![]() Coldchain shines with his smooth rasp that is less rap and more pimp flow than anything. It's pure inverted bass that will undoubtedly boom if pushed through the right subwoofer in the right ride. Coldchain gettin' busy over a reverted vacuum anti-beat. Lunatic, but it's nice, hypnotic, and wonderfully subdued and incredibly tight example of the 'Tunes' expertise behind the boards. This is a relatively low-key jam for the St. The flow continues to remain hot with the advent of "If" in which Nelly unleashes his singsong lilt over a down tempo piano bit and bass kick. I'm not much for this kind of thing, but it's propulsive and the music and vocals mesh in a wonderfully enchanting way. The boys come correct with the R&B pomposity of "Good Girl," the bass drum marching beats echoing gently underneath Vanessa Marquez's vibrant vocals. Jay-Z, who has become the savior of many a pop anthem these past few months, delivers some nice flow over the guitar and literally saves the track from a syrupy death. In fact, it's rather derivative and it's unclear as to whether or not it's meant as homage to the glorious soul and funk of the '70s or if it's just a blatant rip off. But it doesn't bring anything new to the table. It's post-millennial R&B that is slick, slippery, and radio ready. P lets loose with a Curtis Mayfield falsetto and some Prince-styled choral arrangements. Pharrell jumps out from behind the boards for "Frontin'," which is rife in lite rhythm guitar and shuffling snares. It's intriguing, but sounds too similar to the other joints that preceded it. This time the beat is pulsed by weird whistle/flute blurts and twisted kazoo riffs. Ludacris pounds along to the chunky, clunky mechanical rave-up of "It Wasn't Us." The beat, while different, still resonates with the same feeling as the previous track. Still, this track is uncommonly infectious. In fact, that's often the biggest drawback of the bulk of the 'Tunes' tunes: they are wrapped in so much synth glory that they lack any of that ruff, rugged, and raw grit that is the essence of rap. Clipse ride the quirky rhythm fantastically, but it still sounds hollow and machine made. "Blaze of Glory," continues the minimalist rhythm expulsion, tossing in a few faux horn blasts and a burbletastic bass spasm. It's intriguing at first, but eventually drips into monotony. It's the simplest of quasi-Kraftwerkian rhythms bouncing and pinging underneath Busta's cartoon rumble. That's just the brief "Intro." The album really gets started with "Light Your Ass On Fire," a Busta Rhymes stream of consciousness ditty that reverberates with pong styled elastic electronic minimalism. The album starts out slinkily enough with squiggling synth ripples and disenfranchised voices muttering "One, two." over and over again while shifting from channel to channel. And that's what Clones is, 18 slices of futuro funk rendered into the confines of a single CD. What I'm sayin' is that I can get with the 'Tunes' vibe if I hear it on the odd hit single here and there, but trying to digest 18 nuggets of their electro machinations in one sitting is a bit tiring. "In Search Of." just gave me high hopes that the Neptunes could create another good album.But the 'Tunes sound is one of those vibes that's best used by a variety of musicians and spread around like a giant slab of butter, rather than being concentrated into one cohesive compilation. I was excited because of all the great beats they've produced over the years - maybe "Clones" could have been an album with a sound similar to "Grindin'" or "La La La," but the quality was significantly less from the production side. Oh, I understand that, but I wasn't expecting another N.E.R.D. most of their stuff sounds a lot different from N.E.R.D. ![]() album, it's a collection of Neptune produced tracks. I expected this to be as good if not better than In Search Of., but it ended up being a big disappointment. Hot Damn was fire, as well was It Wasn't Us. The Nas/Kelis song had a nice beat and the lyrics were good. The ODB song was alright, but I just say that as an appeal to my Wu-tang bias. The rock songs just don't vibe with me very well, the song with Jadakiss has an awful beat, I can't stand Frontin' anymore. I tried my best to listen to Clones and it was just wack other than like four songs. "Peter, those are Cheerios." Brian Promote this thread! "Oh my God, Brian, there's a message in my Alphabits! It says, 'Oooooo!'" Peter Griffin Overall, while not the classic that "In Search Of" was "Clones" is another winner from the Neptunes. track "Loser" and the Dirt McGirt track "Pop."Īlso in the CD are a couple of tracks from bands on the Star Trak label. I got the new Neptunes compliation "Neptunes Present The Clones" and its the usual good from the Neptunes.įavorite tracks include the N.E.R.D. (2993 newer) Next thread | Previous thread This thread has 10 referrals leading to it The W - Music - Neptunes Present The Clones
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