Latin Jazz Music

There are some great lyrics on here but the beats are kind of wack and you can tells this is a compilation.There are a good collections of MCs and musiscians-Asheru-Wordsworth-Kweli-J Live-Ken Starr...If you are looking for some B-Boy roots music music this could be the place for you.The Top songs are as Follows "B.M.I.G.","Braggin rights","Backstage" and "Mood Swings"
Lyrics-10/10 Production-6/10 X Factor-7/10 Classic-8 Replay-7
Total=7.5 out of 10 Fingers

This album was off the hook! Every track is crazy. This has the illest underground MCs. Y'all need to watch out, they bring the ehat on this album. You want some real music? Then cop the album!!!!!!!!

This album was off the hook! Every track is crazy. Watch out for these cats, they're definitely makin some real noise. Cop the album!!!!!!!!

This album is great. Asheru is fast becoming one of my favorite rappers- the track with Kweli is worth the purchase price alone. J-Live seems to be popping up everywhere- take a listen to the track with Soulive. If you don't get up and dance, check your heartbeat. I was a little disappointed with the Richy Pitch track, which is really just some people talking over a mediocre beat. Overall, though, there is not much skipping around on this album, something that rarely can be said for compilations. I look forward to more from 7 Heads in the future.

There are some great lyrics on here but the beats are kind of wack and you can tells this is a compilation.There are a good collections of MCs and musiscians-Asheru-Wordsworth-Kweli-J Live-Ken Starr...If you are looking for some B-Boy roots music music this could be the place for you.The Top songs are as Follows "B.M.I.G.","Braggin rights","Backstage" and "Mood Swings"
Lyrics-10/10 Production-6/10 X Factor-7/10 Classic-8 Replay-7
Total=7.5 out of 10 Fingers

This album was off the hook! Every track is crazy. This has the illest underground MCs. Y'all need to watch out, they bring the ehat on this album. You want some real music? Then cop the album!!!!!!!!

This album was off the hook! Every track is crazy. Watch out for these cats, they're definitely makin some real noise. Cop the album!!!!!!!!

This album is great. Asheru is fast becoming one of my favorite rappers- the track with Kweli is worth the purchase price alone. J-Live seems to be popping up everywhere- take a listen to the track with Soulive. If you don't get up and dance, check your heartbeat. I was a little disappointed with the Richy Pitch track, which is really just some people talking over a mediocre beat. Overall, though, there is not much skipping around on this album, something that rarely can be said for compilations. I look forward to more from 7 Heads in the future.

There are some great lyrics on here but the beats are kind of wack and you can tells this is a compilation.There are a good collections of MCs and musiscians-Asheru-Wordsworth-Kweli-J Live-Ken Starr...If you are looking for some B-Boy roots music music this could be the place for you.The Top songs are as Follows "B.M.I.G.","Braggin rights","Backstage" and "Mood Swings"
Lyrics-10/10 Production-6/10 X Factor-7/10 Classic-8 Replay-7
Total=7.5 out of 10 Fingers

This album was off the hook! Every track is crazy. This has the illest underground MCs. Y'all need to watch out, they bring the ehat on this album. You want some real music? Then cop the album!!!!!!!!

This album was off the hook! Every track is crazy. Watch out for these cats, they're definitely makin some real noise. Cop the album!!!!!!!!

This album is great. Asheru is fast becoming one of my favorite rappers- the track with Kweli is worth the purchase price alone. J-Live seems to be popping up everywhere- take a listen to the track with Soulive. If you don't get up and dance, check your heartbeat. I was a little disappointed with the Richy Pitch track, which is really just some people talking over a mediocre beat. Overall, though, there is not much skipping around on this album, something that rarely can be said for compilations. I look forward to more from 7 Heads in the future.

A couple years ago I found "The Best of Paolo Conte" in a box of free CD's a friend of mine acquired from an outlet. I picked it up because it was Italian and looked interesting. I fell in love with Paolo! Man! Musically, lyrically, he is hard to beat.

I bought "900" because it contained one of my favorite songs from The Best of Paolo, "Gong-Oh." I have listened to the whole CD now over and over. I don't think there is a song I don't like. All the songs are in the same vein as "Gong-Oh," if you are familiar with it--lots of accordion, bongo-type drums, horns, fun rhythms, et cetera. The title song "Novecento" is especially good.

If you already like Paolo Conte, you must get this one too. If you have yet to be introduced to Paolo, then this would also be perfect. The songs are catchy enough for even the uninitiated ear. Ciao.

Why Mario Bauza is still a relatively forgotten figure in the latin-jazz mainstream is a mistery to me. This CD is one of the best showcases of latin-jazz's raw power. It's not 'over the top', like Arturo Sandoval or some of Chucho Valdes' records, and it's not 'bare-bones' like some of the albums by Munyequitos de Matanzas. It's just right.

Mario Bauza is one of the founding fathers of latin jazz, starting to experiment with Afro-Cuban music in the forties, together with Machito amongst others. Recognition came very late for him and he was able to record very little under his name. This is his third album in a row for the Messidor label (the first one "Tanga" is also a masterpiece), the last one just less than two months before he passed away in 1993 around the age of eighty! Still there is nothing in this album that sounds aged, on the contrary: this is some of the most sparkling fresh energizing and honest Afro-Cuban jazz ever made! And if you consider that the band consists of 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, 5 saxophones, 5 people in the percussion department, 3 background vocals and two lead vocalists, then you probably understand that it sounds really BIG! Sparks fly on this record and be sure that your feet and body will move once you hear this music. Just listen to my favorite cut "Zambia".