worked this song! They totally changed it up and made it into a "big band" production. Real nice. Will Smith's "Summetime" shows up. This is one of my favorite songs anyway, especially the Kool and the Gang original. Another good job. Erick Serman's "Music", my favorite hip hop song from 2001, is done really well here also. Mike Phillips really gets going on this one. Track 11 is a medley of some ole greats: "The Choice Is Yours" Black Sheep, "Rebirth of Slick" Diggible Planets, "Woo Hah" from Busta and "Award Tour" from Tribe. VERY NICE. Good way to end the first disc. The second disc really could have just been added to the first disc. The Jay Z "Girls Girls Girls" is once again totally reworked and I'm really feelin it. "Get Money" is the second time a Lil Kim production has made it to the "Unwrapped" laboratory. It's a very smoothed out version with some Roy Ayers type keyboard flava. Overall I liked tracks 2-8, 11 and 2&3 on the second disc. You really can't go wrong with this formula, well Hidden Beach can't go wrong shall I say. Their preparation, selection of songs and mixing/engineering is superior to anyone else out there tryin to do this. Every song is not a favorite of mine(Nelly didn't rock me and The Joe/Pun track didn't knock me over) but every song is at least good with most of them being great. This is a helluva followup to an instant classic CD. Keep bringin it on!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For Mature Music Lovers, June 22, 2003

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"style4ya" (New Castle, DE. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hidden Beach Recordings Presents: Unwrapped Vol. 2 [Limited Edition w/ Bonus CD] (Audio CD)

This CD is what I have been looking for. You get to the point in your life where you are still young enough to like hip-hop, but old enough to appeciate a little jazz. This CD has it mixed into one, which is(simply put)GENIUS!! That is where I am right now. I have the best of both worlds. Waiting for volume 3!