A Little Deeper

4/10 - it was an alright album. I am not a huge fan or the soul/r&b stuff but there were some ok songs.

Supongo que lo que busco también es perdurabilidad, que el disco haya dejado una marca. Si este disco dejó una, nunca llegó donde estoy yo

It’s interesting because I see the influence of future artists. Like I can see Amy Whinehouse being inspired by this sound especially on It Takes More. That’s the song that jumped out at me most in general. Not much gripped me beyond that.

A Little Deeper Me and Dave once saw Ms Dynamite outside Streatham Megabowl. First off Dy-Na-Mi-Tee is great, a super bit of r’n’/soul pop. Catchy hook, and a very nice bit of bass and guitar. I do like the sound of the percussion, the snare has a nice r’n’b dryness to it. And there is some quite unusual for the genre instrumentation, the accordion on It Takes More for example, and there is also, again slightly unusually, a lot of guitar throughout. Lyrically there are some good lines and moments, she certainly has a bit of edge to her, with some socially conscious lyrics, more than other British r’n’b singers at the time, but there are still a few too many standard cliches and platitudes, it feels like intentional smoothing out of any roughness and it definitely loses something because of that. Maybe if she was around now the musical landscape and attitude to this type of music would suit her better. Beyond that there’s not many songs that are particularly memorable, especially in the back half. The 2nd bit of the last track, Get Up Stand Up is verging on really good, almost Erykah Badu/Lauryn Hill territory, but it makes you wish there was more like it with some slightly better rapping. A lot of the rest is pretty formulaic r’n’b melodies and singing/oohing etc with a fair few dollops of cheese, eg the Santana-lite icky guitar on Put Him Out. Her voice also has a slight nasal quality that becomes more evident the more you hear it. Despite Dy-Na-Mi-Tee and some interesting and slightly unusual moments and instrumentation, it is an inconsistent listen - there just aren’t enough decent songs to sustain much interest over the course of an hour. I liked it more on the 2nd listen, but was a bit bored on the 3rd listen. I’m very unlikely to listen to it again which would put it around a 2, but because of Dy-Na-Mi-Tee and that among all the standard stuff there is that element of stepping outside the normal parameters of this sort of album, which might tip it over to 3. Very much stuck between those scores, but I think I’ll settle on 2. ⭐⭐

Would be good if it was exactly half as long as it is, 8 tracks and done, but it just goes on and on and on.

Unremarkable.

2/5

Pleasant but seems but superficial and irrelevant now. Landfill soul funk pop whatever.

It was okay

Anyway U Want It is the only song I liked.

A Little Deeper by Ms. Dynamite Tuesday 6/18/24 10:13 A Tier————————— It Takes More Put Him Out B Tier————————— Dy-na-mi-tee Krazy Krush Sick’n’tired Now You Want My Love A lil Deeper Natural High Gotta Let You Know C Tier————————— Brother All I Ever Afraid 2 fly Seed Will Grow D Tier————————— Anyway U Want It Watch Over Him

The horn-like synth on Krazy Krush is good beyond belief, but oh my God this album is so early 2000s it hurts

Is this an interesting album that puts a lens on a certain time period and its musical styles? Yes. Did it accomplish what it set out to do? Yes (I think). Did I enjoy it? Sometimes. Did I need to listen to this album before I died? No.

2001 British female rap reggae. Interesting

Definitely not bad, and VERY 2000s, but I think I kinda heard it all about 20 minutes in Those two minutes of silence on the final track were also definitely not needed, though that second half was probably my favorite part of the album 2/5

I can hear there's talent here, but the album devolves quickly into a 13-in-a-dozen pop-by-numbers exercise

I was at the Mercury Award ceremony when this won album of the year. I was surprised then and I’m still surprised. It’s nice enough but nothing that engaging. Nice lead track and not a lot else to hook onto

Boring.

Ms. Dynamite is a wet squib.

To be fair, there's a few good songs here and there, but like... for an EP. Here, we are trapped in a very samey/bland 1 hour album and it's very hard to bond with the music and overall product.

Not so impressed. From what I read, she had her moment in 2002, but went nowhere. Rap/Reggae/Hip=-Hop. Ok, but not memorable

It's fine, though some tracks have a noticeable dip in quality when Ms. Dynamite focuses on lyrics (particularly her "I'm a badass independent black woman who's been through some shit" lyrics, which are fine in isolation but brutally unrelatable) rather than focusing on sounds and memorable hooks. The tracks Watch Over Them, Seed Will Grow, Now U Want My Love, and Gotta Let U Know, to name a few, suffer from this issue. Other songs, like the pop-track Dy-Na-Mi-Tee, lean so heavily on their hooks (dynamite-hee~!) that they become pretty annoying. It's safe to say this album is pretty hit-or-miss (most of the tracks I haven't mentioned are passable or better). The interlude at the beginning could definitely be cut out. The run of songs from Anyway U Want It to It Takes More is pretty strong, with some really great modern synth-pop textures and basslines. Percussion is rarely, if ever, acoustic, which is generally a big criticism of mine unless it's seriously justified by creativity or something groundbreaking. (In this case, it isn't.) The lyrical themes are, like nearly all hip-hop/rap, not relatable. I find myself subconsciously tuning out the lyrics in most tracks. In general, lyrics that reflect every human's experience (such as those on The Dark Side of the Moon, The Stranger, Aja, Blackstar...) make for much stronger music. Close to being 3 stars. But there are a lot of places to improve. 2/5 Key tracks: Anyway U Want It, Put Him Out, Brother, A Lil Deeper / Get Up Stand Up

So I remember Ms Dynamite coming out in the early 2000s. I could not remember any of her songs. This album sucked. I hate to be that guy but when the lead single is a named introduction to your stage-name, you’re already starting from 0 for me. Fascinating artifact of the book originally being published in 2003 though.

