Connected

Track Listings

1. Foreign Exchange Title Theme

2. Von Sees

3. Raw Life

4. Hustle, Hustle

5. Let's Move

6. Nic's Groove

7. Be Alright

8. Sincere

9. Brave New World

10. Answer

11. Happiness

12. Come Around

13. Foreign Exchange End Theme

14. All That You Are

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BUY! BUY! BUY!
Great game - great music
Hug your pillows girls
best video game soundtrack ever.
classical music listeners stop complaining

Halo 2, Vol. 1
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Sumthing Else
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Release Date: 2004-11-09

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Ghosts Of Reach
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4th Movement Of The Odyssey - Incubus
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Connected - Hoobastank

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Further proof that the 15-year-old male is the nexus of contemporary popular entertainment, this anthology of music from and "inspired by" the sequel to the earth-conquering Halo saga also showcases how capably the video game industry can trump even Hollywood's vaunted production values. The original synth-heavy underscore by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori is filled with enough brooding, mock-Goth atmospherics, and pulsing exotica of indeterminate ethnicity to give the Hans Zimmer stable a run for their money, while a slate of (mostly) worthy rock star guest turns give it a welcome edge. Legendary axe-slinger Steve Vai's sinewy riffing punches up the reworked main theme and "Never Surrender," while alt.metal contenders Breaking Benjamin serve up the suitably dramatic inspired-by cut "Blow Me Away." But it's Incubus' four-part "Odyssey" suite that's the centerpiece, bridging 1970s prog and modern rock with its moody aura and evocative musical dramatics. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

BUY! BUY! BUY!.......2007-03-05

This CD stayed in my truck's CD player for months before getting tired of it. Enough said.

Great game - great music.......2007-01-10

My son wanted this Cd. I had never sat long enough to listen to the music when he played Halo, so I didn't have a clue what I was buying. He let me listen to some of the tracks once it arrived and I had to "borrow" it from him so I could download the cd onto my pc. Needless to say I bought volume 2 and the original Halo soundtrack cd as well. They may belong to my son, but I love these cds too!

Hug your pillows girls.......2006-08-06

THe only reason I am writing anything about this album is because it contains the Odyssey by Incubus, and its probably some of their best work and will go down as their most unnoticed. While the rest of your nerds are huggin your pillows at night thinking about your video games and the "gnarly instrumentals" on this album you sit there and bash Incubus' work. The first track by them, Follow, is not all that great however it was re-released on an additional cd with their Alive at Red Rocks DVD and it sounds sooooooo much better on that cd (with some real lyrics) But after listening to the Odyssey I was really hoping this to be a new direction for Incubus, a more proggressive/conceptual sound. Whether this is the direction they go on with their new album is yet to be heard. Its a shame that this work will go unnoticed, and the only reason it will be that way because a bunch of losers decide to try and impress people with (what they think) is a sense of music just because its of a classical nature. Yes, the rest of the music on the album is amazing, and I give big ups to its composition, but come on people, show some love to good music when its presented to your faces.

best video game soundtrack ever........2006-08-03

i understand that many people are a bit angry with breaking benjamin and hoobastank being in here. i'm not particularly happy myself with the last track, but i think contemporary music is appropriate here, albeit lyrics may not be the greatest form of expressing the mysterious feeling behind everything. i think o'donnel and salvatori have what it takes to compose a score of music, but it's not a score, it's a soundtrack. i found that if you don't like them you can just skip them. the second to last track is a great way to end the soundtrack.

classical music listeners stop complaining.......2006-05-10

The worst part of this album was songs with lyrics (breaking benjamin, techno, hoobastank)...i dont understand then why people are upset with the incubus - follow has one word the whole song (two if you count "yeah") and their instrumental songs are brilliant, floyd-esque at times. for those of you reading others criticizing this album, ignore them, ignore the three bad songs on this album, and purchase it and enjoy it.

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Get connected
Fans can never be objective...
A little unimaginative... but better than I expected.
Good Driving Music
Amazing!

Connected
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Album Description

UK reissue of the British hip-hop act's hit 1992 album. Included in Q Magazine's '90 Best Albums Of The 1990s'. Standard jewel case. 2000 release.

Customer Reviews:

Get connected.......2007-04-22

I really like this Cd, it's a classic, with the title track to be one of those that will live forever. I think Stereo MC's are also worth checking out for some of their other, underrated work.

Fans can never be objective..........2006-04-21

From the OBJECTIVE reviewer...the perfect melting pot of rap and funk. It's impossible to skip over even one track on this CD.

