This album has been submitted by a user and is not included in any edition of the book.
We Rock Hard is the debut album by the English electronic group Freestylers. It was their most commercially successful release to date. AllMusic describes the album as a run through of the band members' back catalogue, but it still showcases the classic big beat and breakbeat electronica that would remain the band's trademark sound along with ragga and dub twists. The Guardian noted: "They've got tunes like the British breaks scene has never had tunes, which gives their superb productions a sweetness grievously lacking at the more ascetic end of breakbeat."
Very late 90s UK break beat fare, and enjoyable listen though as typically with this kind of thing I find the repetetiveness wears thin at length. Guest artists and some credible rapping kept it on the brighter side of that flaw for me.
Initially, I was dreading over an hour of breakbeats and scratching, but in thinking of this LP as a documentary rather than an artistic statement I think I enjoyed it a bit more. DJing is such a masterful and underappreciated art, and having a collection of solid mixes is a great introduction and documentation of a niche genre. That being said, I was feeling the effects of the performance being flattened down to a 2D representation – the visual aspect of watching DJs move the faders and scratch with seemingly inhuman skill is what (to me) makes this kind of music so fun, so I fully understand if people finish this LP and feel burnt out and exhausted.
LOL imagine sitting through all the grimy 90s UK drum and bass shit in the original list, and thinking it needs more. 2/5.
Rating: 6/10 Best songs: Freestyle noize, Don’t stop
Kinda stuck in its immediate past.
fun 90s brit club music sounds like a ps1 racing game
This was pretty fun, if of a very specific era in time. Enjoyed this more than I expected to, although it really could have been shorter. Runs a bit far afield stylistically, but the beats pull it all together nicely. Fave Songs: Don't Stop, Drop the Boom, We Rock Hard, The Darkside, Breaker Beats
Very good beat, but too repetitive for my taste, and the same rhythmic position can get tiring. But in general the tracks hold up well.
Eh, no thanks. 2 stars.
I despise this era of electronic lol. But this one wasn't terrible, though very, very silly 3 2
The whole is a bit monotonous. It was okay to be played as background music