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In case anyone's wondering why the reviews are so mixed on this album, I'll clear it all up. 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. 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. It sure as hell ain't "Newforms." But again, what is.-MediakillP.S. Spell-check your reviews, you're making fools of yourselves.
(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. They all exept mexican and i think a few others, and they all soung tight. and whoever said u cant dance to dnb, u are wrong. 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. 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. This is an amazing step forward for vocal dnb & it is not actully hardcore like some reviewer said, it is actually jungle. of course u aint gonna like this because u r stuck up nerds. You need to grasp the fact that vocals are actually what everyone uses now because they sound sick.
hardcore is stuff like dillinja, lemon d, DJ Friction & MC Skibadee. The album has some sick tunes, like Heavy rotation, Mexican, Dirty Beats (personal fave) and Ghetto celebrity. DJ's r playyin it in all da clubs in london. buy it now, u wont be disapointed.
Give this one a pass. 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. 2" to "Play the Game", there is not one song that is out of place, making In the Mode a cohesive album statement.
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.
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.
However, In the Mode is nothing special. C+
This 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.
This guy can't write one bad song. I was very pleased to see Rahzel on here too, the Roots have always been a favorite of mine. Roni has a song called Zak Attack on Touching Down thats dedicated to Zak. Roni is evolutionizing drum n' bass as we speak. Touching Down is such a great album that if you get it first, you won't really like this one. The guess artists come on strong as well. We find this album digging deeper and going darker than New Forms. Zak makes a strong lyrical addition as well.
Method Man lays down some smooth rhymes. I've always been a fan of Method Man. I recommend this album before getting Touching Down. If you get this one first you will appreciate it better.
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