Check What Youre Listening To!
Encise | Melbourne, Australia | 12/09/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
""Check What You're Listening To" is a tribute from DJ Lord and PE to the late, great Jam Master Jay (RIP) of RUN DMC. After a spoken word intro by JMJ himself, Chuck runs roughshod over a -dare I say- "West Coast" type hard groove piano beat while Lord scratches in snippets of vintage PE, Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, KRS1 and RUN DMC. The results are purely devestating and will cement PE's place on your iPod playlist.
Alongside the album's second single "Bring That Beat Back", Moby collaboration "MKLVFKWR" and "Superman's Black In The Building", "Check What You're Listening To" is a return to form for PE, who you may have been sleeping on for a minute.
This release scores points for the bonus DVD material (which includes some great scenes from the crew on the road in Europe), 11 minute "Superman" opus and Flavor's freestyle over an LL Cool J beatbox interlude (no kidding!). Its only cons are the hideous cover artwork (which thankfully, doesn't extend to the inlay - what were they thinking?!) and the terrible metal track, "What A Fool Believes", which is the albums only track-skip moment.
Don't front on the PE - cop the album and play it loud!"
FYI VIPER
Kloten | 04/16/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Viper, there is a Kid?s Review Form for those under 13,
you know.
Before you write your next 200 reviews (all either 1 or 5 stars, none in between), you might consider that option,
you get a free Hot Boyz balloon with every 50 reviews.
Peace."
P.E. shows us all how it's done
Ward Hoelscher | Los Angeles, CA | 03/16/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"To find a Public Enemy as good as this one, you have to reach all the way back to Fear of a Black Planet or It Takes a Nation of Millions....
This is amazing.... and the crime is that this probably won't go down as one of their most well-known albums. This is a damn fine album from start to finish- I can even listen to the instrumentals, which I usually can't do. If you like Public Enemy and don't get this album, you should be guilty of some crime. Seriously, it's that good."