© 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-speeddemon531 Recent reviews written by member speeddemon531 en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_492651581060?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author speeddemon531 - Hard to believe that it's been 40 years since Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael first stepped into the spotlight with the hit single "I Want You Back"? Well, I wouldn't know, seeing as I was but a gleam in my daddy's eye when that happened... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492651581060 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:30:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492651581060?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_492545871492?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author speeddemon531 - One would have thought that after Michael Jackson's sudden death last June, his label, Sony, would have torn out of the gate with re-issues, re-releases and tons of unreleased material. However, they've been relatively restrained and tasteful, with only... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492545871492 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:08:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492545871492?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_491998645892?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author speeddemon531 - From a business sense, I totally understand why the "This is It" soundtrack exists. Just because it exists, however, doesn't mean I understand why anyone should own this. Of course, the logical thinking is that the average person is going to see the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~491998645892 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:54:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_491998645892?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_491030679172?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author speeddemon531 - Most people aren't aware of the hard work that goes into making a concert a spectacle. Of course, I'm not talking about the type of concert where the band ambles on stage, plugs in their instruments and just starts playing. I'm talking about shows where... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~491030679172 Sun, 8 Nov 2009 13:05:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_491030679172?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_487853362820?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author speeddemon531 - There are definite benefits to doing what I do for a living. Although I prefer to buy music (and download only in certain cases), I have enough connections that I can usually get a CD of anything I might be vaguely interested in but don't want to spend... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~487853362820 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:41:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_487853362820?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_486989205124?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author speeddemon531 - Considering the fact that I've reviewed (I think) each of Mariah Carey's 10 prior studio albums, one would figure that I'm running about things to say about the woman. Big voice diva blah, blah, blah. Went from adult contemporary pop princess to hip-hop... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~486989205124 Fri, 2 Oct 2009 23:03:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_486989205124?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_486868225668?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author speeddemon531 - There are a lot of people who maintain that disco music died on July 12th, 1979. That was the night that a bunch of baseball fans, before the second game of a doubleheader pitting the White Sox against the Dodgers, indulged in a massive demolition of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~486868225668 Thu, 1 Oct 2009 20:58:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_486868225668?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_486635703940?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author speeddemon531 - Once your career nears or hits the two-decade mark, it's very easy to start spinning your wheels. If you compare the recent work by...almost anyone to the music with which they came on to the scene, there's a pretty sharp difference in quality. Everyone... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~486635703940 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:20:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_486635703940?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_486204673668?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author speeddemon531 - When all is said and done, "The Blueprint" will be seen as the album that cemented Jay-Z's legend in hip-hop. While Jigga had certainly been successful prior to this album's 2001 release, that commercial success seemed to have come at the expense... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~486204673668 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:27:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_486204673668?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_485488430724?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author speeddemon531 - Jay-Z's been in a weird place these last few years, career-wise. After "un-retiring" in 2006, the rapper who most successfully bridges the gap between commercial success and street credibility seemed to struggle to find his way. That year's "Kingdom... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~485488430724 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 10:13:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_485488430724?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_484738895492?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author speeddemon531 - No one loves anything more than a good phoenix-rising-from-the-ashes story. Someone who's risen to the top, then crashed to the lowest of lows only to rise back up again. Case in point: the resurrection of Whitney Houston. Once America's... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~484738895492 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:28:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_484738895492?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_473955339908?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author speeddemon531 - Keri Hilson's debut has been one of the more anticipated debut releases in R&B music. The twentysomething beauty has made a name for herself in the past couple of years as a songwriter-getting credits on hit singles by Britney Spears, Usher and Mary... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473955339908 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:22:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473955339908?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_458822880900?