Customer Reviews

Lost Change

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

This CD is something of a mixed bag. I liked Pete Rock's installment in this series, and someday I'm gonna get around to picking up Jazzy Jeff's. I like the musical aspects of this album but the vocals definitely leave something to be desired. Though Will.I.Am tries very hard to be avant-garde and something different than commercial West Coast rap, most of the vocal tracks still have that sound. He'll take a bangin' beat and throw simplistic, over-repetitive vocals on them, and so the results are not satisfying. The track with Madd Dogg is just plain awful. Most of the instrumental tracks are great, but my other main complaint about this CD is that many of the good instrumentals are very short, and end just when you're getting into them. This is a decent CD, but in my opinion it would have been much better if some of the vocal tracks were removed and the short instrumentals were expanded. Too much posturing and not enough creativity do not add up to a great album.

This album only gets 2 stars for track number 2 & 3. Track number 2 "Lay me Down" with Terry Dexter will cause you to break your neck. The rest of the songs on this are filler, lackluster attempts at trying to be avant-garde.

Man this has to one the best cds ever. I never really listened to the black eyed peas to much but I check this cd out and it takes hip hop to another level.

i must admit mr will.i.am from bep definitely came with it, the bbe hooked him up quite generously *smilez*. im loving this cd, and it only has one song that i will not listen to ("i am" is worth skipping on ur cd deck) but the rest is ill...if you want something that you can bump but at the same time just relax and puff to..this is it
Peash
Mika

As with the previously released BE RIGHT, this album takes no prisoners and relies on nothing but the the truth. No fluff in this set of originals!

if you want a cd that uplifts you to a "groove mood", then this one does it. now don't be fooled, it isn't exactly like black eyed peas joints. it has its own presence when playing. you can on some feel the will. i. am of black eyed peas on some of the songs. basically, if you want something to set a great vibe for you yourself or more people this does that.

This album only gets 2 stars for track number 2 & 3. Track number 2 "Lay me Down" with Terry Dexter will cause you to break your neck. The rest of the songs on this are filler, lackluster attempts at trying to be avant-garde.

Will-i-am and the beat pharmacie are a great combo. But where the hell is Kimmy Kim (Kim Hill) on this album. The songs with madd dogg and Planet Asia are not that, but overall a good album.
My opinion is that Planet Asia is too hardcore for the beats of will-i-am. Next time COMMON Will! It is good to see the hard work, is paying his dues for the beat pharmacie & BEP (check Nikka Costa, Venus Brown, etc)

Yours sincerely, Brian Green,
Beverly Hills 90210
(just a joke)