en http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:19:27 GMT Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:19:27 GMT http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/Slim-Shady-Explicit-Version/10059920 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:11:07 GMT Slim Shady (Explicit Version)

Slim Shady (Explicit Version)]]> http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/Slim-Shady-Explicit-Version/10059920 http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/Eminem-Behind-the-Mask/5619804 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:11:05 GMT Eminem-Behind the Mask

Eminem-Behind the Mask]]> http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/Eminem-Behind-the-Mask/5619804 http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/Eminem-Glory-Years/5619800 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:11:03 GMT Eminem-Glory Years

Eminem-Glory Years]]> http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/Eminem-Glory-Years/5619800 http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/The-Eminem-Show/5619760 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:11:01 GMT Deux ans après le succès interplanétaire du real Slim Shady, la même hargne dévastatrice habite Mr. Just-Don't-Give-a-Fuck, alias Eminem. Avec The Eminem Show, le blondinet, désormais presque trentenaire, passe à confesse et s'appesantit sur les trois femmes de sa vie : sa mère, vilipendée ("Cleanin Out My Closet"), son ex-femme, caricaturée ("Superman": You selfish bitch, I hope you fuckin' burn in hell for this shit"), et sa progéniture, adulée ("Hailie's Song"). Ce rejeton controversé de l'Amérique, qui n'hésite pas à s'octroyer le titre peu recommandé de "The worst thing since Elvis Presley", ne capitule pas. Au lieu de se vautrer dans le hip-hop mainstream, Em, rappeur blanc milliardaire mange férocement la main qui le nourrit : "If I was black I would have sold half/I could be one of your kids" ("White America"). De son flow puissant et parfois désabusé, il conte par le menu ses récentes tribulations médiatiques (une série de procès) et honnit le patriotisme post 11 septembre. Pour nourrir ses propos vénéneux, Eminem, attentif aux préceptes de son mentor et partenaire, le producteur Dre, flingue les diktats à la mode hip-hop et préfère utiliser un extrait du "Dream On" des rockers éternels d'Aerosmith ("Sing For The Moment") ou un beat disco irrésistiblement synthétique ("Without Me"). Décidemment, Marshall Mathers, aka Eminem, est bien plus qu'un monstre-rappeur de foire. --Sabrina Silamo

The Eminem Show]]> http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/The-Eminem-Show/5619760 http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/Encore/5528038 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:11:00 GMT Encore

Encore]]> http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/Encore/5528038 http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/Slim-Shady-LP/5188911 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:10:58 GMT Asia exclusive pressing of the rapper's blockbuster 2000 studio album includes a bonus eight track AVCD (Audio/Video CD) featuring 'The Real Slim Shady' (uncensored video), 'The Way I Am' (uncensored video), 'Stan' (directors cut video), 'The Real Slim Shady' (instrumental), 'The Way I Am' (instrumental), 'Stan' (instrumental), 'The Kids' (explicit version) & 'The Way I Am' (Danny Lohner remix feat. Marilyn Manson). Slipcase. Universal. 2001.

Slim Shady LP]]> http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/Slim-Shady-LP/5188911 http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/8-Mile/4918165 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:10:56 GMT Eminem contributes three new songs, all self-produced, which happen to be three of the most ferocious hip-hop songs ever recorded.