A little unimaginative... but better than I expected........2006-02-23

Bought this CD for one track (connected)... a little early 90s nostalgia.

Not exactly one of my all time favorites, but a good CD for cleaning the house...

Good Driving Music.......2005-09-23

I must say the only reason why I initially bought this album was because of the nostalgia of "Connected" and "Step It Up". After listening to the album though, I was pleased to discover a few gems like "Ground Level", "Playing With Fire" and "Pressure". But unfortunately those are the only songs that really stick out. The rest is just background lounge music. That said, this is still a decent album to listen to - especially on a long drive. I would have given this 2 stars out of 5, but I had to give it an extra star solely on the basis that this it is undeniably quite a creative and original record.

Amazing!.......2005-07-26

I love the Stereo MC's because they provide me with what I feel is missing from most other Hip Hop & Hip Hop influenced Pop and that's good musical production, a variety of sounds and instruments, vocals & lyrics that don't rely on blatant swearing and mindless lyrics about "bitches and hoes", crime, drugs, etc...

I like all the tracks except 3, and the only thing I dont like about track 5 & 13 is the female vocals. My favourites are 1, 7 & 11. By the way, if you like these guys, you might also want to check out the Fun Lovin' Criminals.

An Introduction to Der Ring des Nibelungen

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Ring introduction critique
FASCINATING STUDY FOR NOVICES AND AFFICIONADOS ALIKE
Welcome back to a classic analysis
Essential for Understanding Wagner's Ring Cycle
Very Functional

An Introduction to Der Ring des Nibelungen
Deryck Cooke , Georg Solti , Wiener Philharmoniker , Anita Valkki , Berit Lindholm , Birgit Nilsson , Brigitte Fassbaender , Christa Ludwig , Claire Watson , Claudia Hellmann , Dame Gwyneth Jones , Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau , Eberhard Wächter , George London , Gerhard Stolze , Gottlob Frick , Grace Hoffmann , Gustav Neidlinger , Hans Hotter , Helen Watts , Helga Dernesch , Hetty Plumacher , Ira Malaniuk , James King , Jean Madeira , Joan Sutherland , Kirsten Flagstad , Kurt Böhme , Lucia Popp , Marga Höffgen , Marilyn Tyler , Maureen Guy , Oda Balsborg , Paul Kuen , Régine Crespin , Set Svanholm , Vera Little , Vera Schlosser , Waldemar Kmentt , Walter Kreppel , and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
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Returning Now To The Nature Motive... (Examples 6, 12-16)
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A Second, Much Smaller Family... (Examples 22-25)
So Much For Nature. (Examples 26-38)
The Cause Of The Deterioration... (Examples 39-44)
The Other Transformation... (Examples 45-48)
Several Other Motives... (Examples 49-52)
Two Further Motives... (Examples 41, 53-61)
The Basic Motive Associated With The Spear... (Examples 62-68)
Along Another, More Complex Line... (Examples 69-72)
In Act Two Of Walkure... (Examples 69, 73-75)
Returning Now To Act Two Of Walkure... (Examples 76-79)
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Later In The Same Scene... (Examples 84-87)
Freia's Motive Has Two Independent Segments... (Examples 88-91)
The Label 'Flight'... (Example 92)
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One Further Motive Belongs... (Example 121)
The Sword Motive Recurs... (Examples 122-130)
Ironically, This Phrase... (Examples 131-135)
Closely Associated With Gutrune's Motive... (Examples 136-140)
Here We Come To The End... (Examples 141-146)
Complemtary To This Symbol... (Examples 147-149)
One Last Central Symbol... (Examples 150-157)
One Further Motive Connected... (Examples 158-161)
There Are One Or Two Motives... (Examples 162-168)
These Motives Of Alberich And Mime... (Examples 169-171)
Quite A Number Of The Subsidiary Motives... (Examples 172-176)
Besides This Family Of Motives... (Examples 177-180)
Our Final Example... (Examples 10, 181, 182)
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Even More Masterly... (Examples 184-188)
Now If We Return... (Examples 189-191)
This Masterly Way... (Examples 192, 193)

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When Wagner set the Ring to music, he intended the orchestra to act in the fashion of a chorus from a classic Greek tragedy--setting the mood and commenting on the action. In order to allow a nonverbal musical line to reflect on the plot, Wagner developed a psychologically and musically complex symbology to communicate his thoughts to the listener. From the beginning the Ring has spawned numerous written commentaries on the relationships of the motif structure, but by using examples from the Decca Ring recording, Deryck Cooke's thoughtful spoken commentary is by far the most accessible guide for either the fledgling Ring enthusiast or the seasoned veteran. --Christian C. Rix

Customer Reviews:

Ring introduction critique.......2006-11-04

This is very worthwhile, at the same time it requires time, patience and attention, but it does provide some keys to better enjoyment of a sensational piece of music.

