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Volumizer

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FINALLY, what should have been the best album of 2000 will be the best album of 2002. VOLUMIZER has finally been released after nearly two years of delays. Ive had the original on disc since around August of 2000 and still listen to it faithfully. "Stockholm Love" and "Secret Frequency" have been dropped from the original tracklisting, and replaced with "Grown Up", "Lemon Drop", and "Lost and Found". Ive heard people say that these are "commercial" songs, but if you had the original, you would know the two songs they took off were just as "commercial". I don't think the J's are worried about that, just making some of the best and most original music that's out there today. The only thing that i would complain about is that i would have opted to keep the original tracks that they deleted as well, but this album is just too damn good to not get a 5 star rating. Whether your dancing, driving or just sitting around, "Volumizer" is the album to have on. Longtime J's fans will be pleased, and newcomers will be blown away. BUY THIS TODAY!

I got this cd as a grab bag present box from the store i work at, and i have to admit i wan't ready for the incredible ryming that was going to occur. The cd blew me away, it was the most amazing surprise of most recent years for me right up next to the new electric company album. I heard my friend say something about the group and i figured i should pick something out that he likes not just because his taste in music is awesome but because if i didn't like it i could give it to him. heh, no way am i giving this to him, maybe i'll burn him a copy until he gets his own, but wow. I don't realy listen to the songs that sound like rock much; not that i'm against rock but the first song of the album doesn't really get me in the mood to listen to the rock songs. Also there is nothing on this album thats inappropriate so ever since i got the cd my little sister barrows it constantly, i'm so glad that my sister has as good of a taste in music as meh. My mom even likes it, everyone that i had listen to the cd likes it.

If you are an old 2SJ fan, you'll find enough classic 2SJ appeal to quench your thirst for those driving beats and hip-hop stylings. For the uninitiated, there is enough commercial slickness to songs like "Grown Up" and "Lemon Drop" to bring you over to the darkside. Give in before it destroys you!

Volumizer was supposed to come out September 12, 2000. But then their label, Capricorn, went broke. They found a new label, Volcano, and the whole finding a new label and getting aquainted with it caused an 18 month delay of their second release. Well, the year-and-a-half was worth it. The J's are back with avengence. The album mixes phat beats and ryhmes with alternative rock and incredibely intelligent lyrics. I don't feel like writing anything else, just know that this album really kicks arse, and if you don't believe me, go buy it and prove me wrong.

In an effort to get ahold of this c.d. last fall when it was originally scheduled to appear in a music store near me, I contact the J's themselves for more information. They hinted that I could find most (if not all) of the c.d. online. I did. I love this c.d. When you start off with a bass-bumping, beat-pumping song like "Horns of Destruction," you would expect it to set the tempo for the rest of the tracks. But, now you must keep in mind that you are listening to the 2 Skinnee J's: everything you know is wrong. Moving from "H.O.D" to more mellow songs like a fairly Cars-esque "Secret Frequency" and "Sugar and Candy;" the J's have yet again proven themselves as music wizards. The more you listen, the more apparent that becomes. Of course, the J's are not for everyone. If you should get the chance to see them live, you may become a strict Skinnee Soldier. Listening to this album alone does not do it justice. Listen in groups, listen responsibly, and as always, listen loudly.

This is the second best cd that I own. After only to the wall. Sorry but that will always be my #1 album. This album is so great! I can't say enough about 2 Skinne J's and their other albums! I am in the radio business and wish I could play them 24 hours a day! Sing Earthboy Sing, SuperMercado and now Volumizer are the best! They have an earlier album but I have yet to find it. If you know of it, please let me know!

rachel

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Volumizer starts off so well. Horns of Destruction, more than any other song on this album or the other two, shows just how well the J's work the English language to a beat. From there, you get another very good song before you hit a pair of songs that are just too radio friendly for my liking. Grown Up and Girl With the World in Her Eyes are good songs, but they aren't the J's at all. Then you get more good Skinnee action with Big Beat Evangelists, which I would say is the "The Good, The Bad, and The Skinnee" of Volumizer. It's the anthem song on the album. The stretch of good songs ends with Pass the Buck, my favorite song on the CD, and the purest "rap" song I think the J's have ever done. Then you hit another downer with Lemon Drop and Sugar & Candy, two songs which I find to be almost unlistenable. Loud Neighbor is stuck in there for good measure, followed by Coming Home, which is nothing more than a closing song. The album is very good, but they need to drop the radio-friendly poppy garbage and stick with the rappin and rhymin that their fans love them for.

The 2 skinnee J's are one of the most original bands out right now. I agree that Volumizer is not as good as supermercado and that Stockholm love should have been kept on the record. However, I think That part of why this record doesn't seem so great is because I've heard all the really good songs before (or the majority) so their were no suprises as to the tracks that I liked. The other thing to remember is that the J's arn't a hip hop band their are, As I like to call them "nerd rap rock" so I can understand tracks like Lemon Drop and others. And while these tracks may seem a little more radio friendly the J's deffinatly didn't sit down and say "I think will right a sugar ray song" If anything these songs show the tallent of the band to be able to preform all sorts of of songs, from the heavy rap of Horns of Destruction to the poppy Lost and Found, they can do it all. While other bands ::cough:: sugar ray ::cough:: can only play those poppy songs. See the J's live and you know that they still are playing all the old favorits so nothings changed. IF your new to the J's buy Supermercado first but Volumizer is still solid.

People's Movement of Rock. Saw them a short while ago, no they haven't sold out. The power they have recieved over time was from word of mouth. Analyze their lyrics, listen to the message, you will find that the line they don't play on the single version of "Grown Up" shows that they haven't sold out. If you think they've sold out, see them in concert. I was surprised somewhat when a reaction I gave to something said on stage got a "who the (expletive) to you think you are?" from someone in the audience. I laugh at her. She doesn't hear the message. "Just because we're in some hard times, doesn't mean we can't protest the government" they were red rock, and still are.

Peace and Equality to all