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I like it, I just like how it sounds.

The*hot*wax*kid | Detroit-michigan | 08/15/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"On this the latest disc by Roy Hargrove's RH Factor, you find a combination of warm melodies, funky deep bass groves, slick vocals and the lovely-mellow harmonies of Hargrove's trumpet. Which he uses to good effect, by placing little soundbites of horn in strategic places, for maxium effect. That is old school funk influenced by new school sounds. And just so that it is perfectly clear this guy is the real deal on the instrument. Keep in mind that he also has a second disc (which is gorgeuos) of Acoustic Jazz out with his Quartet. Not to mention that this is his #? release over the last decade. Proving that anything that he is playing is clearly by choice. And either you get it or you don't."

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C. Karcher | San Antonio, Texas USA | 07/05/2006

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Nobody since Miles Davis has fully explored the possibilities that a jazz sensibility can offer as well as Roy Hargrove. The third album by the RH Factor continues this tradition, but without the excitement of the earlier discs. While this may simply be a result of playing the previous albums too much, it might be also be due to a vocal treatment that's starting to sound a little too familiar. However, when playing this and Roy Hargrove's new straight jazz album, Nothing Serious, on "random" mode it made for a beautiful couple of hours."

This is one of the fiercest grooves anywhere!

Biggie Man - savior of the universe | S.W. Pennsylvania | 04/02/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"THIS IS WHAT GROOVIN' IS ALL ABOUT!!!



If I were to close my eyes, I would swear this is the old seventies



sound... except with a modern twist. R.H. is enough of a funkster to



how to work the funk. The bass and drums (great use of two drummers)



mostly play the bare minimum and the whole band just lays back and waits



for the groove to unfold rather than rushing to the next hook...



The jams don't go on so long that you want to skip ahead to the next tune -



It gets in, blows your mind, and boom - it's out.





Some of the tunes on here are reminiscent of the early Cameo sound,



Even maybe Rick James.



I thought of One Way at times and then Lakeside [I am not kidding!];



another tasted(?) a bit like World Class Wrecking crew... yet they do not



sound like any of these at all, I'm just telling you what I heard in my



own head as well as what my ears heard, know what I mean?



This band plays it all, AND PLAYS IT Fiercely HOT. On the other hand, it is



focused and on time as hell. This is funk and soul with a jazz



sensibility, not (as so much music seems to be) funky Jazz.



Oh, yeah, before I forget - Renee Nuefville can sing her butt off!!! Dare



I say that she somehow channels Chaka Kahn?



If you like funk with enough of a challenge to keep listening to it late



into the night, beyond bedtime, heck, into the wee morning hours 'till



your speakers are starting to rattle apart - buy this. Anyone that says



this is anything but pure genius, shouldn't jam this, they should find



music more to their liking!!!"