The second Foreign Exchange album reverses the rapping/singing split of the first. Not only is Leave It All Behind much more an R&B album than 2004's Connected -- it's more an R&B album than a lot of modern releases filed in that section, given that Phonte slips into MC mode only twice while otherwise putting his sensitive singing voice to full use. Even more nuanced and textured, and therefore more musical than Connected, Leave It All Behind is a concise and complete set of songs that br...   [ read more ]

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RESTOCK. Not one to shy away from the taboo, Don Lennon leaps for the pop cultural jugular on his third full-length album DOWNTOWN. With such brow-raising subject matter as the Dave Matthews Band, John Cale, Lenny Kravitz, Bongwater (the group), rude foreign exchange students, the gay night-life scene, the Mekons, and the death of Dylan Thomas, Lennon finds himself in an especially adventurous mood lyrically. Musically, as well, the album is more diverse than his previous two releases (1997's MANIAC and 19...   [ read more ]

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While there are a few handfuls of albums of Mongolian music, and older targeted albums for particular nations, this is more of a rarity: an album covering the music of Central Asia as defined essentially by the 'Stans' of the former Soviet Union: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikstan. The music on Rough Guide to the Music of Central Asia ranges from the classical traditions of the region, as hailing from Samarkand and Tashkent, to modern hard rock, as well as all points on the s...   [ read more ]

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