Reviews (page 5 of 8)
I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Before my time in rap, but unlike a lot of early rap, this is not super in your face. It’s very much a vibe/background type music and i enjoyed listening to it without being fully invested in it. I felt that I would listen to it in the same situation that I would listen to LOFI.
Vibes for days. The only criticism I have is that when listening to the album all the way through some of the songs tend to blend together because the drum beat isn’t all that different from song to song. Hard to say this one doesn’t belong on the list because it feels like Connected has been in popular media and advertising forever. May not come back to the whole album, but I will with a couple songs.
This was a fun album. Not great, but it helped pass the time.
Funky nice music
I enjoyed this album. Feels VERY 90s. The title track is easily the best on the album.
Yet another album where there is one song that is vastly better than everything else. Makes me question what the author's definition of "essential" is.
Nostalgic…never listened to the whole album before
Not good, not terrible.
It's ok.
This was fine! Not all that groundbreaking, but. pretty good for 1990s hip hop album. There are so many albums that sound similar to this on this list though.
This and Elastica in the past week? My entire collection of "dance music." This CD gets played once every 2-3 years because of Connected. Cool sound, that lies at the edges of my tastes.
Connected is decent in places, it has a very 90s style and vibrancy to it and some of it is very well known, it just gets a bit samey after a while. Still, it's interesting and a bit of fun so a solid enough 3.
Music that makes you go "Yeah, that sure was music that I just listened to" after listening to it. ...Actually sort of grew on me the more I thought about it during the day. The title track is really good. Might have to give this one a 3/5.
it was fun but i wouldnt listen again
Sick flow
It was cool! I liked it a lot more than I thought I would
nothing earthshaking but it’s a nice vibe
I liked it but it wasnt my thing
Sounded like friendly hip-hop, a la Tribe Called Quest compared to NWA. I had a good time listening through this but albums like this show me that I prefer modern rap. I feel like a lot of complexity has been layered over the foundation of straight-forward beats and rhymes like the Stereo MC's are showcasing on this album, and that's a big reason I've been drawn to the genre.
Good songs but not a great album.
Was a little one dimensional but much better than I expected
Really Really good really well done, mad respect to everyone who worked on this album! just a little too slow and boring for met. Took me forever to get thru a single listen. like multiple tries
Recognised a few & enjoyed the rest of the album
#197. This isn't terrible or anything, but the thing of the thing is that I'm just not as nostalgic for weird obscure British nonsense as the maker of this list obviously is. To say that you need to listen to this before you die is a bit hyperbolic if you ask me. 3/5: fine
Two consecutive early 90's rave albums, both of their time but enjoyable
Hadn't ever heard of this. Pretty inoffensive alt hip hop/trip hop that blends in to the background. It was totally fine, not really my jam.
Generic music but not bad
not really a british rap fan or trip hop? as this is classified as. But it was surprisingly enjoyable. may revisit.
Perushyvä ja letkee. Sopivaa taustamusaa erilaisiin tekemisiin
I really enjoyed some of these tracks- they conjured up nights at the nightclub with flat beer and foxy babes and shadey guys in the corner I steered clear of. Happy days.
🦶
So I didn't think I would know any of these songs since I didn't recognize thea artist's name or any of the tracks, but I recognized the opener in seconds. It's one of those songs where I'd bet that if you're 30 or older in an English speaking country, you somehow just know the song? I can't remember ever hearing it in a specific place or at a specific time in my childhood but somehow I knew most of the lyrics and felt like it was just...around when I was a kid? Everything else sounded sort of like that song. So I suppose if you like it, the rest of the album will be bearable, if not the most interesting. I can't see myself returning to this, but I appreciate it as a sort of proto-Gorillaz type piece of music history. I'm tempted to be frustrated since really only the opening track stood out to me in any way, but I suppose music history is really littered with one hit wonders and isn't music history what we're all here trying to learn about?
*British people hear a type of music* https://giphy.com/gifs/hero0fwar-tim-and-eric-5wWf7GMbT1ZUGTDdTqM The blues, R&B, reggae, sure, but rap?! The audacity of these people. You almost have to admire it. And the worst thing is that this album is pretty good. A bit insignificant for inclusion on a list like this, but I figure the author wanted to be sure every single British person who was alive in the 90’s was on here somewhere. But when the guy starts rapping it is almost as ridiculous as that album cover. Is that the top of a set of headphones or some type of cerebro-like mind power amplifying helmet? “Oi bruv, we gotta snake and the earth and mushrooms and a volcano but it’s missing summit, innit?” “How about a lightning bolt?” “Brilliant mate!” This album wasn’t bad. I knew the single and liked it alright and the rest of the album is pretty similar to it. Kinda silly but not bad. Better than a lot of other stuff on this list but not essential in my opinion. Still, there are worse ways to spend an hour.
It didn't bother me to turn it off, but I didn't focus too much on it. I feel it is best that way.
This was really nice. Hadn't heard before.
mehhhhh. no real complaints here but it very much faded into the background
first listen cool beats but sorta underwhelming
2.8 - It was fine, nothing that amazing and felt very repetitive in parts. Just didn't give me any emotion at all.
Good album by somewhat repetitive overall.