FASCINATING STUDY FOR NOVICES AND AFFICIONADOS ALIKE.......2006-08-16

This may look an intimidating, daunting and dull prospect - a 2+ hour lecture on the motifs in the Ring. Don't be put off. Whether you're a relative novice to the Ring and want to find out what it's all about, more experienced with a desire to understand the composer's methods better or an afficionado who thinks he knows it all inside out, there is great pleasure as well as elucidation to be had from this set. Originally made to accompany the Decca Solti Ring, it contains a multitude of musical illustrations taken from those recordings as well as some specially recorded by Solti just for this Introduction.

It wasn't the first time this has been tried. The famous HMV sets from the late 20's also included recorded examples of over 100 motifs. (These, by the way, are available as part of the Pearl reissue of those wonderful HMV recordings). What that set lacked was the wonderful insights as well as the approachability of the talk by Deryck Cooke. Cooke was a great and much missed musicologist - a Mahler expert responsible for the performing edition of the Tenth Symphony still most played today, a fascinating explorer into the nature of music's basic building-blocks in his excellent book, The Language of Music, and an inspiring and elucidating critic of Wagner's work as shown by the fascinating book he left unfinished at his death, I Saw the World End.

On these CDs he does much more than list the leitmotifs and identify them as calling-cards. He shows the amazingly integrated and organic growth of the musical material that Wagner uses throughout his vast work. He demonstrates how motifs can change their sense and meaning as they evolve through the drama. And he shows how the complex combinations of motifs can radically advance both the musical and the dramatic narrative of the piece. There are even places where he corrects the misinterpretation of some of the motifs that had become ingrained from early commentators' false labels.

This set should engage and enlighten anyone with an interest in Wagner's huge and inexhaustible tetralogy. Do give it a try - no matter how far down the road to Wagnerianism you are.

Welcome back to a classic analysis.......2006-05-28

Deryck Cooke's lecture series upon THE RING is almost as much a classic by now as the Solti RING cycle, with which it was originally issued on LP, and from which it derives its musical examples. The difference is that whereas the Solti RING has been continuously in print ever since it was completed, and was among the first opera sets to benefit from the CD revolution, the Cooke analysis was for long almost totally unobtainable. Now we have it back. It should be welcomed: it is a classic. Cooke's mellow, deep voice with the hint of a Celtic burr - which made him ideal on BBC radio - patiently explains Wagner's melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic metamorphoses to such good effect that if you own this recording, you really require no other RING analysis. (A pity about the abrupt beginnings and endings of too many vocal and orchestral illustrations, though.) Musicology lost a fine, sensitive thinker with Cooke's premature death in 1976.

If all you want is dilettantish baby food, there are plenty of dumbed-down Wagner commentaries on the market, stretching from Anna Russell's famous monologue (which doesn't pretend to be anything other than a parody aimed at morons) to the latest standard-issue "Wagner-was-a-Nazi-boo-hiss" feuilleton (which, unfortunately, does). Without reasonable score-reading skill you will find Cooke useless, however diligently you have ploughed through Marx, Jung, Freud, or other gurus purportedly relevant to THE RING. Cooke expects you to use your brains and your musical sense. Quelle horreur. At today's BBC his "elitism" would render him unemployable.

Essential for Understanding Wagner's Ring Cycle.......2006-05-15

I originally bought this set on vinyl in the early 70s when I discovered the Ring in college. I studied the records and booklet assiduously, and after about three run-throughs I finally started getting it. Wow! Thirty-five years later, I still remember Mr. Cooke's analyses of various motive families, and I don't know how I could have mastered and loved the Ring without him. I now own this set on CD and listen again on the rare occasion of attending a Ring performance. My wife calls me a "Ring nut," but of course I'm nuts about many other things as well.

Bottom line, buy this set and study it if the Ring has captivated you as it has countless others. The presentation is dry, but sticking with it brings measureless and longlasting rewards.