I enjoyed the straight edge hip-hop first track which was a pleasant turn for this genre, particularly in 2002, but after hearing the entire album I'm a little puzzled why this is on the list. It is just another hip hop whine about poor life which this many decades into the format is getting a bit tiresome. I understand that it won a Mercury, and it is a competently produced album, but that doesn't mean it merits a spot. Aafter all, in the United States you can throw a dime in any direction and hit a dozen female hip hop acts that were doing this 2002 at this quality or better. What makes this one stand out? Beats me. The rhymes are passable, but Ms. Dynamite isn't presenting them in a new way. Hip hop as a genre is less appealing to me because while I love rhythm, I also prefer the music to focus less on lyricism and more on sonic exploration, and I find messaging to be a real turn off, which is not the strengths of hip hop. A notable debut record, but not something that belongs on this list. Passable tracks for me were "Natural High" and "Watch Over Them" but the rest of the themes were the typical trite of the genre.

Almost a 1

Just once, I wish you would at least try to see things from my perspective. Or maybe that's just too much to ask for.

some fun songs but a bit all over the place for me.

quite frankly, one of the most run-of-the-mill r&b/ rap albums I've ever heard. there's not anything here that is terrible, but there's also not anything here that is worth spending your time listening to it. it sounds like r&b music from a Disney channel movie. if you told me that this was music made by the Cheetah girls, I'd believe you. except somehow, the Cheetah girls have more interesting music than this.

halfway through asked myself "why am i still listening to this?" NNN

unremarkable.

Första låten var ganska bra resten var inte riktigt min grej

It's not bad, but, I don't really see the cultural impact this album has had....

Perhaps the single most unremarkable album in the entire book

A very generic album, that feels like it was made to be a massive hit in its era, but that's just caused it to age like milk two decades later. It just reeks of the early 2000s, the vocal delivery, the beats, the song titles, they're all so cheesy, and while there are decent moments in here, the CD era still seems to think anyone wants to hear an hour long album with no reason to be that long. Its fine technically, and inoffensive for most of its runtime, but I was pretty tired by the ending song, and I can not pinpoint a moment that was worth listening to the album for. There are plenty of records to cover this style of hip-hop, and this one isn't one of them.

Nice voice and some songs are OK but naggingly familiar. She copies someone like Pink and sounds alright. Then she does that neo-soul (polite way of saying "dull and boring.")

It's not very good, but not too bad. It just sounds like a lot of the genre from that time period. Nothing to hate but nothing that stands out.

Rating: 5/10

This seemed like pretty standard 2000s R&B. Fine, but not sure why it made this list

Good production but not for me

It's pleasant enough but it's very dated and derviative and honestly sounds like a more hip-hop leaning version of something from an early 2000s girl group. This is like a Girls Aloud/Sugababes solo record, why is it on this list

Not really my vibe, but catchy nonetheless

Never heard of this artist or album. Not really my taste. 2/5

Not really my kinda music but had some bright spots. Wont come back to anything on here though. Going with a high 2.

2/5 didn't quite make it.

This didn't do much for me

This R&B/hip hop album with a bit of reggae flavor is ok, but not really my thing. Some nice beat variety throughout, though beats within songs are pretty repetitive and don’t move much. Some thoughtful lyrics, while many are just ok. Dy-Na-Mi-Tee is a pretty rad and catchy song, but that’s the only one that’s sticking me from this album. I don’t actively dislike it, but it’s not leaving a memorable impact and I’m unlikely to go back to it.

Started off ok but soon became very monotonous. Nothing you haven’t heard before

Album #8 A bit overlong and production feels dated and comparable to any number of albums from this time period. Not totally sure what got this album to the list, but it’s competent and good enough at what it does. 2/5 not because it’s a bad album, but because contextually it does not reach the heights culturally or musically of music that should be on this list.

ça me fait penser à une version moins bien et en anglais de Diam's, en tout cas, je n'ai pas trop aimé. Il y en a eu des ok, mais j'ai pas tout écouté non plus !

I’m a sucker for a good R&B album, but this feels like a bit of a flash in the pan. Not a UK native: I’m grateful to have listened to this as I would’ve never heard it otherwise. It sounds like Beyoncé if she was British and never was in a girl group. Interesting that Beyoncé was beginning to blow up at the same time as Ms Dynamit-ee.

Hmmm, bits were good. But a lot of it wasn't for me.

Weird inclusion on this list. Oh, it's from the UK? Well, that explains it. Ms. Dynamite has an annoyingly nasal voice and a foul mouth, but she did manage to pull together one really good song, which is Krazy Krush.

Not for me

Enjoyable tunes from this artist I hadn't heard of. Solid R&B style from English singer/rapper

Not bad, not great. Seems like Amy Winehouse with hip hop production.