The quality of this album swings between the funky beats and the goofy ass british MC. The score lands on a moderate 3
It's that early 90's club hip hop
Connected - 7.5/10 Ground Level - 7.5/10 Everything - 7/10 Sketch - 7.5/10 Fade Away - 7.5/10 All Night Long - 7/10 Step It Up - 7/10 Playing With Fire - 7/10 Pressure - 7.5/10 Chicken Shake - 7.5/10 Creation - 7/10 The End - 7/10 TOTAL - 80.5/120
Pleasantly surprised with this album, very funky vibe to it Top tracks: Step It Up, Pressure
This was a lot of fun. Nice triphop vibes and a lot better than the aggregate rating I say 3.5 out 5
Good 90s hip hop album. I found myself bopping along to several of the songs.
This was an album new to me: I played it four times. I really quite enjoyed the record, though I felt it overstayed its welcome at nearly an hour.
Funky muziek die geen vlieg kwaad doet.
Good
Not bad but extremely trapped in its time. 2.5/5
As a naive child in the early 2000s, I heard the title track quite a bit on local radio and just assumed it was from the 80s given its old-school feel. The LP as a whole has certainly aged better than some of its compatriots, but the crossover component that enables this is also the album’s downfall. Every track sounds like a slight variation of the title track, and at the end of the day I’m scratching my head trying to think of one song that registered with me. Not a bad listen per se, but not really an engaging one either.
Why does this album feel like it's 3 hours long? It's okay, but not sure it really belongs on this list. 3 stars.
Nice throwback dancy-Brit-hip hop joint that has held up surprisingly well.
kind of fun lovin' criminals
early triphop 1 smashhit…
Not really a classic in my book.
I was digging the groove on the first run through but it did start to grind by the end of the second listen. Connected is great, I also enjoyed Fade Away and Step It Up.
Interesting music - 3 stars
Catchy beats and melodies, but overall pretty boring and nothing special.
That's not my taste in musik. But ok
This was a great album, slightly overstayed its welcome with some very repetitive sounding tracks. Regardless, it was great to listen to whilst cracking on with some work - great vibe!
Was this great or well made music - no. Was it still lots of fun - yes! It was a bit long, but I really enjoyed it for the most part and plus I have a bit of a soft spot for dance music from the early-mid 90s (and rapping/singing with an English accent! ha ha) Great vibe for my morning walk today! Fave Track: Chicken Shake
Particularly groovy
Groovy, kinda like a laid back British Hip Hop album. Definitely feels like it’s from the 90’s which is a bonus! 3.4
Did Not Listen, but remember the title track fondly as one of my faves to dance to at CHAOS nightclub, Southsea.
Listened Before? No Honestly unsure where I've heard Connected, but it is one of those songs that I never knew the artist for, but randomly pops into my head occasionally. Similar energy to the Sopranos intro song in a sense. Acid Jazz is such a comfy sounding genre. Hard to dislike when it is done well like this. Ground Level is basically just a monotone vocal delivery over a drum loop with splashes of piano, whistling, synth horns, and vocal samples. Doesn't really go anywhere, but its still an enjoyable listen. Let this one drift into the background for the rest of the listen. I wanted to like this one more out of the gate, but it lost steam and novelty quickly for me. Its an enjoyable, laid-back listen to be sure, but there weren't many standout moments that grabbed my ear. I appreciate being reconnected with Connected, but did not need an hour of this. 3 / 5 for some solid Acid Jazz. Added to Library? No
This was much better than I expected going in. Definitely grooving just a little long for my taste
A 90s time capsule, chefs kiss
Elektronista tämmöistä loop hiphoppia. Ihan letkeetä menevää, mutta vähän toistavaa. Parhaat: Step It Up, Creation, Connected
3.5
This was way better than I expected! I thought it'd be the kind of electronic/dance that I'd not enjoy, but it was very cool. It had that baggy, Hacienda style, partly thanks to the female backing vocals, but also the use of brass and extremely funky bass. It was also lyrically quite inventive, especially on Sketch, which was a highlight. The genre means it's never going to get the really big marks from me, but it was such a pleasant surprise. I'd put this on when I had people round and it was late at night, should that ever happen.
Eh not for me
British people probably fucked to this.
Classy album. Nearly a 4.
It was the definition of OK, felt very safe.
Nicht schlecht, Herr Specht. 5.5/10
pretty cool
I have this on vinyl from back in the day and used to play the singles when I was a DJ. I loved their sound and that dance/indie fusion that was around at the time. Playing it again now I still like it but across a whole album it drags a bit. It’s a good album, it’s just perhaps not as good as I remember. Or maybe music moved on.
Never heard of them. Liked it. Nice to bounce to at the standing desk. Would have bet money it was 80's tho...
Like listening to Unbelievable by EMF on repeat for an hour. Probably could have died without hearing this but still pretty good in a cheesy 90s whiteboy hip-hop kind of way.
Connected is in the movie Hackers. Pretty cool song. But like a lot of early 90s electronic music, this all sounds pretty samey. Fun enough, but really nothing special.
A fun listen
Ja pretty good niet heel bijzonder
interesting sound, better than I remembered. Connected is a good song.
It's alright... pub music.
Barem 3.5
at least it wasn't more 80's.
This is what I remember 90s dance hip hop being. A little jazzy a little funky honestly not a bad album but I don't see myself coming back to this. Nothing is really standing out for me Repeats: Connected, Creation Skips:
It sounds so dated now but it sounded so fresh at the time.
Anyone growing up in the 90's probably dance or seen people dance to Connected and Step it Up. Heard these songs countless times but first time every listening to this album. It's decent though at the 40 min it starts getting a bit old. Well, I doubt it's the last time I'll hear the song Connected, however the album Connected, probably the last time.
I’m sure this was pretty cool at the time but pretty run of the mill at this listen.
Connected is pretty good and I've heard it a bunch. The rest of the album is ok.