Very Functional.......2006-03-19

This CD set is excellent for what it sets out to do: present the leitmotives of the Ring according to their relationship to one another and their role in developing both characters and plotlines. Deryck Cooke's lectures on each motive are very insightful, very helpful at cueing the listener into the semantic aspect of Wagner's orchestral writing. The one drawback is that the musical examples are a bit jarring. Without fade-ins or -outs, the engineering is quite barbaric. And though the orchestra was, I believe, conducted by Solti, and is beautifully done, the vocal performances can be quite unpleasant. Point being: this is not background music, but in accomplishing what it sets out to do, it is very successful, and I don't know of anything else like it.

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WoW
Thank you for...this album
Classic
Hip Hop Heaven
No question 5 stars!

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Tracks:

Title Theme
Von Sees
Raw Life
Hustle Hustle
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Nic's Groove
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Sincere
Brave New World
The Answer
Come Around
Happiness
End Theme
All That You Are
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Downtime Remix

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As cliché as it sounds, music does have the ability to bring people of various background and ethnicities together. Think not? Witness Connected, the debut album from the Foreign Exchange. North Carolina-raised MC Phonte, one-third of Little Brother, and Dutch producer Nicolay formed the duo and crafted the ethereally lush hip-hop album without ever meeting face-to-face. Using the marvels of modern technology, the group traded verses and tracks over the Internet. The result is anything but mechanical. Nicolay crafts soulful, intricate backdrops that draw comparisons to producers Pete Rock and Kanye West. On the appropriately titled "Nic's Groove," the producer crafts a pitch-perfect midtempo track over which Phonte and Little Brother cohort Big Pooh trade verses. Phonte also enlists a host of upcoming artists to guest on the set. The group's MC teams with newcomer Median on the emotional "Be Alright." While Median holds his own, Phonte is in full command with a personal lyric about dealing with the ups and downs of everyday life. Meanwhile, "Sincere," which features R&B songstress YahZarah, will have listeners falling in love with hip-hop and each other all over again. Connected is a prime example of the power of good music uniting different worlds. Maybe our elected officials could take a page out of the book of the Foreign Exchange. --Lincoln Smith

Album Description

The Foreign Exchange first "met" in mid-2002, when Phonte (who resides in North Carolina and is also a member of the underground rap trio Little Brother), heard some of Nicolay's music online and asked to rhyme over one of his tracks. When Big Pooh of Little Brother, lent his vocals to the track, the song became "Light It Up," and was featured as a B-side single for the group's acclaimed 2003 effort, The Listening. "Nic was sending me some of the most beautiful stuff I'd ever heard in my life," Phonte says emphatically. "They inspired me so much that I just had to do something over them." The end result is Connected, a gorgeous and reflective blend of hip-hop, R&B, and electronic soul.

While Phonte serves as the duo's main vocalist, the group is quick to point out that Connected is not a "Phonte solo album," and is instead an ensemble record with Nicolay and Phonte acting as the project's conductors. With guest shots from up and comers Critically Acclaimed on the churchy, organ-driven "Hustle, Hustle," and neo-soul songstress Yahzarah contemplating lost love over the melancholy vocal harmonies of "Sincere," Connected finds Nicolay and his multi-talented counterpart uniting artists from different genres under a united theme of good music.

Customer Reviews:

WoW.......2007-07-07

this album is not your ordinary hip hop album being that its so smooth and laid back BUT it is a classic and every true lover of hip hop would have this album

Thank you for...this album.......2007-07-02

I know alot of you are asking "Who is Nicoley", well I can answer that by saying one of the dopest producers out right now. The beats on this album are so good, you don't even notice Phonte in the background. But still Phonte does add some nice vocals as well. Don't be afraid to pick up this album. It isn't gangsta rap or hardcore rap, it is uplifting and positive hiphop. Some of the songs really have alot of meaning. This CD will put a good spin on your collection and besides its a LITTLE BROTHER CD, so give it a chance.

Classic.......2007-05-12

Phonte? You want more...Nicolay is on the boards and this is the first time I heard him and it was incredible. The beats are so smooth and emotional. It's some real stuff. Phonte always rapping about stuff I can relate to cuz its hard for me to relate to pop rappers with all their "hos" and "drivebys". Yeah, this is real hip hop. Hes got the voice man. Just like Guru said "its the voice"... Big Pooh sounds like a new MC on this one. But man, Phonte and Nicolay, I cant wait for the next one called:

Leave It All Behind

Hip Hop Heaven .......2007-04-23

I had to write a review on this cd because it is just that good. It mixes so many moods in one collective effort. I want more if they have it to give because as Nas said it hip hop is dying. They dont make music like this anymore. Very chilled out! It never gets old and you can press play and listen without skipping a song. If you like real hip hop music and are looking for an underground classic add this to your collection.