This is alright, not good, not bad, just happily existing in a bit of a time capsule, as it's very clearly turn-of-the-century female-fronted RnB with empowerment and societal issues pushed forward. Some of the beats are done well, Put Him Out is the standout track, it just could be better, and probably doesn't need to be on this list.

This was a bit cringe really. The single that everyone knows (in the UK at least), is decent, catchy, and there's the odd flash of something, but never really gets particularly deep. Tackles a lot of grown up themes, but none of them in a particularly grown up or thoughtful way. Akala does most of the hidden track at the end of the album, and it really highlights the gulf in class 2/5.

Totally unremarkable.

- Also not my thing, but a little better - Put Him Out goes hard - 2.5

Dynamitee-hee is alright, to be fair. Not heard that in donkeys. Why's this here? Oh, it won the Mercury. The record executive prize. Not an essential listen by any stretch of the imagination, but I didn't hate it. Beyond that single though I don't think I actively liked much. I remember It Takes More being on the radio lots but that didn't standout like the other one did. Krazy Krush was alright too but I'd opened a beer by that point so I can't exclude that variable from our experimental conclusion. Some absolutely dreadful shite UK garage came on after it finished on Spotify, I couldn't scream stop fast enough.

Scrolling through the Mercury Prize winners I see that 1) I've heard an awful lot of them thanks to this list -- 3 just this week! And 2) I do not appear to have the same taste as the award pickers. There are a couple exceptions to that, but this is not one of them. I don't think I needed to hear this album, not on its own merit, not on influence. It's fine it just isn't special.

Mwa, nee, dit gaat 'm niet worden voor mij vandaag.

a bit too 90s shitty women rap music to my liking...

2002. Sounds about 10 years before that. Ok, but not really my thing.

Sama kelloääni on puolissa kappaleista. 2000 luvun RnB poppia, semmosta Destiny Child jne tyyppistä. Ei oikeen mun juttu. Vika piilokappale oli ok

De hit van het album, en voor zover ik weet haar enige hit ooit, is een guilty pleasure van me en ik geef meteen eerlijk en open toe dat ik die in één van m'n Spotify-playlists heb staan. Ondanks dat ze als een vals-zingende Amy Winehouse klinkt. Verder is het een aanfluiting dat dit album in deze lijst staat. Ik gok dat er een tekort aan Britse R&B in deze lijst zat dat blijkbaar opgevuld moest worden. Het is geen kutmuziek en ik denk dat iedereen met een beetje goede wil dit wel uit kan zitten, maar er is geen enkele reden om dit in een lijst als deze toe te voegen. Als ik die boosheid loslaat kan ik dit prima hebben, al is een uur wel wat lang. "Put Him Out" is ook wel een leuk nummer. Veel meer is het niet. Een paar leuke nummers op een album dat in 2002 achter had moeten blijven. Een huismerk Destiny's Child, waarbij voor mij zelfs het A-merk niet eens in deze lijst hoeft. Ik hoop nu maar dat Sugababes - Angels With Dirty Faces ook nog een keer voorbij komt in deze lijst, anders vind ik het oneerlijk voor de Babes.

First impression: Who? This is not a genre of music I like. I've never even heard of this artist or album as a stand-out example of that genre. This has a massive uphill battle to even get me to say it should be on this list. Based on my own criteria - Will I listen to this again? No. Does it deserve to be on this list? No. Is it possible to actually listen to? Yes. That's a 2/5 then.

oh god, deadly except 'It takes more'

Not bad but also sort of predictable in Form and content.

Is this supposed to be interesting? Even in 2002 this felt dated and more ‘clever’ than good. Maybe I’m being too harsh. But nothing grabbed me.

Not a genre I really enjoy. This was alright, but not something I'd listen to again. 2 stars.

Bah..

Cet album ne ressort pas vraiment du lot de la scène hip hop du début 2000. Un mélange assez prévisible de R&B et hip hop, sans grande audace au niveau musical. It Takes More est la pièce la plus intéressante à mon avis, avec un rythme et un refrain assez prenant. Mais tout le reste s'inscrit dans un grand flou générique.

I wish this went a little deeper into being good. No bangers. All mash.

Not bad just not my jam

Meh, kyllähän tuon kuunteli läpi muttei tullut vähääkään tunne, että haluisi lisää.

Alkupuoli oli aika hyvä, mutta loppua kohden tylsistyi

Meh. Generic R&B. Not sure why it made the cut. 2/5

Sounds very much like a product of its time.

Very message-y in an early 2000s way, which gets a little old, hut generally good!

Mediocre.

Meh

2.5

hip-hop rap. Un poco rollo.

Vocal com potencial para render melhores sequencias de músicas mais envolventes.

I liked the songs I knew, nice slice of nostalgia rest was just okay

Starts with a Interlude??? Downhill from there

Sounds like she's trying to emulate Lauryn Hill but she's constantly flat, bending the notes, or both. Best track: Dy-Na-Mi-Tee

Sounds like it came from the mid 90s (and not in a good way).