It's fine. It sort of sounds like what I expect everything in a city in England would sound like in the mid 90s. Couple of good songs but the whole album is a bit much.
Okay, from what I can see, this is not The Foreign Exchange's Connected. I don't know if this was a rather poor inside joke or... regardless, Stereo MC's Connected is a rather splendid trek in the possibilities that the early 90s had to offer in regards to eclecticism and musical versatility. When it hits, it hits and, as it does, you'll want to clamor for a little more. A vast, wondrous landscape indeed. Favorites: Connected, Ground Level, Everything, Sketch, Fade Away, Playing With Fire, Don't Let Up.
Blind album and artist. It's okay, and that's pretty much all I have to say. Mediocre, as the youts would say... "mid". Electronic Hip Hop and pretty much all filler.
It definitely grew on me. First half comes off incredibly corny, especially with the lead track sounding like every 90s commercial. Second half had me in a groove and a little sad that it ended.
3 Less remarkable Massive Attack. There’s nothing here I would describe as unenjoyable, but it also doesn’t feel like anything I haven’t heard before. The title track was probably my favorite of the bunch, but outside of that, I don’t think there’s anything I could point to as being particularly re-listenable or even commentable if I tried. If I had to use one word to summarize this album, it would probably be “forgettable”. But hell, I’d take a forgettable album any day over having another album like Suicide… at least nothing here is going to haunt my dreams for the foreseeable future.
Blije triphop, het klinkt gelukkig niet zo blikkerig als andere computermuziek uit de vroege jaren negentig. Aan de andere kant is dit genre door anderen later beter gedaan. Dit clubje maakt niet zoveel indruk.
Bristol & Madchester sound uit de early 90s, maar dan uit Nottingham. Acid house met een (ietwat arrogante) rapstem (net zoals later Audio Bullys enzo) ipv een zeikerige Britse zang. Het is ietwat gedateerd, overduidelijk uit de 90s, niet heel enerverend of onderhoudend verder, maar ik kan dit dus echt 1000x beter hebben dan die kinderachtige rap uit Murica. Dit wil gewoon dansen, vrolijk zijn, plezier maken, al dan niet onder het genot van wat geestverruimende middelen. Maar daar is de beste muziek mee gemaakt.
Good tunes
It's one of those albums that is very much of its time, you listen to it today and it feels dated and shows how much music production has moved on in the 30+ years since it was produced. Not a bad album, just nothing that particularly sticks in your mind
fun and lively dance rock. i didn’t hate it.
Meh. It's fine.
This was another one that was ok but I’m not sure why I need to hear it before I die. Sounded like a wannabe Beck or Beck did it better, depending on who started first.
Que brûlent les goûts musicaux des gens nés dans les années 80.
Love the title track in '92, and still love it today. The rest of the album's aight.
Not bad. Good music to bop to while working.
Aww, takes me back. I had forgotten I saw them supporting Madonna in the Blonde Ambition tour back in the day. I think I had the album too. This holds up pretty well. I still appreciate a bit of acid jazz, though this does get a bit samey tbh
I'll let my 10-year-old daughter's take on the album serve as my review: "Eh. I mean, the music is okay and I like the way it makes me feel. And the vocals aren't BAD exactly. But the words aren't very interesting and they're just saying the same thing over and over again. I don't think I like it very much." Same, kiddo. Same.
Connected and Step it Up were big hits at the time, especially Connected. And I still like the music, even though it aged and faded. However, I fail to see why this particular album should be celebrated more than 30 years after the fact. No one cared about that album at the time, all people cared for were 1-2 hit singles that have more or less disappeared from our culture. Yet another bizarre album choice.
Well, thus started off great. Connected is a banger, the rest of the album did very little for me though. I wouldn’t rush to put it off if it came on the stereo, but equally, I don’t think I’d ever seek this album out to listen to.
It's fine I guess. The beats are good - that's it.
First couple songs were fantastic! But then - meh.
Love the Stereo MCs so was pleased to see this as the album of the day. However I had lots of interruptions while trying to listen but the tracks weren’t as good as the ones we usually listen to. I’d thought I was going to give 4* but for this album maybe higher 3* is a better grade !
Fun.
Not bad I guess, just sounded a bit dated. I just don't think the list needed more British hip-hop. By the end, the accent really started annoying me.
17th August 2023 Listened a day late cos of Dusty and Sheppeck’s staying. 90s dance hip hop, can hear the influence of US rap and how this must have influenced UK garage and hip hop of the early noughties. 3.5 if I could.
Meh: I didn’t love nor did I hate. Just felt like mid music which I could listen to and not pat much attention to. Maybe it’s just not for me and many would love this but overall a forgettable experience. Really don’t have much to say so I’ll just rate it and inoffensive 3.
Ritmos tranquilos, estilo mezcla entre pop y disco. Ambiente chillout de principios de los 90. Para sesiones relajadas
un album de 56 minutes pour une course de 50 minutes. C'est parfaita hah et le vibe etait bon. 3.90
Funky, groovy. A little bit dark and Primal Screamy. A read a review, and it said the rapping sounds like an afterthought, and I must say it is pretty shite. There's some Massive Attack vibes going on thee too. Pretty good, bopping at my desk. 3 / 5 stars.
The album was alright. I wasn't familiar with any song or the band. I didn't skip any songs and it was easy listening to it.
I wanted to sing ahwwah after every line in every song. I didn't mind this album ahwwah, probably won't listen to it again AHWWHAH
Groovy as hell and equally as forgettable.
