Reviews (page 7 of 7)
Dated for that time period and extremely dated now.
not avaiable on spotify, what i found on youtube was okayish
Slechts 2 nummers kunnen vinden op Spotify maar het inspireerde niet om op onderzoek uit te gaan.
Fun at times, but overall not for me. Standouts: Love And Hope, Saturday Night
Good catchy music, but spanish not being my first language makes it hard for me to get into it. The hip-hop mashups are ehhhhhhhh. Seems like a very 2000s album where rap is just featured to be featured even though it doesn't really fit the vibe.
Couldn't find album . Boo.
Wasn’t terrible. It just felt like the fusion was the point. That seems to have been enough for people not to mind how shallow and safe it was in a lot of places. For me, a bunch of B to C level parts didn’t magically add up to an A. It’s funny that David Hidalgo (of Los Lobos) guested on this because I was thinking as I listened to it how much more depth Los Lobos has if you want to hear music that blends mainstream US (folk/blues/rock) and Latino traditions. And then I was thinking how many better versions of conscious old-school hip hop there are out there from this era (for instance Dilated Peoples or Jurassic 5), and up pops Chali 2na. Not that those groups are anything earth-shaking. But they do a much better job of scratching that particular itch. On a final note, I was playing this out loud and the last track “Cuando Canto” came on. My son, who is a pretty fluent Spanish speaker, came by and without prompting said, “Wow those lyrics are not very good are they.” And now he keeps singing “Cuando Canto” at random moments to annoy me. So for those of us who don’t speak Spanish, we don’t have to feel bad that we’re not giving it a fair shot—seems it’s equally bland in both languages.
Drôle d’album. On navigue entre le complètement pop quétaine, le cubain, l’oriental, le hip hop, ... Ce que j’aime, c’est que c’est très hop la vie. Autrement, ...
I didn’t like much other than the last song. Reminded me a bit of nu-metal except instead of metal it was Latin music. 4/10
je demande pardon à mes ancêtres
Catchy put not really my thing
Fanns bara två låtar på Spotify..
Premier album que je ne peux pas écouter en entier, même sur YouTube il n'est pas dispo dans son intégralité. Prefs: Believe, Street Signs, Dejame en Paz Moins pref: Who's To Blame? Pas écoutées: Love & Hope, Te Estoy Buscando, Dona Isabelle, Nadie Te Tira
There were definitely some highlights... really like Love and Hope, America? and Te Estoy Buscando. Unfortunately it wasn't enough as much of the rest isn't as interesting or occasionally puts me off.
Street Signs is highly particular, making it a peculiar listen. I'm tempted to lump it in with the other slightly off-kilter Latin choices in the book, more American and rockin' than the rest. It doesn't work, but isn't bad either. Good background music.
some interesting songs but others are bleh 2.5
Seems this band has been around a while but never heard of them. Bit different and not bad.
Singer/ Songwriter
New discovery for me, although I liked some of the sounds it overall didn't really grab me. A bit too poppy in places and I feel like the latin element got drowned out by more formulaic rock in places.
Pompous *and* nondescript. Quite the achievement
This is a tough one because I can't find a complete version of the album anywhere and it made for a very disjointed experience. The songs were okay but a little all over the place for me. My rating would possibly be different if I could listen to the entire album in a single place.
Not sure what this was at all. Didn’t fit into any genre.
Blocked in NZ on Spotify
Todella erikoinen kokonaisuus. Levis sinne ja tänne, välillä tosi jees, välillä taas ei. Kokonaisena ei löytyny edes YTstä. Muutama 4/5 biisi, mut fiilis sanoo kokonaisuudesta 2
Where do you go with your music in 2003?
I hated this, I thought this was fucking revolting. But.... I kind of respect what these gentleman are going for so it's a 2 from me, not a 1.
Tvö lög aðgengileg á Spotify. Erfitt að meta út frá þeim tveimur. Fyrsta lagið mjög næs. Annað mediocre.
Latin-based hip hop, with nothing memorable or striking about it, at all
All Streets Signs point to STOP.
MEH
Missthaufen
Había dos temas, malisimos los dos
Highlights: Street Signs, Saturday Night I didn't like this one much, it's relatively late to all the trends it displays and it doesn't realize them in a very intriguing way. It feels like this is a mandatory alternative latino entry because it just doesn't stand out in any other way. The record left me feeling like I listened to a discount Supernatural fused with a bit of hip hop. Unexpected Jurassic 5 collab, but it was a letdown because the beat was ass. I expected more when I saw the cool cover and the genre, but this is the bare minimum. Apparently a few tracks from the record are a popular choice in movie/game soundtracks, so the inclusion of this record on the list might be a case of local LA entertainment industry nepotism.