Sounds like generic 00s R&B. I see this somehow beat The Streets to the mercury prize (not that anyone cares about that award) and the artist herself had an MBE, for this one hit wonder album. The songs that weren’t derivative of Lauryn hill and Erykah Badu were pretty dated sounding. This and Finlay Quaye might be the final nail for even doing this 1001album challenge. Too much cack on the list.

Bien parti. Ca s’essouffle. Meilleures chansons sont la première et 2-3 dernières. 4.5/10

This is lame. Generic rap that no one cares about. Why is it on the list? I don’t know. There are probably at least 100 rap albums that I would have been happier with inclusion. If you’re going to include a generic one, at least let it be a generic one people like. Just boring.

Very dated. Music for 14 year old girls.

This was not a bad album. But it simply doesn't belong on this list.

Not my kind of music. Next!

This was okay. Not really my genre but it wasn't obnoxious or anything.

dom lite "råare" låtarna är rätt goa men dom smöriga är hemska.

Soulvolle RnB met een hip beatje eronder. Het fijne is dat er meer gezongen wordt, dan slecht gerapt, dat geeft wat meer afwisseling dan de standaard hiphop. Soms heeft het een hoog Destiny's Child gehalte en wreekt het zich dat ze juist niet zo goed kan zingen als een Beyonce. Het zal ongetwijfeld wel weer gaan om de teksten, waarin ze haar onvrede uit over familie en vrienden. Leuk om kennis van te nemen, maar ik heb niet zoveel met dit soort muziek.

Early 2000s neo-soul very typical of the era that followed in the footsteps of Lauryn Hill, but with an emphasis on trip-hop beats and reggae sections. Some decent songs, but most of it is forgettable and generic, and it's way too long at an hour length. A third of it is good, a third of it is ok, and a third of it is lame. Favorites: Dy-Na-Mi-Tee, Put Him Out, It Takes More, Now U Want My Love, All I Ever

Nobody has listened to this album outside the context of this book since like 2006. Snoozefest. I have nothing meaningful to say about this. Next album.

hip-hop rap. Un poco rollo.

This album is mostly just boring. Basic beats. Flow is mid at best. The themes are nice, but there has to be songs with similar themes that are better to listen to.

Occasionally I found myself moving a little with the rhythms but this was mostly quite flat.

I'd like to get a little deeper into Ms Dynamite. She looks like a right goer. Really deep. Right through her.

Meh

Är det inte hårdrock så är det en jävla massa rap och hip-hop. Den här plattan är det sistnämnda. Lite musik kan man dock skönja.

Well-produced but extremely generic early-00s R'n'B that has absolutely zero reasons to be on this list.

Quite boring to me and probs should not be on the list.

499/1089 - This is for sure early 2000s British RnB.

En ymmärrä miten päätynyt tälle listaukselle. Todella geneeristä, en jaksanut kuunnella loppuun. 1,25/5.

It felt very awkward

Can someone explain to me why I needed to hear this album before I died? It just feels like generic, modern soul/R&B/hip-hop, which honestly just does nothing for me.

Boring hiphop

Boring

Phew! This album is boring. It might not be even truly bad, but it's really really dull. It's exactly the kind of monotonous rap with R&B samples from Ableton's default presets that you've heard in countless other productions. I really have no idea what’s so special about it, or why it made the 1001 Albums list. Surely there must be plenty of other rap and R&B recordings out there that sound less streamlined and generic?

This album has a serious problem with a lack of black solo female artists featured, especially black solo female HIP HOP artists. And yet, somehow, this made the cut. Genuinely kind of indefensible. This is truly awful. Not only is the music bland and forgettable, every song features the artist’s weirdly puritanical moralizing, a boring “holier than thou” attitude about sex and violence and drugs that she can’t stop fucking singing about - and her singing is bad and her rapping is mid. Cannot fathom why this is here. Hated every second of listening to this, truly shameful it’s on the list. Probably the new worst album I’ve listened to.

Dy-Na-Mi-Tee fikk skiva til å høres lovende ut. Deretter følger en kavalkade av 2000-talls pop som poserer som kul musikk. Hva separerer egentlig Ms. Dynamite fra et Destiny's Child eller Pussycat Dolls? At det er litt mer oomph i bassen? At hun bruker posisjonen sin til å gi anti drug statements? Keiserens nye klær i full effekt.

Ms. Dynamite's debut is chock-full of dull, garden-variety lyrics that lack any kind of unique perspective or insight. Her flow is unremarkable, and her singing emphasizes vocal flourishes over fundamentals - it's all frosting and no cake.

No worth the vinyl.

Nah

Dy-Na-Mi-Tee It Takes More

Unlistenable trash. Maybe you might like this record if you prefer women who sound as if they've been ruffied. Ctrl Alt Delete

1. high - 0 2. dynamite - 1 3. uuant - 1 4. out - 0 5. brother - 1 6. more - 0 7. zick - 0 8. fly - 0 9. uuatch - 1 10.grow - 1 11. Crazy - 0 12. Love - 0 13.know - 1 14. Ever - 1 15. Deeper - 1

What is this and why am I getting it. I am not interested in this. This album has a song on it called “krazy krush.” What the fuck. I’m going to London today in other news. Uhh I’m not finishing this. This is insanely boring. Just like I cannot even stand how boring this project is. I’m not finishing this, no. Disappointed in this site. 3.4/10

Why in gods green earth is in the top 1001 albums of all time. Fake ass Lauryn Hill wanna be. Lame.