Is it a bit monotonous in the end? Sure. Does is really need to be on this list? Probably not. Is it funky? Yes!
I knew the song Connected and liked it pretty well. I was liking it ok, but after a while I couldn’t tell if the album had completed and restarted or if I was still on the first listen. It seemed a lot the same and that made it seem to go on too long for me. Maybe back in the day this would have held my attention, but today it did not.
Similar in style to Fun Lovin' Criminals, Stereo MC's one-hit wonder status must merit them worthy of inclusion on this list according to the author(s). It doesn't. And on top of yet another shoe-horning of a mediocre UK band onto the list, I wonder if it's their UK bias. Again… 2.5/5.
Good
I only knew the album's eponymous song but I didn't mind the rest of it. It did feel like it dragged, though. I thought a couple of the tracks could have been left off, especially as it was somewhat repetitive. Overall a likeable throwback from the 90s.
Rating: 6/10 Best songs: Connected
Not great, not terrible.
BL: never heard of stereo MCs but Will give it a bump AL: it was good but suffered from the same problem the soul II soul album did last week. Dance albums just aren’t that listenable. If I was blazed out of my mind though this would be crazy. FT: “connected” “ground level” “step it up” 3/5
Kind of funky, the flute gives me a feeling of disco. The instrumentals here are the main focus, with the rapping feeling a bit placeholder-ish. It's mostly a vibe. Favorite tracks: "Sketch", "Fade Away"
3.3 - “Connected” is a jam but the rest sounds like H&M music.
cool but not my type
I heavily judged this album by its cover at first but my fears were allayed by the first track which was one of those songs I’ve heard but never knew the details of. It’s also my favorite track on the album. It keeps going along well enough for the next handful of tracks but I’m not sure if I was sleepy or what but I got bored about halfway through and was pretty much over it. Maybe making this album about a half hour wouldve really helped it.
Not exactly my jam, but a classic.
3 stars
4/12, 33%
Some classics here. Enjoyed. 3.5 stars.
Prima voor op de achtergrond
Middelmatige rap-dance muziek. Buiten de 2 hitjes weinig speciaals
Fun to bop to
Is that lightning in space?
Oh, this is who sings that song! Really enjoying the first two songs, “Everything” is a low point with cheesy melody and cringy rapping.
This album has a great sense of rhythm and really great bass lines. However, the rap portions really take me out of it. This mix of hip hop and trip hop doesn’t really quite work and it all starts to blend together after a while. However, the music itself is a great representation of trip hop.
I knew I recognized the name Stereo MC's - then the title track opened the album. Riiiight - Connected. Good tune, cool beats and combination of vocals was solid. Step It Up is another one I knew but didn't remember was by Stereo MC's - also solid. But otherwise it's kind of boring - the whole sound gets old fast. I'd be good with 3-5 songs, but not a whole album.
Started strong but there was too much looping with not enough to listen to.
Easy to forget just how big Stereo MCs were, and they won Brit Awards in 1994 that should have gone to Suede. But I don't hold a grudge and approached this with the usual OPEN MIND. And it's not bad, it's dated and a little saney but is more enjoyable than I anticipated. Best song is one of the singles I'd forgotten, Creation.
Groovy, blends into the background. Nostalgic for those of us the right age.
Wish 'Massive Attack'.
This is like easy-listening hip-hop. There’s not one aurally offensive track here. The opening cut is a real winner. In fact the first 4 , from Connected to Sketch, reel the listener right in. Problem for me was that it just starts to feel a bit samey. I loved some of the samples, though - the Stones piano bit in Playing With Fire & the repetitive riff from Carole King’s It’s Too Late, in The End. Overall, a pretty good listen.
Pleasantly funky and reasonably positive dance/hip-hop/indie crossover thing. Lyrics are nothing to write home about, but has a positive (if slightly superficial) vibe. Tends to blend into a funky wash. I'm sure they were fun live. Sample choice is exquisite, and they are tastefully deployed (which is certainly much better than most early 90s equivalents), which make this album sound less dated than many of its contemporaries. I like Connected, which is a great single, but the album is more of the (pretty good) same.
Funky early morning work jams
Favorite track was "Step it Up"
Fun bit of techno beat here. Very appropriate for clubbing.
Some cool stuff. Recognized the lead track.
Nice blend of hip hop, electronica and indie
I don't know if it's actually any good (it sounds a lot like the kind of dancey 90s fluff I'd normally score pretty low) but to my surprise I quite enjoyed this - it's infectious. Maybe I just needed some funky breakbeats to oscillate along to on a chilly day.
As 90s and as British as you can get.
This is egregiously Bristish 90’s. Not always a bad thing!
I found myself liking this more than I thought I might. Honestly that cover photo was a "yikes" moment. I had never heard this group's name before, but I certainly recognized several of these songs. Not a bad listen but I probably won't ever find myself going back.
что-то непонятное
Bam! 1992 in your face!
I felt like I was watching a Telstra ad during a lot of this. But it provided a chilled soundtrack to a Sunday morning game with the kids.
Not exactly groundbreaking, but groovy. And certainly not a masterclass in variety or consciousness-raising, but slightly more substantive and interesting than disco or other dance music. The beats are fat, accessible, eminently comfortable, though they flirt dangerously with dreaded sameyness (which may be a benefit in if one likes the general vibe [which one does]). Dude's voice is distinct and he does like to go on so about "reality." The use of backing vocals is both extensive and judicious. The whole thing suggests that it's easy to be casually hip, or was in the '90s anyway – hard to say whether that's a feature or a bug. (Is that sax solo on the closer a riff rom Carole King's "It's Too Late"?) Found a niche, didn't they, and a moment in time and this feels just strong enough a record to get them out of one-hit wonder territory (though they seemed a very strong candidate, as evidenced by their rapid disappearance). Rounding up because they exceeded expectations, which were awfully low, but it's a 3-4 toss up.