No question 5 stars!.......2007-02-25

This album is a trailblazer, good music is timeless and this meets that bar.

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Listen to your dishwasher run instead
GOOD MIX
The only thing that upsets me
This Is the One
This Is the One

Connected
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Customer Reviews:

Listen to your dishwasher run instead.......2004-01-08

I've heard other trax by Timo on compilation mixes that I really liked. When I found this used I picked it up and then played it with great anticipation.

It has to be the most boring and monotonous trance CD I've ever listened to. Just the same thing over and over. Why bother with 2 CDs? This all could have been boiled down to just one single track.

Please, no maas!

GOOD MIX.......2003-06-10

Timo Maas is a good DJ and as indicated by the cd's name has the connections to get the killer tracks to easily create a good mix. My favorite is Special K, it has a great beat and a strange vocal part that makes it a really fun sun. I recommend this to any house, trance, or any other upbeat techno fan.

The only thing that upsets me.......2002-12-31

Is that this was released so long before i knew it - Takes about to the second track to ramp up, and then it just won't let up... That's just disc 01.
No wonder other world-reknown artists sample him all the time.

This Is the One.......2002-02-14

For a good trance set, this is the one. Disc 2 is the standout, but for sure disc 1 is a solid warmup, heating up quite nicely by its end. Maas's selection overall is superb, with darker, harder,and more infectious cuts than those found on van Dyk's Politics of Dancing (yes, Maas is the Teuton of choice). Although I generally dislike vocals in my trance, Maas's occasional vocal picks fit in well: I've found myself actually liking them, a testimony to Maas's skill perhaps. So to get feet moving (even those of the fussy)--or to just get interesting, intense background electronica that avoids monotony--pick this one up.

This Is the One.......2002-02-14

Average customer rating:

Get connected
Fans can never be objective...
A little unimaginative... but better than I expected.
Good Driving Music
Amazing!

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Stereo MC's
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Connected
Ground Level
Everything
Sketch
Fade Away
All Night Long
Step It Up
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Chicken Shake
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Album Description

UK reissue of the British hip-hop act's hit 1992 album. Included in Q Magazine's '90 Best Albums Of The 1990s'. Standard jewel case. 2000 release.

Customer Reviews:

Get connected.......2007-04-22

I really like this Cd, it's a classic, with the title track to be one of those that will live forever. I think Stereo MC's are also worth checking out for some of their other, underrated work.

Fans can never be objective..........2006-04-21

From the OBJECTIVE reviewer...the perfect melting pot of rap and funk. It's impossible to skip over even one track on this CD.

A little unimaginative... but better than I expected........2006-02-23

Bought this CD for one track (connected)... a little early 90s nostalgia.

Not exactly one of my all time favorites, but a good CD for cleaning the house...

Good Driving Music.......2005-09-23

Amazing!.......2005-07-26

Average customer rating:

Blown away!!!
Blown away!!!
Need a copy for the car, home and office...

Connected: Mixed by Jay-J
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Tell Me Why [Kiko Navarro Funk Explosion Mix]
Essence of Life [Main Mix]
With Him [Jay-J's Shifted Up Dub] - Jay-Jays, Charlene Moore
Road to Freedom [Main Mix]
Black Sugar [Original Mix] - Bobby Blanco, Miki Moto
Back to Paradise (Garage) [M. Ionescu's Remix] - Kenny Carpenter,
Music Got Ya Jumpin [Jay-J's Shifted Up Edit]
First Time /The Fist Time [Acapella][Mix] - Roland Clark

Tracks:

After Party ... [Where Da Party at? Jay-J & David Harness Edit] - Koffee Brown
He Loves Me (Lyzel in E Flat] [Illegal Mix] [Jay-J & Chris Lum ...) - Jill Scott
With Him [CD-ROM Audio Track][Mix] - Jay-Jays, Charlene Moore
Music Got Ya Jumpin [CD-ROM Audio Track][Edit]
Nervous Acid [CD-ROM Audio Track][Mix] - Bobby Konders
Rock the Spot [CD-ROM Audio Track][Mix] - Jay-Jays, Miguel Migs
Way [CD-ROM Audio Track][Mix]
Keep on Dancin [CD-ROM Audio Track] - Clay Acox

Album Details

The Premiere Volume of a Series that Presents a Producer's Current, Future and Classic Productions. In the World of Dance Music, Jay-j Has Become a Name that is Admired and Respected Worldwide as Both Superior Producer and an Excellent DJ. He Has Established a Strong Reputation as One of the Producers with the 'midas Touch'. This Two CD Mix Showcases the Very Best of Jay-j's Productions and Mixes with the Classics, the Exclusives and of Course the Real Rarities. All Tracks have Been Mixed in Jay-j's Technically Advanced and Silky Smooth Style. This Energy Filled Collection of Deep and Soulful Sounds Demonstrates his Consistent Ability to Generate Quality Like Very Few Can and is Set to Establish Himself as One of the Most Respected, Influential and Prolific Individuals in the Industry.