A pale imitation of actual music.

Yeah, this does nothing for me. Pretty shallow gibberish. Not sure it was groundbreaking when it came out, certainly not in 2026.

bad

Cool when it's not so poppy. The record starts with series of single-friendly poppy tracks. These feet annoying to me. It's a distinctive 00s pop R&B sound that I can't seem to enjoy. Later tracks feel much more real and honest to me and I like them a lot more

Lyrics were a little lame

Outside of some of the "conscious" lyrics, there is nothing really noteworthy at all. Getting a "Why is this on the list?" score of 1

ik kan uit het blote hoofd 1001 platen opnoemen die belangrijker en/of beter zijn dat dit

Not for me

Great lead single, but not much more to enjoy. Reminds me of Lauryn Hill at times, but not coming close

😴😴😴

I wanted to love this album. Hell, I wanted to *like* this album. But it was a total and utter flop for me. First, her vocals are SO nasally that every word she says is like nails on a chalkboard. But what about the samples and beats? Surely there must be redeeming qualities there? Nope. Samples are awkward and fit poorly (see the DY-NO-MITE sample on "Dy-Na-Mi-Tee"), and the beats are paper thin (see "Put Him Out"). On top of that the run time was over an hour, making this a truly miserable experience. The lyrical content can be very good l, and have important themes about feminism, racism and systemic injustice, but the package that they're wrapped in is so painfully mediocre there is no impact because I can only focus on how poor the music sounds. 1.4/5 -> 1/5

Dollar store Mary J. Blige. The lyrics are corny and oftentimes preachy. I don't know why it's listed under electronica on this site when the only thing this has in common with electronica is that it's terrible.

Dated production and aesthetic, with some eyeball roll-worthy lyrics. And the instrumental on "Afraid 2 Fly" is one of the worst I've ever heard. Feels like listening to a P!nk album, but without the hooks that made her worth listening to, so essentially, I'm saying she's just a poor man's P!nk. Yep.

I’m just not a rap / R&B guy… not my jam at all.

Guess you call it street music. Her vocals and songs , not bad. Leave the rap crap out.

This is so dated.

I listened to enough of this. No need to hear any more or any of this ever again. I'm failing to see what made this any different or better than all the other rap albums on this list. 1/5

Bland

Best part of listening to this is realising that the hidden track is buried so deep you’ll need a map, compass and dynamite to find it. Along with a strong desire to justify your life choices. 1/5 21/9/25

Yawn.

While music as a whole is so rich, it feels a bit pathetic to see so many albums on this list whose only distinction is simply being on it. I really liked the single Dy-na-mi-tee when it first came out and hoped for an alternative Brit rap album, but I quickly got disappointed. It sounds like overproduced Aaliyah with a heavy dose of Alicia Keys, in fine a well packaged product. Unpretentious R&B pop, not necessarily unpleasant (though sometimes it is), but in my view it doesn’t belong here.

Not really my thing

I think I'm better off listening to Yoko Ono than this. 0/5

This was competently performed but left absolutely no impression on me. Not my bag. I really wanted to give up during Watch Over Them. There are some fun instrumentals on here to focus on to get you through the album. Perhaps its my loathing of everything from the early 00s that prevented me from listening to this. But I would rather listen to some dogshit experimental 'masterpiece' than sit through this boring Frutiger Aero, pre-GFC schlock.

I thought this was boring. All the talk of her potentially being bigger had she stuck around isn’t substantiated here. Reeks of Michelle Gayle levels of notoriety. Front loaded with some very cringeworthy lyrics and overall, ideas above its station. No idea why it is on the list. Musically it’s ok. Good for what it is, but no real substance.

dripping with pitch correction... and totally bereft of any redeeming value... "borrowed" melodies... loops... and... when it says she wrote every song... um... with three or more co-writers... each song... making me doubt she wrote anything more than the lyrics and the weak "melodies"... when you snap back and tell me it's danceable... it is... but it's like calling a collage a Dutch Masterpiece... it's pieced together from uncredited musicians... so, basically this record should have the PRODUCER'S name on it... not the "singer/rapper"... but... there are SIX PRODUCERS... and none of them are the so called, "artist"... one star for not being total noise... don't bother, is my advice...

no se como esta wea está en esta lista 1/5

Should not be in this list. Awful and unremarkable music.

Dumb

A bit of a relic of its time. I wasn't into then and I'm not into it now.

No thank you.

This was bad. The broadest possible socially conscious pop/hip hop. Any message rings hollow due to a cravenly boring commercial sound.