Stinks of early 90's madchester fall out and inoffensive indie rubble. Best Tracks: Connected; Fade Away; Step It Up
Gotta get yourself connected, writing's on the wall, blah, blah, blah bedected, stumble you might fall (stumble you might fall). Never heard anything except that song and there's a reason for it. Though, the rest of the album is decent, it's nothing to worry yourself over. Being disconnected from this album doesn't matter much in 2022.
Connected was a huge hit in its day, but I couldn’t have told you the artist’s name. It’s a very strong start to this album, but none of the other tracks deliver the same punch. Still, the rhythms, though somewhat dated now, strike a chord in me. I wouldn’t turn this off if it were playing, but doubt I would seek it out.
A 2 if I’m paying attention. A 3 as background noise. I listened to this on a road trip, so 3 it is.
First impression: looks.like sth I would hate, and shou be filtered by my setting (where I exclude hip hop, pop and world music) In fact, not that bad, not an album I would come back to, but it's fine
Some good stuff in there, but samey after a while.
Enjoyable -- liked Step It Up and Creation. Not my favorite but nothing I disliked
Il y a 2 hits, dont un que j’aime beaucoup. Autrement, c’est du pop léché assez conventionnel.
This is the most 1992 album I've ever heard - for better or worse! Pretty mellow and enjoyable. Did not particularly enjoy the background vocals on this, sounded a bit off. I don't know if I'll ever revisit, but it was a nice background to my morning.
I was really feeling this at the start, but it got pretty repetitive and boring further into the album.
I've never heard of Stereo MC's before today. They are a 90's hip hop/electronica band from the UK. Their music reminds me of Moby or Bran Van 3000 a bit (typical run of the mill 90's hip hop). The album was good, I didn't have a compulsion to skip any of the songs, but it also just blended in with all of the other average hip hop bands of that era. I enjoyed the addition of the saxophone at times, and the mixing of beats and samples was well done. I also enjoyed the female harmony accompaniment as well. Overall, an average album, not terrible, but also not groundbreaking. Favourite songs: Everything, Playing With Fire, Creation, Ground Level, Pressure Least favourite songs: Chicken Shake, All Night Long 3/5
This was new to me. I mostly enjoyed it.
bruh
this is like the English version of Dee lite. makes me feel like a much more upbeat 90s version of skinnyman with none of the politics. that's probably me talking shite. it's ok, it's not the hidden gem i was hoping for but its genuinely not a bad album.
🎳
I always assumed Stereo MCs were American until I listened to this. I was wrong, this is very much the sound of early '90s underground British dance music crossing over to the mainstream. It's much better than I expected, a decent take on the electronic music sounds of the day and some (not so great) rapping thrown in for good measure.
3.5 stars. Easy listening hip-pop. The standout "Connected" is very catchy and the rest of the album carries on the funky easy feel and the simple lyrics.
Muy buen disco que combina muchos géneros. Puedo entender por qué recibió un Brit award por disco del año en el 92 aunque se me hizo un poco tedioso al final. 3.5 estrellas que bajan a 3 porque fuera de Connected, no me quedo con ninguna canción en mi lista.
Más de esa cosa noventera que es medio bailable, medio hip hop, medio anuncio de VH1. No es malo pero tampoco es interesante.
this album was funky and jazzy but it was so so repetitive to the point where it was boring.
Nice chill organic-sounding dancey-trip-hop. A few nice singles that I remember from the long-ago. I don't have anything negative to say but then again .... I don't know, it's not entirely memorable? i.e. nothing made me sit up and take notice and/or give me chills - the inherent nature of the music, the style, etc - gives the overall sentiment and impression of a bit of repetitiveness. It's not bad, per se, just more of a vibe that's interesting but harder than normal to distill into individual songs or "tracks" - your mileage may vary. So in sum It's more of an attitude record for me, something that would likely be great background/party/gaming/sleeping soundtrack - passive listening. And there's considerable value in that. 6/10 3 stars.
How do all of the songs sound the same?
EMF. Jesus Jones. Beats International. The Shamen, ..The Stereo MCs.. etc. Typical early 90s UK dance music that sounded quite dated even by end of 90s (at least to me, I still like the sound of 80s dance music very much). Songs itself are fine though ("Connected" is 5*) and perhaps, with a different production, this might have been a semi-classic - not on the level of Screamadelica (1991) or The White Room (1992) or Blue Lines (1991) but still, definitely a proper 3* album I would say...
Good vibes but that’s kinda of it for me
First time listener for Stereo MC and Connected was better than I expected. It's kind of cool and funky and it has a catchy rhythm throughout. Probably won't convert me to a fan, but there could be a lot lot worse things to listen to. Enjoyable.
Better than expected!
Fun, trippy, groovy, very '90s. It's an enjoyable listen and definitely a throwback to my college days. But ultimately, excepting a few stand out tracks, much of this album is still pretty forgettable. Title track is the ultimate ear worm. Fave Songs: Connected, Ground Level, Creation, Chicken Shake, Step it Up, Playing With Fire
Pleasantly funky and reasonably positive dance/hip-hop/indie crossover thing. Lyrics are nothing to write home about, but has a positive (if slightly superficial) vibe. Tends to blend into a funky wash. I'm sure they were fun live. Sample choice is exquisite, and they are tastefully deployed (which is certainly much better than most early 90s equivalents), which make this album sound less dated than many of its contemporaries. I like Connected, which is a great single, but the album is more of the (pretty good) same.