So ummm no.
No thanks
Nope
Techno music
Raro. No me gustó.
I can see the appeal of this album, with its blend of Latin rock, hip hop, and funk. However, the rapping felt cliche and sleazy, filled with outdated punchlines and hooks reminiscent of ‘80s hip hop stereotypes. By the time it reached the end, the album had worn out its welcome and began to feel more annoying than enjoyable.
So bad. I would rate 0 if I could
a mess of mixed styles
Dette er i sandhed One Of The Albums Of All Time, ekstremt middelmådigt. Har svært ved at forestille mig nogen elske det her album.
What an unnecessarily long album...
spend a shit ton of time trying to find it and it wasnt even worth it, only 2 songs i could maybe listen more than one time in the future, the rest just sounds like phonk
Rating: 3/10 Oh god why, please just make it end. Even though I was somewhat intrigued how the album would go after the first track, it was really all downhill the longer the album went on. By 'Dejame en paz' I was really questioning if this was the worst one star yet. Santiago was not a terrible song on the back half I guess. A very poor addition to the book
lol what the
mehforgettable
Didnt find the album on Spotify so skip
1. believe - 0 2. hope - 1 3. zignz - 1 4. america - 1 5. blame - 0 6. buzcando - 1 7. night - 1 8. paz - 0 9. zantiago - 1 10. zol - 0 11. dona - 1 12. nadie - 1 13. canto - 1
This album is absolute cheeks. Buns, start to finish. Sounds like Latin Hamilton but they listened to it and it wasn't terrible enough so they went back in the studio and made it even worse. Hamfisted. I don't remember Saturday Night being in Madden 05, probably because even as an 11 year old I blocked that garbage from memory retention and Hit Sticked motherfuckers instead.
It might be lovely. Sure wish I had a way to listen to it.
I had never even heard of Street Signs by Ozomatli before this challenge, and it turned out to be surprisingly difficult to track down as it wasn't available on Spotify or Apple Music. The description of it as Latin funk rock sounded interesting enough though, so I went into it with an open mind. Unfortunately, this album just didn't do anything for me. There’s plenty going on stylistically, with influences from Latin music, funk, rock and hip-hop, but none of it really grabbed my attention. I kept waiting for a song or moment that would pull me in, but it never quite happened. It's not a bad album by any means, and I can appreciate the energy and musicianship behind it, but I found the overall sound fairly uninspiring and struggled to connect with it. By the end, very little had stuck with me and it's not an album I can see myself revisiting. Favourite tracks: I genuinely couldn't pick one that stood out Least favourite tracks: Nothing specific, but I found the overall sound quite dull and unmemorable Album artwork: Cool album cover – I really like the artwork and design style
No me gustó.
couldn’t find the full album but……. that didn’t bother me at all
Not on Spotify, not on YouTube Tube Music, not on Apple Music and I’m sure as hell not going to look any further than that based on the reviews.
Pas sur spotify
Nah
One of the more obscure and odd projects included in the 1001 albums to hear before you die list has to be Ozomatli's Street Signs. This latin project was apparently a powerhouse for a lot of Spanish speakers back in the 2000s as it won multiple grammys for best Alternative album and was even popular enough to feature in the following year's Madden game soundtrack. Even with all of those accolades, this project seems to have slipped quite far under the radar for most as it doesn't seem to have the lasting impact a lot of people had hoped it to have had. It tries to appear super flashy and interesting just based on sounds alone, but thanks to over 20 years of aging, that same flashiness now comes off a bit duller than ever. The one track I did manage to get down with was the very simplistic and straightforward Santiago as it didn't try to be something refreshing but instead went back to the basics and succeeded in just that. Street Signs is a project if you asked me 20 years ago I probably would have been impressed by, but in the year of 2026 it feels like a lost relic stuck in a bygone era that just doesn't feel fitting for the current landscape of Latin music. Nuff said.
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had to listen to this on spotify with ads so. ew. was a bit all over the place, didn’t finish this one honestly… was not a vibe for me
First of all, finding how to listen to it is not an easy task. Once you find it, you wish you wouldn't. I love "latin" music (that's not really a single genre, but a collection of a bunch), and this albums uses a cliche of those sounds in a shameful way. The songs are bad, the arrangement are embarrassingly unoriginal, vocals are cringe and overly enthusiastic, the entire vibe is bad. I'm sorry. This album doesn't need to be here. A 1.
I’m a white person and this is the Whitest Music Ever for people who thought Putumayo compilations were too exotic.
