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In the late '80s and early '90s, rap invaded the pop music world to the point where many rappers were considered mere pop artists. As a result, the genre produced an abundance of one-hit wonders who failed to reconnect with either rap or pop audiences after their moment of glory. Along with artists like Young MC, Candyman, Domino, and Positive K, Paperboy's rap ambitions were eclipsed by an impossibly catchy hit single. After streamlining the title of Zapp's oft-sampled R&B classic "Do Wa Ditty (Blow That Thing)" to the more radio-friendly "Ditty," Paperboy embellished Roger Troutman's surefire hook with a fluid, playful rap that drops names ranging from Jody Watley to BeBe and CeCe Winans. The song's crossover appeal is clinched once Paperboy segues effortlessly from the rapped verses to a chorus made irresistible by his sweet singing voice. That pop sensibility is precisely what discredited him in hardcore hip-hop circles, yet Paperboy was also unable to make lightning strike twice on the pop charts. The instructively titled "Bumpin' (Adaptation of Humpin')" attempted to ride the Gap Band to follow-up success, but by then the latest flavor had captured the public's attention, and Paperboy was yesterday's news. Predictably, nothing on The Nine Yards impresses like "Ditty" but, since the full-length CD often appears in cutout bins, it might be a better bargain than the single. ~ Vince Ripol
Personnel: Paperboy (vocals); Dave Cochrane (guitar, flute, saxophone, bass); Angela Dauphiney (background vocals).
Personnel: Paperboy (vocals); Dave Cochrane (guitar, bass, saxophone, flute); Angela Dauphiney (background vocals).
Paperboy Nine Yards Songs Purchase Nine Yards CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Best Of Tina Charles: I Love To Love CD (1977)
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Of all British rock's least enviable exports, the national predilection for faceless pop stars -- light of ideas, big on gimmicks, and short of substance -- has always baffled Anglophiles, even as the Anglos themselves send them rocketing chartwards. In the mid-'70s, Tina Charles was certainly the reigning queen of such creations, a sub-disco pop diva who, though she never dented a chart stateside, took six singles into her native Top 30. This, her 1976 debut album, was titled for the positively enormous number one hit that launched that sequence. Pure period disco, with soaring strings, chukka-chukka guitar, and all the right bells and whistles, it must be confessed that it has some charm. Unfortunately, Charles herself doesn't have much of a voice, singing straight from the throat and sounding painfully strangled. It can't have felt good. "I Love to Love" is her album, if not her entire career's, highlight. The rest of this set revolves around lightly plodding pop ...
| | Metallica CD (1991)
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When a genre-defining group like Metallica, whose past albums have rocked the charts with virtually no airplay, enlists the aid of a hit-making producer like Bob Rock, the result is bound to be monumental. METALLICA, their sixth studio release, surpasses all expectations.
METALLICA is an extremely heavy album. It carries a presence, a huge, live sound different from that heard on their previous recordings. What once could not be tamed has been refined, resulting in a fuller, more powerful guitar sound in an already guitar-intensive band. They have evolved from the messy, unabashed thrashers of their youth into a more confident, poised and angry bunch, not only retaining ...
| | Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Greatest Hits CDs (2004)
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The Cleveland, Ohio collective Bone Thugs-N-Harmony began as Eazy-E proteges and early signees to his Ruthless Records. For a brief time, the five-member rap trio eclipsed the always-controversial Eazy, scoring huge crossover hits with its knack for intricate harmonies and a blend of smooth R&B and gospel with a hard-edged street attitude. The group's supreme asset was its five distinctive voices and its unique ability to interweave them into a complex mosaic. Ranging from heartfelt to off-kilter, from rapid-fire to contemplative, Bone Thugs' skills culminated in the surreal single "Tha Crossroads," which spent two months in 1996 atop the pop charts.
That seminal hit and over 20 more songs culled from its decade-plus of existence ...
| | Bloodhound Gang Hefty Fine CD (2005)
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| | Lil Rob Twelve Eighteen CD (2005)
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Lil Rob built up a name for himself hustling on smaller labels for years before his 2002 Upstairs Records debut THE ALBUM. After three years he followed that with TWELVE EIGHTEEN PART 1, an engrossing record overflowing with charm and hooks. On a bonus track, the Chicano rapper proclaims of his style: "it's feel good music, real good music, real hood music." That's not a bad description of an MC who creates catchy tracks that tend to balance a disarming, cordial ...
| | '90S Soul: Number 1'S CD (2007) Special Edition
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| | Low Secret Name CD (1999)
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On Low's fifth album (the fourth was a European-only live album), ...
| | Chamillionaire Get Ya Mind Correct (Chopped & Skrewed) CD (2002) Screw; Chop
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| | Los Baron De Apodaca 30 Exitos Insuperables CDs (2003) Remastered
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| | Gene Pitney Great Pretender CD (2002) (Import) Import; Netherlands
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| | E S G Screwed Up Movement CD (2006)
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| | Circus Maximus Isolate CD (2007) (Import)
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| | Edition Klavier-Festival Ruhr: Portraits (Recordings 2004 - 2005) CDs (2008) (Import) Box Set
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