Cool Prefs: Connected, Everything, Step It Up, Creation Moins pref: Chicken Shake
Decent background music
Inoffensive but a little dull.
05/17/2022 Decent, and very of its time. Full-on 90s in every way. Opening track is a bop, and the rest are pretty fun in a corny, dated way, lol.
Not bad, just kind of forgettable.
Digging the triphop beats here. Very funky. Lyrically it can be a bit on the nose sometimes but overall a really cool release.
Totally chill vibes.
Solidno je. Pjesmu connected sam uvijek voljela a ostalo će otići u zaborav :')
Slušljivo, nedaleko od lošeg, ali si neb pustio ovo, i neb ništ imo protiv albuma da svira ovako negdje, pozadinski.
Po coveru sam očekivo neku lošu verziju fristajloa, ovo je zapravo dost solidno
A one-hit wonder album. The rest of the stuff sounds enough like the hit to make it enjoyable, but it's not different or adventurous enough to make it interesting. Best track: Connected
I know the title track and it's really good. The rest of the songs are new to me. I enjoyed the music and style. I really need to hear more of it to rate it properly. 3/5.
Bändin nimi + levyn julkaisuvuosi nosti varautuneita ennakkoaavistuksia. Onneksi tämä osoittautui kuitenkin jokseenkin positiiviseksi elämykseksi. Leppoisan kuuloista elektrofunkia(?) mukavan soljuvilla rappivokaaleilla(?). Tällaista musiikkia ei nykyään enää kauheasti tehdä. Ei innostanut ihan nelosen arvoisesti mutta solidi kolmonen.
Tends to sound the same after a few songs. Ok
I wasn't quite sure what to expect from an album listed as Acid Jazz. Then I realized just how much I had heard the titular track. I think this is a nice groovy album that is very listenable. It gets a little repetitive at times and falls flat at others.
Genre: Alternative Dance 3/5 Another British album, another 90s album, and another album the internet deems alternative. Almost 70 albums in and I've run into this formula quite a lot. Hopefully this means rather than they're being an inordinate amount of them, I'm running into them early, but I won't hold my breath... I haven't even gotten any Radiohead yet. But as for this album, beyond the title track, which is a pretty killer hip-hop/R&B sort of jam in the neighborhood of Prince, the rest all sort of meshes together into a blend of drum loops and British accents. For what it's worth it's certainly listenable and enjoyable, but lacking sonic variety. Might be a sneak hit for some people who haven't listened to a Prince album yet.
Thought it was going to be better but hasn’t aged that well
Has it's moments. Very groovy, and up my alley but gets a bit repetitive after a while.
Good beats. Nice grooves. Cool flows. Might have been more impressive in the early 90s uk.
I agree with one of the critical reviews. This album was nice to listen to but quite forgettable. It felt like elevator music.
Tri jer connected. Ostalo je jako mlaka verzija happy mondays bez ludila ikakvog i klišejiziranim hipi dipi tekstovima
Good music very 90s
This album was a nice mix between Hip-Hop and Electronica, a nice easy listen and good to pop on and nod your head to - but would have been amazing to see at a festival. It was nice to hear some female vocals throughout the album - something that was not common at the time of release. Best: Connected Worst: Chicken Shake
Very much a product of its time, 90s dance music mostly spun from very early hip hop, staying faithful to 70s funk. None of the tracks are amazing, except "Step It Up." Nothing awful, you definitely get an enjoyable experience from start to finish. Main complaint: songs are too long. Why are they all around 4 minutes or more? Not much progression to keep interest. The Rolling Stones sample in "Playing With Fire" caught me off guard. Favorites: Connected, Fade Away, Step It Up
Not as bad as the other reviews think, just casual east listening. Kind of reminded me of Cake. Not something I’d search out, but better than other albums I’ve given a 3 to.
6/10
Oh, that song. This was alright, don't find a lot of cause to listen to this kind of thing though.
"Connected" is a great and groovy song, I really dig it! While the rest of the album is listenable, I didn't feel it ever measured up to the promise of the title track. 3
Hearing the title track sent me straight back to the early 90s, with the alterantive dance / hip-hop music that was being played along side Big Audio Dynamite and EMF. "Connected" was the only track I recognized. "Pressure", "Don't Let Up", and "The End" had a good groove. The album was good.
Dance, hip hop. No está mal
Rap, but without the bragadocio, misogyny, racism or swearing, but with some catchy hooks. Very nice, but somehow it feels a bit hollow. Maybe I'm getting unured to the loathsome rap culture. I hope not.
Great 90's music lol
Definitely enjoyed this one, a good blast into the past for sure. Good beats, good music, good lyrics and good vocals all add up to a fun retro (90's) listen!
Not bad Not bad
Solid enough and full of nostalgia.
A couple of great songs and little to dislike throughout
Está movido y pegajoso el ritmo. Siento que era una canción larga e interminable, como que todas las canciones sonaban igual.
Dad then open for Happy Mondays. Fun album.
// Favs: Creation / The End Score: Decent 3
Good listen. Surprised me. Won't listen all the time but good nostalgia.
Good album…not quite my style…
funky and fun. I'm a sucker for those guitar riffs over a beat
That single Connected is so damn good. Need to listen to more from the album.