This one was super weird... not really in a good way
only listened 2 songs because culdnt find others, and they were terrible
ei imusicissa. ei jatkoon
𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘴 mixes funk, hip hop, and rock with a strong dose of Latin influences. The band clearly plays with energy and skill, but the overall style doesn’t really work for me. The Latin-fusion approach dominates the sound to such an extent that it becomes difficult for me to connect with the album. Since only a couple of tracks were available to me, I can’t fully judge the entire record, but even from those songs it was clear that this musical direction simply isn’t my taste.
This is the most 2004 shit I've ever heard in my life. The acoustic ethic melting pot from that peak "omg everyone were ending racism :))))" era millennials believed in. Rap verse on the first track threw me for a loop - kinda went crazy on that beat. The layered chorus on "Who's to Blame" is specifically funny to me. "Saturday Night" 1st rapper wants to be Malice on a Neptune beat soooooo bad "Ya Viene El Sol" record scratching is awful on top of a boring ass song I did get down with "Nadie Te Tira" but it wasn't enough to save this album
Cool Latin and rap vibe but not really for me
It’s terrible
Didn’t finish but I heard enough
This sucks pretty sure I heard this in a stinky toilet.
Heard one song. It wasn't great. Very early noughties
I didnt get past the first song, it was that ridiculous.
Odd
The issue with fusion/hybrid music, which Ozomatli epitomizes, is that it so rarely digs deep into the genres it claims to explore: the Latin accents do not have much going for them, the rapping is corny and weak, the lyrics are platitudinal, dully uplifting, and superficially political, the production is one-note and one-dimensional. This is like the music you'd hear at a party at the playa that no amount of alcohol will have you feeling - the next drink may in fact make things worse. The best track is 'Who's To Blame,' which features an impressive but unmemorable verse from Chali 2na. Look, if you want pop-rap-rock from LA, Black Eyed Peas are your flawed go-to. This is about as offensively bland as you can get, the pacification of genres I love.
Very mediocre music with a Latin twist. I hate this genre mashup nonsense that Americans do; Latin music could and should stand on its own, it isn't made interesting just because you put rap over it. Couldn't bring myself to finish.
Not for me
Fun and interesting record, sad to not have found anywhere solid to listen to it. While appreciative that latin sounds are being represented by this record, I think it is not the landmark album that the list claims it to be. 6/10 [DROP]
I couldn’t find anywhere to listen to the full album
Review - a difficult album to find on streaming services. Not a good listen. A Mish mash of pop rock, various Latin styles, and hip hop, but not particularly good version of any of those styles. A jack of all trades album. Music for no one. Rating - 2.5/10 Need to listen? NO
LA's answer to Manu Chao, this is an ecclectic bit of world music drawing on global funk, hip hop, reggae, cumbia, salsa and other latin dance music, electronica, and rock. Scratching DJs compete with a horn section and a melodica to get a line in between rap verses. Party feel, but not an especially fun party.
Only 2 songs on Spotify, and they were more than enough
Took me a while to find such is its popularity!?? When I did I discovered my worst musical nightmare - a fusion of funk and hip hop. Shit of the highest degree. Only redeeming feature is that it seems no streaming platform carries it. 1/5 28/1/26
Not on Spotify. The few tracks I could locate were terrible
Jeg har Apple music og dette albumet finnes ikke på plattformen. Likte hverken videoene eller reklamene på Youtube. Forbanna liberalt pølsevev! 2/10
Skjønner ikke helt hva de prøver på her
Hørt 13/01/26. kun to låter tilgjengelig på Spotify. Googlet bandet, sjokkert over at de er amerikanske og ikke tyrkisk eller whatever?! Veldig eurovision-musikk basert på de to låtene iaf.
Let’s take the corniest elements of Wyclef Jean, Santana, Lin Manuel-Miranda and the Black Eyed Peas and blend them into one whack ass group that’s just asking to be nominated for a Grammy circa 2006.
Did not listen
Sorry not sorry
Temu Enrique Iglesias.
I am mostly disappointed that these guys are from LA ... when the album started, I was thinking maybe we were dealing with some world music. But quickly this album becomes pretty annoying. This album plays out like an office secret Santa gift exchange, someone just threw a bunch of crap in the pot, and you are trying your best to find one good thing about the whole mess.
Very jolly but not very good
Bad
This is very of the time. The rap (in my opinion) adds nothing to the tracks. I found that I was waiting for the songs to be over instead of enjoying them while they lasted.
Meh
Not for me but you gotta listen to em all. 2.3/10
Couldn’t understand half of it Close to being as bad as the beastie boys
NPC music - Latin edition. Boring, an on paper decent album of mixed influence that moreso sounds like taking garage band preset tracks and smashing them together.