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author speeddemon531 - Before Lenny Kravitz was LENNY KRAVITZ, he was better known as Mr. Lisa Bonet. At the time Kravitz recorded and released his debut, Let Love Rule, Bonet (who played Denise Huxtable on The Cosby Show) was the much bigger star, and consequently... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~458822880900 Mon, 8 Jun 2009 21:13:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_458822880900?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_473016536708?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author speeddemon531 - Lionel Richie broke from the popular funk group The Commodores to become one of the biggest singers of the 1980s. In an era when Prince and Madonna were the biggest things out, Lionel was the superstar who had mom-appeal. His dance tunes were... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473016536708 Sat, 6 Jun 2009 12:46:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473016536708?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472201596548?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author speeddemon531 - Career resuscitation can come at the weirdest times-just ask Charlie Wilson. The former lead singer of the Gap Band spent much of the 90s in drug-induced exile before catching on as a guest vocalist with artists like Snoop Dogg. In 2005, he released the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472201596548 Sat, 30 May 2009 11:55:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472201596548?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_471497543300?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author speeddemon531 - The musical struggle between the sacred and the profane didn't start with Marvin Gaye's Let's Get it On. Artists from Aretha Franklin and Sam Cooke to Ray Charles had long played it both ways-trying to please an earthly God and a heavenly God... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~471497543300 Sun, 24 May 2009 23:48:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_471497543300?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_471393603204?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author speeddemon531 - Having a social conscience became the big thing in music around 1988 or so, three years after "We Are the World" and "Do They Know It's Christmas" showed that 80s pop could have a message. Bands like U2 and Midnight Oil had hits with songs that touched... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~471393603204 Sat, 23 May 2009 10:14:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_471393603204?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_470269922948?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author speeddemon531 - Who ruined hip-hop? I guarantee that if you ask 100 people that question (and they all agree that hip-hop was ruined at some point), at least 50 of them will say it was Sean John Puffy P. Diddy Daddy Combs. Brash, obnoxious and decidedly unoriginal, Puff... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~470269922948 Wed, 13 May 2009 19:29:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_470269922948?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_470052671108?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author speeddemon531 - There haven't been a lot of newcomers in the R&B field worth mentioning over the past couple of years, but Chrisette Michele is definitely a star on the rise. Most people first heard her distinctive voice singing the choruses of Jay-Z's "Lost One"... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~470052671108 Tue, 12 May 2009 00:18:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_470052671108?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469699104388?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author speeddemon531 - Want definitive proof that Prince couldn't sit still-as if the 30,000 albums he's recorded in the past thirty years weren't definitive proof enough? Well, while the Purple Rain juggernaut was busy taking over America (film, music and tour), the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469699104388 Sun, 10 May 2009 12:47:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469699104388?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469001014916?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author speeddemon531 - I wasn't yet an American Idol fan when Jennifer Hudson competed, but I'm sure I would have liked her had I been watching back then. She's blessed with one of those big, soul diva voices, and personality-wise, she's the perfect mix of humility and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469001014916 Sat, 2 May 2009 09:45:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469001014916?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_468709576324?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author speeddemon531 - (Somewhere in England, late 1984-the members of Duran Duran are casually laying around, discussing holidays in the south of France and the perils of dating supermodels, when lead singer Simon LeBon comes up with a brainstorm).LeBon: Hey, I have... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~468709576324 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:39:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_468709576324?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_468384452228?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author speeddemon531 - Can you imagine someone like Tracy Chapman becoming a star nowadays? Hell, it was hard enough to imagine Chapman becoming a star back when she actually became a star! Even though socially conscious music was more prevalent at the time of Chapman's rise... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~468384452228 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:40:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_468384452228?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_468068437636?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author speeddemon531 - The supergroup is nothing new. From Blind Faith to The Firm (both the rock band and the rap outfit), from LSG to Audioslave, the idea of several solo superstars forming a band together has always been interesting for fans. What exactly would your... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~468068437636 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:50:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_468068437636?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_467706744452?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author speeddemon531 - So much for following your own muse. Much was made about Kelly Clarkson's battle royale with label head Clive Davis when the time came to release her third album, My December. Davis wasn't so sure about the album's commercial prospects. Kelly was... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~467706744452 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:43:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_467706744452?linkin_id=8003929