Customer Reviews:

Blown away!!!.......2005-11-01

Jay-J must have been holding back all these years to let Migs, Papp and Kaskade catch up. This 3 cd set is perfect for the car, club and after party. Better burn some back ups because whomever you play it for is going to snatch it when you're not looking. The energy, track selections and flow is full on flawless. Rocking it out of the gate with CELEBRATE sets the tone for an explosive journey.

Blown away!!!.......2005-11-01

Need a copy for the car, home and office..........2005-10-27

This is the best showcase of soulful house my ears have been fortunate to hear in a while! Jay-J has stepped up big time and it's obvious why Defected has asked him to launch a second series. The right amount of classic and current tracks arranged perfectly to take you not only on a journey on each disc, but one hell of an Odyssey when you play them back-to-back-to-back. `With Him', `Love Is', `Nervous Acid', `Trust', `Rock the Spot' -- Jay-J just keeps raising the bar for what audiences can, and SHOULD, expect. Finally, both Jay-J and his music will GET THE RESPECT HE DESERVES... And what a great value!!! 3 cds, unreleased tracks, 3 music videos and an interview with the "Godfather" himself. I can't wait to see him on tour...

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Just listen to the voices
We Are All Connected ... All Music, One Voice, One Powerful release of music
Powerful music for the most worthy of causes!
Music for my ears and soul for my heart
We Are All Connected

Darfur: We Are All Connected

Manufacturer: Berklee College of Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000KH9ACC
Release Date: 2006-11-14

Product Description

A collection of r&b, soul, jazz, pop, world and gospel songs by Berklee College of Music students and staff to raise awareness of the plight of women and children affected by the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan. We Are All Connected is the culmination of a collaborative effort engaging many members of the Berklee community. A delegation of Boston women traveled to the Sudan with Mercy Corps where the group heard firsthand accounts of the violence that has killed hundreds of thousands and displaced millions to camps. These stories inspired the group to take action to produce a full-length CD.Guest Artists Include: Meshell Ndegeocello, Walter Beasley and Vinnie Colaiuta

Customer Reviews:

Just listen to the voices.......2007-01-26

Very powerful statement by an extraordinary group of young musicians. In one song, you can hear the voices of the children of Darfur. It is haunting yet inspiring to hear the voices crying out for fear of extinction, but at the same time at peace with themselves.

We Are All Connected ... All Music, One Voice, One Powerful release of music.......2006-11-22

From beginning to the end this compact disc is wonderful! All the colors and sounds of voices and instruments come together in a sweet blend to tell the story of the victims in the Darfur region of Sudan. Stories of hope, survival, and longing. Songs such as: Love Myself Instead, We Shall Heal, Home, and Why only wets the appetite and leaves the listener wanting more, looking introspectively, and asking questions.

Kudos to Berklee College of Music, the leadership of Roger Brown, and the inspiration of Linda Mason ... We Are All Connected is an incredible collection of music to raise awareness in support of those who are suffering in Darfur.

Powerful music for the most worthy of causes!.......2006-11-21

Wow! This CD blew me away. I am so impressed with the students, faculty and staff of Berklee College of Music for lending their time and talents to produce this benefit CD for Darfur. The music is so diverse and inspiring too! Everything from jazz to techno to R&B, world and country. I love the way they wove the voices of the Sudanese women and children into their music. [..] Hats off to Berklee, their leader Roger Brown and his wife Linda Mason for bringing this topic to their campus, and inspiring the making of this CD. I love that I can buy an incredible CD of music, and support a cause that is near and dear to my heart. Proceeds go to MercyCorps "Darfur Fund", and I plan to buy several more to share with friends and family this holiday season. Do something good for your soul and for the good of humanity and buy this CD!

Music for my ears and soul for my heart.......2006-11-20

I came upon this CD as an activist for the women of Darfur. I was familiar with the work of Mercy Corps and knew that any project they were involved with was worth my money. I searched for really effective ways that I could help stop the atrocitites in the Sudan and was quite pleased to have come upon this CD.