Weird mix of styles and not on Spotify
Here's a street sign for you: STOP. In other words, stop making music; you're not good at it.
Frankly a mess. Is this Latin, hip hop, rap - it’s all and none. The lyrics are corny. Simply not my thing. 1/5
App link only has one song
Ass
Not for me. 1/5
nossa senhora mano eu devo ser mto amargurado mesmo 100% serj tankian fazendo world music estranha
This wasn’t good. It’s kind of a blessing it’s so hard to find.
Possibly the worst sounding strings on the 1001.
How does this fall into 1001 albums, surely there was better?
This was so so so bad. Seems like a band that would be a great opener for Santana.
1.5 I thought there was too much fusion in the musical stylings for this to be coherent in any way. The lyrics that I listened to were just about partying and girls, which although Iike a lot, can be a bit adolescent.
Not for me
It was a torture
No
Hateeee
Being labelled world/funk/hip hop, this album should be much more interesting than it actually is. It's got no bite. It's not memorable. If anything, it's pretty cheesy. I always dug J5 (to a degree) and Cut Chemist (a whole lot!) but them together in this outfit does absolutely nothing to me. This is boring global coffee shop-assed music for people without passports.
wtf was this album? LMAO, seriously. firstly, it only let me play TWO songs, which were a completely shit. it felt like a joke jesus christ. at least i had fun but bc of how shit it was. the only “plus” is that one was in spanish so i could understand it better, however that was bad at the same time bc what the hell with the lyrics HAHAHA. anyway, i did not like neither of the two songs but i laughed!
Wtf.
Not my thing.
Full album not on Spotify
Really unremarkable. 1/5
I finally got to listen to the complete album. Really not very good at all.
It sounds too much like it's trying to be something else and not quite succeeding. High Point: Who's to Blame? Low Point: Believe (was this a Linkin Park cover?)
One so g
Can’t listen as only one track from the album is available.
this was a snooze fest to me
not for me at all
Thankfully only two songs available on Spotify and I won't bother looking up the rest because they were truly horrible.
I only had to listen to 2 songs to know its not for me
je ne chierais même pas dans yeule de ce disque, ça serait trop vulgaire pour ma marde
Dégueulasse. Ça m'a donné la diarrhée.
Just awful. Jumps from genre to genre and, incredibly, never really sticks the landing. Every song feels like a fucked up caricature of Latin music and is offensive is in multiple, indescribable ways. Awesome.
Checked to see where i was at in the album and was devastated to learn i am only halfway through. did nottttttt like this.
I do not like this. It's really a victim of its own ambition. It tries to do so much and doesn't excel at really any of it. Some of the instrumentation is super good, but a lot of the time it goes nowhere and the song becomes really boring and repetitive. No standouts. I do not like any of the rapping.
I played the Madden this was featured on, it was shite too.
"Not available for streaming at your location". From the little bits that I did find, ie. cumbia and latin flavoured dance hiphop, it feels like street style Ricky Martin music. This is not for me
Demo tape for an ok band.
It wasn't very good. The best description of this album is that is sounds like an Indian parody of Latin music.
1.4/5 did not enjoy
Not on Apple Music
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Lame ass attempts to fuse Latin music with whatever flavor of pop/hip-hop was trending at the time. While there are some fun grooves, this is one you most certainly do NOT need to listen to you before you die.
Strange music.
Unavailable anywhere.
I don't know what the hell was going on here but my ears didn't like it
I thought I was going to like this. I really did not. Very generic and uninspired.
¡Ay, caramba!
The album is not complete in Spotify
Not for me
The album isn't on Spotify but I'm listening to all the tracks I can find. Update - One song in and I'm very confused Update 2 - They sampled Barack Obama? Blending Latin music with hip hop just isn't it rly. Interesting record. Wouldn't relisten
Not for me
Sounds like music from some bad B movie.
Could not find a way of listening to this full album on any service. So only heard the first song. I don't feel I was missing out.
This was all over the place. Some of these songs don't even sound like their from the same band. I didn't connect to it at all.
Sorry, I just plain don't like this. Sounds prepackaged. Pop. Yeh 1 star
Not for me.
One song popped up here. It was enough to know it was shite.
Not available to stream. Remove please
neibb
honestly wish i left this at did not listen. could i write poetry to this? n
No me gusta
Unavailable
Hmm no
What?!?!?!
certain albums come up and you think “great this is going to wreck my spotify algorithm” music for people who have no other term than “world music” for music composed beyond their shores
what the hell how does this work
Didn't really take much from this album. Very generic and not worth a second listen.
Only 2 tracks available
I mess around with all the elements they are trying to use here, but despite the diversity they still sound like trash.
