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In the Mode
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EAN: 0731454820127 Label: Fontana Island Manufacturer: Fontana Island Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Fontana Island Release Date: October 24, 2000 Studio: Fontana Island Disc 1:
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Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com: With more big-time backing than any junglist save toothy Goldie, the Roni Size all-stars return with a punchy suite of material that sounds so crossed over it could snap. The big-beat drums continue to push drum & bass toward soulful house; the vocals by MC Dynamite as well as guests Method Man and Zach de la Rocha continue to demand hip-hop respect; and the form is repeated, again and again, over and over, at 180 beats per minute. A funky key lick that might bob and weave in an able DJ's hands goes stale quickly over the duration of a long-form CD, but still Size soldiers onward with barely a tempo change. It's mystifying, as he holds so many live wires in his hands. Though the complaint department is firing full force over this seemingly unfinished release, make no mistake that crisp organic jungle standards such as "Ghetto Superstar" will continue to define the name brand, setting dance floors into a kinetic frenzy for many seasons past the shelf date. --Ian Christe Average Rating:
 Rating:  - No, It's not Newforms.In case anyone's wondering why the reviews are so mixed on this album, I'll clear it all up. Half of us want this album to be "Newforms Part 2" (or Part 3, technically) very badly. The other half of us appreciate the album on its own without the troubling "Newforms" comparison. I'm personally kind of in the middle, as I heard "In the Mode" long before "Newforms." Yes, "In the Mode" is pretty good, yes it's worth buying/ripping/stealing/taping/remixing/whatever, but damn, man. It sure as hell ... Read More Rating:  - Underground Magik!(I am actuly a teenager but i coudnt be botherd to put an email address.) All you people who gave this a low rating are just haters. of course u aint gonna like this because u r stuck up nerds. you have to be in the jungle underground scene in ENGLAND (where im from, and where these guys r from, and where dnb/jungle is massive) to understand that jungle is actuly music intelligent people who understand its complexity & greatness. This is an amazing step forward for vocal dnb & it is not ... Read More Rating: - see the future flex positionThe best thing about In the Mode is the sequencing. From "Railing Pt. 2" to "Play the Game", there is not one song that is out of place, making In the Mode a cohesive album statement. That being said, it is not without filler. Although it stretches for a diverse gamut of possiblities: R&B ("Lucky Pressure", "Staircase", and "Play the Game"), Rap ("System Check", "Ghetto Superstar", and "Dirty Beats"), and pure D-and-B ("Snapshots", "The Mexican"), it lacks consistency. But the album is almost worth getting ... Read More Rating:  - This was HORRIBLEThis was one of the WORST Roni Size CD's I have heard to date. Very disappointing. What happened to the Roni Size who made New Forms? That was the CD that first got me hooked and until this point I had been tolerating all of the CD's that followed, but this is the absolute worst music I have heard. Rating: - Roni does it againThis guy can't write one bad song. We find this album digging deeper and going darker than New Forms. Roni is evolutionizing drum n' bass as we speak. The guess artists come on strong as well. Method Man lays down some smooth rhymes. I've always been a fan of Method Man. I was very pleased to see Rahzel on here too, the Roots have always been a favorite of mine. Zak makes a strong lyrical addition as well. Roni has a song called Zak Attack on Touching Down thats dedicated to Zak. I recommend this album ... Read More 
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