Felt very of the age, but a good flow on the album that I did enjoy
The grooves were pretty similar. Funk dance rap just isnt for me
dunno yet
Ziemlich cool!
Omg this made me laugh. It didn’t even sound as dated and funny as I thought it would be. But MUST I hear this before I die? No.
I’ve been waiting for this album to pop up on this list. It was destined for this list, British, trip hop, Brit pop, white hip-hop in one. I bought this album at a Goodwill b/c I like “Get Connected” and was pleasantly surprised by the full album, it was part of my regular post college rotation in Luverne. Lots of chill vibes, good samples, good to drive to. I can take or leave the backup singers, it dates it a bit, but I see what they were going for. It is a bit too one note and too one note to be this long. 3.
Not what I would typically describe as up my alley but I enjoyed this one
Niet helemaal tot het einde kunnen draaien, maar erg leuk en fris.
Leuk plaatje wel. Zou het zelf niet zo snel opzetten, maar kan dit wel waarderen.
Vrolijk.
2 bangers, then the rest was ok
Don't really remember it tbf
Blast from the past. Little bit of it's time but some of still sounds great.
It sounds its age but still pretty good. Some definite bangers and good rhythms all the way through
I like the punchy rhythm tracks, catchy bass-lines, backing vocals & and snippets of sax and guitar. They’re the kind of band that, if you hear them in a bar, you bob your head and say “wow this is great”, but it’s hard to maintain for a full album. Now that I’m a rap aficionado (thanks to 1001 Albums) I can say that the white boy rapping is not one of the high points of the album. They should have had guest appearances by someone like Nas or Ice Cube or at least dropped some explicit lyrics. I would have liked one or two more instrumentals like Chicken Shake.
Komisch wie sich alles ändert; höchstens egal, aber zumindest sympathisch waren mir damals die Singles der MC‘s und jetzt, ein Vierteljahrhundert später: Boom! Läuft lässig rein. Abwechslungsreicher könnte der Beat sein, ansonsten: Yeah yeah yeah 3.4
Nicht alles ist gleich gut gealtert, manches war damals schon reines Filler-Material (All Night Long - och lass mal Schatz, ich geh lieber schon schlafen) aber Connected und, weniger totgespielt, Step It Up kriegen natürlich very much Love. Joah, ich sach dann mal: 2,9.
stereotypical 90s electronic. fits a vibe for sure, but no meat
Connected is a bop for sure. yea this album fades into a funky backbeat groovathon.
It reminded me of R&B when I was 5 y/o, interesting but nothing remarkable
The title-track is a great tune, but the rest of the album, although not really bad, just doesn't keep up. Three stars anyway, cuz it's something I could leave playing in the background.
Nice
Gefällt mir recht gut - 3
Ça s'écoute vachement bien ça m'a bien surpris :-) C'est pas non plus l'album du siecle hein, ça m'a donné envie de rabaisser d'autres auxquels j'avais mis 3 étoiles aussi ^^
Enjoyable, though probably 25% too much rap and creative background vocals. Still fun to listen to a dance/electronic album with a killer title track.
Not bad. Kinda like a proto-, poppies version of Thievery Corporation. Connected is still a banger!
Repetitive and a bit boring
I knew the first track, I like it. A few others are nice tasty jams, but overall a bit one-dimensional and got a bit bored by the 2nd half. 3.5 down to 3.
Über diese Platte habe ich mich zumindest nicht geärgert. Wird zum Ende immer besser. Vermag bei mir nicht ganz zu zünden, ist aber nie scheiße.
pretty much essential 90's, not bad but nothing great either
Cool hits but not my cup of tea.
Chill
The title track is the only one off this album that I'd ever heard, and it continues to be in rotation for me due to it being on one of the Hackers soundtracks. I enjoyed this album as it played in the background, and am feeling generous enough today to give it 3 stars.
leuk album funky 3/5
okay
Super bland electronic hip hop that's fairly chill, but doesn't really feel important. Literally zero songs stood out above the others. Beats were fairly generic, and it seemed like the album couldn't decide if it wanted to be a dance record or a downtempo record, so it decided to be neither. Not a good listen. 2/5
An hour of the same song but I liked sketch the most as a variation. Paint drying the album.
"Connected and Step It Up + 10 fillers" is more appropriate.
Definitely not for me. Dated and too long. Connected is an ok song though.
Never heard of these peeps before. Groovy but repetitive. Catchy but not very beautiful. Hip-hoppy but kinda stupid. Punky but with no teeth. All to say: take it or leave it; probably leave it.
Not my style of music, and extremely boring. 2.5 stars
Pretty unimpressed with this, honestly. You probably could have thrown in another Shamen album or whatever, and I would have been happier. The only memorable song is the hit, and probably the only reason why it's on this list to begin with.
What the fuck is this shit? Why's this guy in the front look like he's doing a magic trick? Assumptions before listening: Obviously British. Trip-hop, dub, whatever you wanna call it...some bullshit music from the 90s that was played in clubs and, like, mixed genres or something. It's probably some hip-hop beats with some scratching and some British guy singing or hopefully not trying to rap. There's probably some jazz influence in here, too. First Song - oh, ok...I remember this song and it should have stayed in the 90s. It was somewhat enjoyable then, but right now it's just annoying. But it's better than fucking Fatboy Slim which is a low bar to hurdle. And it keeps going for over 5 minutes. Second song - probably decent without the vocals. Third song - okay, i get it, you like beats. Fourth song - okay, more beats. I just don't feel the need to listen to the rest. I'm sure in the annals (anals) of British trip-hop, dub or whatever, this is like the Pink Floyd of the genre....or maybe the Led Zeppelin. But I've already heard one too many albums like this on this generator. It's an album that marks the time, but isn't timeless.