Well then, I actually listened to it. It's great. I mean, really great. I know Berklee is a very reputable music school so I figured it would be good, but I can honestly say I was really moved by the music. I was psyched that not only had I helped the women of Darfur by buying the CD but I was also proud to be supporting Berklee students and faculty.

As a result of the music being so good, I am going to give this CD to several people on my holiday list this year. Of course it's also nice to give gifts just for the humanitarian aspect, so it's great to know that with this CD I'll have both bases covered.

We Are All Connected.......2006-11-18

We hear so many stories in the news about atrocities happening around the world that we become inured to them, and learn to separate ourselves from what we hear completely. We become spectators instead of participants. CDs like this one remind us that regardless of the distance between continents, there are connections between people.

Hearing the recordings of women and children in internally displaced person camps in Darfur incorporated into the compositions of Berklee's music community reinvigorates those connections, and reminds us that we do have a voice, no matter where we live. And knowing that the proceeds from the CD benefit Mercy Corps' Darfur programs makes this an easy purchase to make. I'm sending it to everyone on my Christmas list.

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Does it get any better? I think not.
Many years later this album is still refreshing!
The Most Underrated R&B/Soul Album Of 1998, Hands Down
U Don't Have to Worry..this is a great CD
Smoooooooooth Like Butter

Connected
Family Stand
Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002HQ9
Release Date: 1998-02-24

Tracks:

Keepin' You Satisfied
Butter
When Heaven Calls
Connected
It Should've Been Me (That Loved You)
What Must I Do Now?
You Don't Have To Worry
Fienin
You're Mine
Don't Ask Why
More And More
What Must I Do Now? (Reprise)

Amazon.com

After a half decade's absence and a change in lead singers to Jacci McGhee, the Family Stand returned in early 1998 with Connected. Less rock-oriented than 1992's Moon in Scorpio, the album is still more daring than many other recent retro-soul discs; shimmering string sections and guitars are put in service not only of seduction numbers like "Keepin' You Satisfied," with its group vocal interplay and sly nod to "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" but also a tough-minded remembrance of Tupac Shakur on "What Must I Do Now?" --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

Does it get any better? I think not........2006-01-29

More refined talent with great lyrics, arrangements and meaning. From high-powered rock to cool soul to simmering ballads, Family Stand has the be the most genuinely versatile band I've ever heard. They don't just do multiple genres. They do them better than the people who spend all their time in that particular one. The Best album you never heard 4 sure!

Many years later this album is still refreshing!.......2004-07-27

A shame, shame, shame that more music of this time lacks the quality of what this band produced. But lesser bands have benefitted from more mainstream exposure. If you've read this far, you pretty much understand the niche The Family Stand put themselves in. It's not too much more that can be said about the LACK of marketing of this band. Their music is exceptional. After owning their first two albums, this last one transforms them from an ecclectic colletion to serious Neo-Soul listening pleasure. Every song was good. Real Instruments, Real (Meaningful) Lyrics, Real Producing, and Real Talent (singing).

1. Keepin' You Satisfied - Sounds like a true Soul song of the 70's. Ms. McGhee's voice makes the song.

2. Butter - Makes you think you are listening to Sly and the Family Stone. Excellent vocals, guitar, bass. One of my favorites.

3. When Heaven Calls - Very nice. Could easily be mistaken for a Chaka Khan song.

4. Connected - Ms. McGhee once again turns out a sultry impassioned plea. Another one of my favorites.

5. It Should've Been Me (That Loved You) - Wonderful. Stevie would be proud.

6. What Must I Do Now? - The best song lyrically with their uncompromising social commentary. Most folks have to listen to these songs several times to get the Tupac references and meaning.

7. You Don't Have to Worry - The ONLY song that got any airplay. And that was miniscule! More social commentary.

8. Fienin - stirs up passion and the lyrics are dangerous.

9. You're Mine - Has a little Mid-tempo Middle Eastern feel to it. Gets catchy after several listens.

10. Don't Ask Why - Decent lyrics and melody.

11. More and More - Like an earlier reviewer, reminds me of Rufus and Chaka Khan.

12. What Must I Do Now? (Reprise) - Mostly intrumental version of this song.

The Most Underrated R&B/Soul Album Of 1998, Hands Down.......2002-08-19

Sometimes, I honestly believe that a great deal of these young artists today still don't get it. What made this kind of music thrive back in the day (I consider the late-60's to mid-70's period the "golden age" for that matter) was not solely on account of strong songwriting or experimenting with various styles and ideas, but LIVE INSTRUMENTATION AND ACTUAL SINGING ABILITY AS WELL. In this case, there are really only a handful of albums that were released this past decade which truly lived up to those standards. Not surprisingly, a good number of them were done by artists outside this country.