8 Mile]]> http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/8-Mile/4918165 http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/Eminem-Presents-the-Re-Up/4392720 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:10:55 GMT Eminem Presents: The Re-Up (Shady Records/Interscope Records), began as a street mixtape project--an underground, unofficial CD with raw production values--designed to help launch new Shady Records artists Stat Quo, Ca$his and Bobby Creekwater. "But what happened is that the material was so good and the tracks were getting produced like a regular album," said Eminem. "Instead of putting it out there rough and unfinished, I thought we should add some other new tracks, make it a real album, and put it in the record stores to give these new artists a real boost." The album was executive produced by Eminem, who also produced the majority of the songs. A handful of selections were produced by The Alchemist, who also compiled the album in true mixtape fashion. The Alchemist is best known for his work with Cypress Hill, Nas, Snoop Dogg, Mobb Deep, and Jadakiss. Each of the tracks makes its official CD debut on Eminem Presents: The Re-Up, though Stat Quo's "Billion Bucks," and Obie Trice's "Cry Now" (Remix), produced by LT Moe, was recently released on mixtapes and to radio. The first single and video will be "You Don't Know" from Eminem, 50 Cent, Ca$his and Lloyd Banks. With Eminem and Ca$his from the Shady camp and 50 Cent and Lloyd Banks from G-Unit, the rap illustrates the unity of the two organizations. The Re-Up also gave acclaimed hip-hop producer The Alchemist a chance to work with Shady's new regime. After joining forces on-stage as Eminem's DJ on last year's Anger Management 3 tour, Alchemist and the Shady camp began collaborating in the studio. This new album features the results of this anticipated collaboration with new tracks produced by The Alchemist featuring Stat Quo, Ca$his, Bobby Creekwater and Obie Trice. Among the album's other recordings are "No Apologies" from Eminem; "Talkin' All That" from Ca$his; "City Of Gold" from Bobby Creekwater; "Murder" from Bizarre and Kuniva (both of D12); and The "Smack That (Remix)" with Akon. Stat Quo, hailing from Atlanta, was signed to a joint deal between Shady Records and Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment after Eminem and Dre heard him on the Underground Atlanta mixtape series. Creekwater, also from Atlanta, was inked after Eminem heard his work on demos and in the studio with The Alchemist. Ca$his, a Chicago native transplanted in his youth to Orange Co., California, was a member of West Coast underground favorites The Renegadez. Rampant misinformation about Eminem Presents: The Re-Up included many false internet tracklistings and that the mixtape would be a tribute to D12's Proof, the recently slain rapper and close friend of Eminem. "The D12 album and those unreleased songs with Proof are coming," said Eminem. "But The Re-Up is about these new artists and these new songs. It isn't fair to them or to the memory of Proof to mix them up."

Eminem Presents the Re-Up]]> http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/Eminem-Presents-the-Re-Up/4392720 http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/Curtain-Call-The-Hits/4324856 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:10:53 GMT [Grade: B] "Curtain Call" provides a quick reminder of why Eminem is among the most respected and revealing hip-hop artists.

Curtain Call: The Hits]]> http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/Curtain-Call-The-Hits/4324856 http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/Eminem-Blue-Banner-Biographies/4229521 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:10:51 GMT A biography of rap artist Eminem.

Eminem (Blue Banner Biographies)]]> http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/Eminem-Blue-Banner-Biographies/4229521 http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/Brand-New-Day/8901315 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:06:10 GMT With customary thoughtfulness and his usual verve, Sting is talking about Brand New Day, his sumptuous new album, a collection of songs exploring the theme of love. I didn't set out to write lyrics just about love, yet almost all the songs have the theme of broken lives that can be mended by love. My challenge was to write a happy love song without being banal or smug. For example, 'Brand New Day,' the last song, begins with a jaundiced view and then moves toward acceptance, to diving back into love. It's basically the thought that failing in love is an act of optimism - and I think if the album has a tone, for me...it's an optimistic one. Incorporating highly rhythmic elements, echoes of Miles Davis and medieval plainsong, of Algerian pop and American Country Music, Brand New Day also ranges, with typical Sting audacity, over a world of styles - here's love in abundance of musical tongues. For every irresistible hook or melody, there's a rhythmic challenge or instrumental surprise. Trying to write simple pop songs over a compound time is my idea of a crossword puzzle - or three-dimensional chess, Sting explains. That's my obsession. And, he laughs, I think people expect that of me to throw them a few loops here and there. They'd probably be disappointed if I didn't.' Co-produced by Sting and producer/programmer Kipper and featuring Sting's customary peerless collaborators - guitarist Dominic Miller, drummers Manu Katche and Vinnie Colaiuta - and guest stars James Taylor, Stevie Wonder, Branford Marsalis, Chris Boti and Cheb Mami, Sting's seventh solo studio outing builds on the legacy of a visionary original, impatient with labels, categories.

Brand New Day]]> http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/Brand-New-Day/8901315 http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/Sting-Fields-of-Gold-Guitar-Tab/7627627 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:06:09 GMT The Best Of Sting 1984-1994 Matching folio to his greatest hits album featuring 14 songs: Fortress Around Your Heart If I Ever Lose My Faith In You We'll Be Together When We ...

