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  • Week #12 DJ Z-Trip & DJ P - Uneasy Listening: Vol. 1 http://bit.ly/ycx5K http://bit.ly/bVkOVp Selected By: Alex Kahn Overall Score: 5.2 ________________________________________________________________________________ Mike’s Review: Creativity/Artistry: 7Talent/Instrument Skill: 3Structure/ Composition: 4Replayability: 2Growth/ Maturity:3 Average: 3.8 Comment: I have never been a fan of mix albums like this or mash ups, and I don’t think I ever will. I felt no emotion or passion from this. It felt like they just randomly picked songs, putting them together, and threw some beats over them. Some of the mash ups were ok, particularly Beds Are Burning with For Whom The Bell Tolls, but most are just uninteresting and disjointed. This isn’t something I would care to listen to again. Best Songs: And Throwing Them In ________________________________________________________________________________ Marcus’s Review: Creativity/Artistry: 8Talent/Instrument Skill: 10Structure/ Composition: 6Replayability: 7Growth/ Maturity:6 Average: 7.4 Comment: I am amazed. I was going to start out my review with “Who doesn’t love mash-up albums?” and then I read the review above. To each his own, but I love this album. Old songs I loved, made fresh with added beats and intertwined with interesting samples, mix-ups, etc. Crap songs I would never like, somehow mixed into something I find myself tapping my foot to. I had to give this a talent/skill rating of 10 because I am overwhelmed with the talent it takes to do something like this. I know I couldn’t. Best Songs: “The Air” & “Body-Rocking” ________________________________________________________________________________ Jason’s Review: Creativity/Artistry: 5Talent/Instrument Skill: 4Structure/ Composition: 4Replayability: 5Growth/ Maturity:3 Average: 4.5 Comment: Though I am generally a fan of mash-ups, I couldn’t really get into this as a whole. I actually found myself fast forwarding through most of the songs, especially when they changed things up. The movie samples and classic 80s song parts were probably the best part of this record. Having said all this, I’d keep this record around mainly for something different in the background every now and again. Best Songs: “The Air” “No Title (Herbie Hancock)” ________________________________________________________________________________ EDIT THIS POST TO ADD YOUR REVIEW BELOW.

    Week #12

    DJ Z-Trip & DJ P - Uneasy Listening: Vol. 1

    http://bit.ly/ycx5K

    http://bit.ly/bVkOVp

    Selected By: Alex Kahn

    Overall Score: 5.2

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    Mike’s Review:

    Creativity/Artistry: 7
    Talent/Instrument Skill: 3
    Structure/ Composition: 4
    Replayability: 2
    Growth/ Maturity:3

    Average: 3.8

    Comment: I have never been a fan of mix albums like this or mash ups, and I don’t think I ever will. I felt no emotion or passion from this. It felt like they just randomly picked songs, putting them together, and threw some beats over them. Some of the mash ups were ok, particularly Beds Are Burning with For Whom The Bell Tolls, but most are just uninteresting and disjointed. This isn’t something I would care to listen to again.

    Best Songs: And Throwing Them In

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    Marcus’s Review:

    Creativity/Artistry: 8
    Talent/Instrument Skill: 10
    Structure/ Composition: 6
    Replayability: 7
    Growth/ Maturity:6

    Average: 7.4

    Comment: I am amazed. I was going to start out my review with “Who doesn’t love mash-up albums?” and then I read the review above. To each his own, but I love this album. Old songs I loved, made fresh with added beats and intertwined with interesting samples, mix-ups, etc. Crap songs I would never like, somehow mixed into something I find myself tapping my foot to. I had to give this a talent/skill rating of 10 because I am overwhelmed with the talent it takes to do something like this. I know I couldn’t.

    Best Songs: “The Air” & “Body-Rocking”

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    Jason’s Review:

    Creativity/Artistry: 5
    Talent/Instrument Skill: 4
    Structure/ Composition: 4
    Replayability: 5
    Growth/ Maturity:3

    Average: 4.5

    Comment: Though I am generally a fan of mash-ups, I couldn’t really get into this as a whole. I actually found myself fast forwarding through most of the songs, especially when they changed things up. The movie samples and classic 80s song parts were probably the best part of this record. Having said all this, I’d keep this record around mainly for something different in the background every now and again.

    Best Songs: “The Air” “No Title (Herbie Hancock)”

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    EDIT THIS POST TO ADD YOUR REVIEW BELOW.

    Posted 2 years ago.