This is supposed to be a new MC Shan album; the long-awaited follow-up to Play It Again; but it’s more like the crude demo version. Even as a mixtape, its artistic blunders and technical flaws would be inexcusable. Songs just cut off. Some are so old, you can hear the scratches from the CDs they were ripped from. Shan still has Bars, so the title rings true, but it sounds like this project was recorded, mixed and mastered by a crackhead.
my rating : 2 of 5
2017
Creepshow 3, which should’ve come out in 1992; the first two were fours years apart; is worse than 2 but better than 1. The best story is the simplest; the one about The Professor’s Wife. It at least has a decent story arc. The Radio and The Haunted Dog are downright stupid, though the latter’s protagonist does manage to provide some laughs.
my rating : 2 of 5
2006
Honeydew is sweet and suspenseful, well on its way to being a good horror movie, for about the first half hour. That’s when you start to realize too much time is going by without anything (significant) happening. From there it’s a mundane affair as couple Riley and Sam get served by a crazy hag named Karen and her scrawny dining partner.
my rating : 2 of 5
2020
The first song; El Tiburón by Proyecto Uno; is fun. You may as well go home after that because this Latin Booty Party; which the cover suggests attracts the same crowd, in the same clothes and poses, as last year’s Booty Bass Party; falls apart from there. The DJ plays mostly crappy rap songs. The other exceptions include Esa Morena and the ending Mega Mix, but I doubt most people will make it that far.
my rating : 2 of 5
1998
It’s not really the Black Beans that are the problem here. Neither is it the “medium heat” brought on by the addition of “real aged cayenne peppers”. It’s the tangy taste of the sauce, which, given an impressively short ingredients list; “No high fructose corn syrup” and the like; the culprit of must be the vinegar.
my rating : 2 of 5
![audio review : a DM Records compilation : Bass Sound Off USA [ Volume 2 ]](https://marcellee.com/posts/132509.jpg)
The cover car looks better. I’d take a dark convertible over a neon green Beetle any day of the week. This second Volume of Bass Sound Off; I wonder if they’ll drop the “USA” like they did with the Bass Explosion series; is otherwise about as bad as the first. Bass 305 at least brought a couple of good songs. Bass Alliance; the “DJ” this time around; can’t manage a single one.
my rating : 2 of 5
1997
audio review : Bass Sound Off USA [ Volume 3 ]
audio review : Bass Sound Off USA [ Volume 4 ]
![audio review : a DM Records compilation : Bass Sound Off USA [ Volume 1 ]](https://marcellee.com/posts/132493.jpg)
This would’ve been better as an EP of new Bass 305 songs. There are clunkers; namely the two with Noise in the title; but Get Close and Searching For Love are good. The problem is that they’re presented in a “continuous mix” with numerous speaker Tests which serve as nothing more than filler. You can exclude the DJ Trippy stuff at the end, but then you’re missing out on Self Transcendence.
my rating : 2 of 5
1997
audio review : Bass Sound Off USA [ Volume 2 ]
audio review : Bass Sound Off USA [ Volume 3 ]
audio review : Bass Sound Off USA [ Volume 4 ]
The concept is fun and the girl is hot, but the cover is tacky. The same can be said for the album itself. Some of the rap songs are among the worst I ever heard. Even the Bass 305 tracks are booty. The most amusing bit is when Trent Partidge, Cruising In Miami, encounters “one of those suckers”. He also provides the best song; Round And Round; but the best bit of music can be found on the Bass Invaders chorus.
my rating : 2 of 5
1997
![audio review : a DM Records compilation : Digital Audio Dimensions [ Cyberbass ]](https://marcellee.com/posts/132410.jpg)
This DM Records compilation includes altered snippets of songs from the label, along with spacey sound effects, in a “continuous mix” to demonstrate “The CyberBass 3D process”. It’s an audio effect that “gives extra dimension to stereo,” the cover reads, “with sound appearing to surround the listener.”
It’s like the effect you get when you don’t plug your headphones in all the way and just as fatiguing on the ears. Why anyone would want to experience it for an hour is beyond me. There are some booming beats here, but it’s not nearly enough to excuse the gimmick or justify the album’s existence.
my rating : 2 of 5
1996
![audio review : a DM Records compilation : This Is Jungle [ Volume One ]](https://marcellee.com/posts/132397.jpg)
This Is Jungle music. Well, mostly. Walking On Da Moon and Raindance aren’t really, so their inclusion goes against the concept of the album; a DM Records compilation of “15 jungle hits” you never heard of. Most are lackluster; they’re also too similar to be by various artists; but there are salvageables, namely Burning The Bridges, which sounds more like a demo than a finished song, and Wicked Selection.
my rating : 2 of 5
1995
This is a compilation of the Bass Explosion compilations. If that sounds like a stupid idea, it is, especially given the lazy playlist, which simply omits songs from the series; no reordering or anything. The sets aren’t even equally featured. There are 8 songs from 1, 9 from 2, 5 from 3 and only 3 from 4. Space Bass Traveler, Tones, Damaging Bass and Bass In Your Face are the Best of the bunch.
my rating : 2 of 5
1998
![audio review : a DM Records compilation : Bass Explosion [ Volume Three ]](https://marcellee.com/posts/132362.jpg)
Bass Explosion USA should’ve been left as a lone compilation. Volume Three, though it has the best cover artwork in the series, is about as bad as Two. The Bass Syndicate tracks are awful and most of the “never released” ones should’ve stayed that way. Nothing new from Bass 305 this time, so the best songs are the ones from their last two albums. Into The Future and Does Life Exist are god tier.
my rating : 2 of 5
1995
audio review : Bass Explosion [ Volume 4 ]
audio review : Best Of Bass Explosion