Sting: Fields of Gold Guitar Tab]]> http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/Sting-Fields-of-Gold-Guitar-Tab/7627627 http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/Desert-Rose-Brand-New-Day-US-CD-Single-Sting/6340770 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:06:07 GMT

Desert Rose/Brand New Day [US CD Single] - Sting]]> http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/Desert-Rose-Brand-New-Day-US-CD-Single-Sting/6340770 http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/Sacred-Love-Sting/6335324 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:06:06 GMT

Sacred Love - Sting]]> http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/Sacred-Love-Sting/6335324 http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/The-Sting-Wu-Tang-Killa-Bees/6317876 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:06:04 GMT

The Sting - Wu-Tang Killa Bees]]> http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/The-Sting-Wu-Tang-Killa-Bees/6317876 http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/The-Very-Best-of-Sting-the-Police/4056688 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:06:03 GMT Yes, you've seen this title before -- slapped on a 1997 compilation of the peroxided trio's best-known material -- but this latest collection of material from {|Sting|} and the {|Police|} arrives in new and improved form. In a nod to Sting's continued dominance as a solo artist, the disc has been reconfigured to emphasize his recent material -- most notably "Desert Rose" and "Brand New Day." The 18-song collection dips back in time to the Police's first worldwide smash, "Roxanne," and tracks the band's progress through reggae-tinged pop tunes like "Don't Stand So Close to Me" through more complex creations like "Russians" (which, despite its Cold War-era lyric, still resonates pretty strongly). In addition, the set has been retrofitted with a number of favorites left off the original issue, including "De Do Do Do De Da Da Da" and "So Lonely." Given that it was initially created to commemorate Sting's Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to the UK Music Industry, the disc is peppered with highlights from his solo career, including the contemplative "Fields of Gold" and "An Englishman in New York." Full of favorites, The Very Best of Sting & the Police makes an excellent springboard into Sting and company's lasting body of work.

The Very Best of... Sting & the Police]]> http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/The-Very-Best-of-Sting-the-Police/4056688 http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/The-Journey-The-Labyrinth-The-Music-of-John-Dowland-DVD-CD/4050600 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:06:01 GMT Better are the moments when the set is dark and the camera focuses on Sting's face. You enter the special torment of these ballads, still unsurpassed for beauty among songs in the English language.

The Journey & The Labyrinth: The Music of John Dowland (DVD & CD)]]> http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/The-Journey-The-Labyrinth-The-Music-of-John-Dowland-DVD-CD/4050600 http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/Ten-Summoner-s-Tales/4000046 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:05:59 GMT The former jazzman-turned-punk is now more middle-of-the-road than a yellow stripe. But Ten Summoner's Tales is by far the most engaging of his solo records. The singles "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" and "Fields of Gold" prove the man can lighten up long enough to go deep. "She's Too Good For Me" would have been a good Police single if it weren't for the pseudo-classical midsection that takes its joke far too seriously. Still, you wish he would loosen up and enjoy the rock once in a while. --Robert Wilonsky

Ten Summoner's Tales]]> http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/Ten-Summoner-s-Tales/4000046 http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/Fields-of-Gold-The-Best-of-Sting-1984-1994/3614150 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:05:58 GMT A good overview of Sting's radio hits and popular album tracks with only one major omission ("Mad About You"), Fields of Gold also offers three previously-unreleased songs. "This Cowboy Song" and "When We Dance" appear on no other album, while "We'll Be Together" is an alternate version. The import version of this collection offers a substantially different (and expanded) track listing, dropping "Fortress Around Your Heart," "Be Still My Beating Heart," and "Why Should I Cry for You"; and adding "Mad About You," "Nothing 'Bout Me," "Seven Days," "It's Probably Me," "Love is the Seventh Wave," and "Demolition Man." --Gavin McNett

Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984-1994]]> http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/Fields-of-Gold-The-Best-of-Sting-1984-1994/3614150 http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/Sting/2834428 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:05:56 GMT Set in the 1930s, small-time crook robert redford and veterancon man paul newman seek revenge on the vicious crime lordrobert shaw who murdered one of their brotherhood.

Sting]]> http://review-music-albums.zlio.net/p/Sting/2834428