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Audio CD (August 9, 2005)
Original Release Date: August 9, 2005
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Grp Records
ASIN: B000A2H65A
In-Print Editions: MP3 Download

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #90,665 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Artist Time Price

1. All I Need Roy Hargrove 5:22 $0.99

2. Hey Young World Gerald Albright 5:20 $0.99

3. Can I Get A... Jeff Lorber 5:08 $0.99

4. Doin' It Dwight Sills 5:37 $0.99

5. Bring The Pain Hubert Laws 5:14 $0.99

6. The Rain Ledisi 5:09 $0.99

7. Ghetto Jam Rick Braun 5:37 $0.99

8. Get U Home Gerald Albright 4:17 $0.99

9. Back Seat Dwight Sills 6:13 $0.99

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very Impressed, December 23, 2005

By	R. Tell "bernie" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I had heard the Hey Young World song on a jazz station and absolutely loved it. I never imagined that the entire CD would be as good. I could listen to this CD over and over again. If you are in to hip hop, rap and all that, THIS IS NOT the CD for you. But if you like old school songs with a twist of jazz acoustics, you will love this. I recommend it to anyone, it just depends on your taste in music.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Definitely get this album!, January 20, 2006

By	Soldier77 "the Cross, then the crown!" (New Carrollton, MD USA) - See all my reviews

If you grew up in the times of old school hip hop onward, you will recognize all the tracks on this album. The best cut by far is Slick Rick's "Hey Young World," but every song is good. I gave it four stars because while it's very good, it's not perfect.

I say not perfect because with all the big jazz names on the album(Roy Hargrove, Gerald Albright, Hubert Laws and Rick Braun to name a few), their appearances in the album alone sets the expectation bar pretty high. Although they all did a great job, it wasn't the absolute best work they could put, therefore it was perhaps two or three steps away from being perfect.

The horn arrangement on Jay-Z's "Can I Get A..." struggled to match the energy that the original track is known for. On Method Man's "Bring The Pain," I was looking forward hearing the original beat, but they changed it up some to the point where I couldn't audibly recognize it until the vocals came in. Also, since Rick Braun was on there it would have been good to have Kirk Whalum somewhere on the album too. But that's really the only major flaws I found in the album. "Hey Young World" was perfectly done, even had a go-go/reggae feel to it. "All I Need" was excellent, and they go WAAAAAAYYY back with Oran Juice Jones' "The Rain. It's a really good album. Not perfection, but definitely not a waste of money.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Def Jazz Is Good, December 4, 2005

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This is a very nice cd with a good mixture of jazz fusion. Those who wrote bad reviews on this obviously are not musically inclined. Yes, I highly recommend this cd and asure you, you will not be disappointed. And no one had to pay me to recognize good music.

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4.0 out of 5 stars its somthing to chill out to
good for the summer being in the sun and all that stuff

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I truly think that this is the best jazz album I ever heard.I just could not believe that it was ever possible that you could turn rap into jazz. I defantly recommend this cd 100%.

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