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The Antidote by: The Wiseguys List Price: £26.99 Price: £9.95 You Save: £17.04 (63%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0604881001523 Format: Import Label: Imports Manufacturer: Imports Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Imports Release Date: September 07, 1999 Studio: Imports Sales Rank: 178989 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: From Amazon.com: Earlier in the '90s, if the beats were funky, the scratching ferocious, and the rapping mediocre (or nonexistent) you could bet pound notes to crumpets you were listening to U.K. hip-hop. While U.S. hip-hop had gotten s-l-o-w and low (the better to accommodate its increasingly acrobatic wordplay), in Britain rock-the-house values still persisted. So now that fresh beats and turntablism have made a comeback stateside, old-skool Brit revivalists like the Wiseguys (a.k.a. Touche, a.k.a. Theo Keating) suddenly sound of the moment. On The Antidote, his sophomore effort, this wiseguy comes correct with an album that splits the difference between Fatboy Slim and Black Eyed Peas. The first single and second track, "Ooh La La," which accompanied a popular Budweiser commercial in Britain, boasts a chunky beat and a simple, mindless hook, setting the pattern that the rest of the album follows. It's a surefire formula, and Touche does it better than most--though a bit more of the fervid scratching that animates the leadoff track, "Re-introduction," might have made this Antidote even more soothing. --Jeff Salamon Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - A true classicIt's now the end of 2003, and I still return to listen to this album. It is an absolute classic, lost in the mists of time. If you like that kind of funky hip-hop of Ooh la la, then you *have* to buy this album. Don't get me wrong, this isn't an album based on one single - it's also varied and innovative. Simply fantastic! Rating: - With an album this good, you wont need an antidoteThis is a superb cd that I've been listening to nearly every day for the last year I've owned it. The songs are wholesome, and while very simple, have a hidden complexity to their nature which with each additional listen will reveal yet more hidden delights to bespell upon the listener. There's a huge selection of tracks weighing in at a massive 73 minutes! That's almost 74 minutes. The quality of the sampling and arrangement is marvellous and shows just what one can do with two samplers and a Commodore 64! All in all a brilliant buy that no hiphop, trip hop or breakbeat fan should be without!! Rating:  - Not good enoughIf I hadn't have heard the Wiseguys before listening to this album I would have probably rated this a 3, but since it's a major let down it's only getting a 1. Compared to Executive Suite this album is a joke, and using the Wiseguys name for it is pure sacrilege. It's not as if I expected it to be anywhere near the quality of Executive Suite (which has to be a lifetimes work) but I expected it to at least be in the same style. Touchè has adapted his style to appeal to the masses and to cash in on the sheer brillience of the first album, it worked on me and I feel robbed. He does however explain his penny pinching motives in "The Grabbing Hands", maybe there was a lot of money flying about with the Bud ad - but that doesn't ... Read More: Rating: - Transcending new york hiphop and Brit Bigbeat. Wicked.Second full studio album from the Wiseguys. The Wiseguys now only being one guy tune-wise: Touchè. Regal has gone since Executive Suite, the first studio album with Wall of Sound. You will have heard the overplayed "ooh la la" on almost every TV show and a whole bunch of TV ads. Dont let this put you off. The Antidote combines energetic hiphop bigbeat rap massive like "the bounce" and mellow cool breaking chilled tunes like "experiance", reminding you just how smooth dance music can be. Samples galore, although holding back a little from the 50s fest that the previous record was. Sly vocals from Sense Live fit the tracks like a bronx glove, hard hitting freestyle with more than a nod to the original "old school" new ... Read More: |
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