From the Vault #35 (January 20, 2026) Yet another pre-written hip-hop review. I've been going absolutely bonkers with these things lately. Anyways, what the hell is this? Hip-hop, of course, but I'm getting gimmickier vibes than that. I'm picking up a jungle brothers style from this cover, but they turned out to be a semi-conventional boom bap act. My next guess would be psychedelia, but 1992 is way too late for that. Maybe a club sound? Something KLF-ey? This is incredibly Britpoppy. I'm not crazy for thinking that, right? Granted, the extreme Britpop sound is relegated mostly to the first track, but it lingers throughout the rest of the album, too. A Britpoppy/dance/hip-hop album sounds atrocious on paper, but I'm surprised by how little this bothers me. The instrumentals are decent, albeit forgettable. The percussion is pretty good, and I appreciate the wide sampling of instruments. There's a nice, bassy sound to many of these tracks, too. UK hip-hop is generally more atrocious and depressing to listen to than its American counterpart, but these vocals are pretty decent. The performances are understated without sounding amateurish or bad. If there's one thing I was correct in predicting about this album, it's the KLF sound. The songwriting and performances are pretty kitsch and of-the-time, but that's kind of endearing. Overall, this album blended together quite a bit and didn't do much to animate me, but there have been far, far worse showings from this list. I can respect this album for being tolerable. Book time. The frontman is an interesting character. Many influences. Wikipedia has quite possibly the shortest introductory section I've read to date. That thing is pitiable. Won a BRIT Award and was nominated for the Mercury Prize. We have few standards here at MRMOS (Me Reviewing Music Or Something) LLC, so it is with great pride that I can announce we're letting this album through. I'd probably snub this under normal circumstances, but I found that there's a virtue in being tolerable when it comes to this list. It's even more admirable if you're able to go a full hour without bugging me. I cosign this inclusion.
I knew the big hits but had forgotten somewhat about Creation which is initially a bit annoying but did stick in my head. However over the course of an album the obvious rhymes and the banal lyrics really do hold this one back. Not every song has to be poetic but it this just sounds like they went straight from primary school to a recording studio.
Mais um álbum genérico que não vejo por que está aqui. Sem sal.
The title track is a personal favorite since I was a kid, but I never really heard the rest of this album before. Now I know why... It's just weird mid-90s Brit-hop, which points for it being a few years ahead of that curve, but none of the other tracks seemed like they went anywhere interesting. I imagine it working best in a bar or a coffeehouse. For sit-down listening, it's just one great song with a bunch of dull ones with dopey "We're being profound!" lyrics. (2.5/5)
"Connected" and "Step it Up" were all I really needed to hear. These were the only ones I knew already and the rest all sounded pretty similar. Acceptable hip-hop but too boring to warrant further plays.
i mean it’s aight
4/10 Too funky for me
This tested my patience
I like this album more whenever there aren't vocals. The vocals sound like the kind of thing you'd hear at a school assembly as lame white people try to rap about how bad drugs are or that we shouldn't have sex. Once that thought entered my mind I found it hard to take this album seriously.
This seems like a great album to put on at the point in a party where there are still like 5 people hanging around but you really want them to leave so you can go to bed.
I found this to be extremely meh. It's fine, but if I'm going to listen to this kind of light-lunch, early 90s dance pop, I'll just put on Ace of Base.
Not the worst thing ever, just gets kind of boring. Even the opening track, which brings me back to good 90s vibes, gets old after about 2:30.
This was okay but kind of long for what it is.
Not terrible but not great
More early 90s Trip Hop I don’t know that I needed to hear. That one song, sure. But not the whole album.
Connected was always one of those songs in movie trailers that I actually quite enjoyed. My biggest issue with this album and genre is the repetitiveness. I get trying to fuse together hip hop and electronica but this just misses the mark for the most part.
Booooooring electronic music. 4 minute songs that feel like 4 hours
Didn't like them in the 90s, don't like them now. Boring music with some interesting choruses. Barely 2 stars
I might have to sit down and do the math, because I seem to find myself listening to British people express their big ideas over repetitive dance beats more than once a week. I want to come clean and say that I tend to love a lot of what comes from the British Isles. My mother is Scottish for christ's sake. I have been there many times, and I find the people to be generally intelligent, funny, and warm. The comedy there is excellent, the sports are supported passionately and less infected with American sensibilities, and musically, they can boast the birth of heavy metal and grindcore. Not to mention, the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin etc. This shit however? I am done with. There are some reasonably enjoyable moments on this record, but it drags about half an hour past its welcome and reminds me why I tend to roll my eyes so vigorously at this list every day. I could see listening to this as background music in a vintage clothing store in a gentrified area of a major city, and perhaps absent-mindedly bobbing my head. Is that where we are? "Hey this is inoffensive at a low volume, let chuck it on the list? Formed in Clapham??? Oh baby this thing is top 500, let alone 1000." Every person is biased, and this bias is starting to drive me insane. I suppose the definition of insanity does apply here, as I return to this every. single. day. 1.5-2 HIGHLIGHTS: New list idea. Every British album ever recorded.
Qué es? Trip hop todo igual? Muy poca variedad en los temas. Realmente muy monótono. Casi una hora que me costó terminar. 3/10
Pressed play and my finger hovered over the one star button. Then it the harmless fun idiot music washed over me and life wasn’t that bad. Then it got worse again and life regressed to the mean.