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Mack 10 - Westside Slaughterhouse - 04-Apr-09 02:38 PM
"Westside Slaughterhouse" is a classic battle track that features Ice Cube and WC. It first appeared on Mack 10's "Foe Life," and was a brutal response to Masta Ace Incorporated's controversial "Slaughtahouse" release that lampooned West Coast gangsta rappers.

After the underground success of Mack 10's "Westside Slaughterhouse" and WC's "Watts Up" single, the three rappers cemented their partnership with the group Westside Connection. Their subsequent "Bow Down" album took on the entire East Coast hip hop establishment. They lost in the end, of course, but it made for some decent music.

Mean Street - 09-Mar-09 10:24 PM
Mean Street, a Southern California music magazine, launched a record label dedicated to West Coast hip hop at the end of the 90s. It emerged just as the post-Good Life/Project Blowed underground movement was taking off and its best artists -- the Shapeshifters, 2Mex, Adlib aka Thavius Beck -- were graduating from hastily recorded cassettes to full-fledged albums. It issued many classic releases, from 2Mex's "B-Boys In Occupied Mexico" and Kan Kick's "From Artz Unknown" to the A-Team's "Who Framed The A-Team" (the cassette version) and Awol One's "Speakerface." Sadly, the label petered out by 2005, and many of these essential indie rap albums are now out of print.

Alicia Myers - Alicia - 04-Sep-08 10:04 PM
If you've been to a dance club more than once, then you've probably heard Alicia Myers' "I Want to Thank You." It's one of the greatest soul-house tracks of all time. That alone makes this early 80s album worth picking up. But there's several more solid tracks, too, including "Don't Stop What You're Doin'" (which Jay Dee memorably sampled for Slum Village's "Fantastic Vol. 2"). Overall, this is a classic diamond in the rough for soul music collectors.

Donna Summer - On The Radio: Greatest Hits Vol. 1 & 2 - 03-Sep-08 09:21 PM
With so many disco hits in the 70s, Donna Summer was certainly worthy of a compilation by 1979, even after only being on the scene for five years. Love her or hate her, Summer is the undisputed queen of disco.
So what's the problem with On the Radio? The tracks here are short -- really short. The entire thing is blended together like a disco session from back in the day. That might be cool for most, but it's not very useful for DJs and fans who want to hear the original versions. "Love to Love You Baby" is severely truncated from its original eight-minute version and all the orgasmic sighs. And the epic "I Feel Love" is cut down to a mere three minutes. The only full-length, 12-inch "disco" version on this compilation is the title track, which was a breakout hit from the Jodie Foster teen drama "Foxes."
On The Radio is a nice start for beginners. However, disco fans will want to seek out Donna Summer's full-length albums and/or 12-inch singles so they can experience her true, unedited magic.