It sounds like Ricky Martin, Juanes and Maná recorded an album together.
Not on Spotify.
Note: Spotify has pulled all but two songs from this album ('Believe' and 'Love and Hope'), so this review is based on the two songs I had access to. The two songs I listened to are a jumble of genres including (wince) "rap rock". Not my thing. Overall: 2/10
No thanks
Lyrics are shallow and dumb. Music is derivative and uninteresting. Total waste of time.
Three songs in and these are all too repetitive and not to my taste. I'll keep listening but this just doesn't do anything for me.
Most of the songs are unavailable on Spotify (at least in my region). I don't mind it, but I wouldn't go through the trouble of accessing it elsewhere.
Spotify only has one song available too me so I can't really give much of a review so uhh soz 😂
This is a very disappointing album. It is nowhere to be found on music streaming services. After a lot of effort to get it anyway, the album is mediocre with uninteresting rock songs with a bit of latin flavor. It sounds commercial, but it's too bad to have a change to impress any audience.
Ass. I don't like the fusion here
Couldn’t listen as wasn’t on Spotify
What the hell is this??
This album seems to be straight out a cheap dance movie from 2004 where there are two enemy dance troupes who end up doing a big dance together at the end of the film.
I really didn't get anything out of this. Thought it was overall pretty boring.
This really wasn't to my liking at all. The single biggest issue for me was that it didn't feel cohesive at all. It was a mixture of latino rap, some rap that didn't feel latino, 'Who Discovered America' which felt like a worse kind of radio smash hit version of Santana's 'Smooth'. Then there was 'Dejame en Paz', which was something completely different? I think if some of the tracks were hand picked and put in another constellation, it might not have been as bad, but this just didn't fly at all. But to be fair, the tracks didn't really leave any impression on me regardless so maybe not.
not a fan. feels too naive 1 -S agree -A
I think they used every corny latin music trope in existence, as well as some underwhelming rap. A couple songs were kind of catchy, but it was mostly annoying
This must be the 1001 numbered album on the list. Overall very disappointing and bland.
Mish mash... Hear tabla and record scratches with Spanish music.. rap also sometimes.. it's too much
I'm sure I'd love this a lot more if I didn't actively hate it.
A rare occasion where I couldn't track down the album anywhere. Listened to some of their KEXP set from 10ish years ago and wasn't impressed. I guess one star cause I couldn't find it?
*Loud snorting noise* Wee wee wee *Loud snorting noise* Wee wee wee *Loud snorting noise* Wee wee wee *Loud snorting noise* Wee wee wee Get it? Because it makes me go to bed. Grab your blankets and your teddy bears for this one, folks.
Onko kyseessä uskomaton albumi.. ei löydy spotify apple music.. hidden gem incredible.. Eka biisi uskomaton.. sen jälkeen kuullosti vähän siltä kun et pyyhi kunnolla ja kikkareita jää perskarvoihin. Sitten myöhemmin, sinun on pakko repiä ne rämmäleet irti ja silmät kostuu.
Majority of the album is not available on spotify or on youtube and i did not feel like trying to find more after 3 songs. The music seemed bland
Not my cup of tea. This is what i say when i think something is shit. The English inner city indian rapper during the first song is enough for me to stop listening. If you want to hear something similar to this only better and done by a better musician then give Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan a listen to.
Totally not my thing
Es juanes con instrumentación hindú. Rarísimo y no me gustó. 2/10
Not for me. I did try
Isssh, dans mes écoutes les plus difficiles. Cet exercice doit être fait avec une grande ouverture d'esprit. Alors bravo pour l'inclusion de ce groupe différent. Bravo pour le désir de moderniser des courants latins. Bravo pour la diversité de couleurs sonores. Par contre, malgré ces points qui auraient dû rendre le tout rafraîchissant, les mélodies sont inintéressantes et la fusion des genres ne fonctionne pas. Il y a seulement Saturday Night, la pièce la plus écoutée de cet album, qui réussit à être écoutable. Dommage.
This is absolute trash. Should not be on the list. Again, the absence of Rammstein is glaring at moments like this.
Only four tracks available in Brazil between Spotify and Youtube. On the basis of four tracks - an uninspired latin hip-hop. I am fine with latin music, but hip-hop is intolerable for me. So 1 star on a limited sample size
Hopefully I'll never hear this again
Must be nice to see live
Link to album has only one song
Cover art 2/5
ovo što sam čuo, ne sviđa mi se.
Not my thing.
Absolutely fucking not.
é uma bagunça e impossível de achar
Not my style. I prefer English. The Saturday night song wasn't too bad