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Rux Revue

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I often find myself liking the sound of hip-hop but the sentiment breaks my heart. I don't know if the kids would say that this is hip-hop, but whatever it is I like it.

Poetry and music. I mean daaaaaaaaamn.

This album makes me understand that I have been unknowingly waiting to exhale... what a relief!

It makes me hungry for more and I mean from many...next on my list of poets to make music CDs is Storme Webber, but as a NYer, my list is long!

most places list this cd as music, but it is critical that people recognize that carl hancock rux is a master poet/and rux review is a spoken word cd. carl brings the power, conviction, grace, and literary tradition of his foremothers and forefathers with new flavor and fresh funk. carl wraps language around the beat like a old-school militant word warrior with new-liberation sensibility, context and style.

i am going to buy as many copies of this cd as i can afford, and give them as gifts over and over cause i think this cd important to the future of poetry/and music (speaking of: the featured singer helga/wow what a voice)!

A powerful excursion beyond the cookie-cutter mainstream! There are so many artists stretching out; we must support them. Check out Bluezeum featuring Adwin, Only Child, Peace and Fire, Mos Def. 'To infinity and beyond, baby!'

This CD plays like a one continuous song, you can get into it right away listening to any part of any song. It draws you in a unique style by harmonizing peace and war, quietness and noise together. buy it now, hear it once and you'd want to replay and replay. Refreshing!

This CD is one of the most important to be released in years. It will be difficult for records stores to place it,because it is Jazz,R&B, Rap, and more. The music on this CD is where Gill Scott left off in the 70's, it's where Ms. E. Badu was trying to go, and I feel it is were Rap is or at least should be going. It is "feeling" music in the tradition of Nina Simone or Billy Holiday. It is "power" music like the early Rappers from Queens. It is "love" music in the Barry White tradition. Years ago the playwrite/poet Amir Baraka (Leroi Jones) called for a day when there would be music that would be a mixture of James Brown and John Coltrane: Rux Revue is a sign that that day has arrived. Out of Brooklyn has come music that is going to take Black music and American music into the Y2K world. The same way that music from Queens, NY has totally changed the music world: Rux from Brooklyn is going to do that and more. I've only listened to the whole CD four or five times at this point, so I really can't go into detail about the different pieces and the spells each of them have weaved, but in short and for the moment let me say to all who will listen: musik has made a major transformation and none of us will be the same anymore.

I've had this cd for a long time now and I still pop it in just as much as the first week i bought it. Remember the name! your going to see alot of it. Carl takes poetry and music to another level. Rux Revue is soul,hip-hop,rock and jazzy. Listening to each track is deep!, the man takes you there, his words are vivid and the beat is oldschool yet fresh and new. Outstanding! Carl paves the way with this new era of music, but can they follow it?

when was the last time I heard A poet who could actually sing, who could actually write poetry so that they still sound like good lyrics? And the brother's not even trying to pass himself off as a rapper!

A lot of people have tried to recreate the rock star personna of the 60's & 70's, from pop to poetry to hip-hop, but few have the voice, the content, the musical ability that this guy does. The music is sodamnpretty sometimes, I think it's from outer space or something-- like "Languid Libretto" and "Wasted Seed"-- WHAT? And sometimes, the music puts you in a trance, like "Elmina Blues Opus". Rux is a rock star!

Totally original. Kind of like Mark Anthony Thompson's "Chocolate genius" but Rux pays more attetnion to beats, word play and tricky vocalizations. Still, he manages to phrase like one of those old jazz singers without copying jazz phrasing. His voice savors every word, and unlike most new recording artist poets-- his words are worth savoring.

This CD is so incredible, from first track to last, I'm blown away. It's like those old soul records from the 60's or 70's but with a more modern sensibility. Rux has a baritone to diiie for-- but his best contribution is his lyrics.