Who? I am hoping and maybe even pleading with whichever deity is on shift right now that this isn’t R & B. I beg of you. Please be anything else. Spoken word. Chamber music. Unauthorized recordings of secretive monks. Anything. I’ll listen to a silent movie on tape over early 2000s Mary J. Blige music. Natural High (Interlude) - Great. This is going to suck. Hand me some meth. Better late than never. Dy-Na-Mi-Tee - Holy hell that beat is actually sick. Cue the bomb whistling noise aaaand there’s the explosion. Ugh. Get a good verse on this beat. This a Christian 11th grader’s creative writing project done over a rhythm that should be given to Nas or something. Anyway U Want It - Errm how about “off.” Thanks everyone. That joke was brought to you by the mind that brought you about 70 1 star reviews through 238 albums. I smell 71!! This song reeks. Put Him Out - Oh yeah buddy. Let’s get “guy learning a Santana lick from a book he got at guitar centre” on the track. We needed that intro. Oh it continues. Dump him girl. Fuck, can I go outside too? Brother - Let’s get another cliché in here. If we get a full fledged mom tribute song later on, I win a very lucrative bet. I kid the dear reader. I don’t gamble on generic early 2000s music. The dynamite family continues to build up to what I’m anticipating is a fully rancid album. It Takes More (Bloodshy Main Mix) - I’m kind of at a loss for words. I believe you can mark the deterioration of my brain in real time by the dwindling quality of these reviews. I don’t have anything to work with here either. The lyric, “cause baby, personally, I like to be challenged mentally” hit me in the worst context it could’ve. Not sure if anybody else hears that. Sick ‘n’ Tired - Listen buddy, did you think you could mess around on a bad rapper and NOT hear a lacklustre diss track about it? Yeah I didn’t think so. Strap in for such insults as “you kissy kiss it kiss it bye ooh nice try.”Good luck recovering from that one, pal. Be careful before you okay with dynamite. I literally think that line was missed on this track. Afraid 2 Fly - Yo, I gotta take Ativan if I fly, but if I sit in the aisle some of the anxiety is alleviated, yo yo uh. I find it hard to sleep on planes uh. It’s not the fear of crashing, but the enclosed space. I must go 2 the pharmacist a ha ha. Watch Over Them - Are you incapable of feeling embarrassment? Do you lack any discernible talent whatsoever? Can you do a forced Patois? Polydor records has an opening for a generic 2002 female rapper to sing platitudes about general strife but NOTHING SPECIFIC. If you meet this rigorous standards, please stop by the warehouse next to King’s wharf for your puffy hat and record deal. Sees Will Grow - Hey guys, listen up. The kids? Yeah, they’re our FUTURE. I’ve brought rap impresario, Ky-Mani Marley to tell you that the “yutes” are not to be messed with. Words to live by if you’ve suffered some sort of cranial damage. Krazy Krush - Excuse me Ms.? Hi, long time listener (it’s been two hours at this point right) first time medical questioner. If your blood won’t stop rushing, I would ask that you get off the stage and seek medical attention. If you do not seek medical attention, that is your choice, but the request to leave the stage must stand. Now U Want My Love - Ahh maybe this isn’t getting through because I’m not speaking in the “Little Deeper Lingo”. Yo Ms Di-Na-My-Tee pl3453 stop doing bad r3gga3. Wagwan, I’m g0ing 2 bl0w me brains out gurl. Gotta Let U Know - I am pulling my hair out. As you can probably tell from how I write, I can’t afford to lose anymore hair. The pain is the only reprieve. An island of sensation in this bleak ocean of desolation. Hey, look at me rapping! Sorry. There is no place for creative rhymes during the playing of “A Little Deeper.” All I Ever - Maybe the alternating breakup and love songs are about the same person. Who’s the lucky individual??? Love in the schizophrenia wing is always so beautiful. A Lil Deeper / Get Up Stand Up - Memo from Polydor: Hi Ms. we need an album closer. Try to include lyrics that are relatable. Include everything. Like, have you ever been in a relationship, maybe you haven’t? Have you done something bad? Maybe you’ve done a good deed? Really cover all the bases here. Uhh sorry that’s an American reference. Make it impossible to NOT relate to somehow. For the music, we’ll send in the Santana wannabe guy. He’s had a few lessons and he’s gotten a little better. Not much, but he’s cheap. Just make sure that people who rarely think, feel something on this one. We’re counting on you. Oh and there will be a secret track after the initial pap err I mean “deep emotional writing.” We’ll get you to sing a chorus for a rapper who is more talented than you but still sounds like a song they would write for a rap star character on an episode of CSI: Miami. Then, we’ll call up the folks at the mercury prize. I have a feeling it’ll be your year! This was awful. 2 many 2’s right from the year to the song titles. This is so very millennial and so overdone. I despise this type of music at its best, and this was some of the worst I’ve heard. This should be playing quietly over the end credits of a Rush Hour movie while the viewers at a sparsely attended showing shuffle out of the theatre. This may have meant something to the artist, but I doubt it, as it was all so surface level. Every lyric could’ve been written by anybody who hasn’t experienced anything negative ever. Endless platitudes about quasi-relatable issues over a Destiny’s Child instrumental. The rap beats became stale as they were entirely sterile and the fake reggae hurt my soul. U should b ashamed. Not 4 me 4 ever. 0 HIGHLIGHTS: No merciful god would endorse this

Incredibly of its time. Every once in a while I'd get into the rhythm of a song and then a lyric like "crack is bad for you, why are we letting kids do crack" (okay, some slight liberties taken) would cross my ears.

Didn't hate it, but not my cup of tea at all. I'm not totally dismissive of hip-hop but apart from her one big hit, she didn't seem to have much else to offer. Not very original.

Hip-Hop, 37eme album => 1/5 Album trop long. Morceaux longs et par conception répétitifs donc inintéressants. J'ai eu un peu d'espoir au début, les premiers morceaux étant chantés au lieu d'être rappés. Mais j'ai vite déchanté et ne suis pas allé au bout.

