© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-bigd99999 Recent reviews written by member bigd99999 en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_491781000836?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bigd99999 - Throughout history, when forces have combined and united on the same front, it usually has lead to incredibly strong results (see Captain Planet, Voltron, and The Mega Powers, brother). In hip hop, time and time again we see alleged "supergroups" fail to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~491781000836 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:09:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_491781000836?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_487906971268?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bigd99999 - I am of the opinion that Southside Jamaica Queens’s hip hop foursome the Lost Boyz, despite being one of the most successful rap acts of the 90s, are far too often slept on by even the most open-minded rap journalists. Seriously, look throughout... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~487906971268 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:09:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_487906971268?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_487911296644?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author bigd99999 - It's always interesting to look back at the early days of a rapper before he became a celebrated MTV pop icon and blew up to the masses. When listening to records such as Eminem's Infinite, 2Pac's 2Pacalypse Now, or even the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~487911296644 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:43:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_487911296644?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_487784943236?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author bigd99999 - A lot of rap fans look at Esham as the one old school emcee who never made it past the underground and often wonder why. To me, that's like wondering why ECW never made it to the mainstream, why Arena Football had to paper tickets, or why Canibus never... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~487784943236 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:08:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_487784943236?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_486445911684?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bigd99999 - Main Source was a hip hop super-group from the Great White North (Toronto, Canada) composed of Sir Scratch, K-Cut, and Large Professor. The majority of folks reading that will probably think "who?" to the first two, but instantly recognize Large... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~486445911684 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:13:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_486445911684?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_486308744836?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author bigd99999 - At one time, I considered KRS-One one of hip hop's most respectable, profound, and astute founding fathers. While he admittedly was never that great of a wordsmith (no, he wasn't), KRS-One's strengths always lay in his ability to talk about... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~486308744836 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:58:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_486308744836?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_485913431684?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bigd99999 - To Shawn Carter, the word "Blueprint" has always represented change. When Jay-Z released The Blueprint on September 11th, 2001, it was an answer to his critics, fans and his peers who claimed he'd lost his ability to be introspective... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~485913431684 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:08:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_485913431684?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_485529063044?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bigd99999 - I have been here before... I remember being the guy who was semi-ridiculed when I said I felt Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt was a cinematic concept album about the mafioso lifestyle. Others thought I was over-doing it a bit, but I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~485529063044 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:39:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_485529063044?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_484962438788?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author bigd99999 - It really irks me that pretentious backpacker hip hop heads criticize 50 Cent for being a poor lyricist. To me, thats the equivalent of saying Young MC needs guitar lessons or Brett Favre is a young up and comer. Sure, during the days of Get Rich... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~484962438788 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:29:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_484962438788?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_484626042500?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bigd99999 - "Me I'm no wanksta, me I'm no actor..." -- 50 Cent - Wanksta, 2002 Needless to say; everything a rapper says isn't always that kosher. Indeed in 2005, 50 Cent did what Eminem did in 2002 (almost identically to a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~484626042500 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:28:06 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_484626042500?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_482185875076?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bigd99999 - I went into Beats, Rhymes, and Life hoping that I wouldn't have to say that Midnight Marrauders and The Low End Theory are the only albums by A Tribe Called Quest that matter. I was really hoping that. Even... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~482185875076 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:32:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_482185875076?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_484620209796?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author bigd99999 - With the dawn of N.W.A.'s Straight Outta Compton in the late 1980s, and even in today's landscape, rappers are obsessed with maintaining some sort of street credibility. In the early 90s, a horde of hip hop releases were loaded with... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~484620209796 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:44:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_484620209796?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_484288269956?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bigd99999 - The other day I took a look at the United States release of Michael Jackson's Number Ones compilation, so I suggest reading that review first, available here. Let me... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~484288269956 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:18:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_484288269956?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_483199192708?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bigd99999 - It is of my opinion that unless an artist is known for having great singles amongst lackluster albums (see Run-DMC, LL Cool J, etc), then compilation albums are essentially worthless for music fans and/or fans of that artist. This doesn't stop record... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~483199192708 Wed, 9 Sep 2009 00:15:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_483199192708?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_483801009796?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bigd99999 - By 2001, Michael Jackson was seen in music as a figure of the past. Clones such as Usher and Justin Timberlake had already taken center stage of the pop charts with seemingly no turning back. Still, Michael's willingness to re-invent the wheel and stay... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~483801009796 Mon, 7 Sep 2009 10:40:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_483801009796?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_482212351620?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author bigd99999 - I hate remix albums. It's almost as if the artist says "I screwed up the first time so this time I'm going to get it right" or "let me milk you for every penny". Either way, every remix album I have ever heard has brought disasterous results... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~482212351620 Fri, 4 Sep 2009 19:26:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_482212351620?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_482382745220?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bigd99999 - The time period leading up to the release of HIStory still resonates in my mind to this day. Michael Jackson's Dangerous was an awesome album, some would argue his best, back in 1991. In the four years following the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~482382745220 Wed, 2 Sep 2009 10:00:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_482382745220?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_483193687684?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bigd99999 - I love New Jack Swing (Yup, I capitalized it there). Growing up in the late 80s and early 90s, new jack swing was my isht. It's awesome blend of pop, R&B, and hip hop brings back fond memories of fun, bouncy songs and some of the most... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~483193687684 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:15:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_483193687684?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_482203766404?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bigd99999 - So Thriller made Michael Jackson the most popular human being on Earth. By the time Bad came out, a lot of things had changed for MJ, even though it was only four years. His personal life began to slowly enter the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~482203766404 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:23:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_482203766404?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_482416430724?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bigd99999 - Michael Jackson's sixth studio album,Thriller, is the most successful album in the history of music. It is estimated to have sold 110 million copies worldwide. Can an album that sold that many copies really be that good? I mean, Britney... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~482416430724 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:28:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_482416430724?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_482155990660?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bigd99999 - Words really can't describe the roller coaster of emotions that I felt when Michael Jackson died. It was a mixture of shock and disbelief, followed by sadness. Although my body of work in terms of music has always revolved around the hip hop genre, no... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~482155990660 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:14:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_482155990660?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469739605636?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bigd99999 - Eminem is such a tragedy to me. Not because he's suffered any sort of major hardship (although the death of best friend and rap partner Proof was certainly tough for him), or because he's pissed away all his money like Hammer, or because he became... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469739605636 Fri, 8 May 2009 23:24:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469739605636?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_385764396676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bigd99999 - Hype can be a dangerous thing. A lot of close-minded people actually believe the crap that is spewed on television. The most recent fit of rage that I took was on the Beef 2 DVD, how Kay-Slay (whom I've lost hordes of respect for) actually... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~385764396676 Tue, 3 Jul 2007 22:24:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_385764396676?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_383333207684?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author bigd99999 - 2005's Murs 3:16: The 9th Edition was considered one of modern hip-hop's best collaborative releases. The so-called "legendary" 9th Wonder, responsible for the new-age hip-hop soul responsible for putting Little Brother on the map, teamed... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~383333207684 Sat, 30 Jun 2007 09:16:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_383333207684?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_278059323012?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bigd99999 - Anybody who REALLY thought Jay-Z was going to retire in 2003 needs to get slapped. When something is in your blood and a part of your spirit, you'll never really quit it. For Shawn Carter, rapping fills the void in his life. It's more than just a hobby,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~278059323012 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:13:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_278059323012?linkin_id=8003929