That brings us to this finely crafted album by the NY-based Family Stand. Connected serves as a painful example of how far the music industry has gone off the deep end in terms of not promoting legitimate musical talent on a more consistent basis, especially when the timing couldn't have been more perfect for this particular group. Compared to other albums in its genre that were released the very same year, NONE of them in my honest opinion could truly compete with Connected in terms of overall content. There is an abundance of solid, at-times brilliant, songwriting, live instrumentation (a band laying out killer grooves on all but ONE track), and well-honed singing chops found here which easily places it a notch or two above its peers. Only the one track in question (You Don't Have To Worry) has any hint of the kind of electronic programming that would normally be found on more mainstream releases. Fortunately, it was wisely done in a manner so as to not deviate from the song's main intent of telling an emotional story of racism and single parenting in today's society.

It's quite unfortunate to find Connected out of print now, but there should be some copies lying around in used cd bins if one knows where to look. Call it "retro" or "dated" or whatever (I'm 21 so that really says a lot about what I find acceptable in music these days), I sincerely believe that good music is good music no matter what way, shape, or form it is done in. And Connected remains an album loaded with GOOD MUSIC. What more is there to say???

Highlights:

When Heaven Calls (shades of the Isley Brothers, circa early to mid-70's)

Title track (wonderfully orchestrated soul number; goes to prove the old school sounds of yesteryear will never truly die)

It Should've Been Me That Loved You (eat your heart out, Stevie!)

What Must I Do Now? (two-part song that remains the album's centerpiece; check out the latter half devoted to the late Tupac Shakur)

You Don't Have To Worry (eat your heart out, Sly!)

Fienin' (should've gotten some radio play at the time because it seems funk like this just isn't done anymore; vocalist Jacci McGhee really turns it out on this cut)

More and More (sexy, late-night soul number that probably would've made even Rufus & Chaka Khan take notice)

U Don't Have to Worry..this is a great CD.......2001-11-25

I absolutly loved this album..i heard the single on the radio when it first came out and searched and searched til I found this cd. you know when u purchase a cd and go straight to the song that is on the radio..with this cd u did not have to do that all the tracks before and after "You don't have to worry" were hittin it. I just wish more artists could sound the way they do on record as they do live. Hope u enjoy!

Smoooooooooth Like Butter.......2001-06-30

I bought this album after hearing just one song, "Butter." That song had me hooked and I was definately not disappointed. All I have to say is the album is perfect, sexy, tight, delicious....BUY IT!

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Mr. Toussaint's Music is New Orleans
almost as good as the old classics

Connected
Allen Toussaint
Manufacturer: Nyno
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000005BD6
Release Date: 1996-05-07

Tracks:

Pure Uncut Love
Do The Do
Computer Lady
Get Out Of My Life, Woman
We're All Connected
Sweet Dreams
Funky Bars
Ahya
If I Leave
Aign Nyee
In Your Love
Oh My
All Of It
Wrong Number
Rolling With The Punches

Customer Reviews:

Mr. Toussaint's Music is New Orleans.......2005-02-14

A beautiful and diverse album. A little bit of everything that is Toussaint. Only few can touch a piano like him. I once read in an interview that "In Your Love" was one of the songs he was most proud of composing-and for very good reason. If you have not had the pleasure of listening to any of Mr. Toussaint's releases please do. He is not only a legend but a preserver of New Orleans' music and heritage.

I also highly recomend his new Jazzity Project CD entitled "Going Places." It smokes! Jazz the Toussaint way. If you can't find it anywhere check out www.louisianamusicfactory.com

almost as good as the old classics.......2000-06-14

Allen Toussaint is well on his way to becoming a New Orleans icon, but this great record is certainly not as known as it should be. Toussaint's legendary status as sideman and producer is well documented, but he is also a fine performer. This record contains all the trademarks; stone funky vamps, gorgeous ballads, snappy horn arrangements, superb piano playing and soulful, gentle vocals. Mr. Toussaint is not touring very much, which is New Orleans' gain and our loss...in a just world he would be a mega megastar. "Connected" makes a strong case, and is recommended listening to anybody who wants to know just how good Nawlins pop music can get.

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