1.5 - Bad

First album I only listened to once - not my style.

Was ready to defend Ms Dynamite after reading some of the public reviews, but not sure I can after listening. She was definitely pretty big for a short time in the UK. I'm sure she had a song on a FIFA game, think it was Dy-na-mi-tee. I also recognised "it takes more". Generally though, it's way more RnB then I was expecting and was pretty disappointed. Thought it would be more hip hop :( 1

Three songs in, I was thinking, “Hey, this isn’t so bad.” But then it just kept going…and going…and going. It honestly felt like it was never going to end, and I could feel what little intellect I had slowly draining out of me.

Garbage. Didn't like her voice. The lyrics were generic. The production was basic. Seemed like they were following a template.

I don't like this type of music, and I didn't like anything about this album.

There's a few good beats on here, like It Takes More and Sick n Tired, but I'm largely bored by this mix of early aughts R&B and smooth hip hop. A lot of it is actively bad too. A full hour long and some of the worst stuff is at the end, including the "hidden" track. Or maybe I'm just losing patience...

Typical early 2000s hit. There's a reason she never made more music

Hmm. I don't like this at all.

1.5 generic and uninteresting

No va

More hip hop shit.

Som ett gymnasiedisco i Tensta 2003

Dog shit

I just don't care for this Will I listen to again: 0%

This is another album that I have no idea why it's in this list. Felt very generic.

Not for me

Another flash in the pan UK artist from the early 2000s. Nothing special here. Maybe I would enjoy it more if I had nostalgia on my side.

So boring.

Instead of paraphrasing, I'm going to directly quote a review from the cranky but sharp witted music critic Robert Christgau of The Village Voice. Dated October 21st 2003: "If all beats are created equal, then Niomi Daley's [Ms. Dynamite] spare garage is as strong as Kimberley Jones's [Li'l Kim] thick hip-hop. If flow is as flow does, then her earned plasticity is as fresh as Lauryn Hill's easy liquidity. If singing is basically a matter of sincerity, then her straitened cadences express as complexly as Erykah Badu's high-flying scats. If conscious is enough, then "Tell me how many Africans died for the baguettes on your Rolex" will educate as deep as "Black like the perception of who on welfare." But good music isn't the same thing as a catchy feature story, and this Mercury Prize winner has less flavor than a plate of mashed. She's biracial and the eldest of 10 children and manifestly good-hearted, and when she goes ragga on the way out I wish she hadn't been groomed for something bigger and blander. But she made her choice. C+" Ouch. Going in only hearing Dy-Na-Mi-Tee on the radio in 2002, I thought "the rest of the album could be a promising British twist on the hip hop lyrics we know from elsewhere with a touch of soul". My hopes were too high. Overall: 2/10

Silly

Boy oh boy this has not aged well. Limp R and B stylings, and it joins that sad list of Mercury music prize (non-UK readers go google) winners such as Speech Debelle, Gomez and Klaxons for whom winning the Mercury would be the alpha and omega of their career.

Just not for me. I am not a fan of this type of music. I listened to things a couple of time, but couldn't get into it.

Not for me

pure evil

👎🏻

Are there worse albums on this list? Definitely. Should this be on the list? No. It's so middle of the road it sounds like she is bored halfway through this album. So repetitive and and dull jumping around genres because it feels like she can't get anything to stick. Is there a 35 minute good album in this? Maybe but I'll never listen through 80+ minute snooze fest again to find it.

Yikes. Getting annoyed just saying the same stuff but this really did nothing for me. The back made me not be able to tell when one song begins and another ends and that bothers me. There was nothing GOOD.

Crap then, crap now

# Playlist track - It Takes More - Bloodshy Main Mix # Notes - A couple of good tracks, but mostly an uninspired, boring album. - I was kinda listening to the whole thing in the background but when "Watch Over Them" played, I needed to stop doing whatever I was doing to wrap up this review. One of the worst, flattest, poorest interludes I've ever heard. - By this time this album was gunning for 3 stars, but this track alone should take one off. - A 10 minute ending track? C'mon, just end already. - 1/5 not recommend.

Nope.

Rubbish. I'd heard Dy-Na-Mi-Tee before. Didn't like it then. Don't like it now.

Don't be fooled: at its' core, A Little Deeper is just another turn-of-the-century overproduced pop record. This is social commentary for people who don't understand subtext and want ALL TEXT.

The authors must have predicted an entirely different course for Ms. Dynamite when they opted to include this totally unnecessary record on the list. The best thing about it is Kymani Marley who appears for a minute or so - the rest is irrelevant beyond belief.

Generic early 2000s pop. Enjoyable to listen to for a short while, but gets boring quickly.

I dont do r n B and rap. Peeps seem confused as to how this made it to the list. THere is too much shite on the list

Well this was very very boring. Not a single song stood out. I have no clue why this is on the list or why I should care.

generic r&b

I couldn't finish this album. There is something about her voice that really hits my ear in the absolute worst way. I don't actually know how to describe it. I'm a fan of the sound of early 2000's hip hop so it's not the style of music that's doing... just something about her voice. Sorry Ms. Dynamite!

