Whiteout75
Well-Known Member
LL Cool J - "Mama Said Knock You Out". Had only heard the title track off this before, and I was a bit underwhelmed at how poorly it had aged. Had expected a lot more power in both the beats and delivery. Still, he has a decent flow and a couple of songs are pretty cool. Other songs feels very dated, both in sound and the sexist content. Score: 2/5
CHIC - "Risque". "Oh no, not disco!" was my first response when I saw this. Still cool to get to experience almost every dimension and genre of popular music in this project.
Good Times is a decent song with a killer bassline (that has been sampled and copied many times). The rest is an expose in the limitations of the disco genre, and it becomes pretty obvious why the genre pretty much died at the start of the 80s. Every song is so damn long too, and repetitive. Feels like they had enough material for a decent e.p. here, but decided to drag it out so they could charge us for an album. But I like some of the hooks, and the basslines are awesome. Score 2/5
CHIC - "Risque". "Oh no, not disco!" was my first response when I saw this. Still cool to get to experience almost every dimension and genre of popular music in this project.
Good Times is a decent song with a killer bassline (that has been sampled and copied many times). The rest is an expose in the limitations of the disco genre, and it becomes pretty obvious why the genre pretty much died at the start of the 80s. Every song is so damn long too, and repetitive. Feels like they had enough material for a decent e.p. here, but decided to drag it out so they could charge us for an album. But I like some of the hooks, and the basslines are awesome. Score 2/5