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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. In case anyone's wondering why the reviews are so mixed on this album, I'll clear it all up. Spell-check your reviews, you're making fools of yourselves. It sure as hell ain't "Newforms." But again, what is.-MediakillP.S. 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.
DJ's r playyin it in all da clubs in london. This is an amazing step forward for vocal dnb & it is not actully hardcore like some reviewer said, it is actually jungle. You need to grasp the fact that vocals are actually what everyone uses now because they sound sick. The album has some sick tunes, like Heavy rotation, Mexican, Dirty Beats (personal fave) and Ghetto celebrity.
(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. if u r gonna buy this, i reccomend also buy stuff by Jenna G, Goldie, Adam F, Shy FX, Rebel MC, DJ Hype & DJ Die. and whoever said u cant dance to dnb, u are wrong. of course u aint gonna like this because u r stuck up nerds.
They all exept mexican and i think a few others, and they all soung tight. buy it now, u wont be disapointed. 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. hardcore is stuff like dillinja, lemon d, DJ Friction & MC Skibadee.
Give this one a pass. However, In the Mode is nothing special. The song uses the same "slow,fast,break,fast,conclusion" structure that New Forms' "Brown Paper Bag" has and when Roni Size and company use that formula, the results are breathtaking.
From "Railing Pt. 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. The best thing about In the Mode is the sequencing.
But the album is almost worth getting for "Snapshots" alone, one of the greatest D-and-B songs ever recorded. C+ 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.
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. What happened to the Roni Size who made New Forms. This was one of the WORST Roni Size CD's I have heard to date. Very disappointing.
I recommend this album before getting Touching Down. The guess artists come on strong as well. Zak makes a strong lyrical addition as well. I've always been a fan of Method Man.
This guy can't write one bad song. Touching Down is such a great album that if you get it first, you won't really like this one. Roni has a song called Zak Attack on Touching Down thats dedicated to Zak. We find this album digging deeper and going darker than New Forms.
I was very pleased to see Rahzel on here too, the Roots have always been a favorite of mine. If you get this one first you will appreciate it better. Roni is evolutionizing drum n' bass as we speak. Method Man lays down some smooth rhymes.
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