Hip-Hop, bane of my existence. 1/5

Album doesn't exist

What a cringey intro song. "Dy-Na-Mi-Tee" is the big seller here. It feels like whoever put this list together just happened to like this song so much that they added the whole album because of it. The beat/music is cool but that's more a compliment to whoever made the sample? I do like the vocals and the biggest compliment I can give is that she sounds very slightly like Amy Winehouse in the verses here. The lyrics are so straightforward and bland. It also really hits on a frustratingly simple lyrical idea that is so overdone in rap/hiphop; the cliche "I'm great, I'm the best", "I'm Ms. Dy-na-mi-tee I stay blowin' up you're stereo everybody gotta hear me though I'm just Ms. Dy-na-mi-tee Hear me bussin' on da radio Now feel my flow you get me though I'm Ms. Dy-na-mi-tee" Boring, substance-less chorus. "At 13 I thought I was in love with this guy Anytime I caught his eye I thought that I'd just die Remember playin' class clown I was just a disruptive fool And the beatin' I got first time suspended from school Remember Sunday School and after go to granmas for lunch Macaroni, rice and peas, chicken and pineapple punch Never had much my mum brother sister and me But love was enough to succeed To grow" It's like some teenager writing a poem for English class and being told "write what's around you.". There's times where I want to sit back and bop to this album but each time my brain turns off for a second, I remind myself that this is 1001 albums to hear in your lifetime. The standards are higher than that. If an album is on here and the lyrics aren't great, well maybe the performances should be evocative and full of emotion? If they don't hit that mark, maybe the production should be doing something new and inventive? If it doesn't then.. does it deserve to be on this list?

I feel a bit bad about giving this just 1 star, but it's a big step down from the 2 star albums for me. Honestly, though, this was uninspired and uninspiring, dull, flat, tuneless, a wait for it to be over. Others have commented that its inclusion on this list is baffling and I agree. Both bad and unimpactful.

I have no reason why this album made the list. I do not feel more musically educated or that my life has been enhanced by listening to it. There are many soul singers in the world. This one is average. The song production isn’t lush, this album doesn’t have much soul. Not only isn’t it a great album overall, it’s not a great album for its genre. Wasted spot on this list which should go to somebody more deserving. She probably deserves more than one star. I would give her 1.5 if possible. But I have given 2 stars to artists whom I feel are more deserving but I just don’t enjoy their music. I don’t feel she is on the level of some of my 2 star picks. Rating is hard y’all!

Ms Dynamite-ee-eeee.... And some other songs

Nope

Not for me 1/5

nope

some good beats but overall bland 2000s Hip Pop ?

I honestly tried. But I couldn't get through more than half of this album. The content of it was just so completely irrelevant to my life or experiences and it didn't do anything for me

A little deeper? If I knew what I was getting into, I would've stayed on the surface.

I don't care about this at all. I couldn't make it through two songs.

Blind album and artist. I wanted to skip songs many tracks and rip my earbuds out cause this sounds so dumb and annoying.

Just what I didn't need 1

This one was an uphill battle all the way through, not because it's a terrible album in any sense, but simply because it is so plain and unremarkable as to be boring. The beats sound like default Ableton presets, what little melody there is barely changes track to track, and Ms. Dynamite sounds like she can't be half-assed to show an ounce of excitement on her own LP. This is the album that inspires me to force my way onto the 1001 editorial board and see what madness is going on there, because nobody needs to hear this one before they die.

Nah.

It's alright, seems kind of generic and forgettable. I probably won't listen to this again. There are better choices for this genre.

not for me

Thanks, but no thanks. It has some nice beats, and it's not loud in-your-face, but it's just not for me.

For a name like "Ms. Dynamite" and "A Little Deeper." I'd expect some TNT through a mountain, not firecrackers on playdoh. That's too harsh. It's all fine but nothing about it stands out to me for an R&B record really.

Die kann ja nicht mal ordentlich singen

This is top 1000 of the world?

I have no access in Germany to the album on apple

No interest in finger-in-the-air / rap / hip-hop / mass market stuff. A definite 1 star

nope

I'm sorry, Ms. Dynamite, I see you won the Mercury Music Prize for this album, but alas, this style of music is simply not compatible with my eardrums

Impressions: Decent RnB/Hip-hop album but I don’t think it belongs a spot in the 1001 albums, sounds to mainstream. Favorite tracks: Anyway U Want, Sick ‘n’ Tired, Rating: 1/5

Nic dle mýho vkusu

Unoriginal, uninspired. No idea how this album is one you must listen to before you die.

Boring UK rap? Nothing I needed to hear

Just super lame R&B...was hoping for more grime sound. 1/5

Una altra mostra a la llista d'r&b barrejat amb hip hop i drum and bass, el que a UK a començaments de mil.leni s'anomenava 'garage' (una altra aberració). Diria que el problema és que ha quedat molt desfassat, però és que al seu moment sonava igual d'ensopit i innecessari

Never really understood the hype over this. Not unpleasant, but not particularly innovative or interesting either.

not gonna go back to this type of stuff

Seriously?

Annoying vocal style, boring music, weak lyrics, what more do you want?

this was Not Good, which stinks cause it sounds like ms dynamite can do much better than this, but this is some miserable songwriting with such a bland sound that i couldn't make it very far into the album before i decided i had better things to listen to