shifty - happy love sick - 2004 - ksi
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. _____ _____ ___( ' ( ) ' )___ _\ \__ __/ /_ (___|___) (___|___) /___ ___\ zk@CIA kludgesoundinc. ----------- -- ---------------- --------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- album - Happy Love Sick artist - Shifty label - Maverick Records genre - Alternative retail - 07/27/2004 rip - 07/27/2004 ripper - Kournikova quality - VBRk HQ Joint Stereo ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 01 4:55 Special 02 4:07 EZ Cuz You're Special 03 6:47 Slide Along Slide 04 6:09 Turning Me On 05 4:31 Lolita 06 5:15 Magical 07 5:41 Shorty Rock 08 6:45 Starry Eyed Surprise feat. Oakenfold 09 6:33 A Better Place 10 5:17 When We Were Young 11 6:26 Take Away The Pain 12 5:14 All Along 67:40 total playing time - total size 62MB ----------------------------------------------------------------------- r e l e a s e n o t e s Enjoy!! Happy Love Sick is the solo debut from Shifty, an impressively tattooed fella who was Crazy Town's frontman. He's traded in every last bit of that band's aggression and heaviness for a light, frothy pop-rap sound that also has traces of dancehall, funk, and neo-soul. Along with collaborator TC and others, Shifty has crafted a sweet summer album loaded with lilting ballads and love raps. Just about every song is about love and sex and is built around the same kind of bouncing hip-hop beats with acoustic guitar combo that worked so well for Sugar Ray, 311, and others. The best songs on the album sound like they've already been pumping out of car radios for weeks: "EZ Cuz You're Beautiful," a sticky love song based on Minnie Riperton's "Loving You," "Turning Me On," a slinky Neptunes lift produced by Paul Oakenfold, and the bopping "Slide Along Side." Actually the best song on the album had been on radio for a while: "Starry Eyed Surprise" is a glittering party track also produced by Oakenfold that was featured on his album from 2002, Bunkka. The two Oakenfold productions unfortunately show the weakness of the album as they are much more successfully produced and are quite a bit more exciting than the song after song of stoned grooves on the rest of the album. A little more variation might have served Shifty a little better and made the album much stronger. Also, even though it is a poignant song about his best friend who died, he probably should have left "A Better Place" in his lyric book, as its platitudes really throw a spotlight on Shifty's shallowness. Shallow is perfect for summer pop but just sounds dopey on the serious tracks like this and the ponderous and boring "Take Away the Pain." A couple missteps can't dim the good-time peaceful easy feeling though, and Happy Love Sick is a surprisingly good album that should be a feature at late-summer slow drags, beach bonfires, and freshman mixers. k l u d g e . s o u n d n o t e s KLUdGE is a mature group that came together from the best and oldest roots of the mpeg layer scene. Since the time of cda, much has evolved and changed into what mpeg3 is known as today. KSi is this new group that only rips the best out there and only what we feel needs to be ripped. KSi continues to grow and strives to find the best music for the people. We thank all the supporters and groups that have helped us get where we are today. We welcome all our new members that have joined within the last few months and make KSi what it is. Join us today on EFnet in #KSi ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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