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4.0 out of 5 stars
Make your OWN minds up!, 26 Sep 2006
I simply cannot agree with the comments above - I myself being one of those caught up in the furore and anticipation of this album - having been patiently waiting for it ever since its existence was merely idle gossip.
I personally feel this album is not a "follow-on" from the simply fabulous 'Judgement Night OST' - more an expantion on the equally excellent and diverse 'Spawn OST' - a niche of the then brand-new nu-metal meets hiphop and turntables phenom.
For example - Incubus used the by-then deceased Big Pun's melody via sampling, but there are truly fabulous colabs between Mobb Deep and Sick of it all. Sure the Crazy Town song is a tad cheesy, but Tha Alcoholiks and Sugar Ray (who's DJ was formally of Tha Alcoholiks) is clear wizardry. Endo and Xzibit also adding their own distinct blends. I really rate this album and hope Loud Records produce a sequel. This isn't a Soundtrack - its a movement in it own right.
In fact, the only reason this doesn't score 5 stars is the rather drab Ozzy Osborne offering - but it is still a worth while purchase. Buy it.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
a mixed bag, only buy if big fan of 2nd rate metal and rap, 1 Dec 2000
By A Customer
stand out tracks- shame (soad and wu-tang), los angeles times (endo and xzibit) and Survival of the fittest (soia and mobb deep)when i heard that tom morello was to cover one of my favourite songs, i thought it was the best thing ever, however the crime which has been laid upon the song, truly spoils the album. its like seeing manchester united are playing in a local soccer tournament, only to find its the youth team, or whatever. a real half arsed effort. the dead prez and static x is woeful, taking a pop song and putting a 1-0 guitar riff on it does not constitute a real contribution. the sooner ppl realise that static x are a talentless band with a gimmick ie big sticky up hair, the better. the rest of the album is just medium this medium that, pick up the paycheck. loud could have done better by taking its headliners ie wu-tang, alkoholiks, big pun and making them collaborate with bands who are at the peak of their genre. im sure even pop bizkit could turn a song around, or howabout a real groundbreaker, getting a band like deicide or cannibal corpse to record a rap collab, rather than putting out an album just to show that your label actually does still exist.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Some great songs but an average album., 10 Oct 2000
I found it really hard to review this album because there is loads of stuff on it that I really love, yet on the whole the album feels very shallow and formulated. The album kick off in real style with the SOAD/ Wu Tang collaboration, which is a cover of the Wu Tang's own 'Shame', and it sees System as the driving force with a cameo from a couple of Wu members. This song is completely different from the original, and it contains all the trademark SOAD characteristics (heavy, fast, insane, Serj's bellowing vocals) and is totally brilliant. The second track, the Sugar Ray/ Alkaholiks collaboration is the album's best example of the marriage between the two genres, and is also an excellent song with a killer infectious chorus from the often-underrated Sugar Ray. Other collaborations by the likes of Static X/ Dead Prez, Incubus/ Big Pun and Tom Morello/ Chad Smith/ Wu Tang Clan are very good, but they are basically just rock remixes of established hip-hop hits and, for me, they are very throwaway compared to the originals. One track which definitely must be thrown away is the Ozzy Osbourne/ Wu Tang Clan collaboration, which, not only is the laziest remix ever, but the inclusion of Ozzy's helium vocals ruins one of the best Wu Tang Clan songs. I think the big problem with this album is that it is seen by many as a sequel to 1993's groundbreaking Judgement Night album and the quality on the album cannot compete with the weight of expectations it has gathered. Where as Judgement Night had proper collaboration (i.e. the bands worked on the song together in the studio), most of the songs on Loud Rocks feel like the bands have recorded their performance and posted it to the collaborator, and this has hardly boosted the rap-metal scene's progress. I also found the choice of rock bands a bit too safe and predictable. I mean nu-metal acts pinched the image and all the moves from gansta rap, and often collaborate with rappers, so it's hardly breaking barriers seeing them on this album (in contrast to Judgement Night, which saw unlikely collaborations like Cypress Hill/ Pearl Jam). To sum up the review, I would say that, whilst not every song is decent, Loud Rocks does have a lot of entertaining moments, and it is never boring, and a lot of rap-metal fans are going to love this.
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