Mash Up's Predecessor
S-E-Y-E-S | Spring Hill, FL | 09/16/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"First off if you want to know about artist you're not sure of, before you by their CD's get this one... I'm an afficionado of Hard Rock/Heavy Metal (esp. Nu Metal & Rap/Metal). A must hear for any S.O.A.D. fan is "Shame" (w/Wu-Tang Clan), Static-X it's all about the "Hip Hop" (w/DP), Sevendust "What U See is What U Get" (w/Xzibit) and Crazy Town taking their "Only When I'm Drunk" to another level (w/tha Alkaholiks). Though these bands were insightful for me to buy this, I was quite amazed with Endo's "Los Angeles Times" (w/Xzibit). No true Rap/Metal fan would want 2 be without TAKE A BITE OUTTA RHYME \ TOO LEGIT FOR THE PIT \ JUDGMENT NIGHT -SDTK \ nor LOUD ROCKS!!!"
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SuckaMC | Somewhere | 09/10/2006
(3 out of 5 stars)
"Rap rock died a bloody death. It had potential until Fred Durst and Kid Rock killed it. Rap rock is not a fusion of rap and rock... rather it's someone rapping over heavy metal music. This CD has novelty appeal, and some of the songs are interesting (The Wu-Tang stuff, the Dead Prez track). My biggest problem is that it doesn't even sound like some of these artists were even in the same room together. We'll record a Tony Iommi riff and Ozzy singing. Then we'll just send that track to some rappers who'll mix it and rap over it. From the previous reviews, it seems that this album appeals to the nu-metal rockers. As a fan of both rap, metal, and all music... I'd have to say it's pretty pointless for the rest of us. Dead Prez's 'Hip Hop' is a rap classic... and while I like Static-X, I don't really see the point when the original is so far superior.
Basically this album was made to capitalize on a fad from a few years ago. The Judgement Night soundtrack is far superior.
Above all else... you CAN judge a book by it's cover. Just one look at the queer album art should clue you in to cheese factor of this album.
I bought this back in 2000... spun it a few times back then... but haven't heard it since. Steal it online if you really have to hear it."