Living Blues (5-6/99, p.100) - "...so hard does this band cook.....All the lyrics are original....often as entertaining as the arrangements."46.89357
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Spin (p.91) - "GROOGRUX is harder edged and more bottom heavy than DMB's usual fare....A fond, funky farewell."Billboard (p.53) - "[T]his eulogy is a celebration, and BIG WHISKEY is a dense, humid album that, befitting its New Orleans origins, shrewdly cuts its melancholy with exuberance and vice versa."Q (Magazine) (p.127) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]his latest effort almost shows signs of discipline: four-minute song structures and melodies that realise the benefit of economy."Paste (magazine) (p.58) - "[With] touching and tasteful tributes....The band takes some sonic risks and shows continued versatility on songs like 'Alligator Pie'..."14.71408
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Living Blues (p.69) - "Of particular interest are Little Richard and the Upsetters' 'Every Night About This Time', Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames' 'Blue Monday,' and Bobby Charles's 'Grow Too Old.'"Record Collector (magazine) (p.99) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "These are songs that have stood up to interpretation by numerous other performers....[A] highly recommended compilation."10.31672
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3 stars out of 5 -- "A wry and playful indie comedy....Its tone is pleasant and its humor, charming."Box Office9.179977
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"A triumphant demonstration of animation techniques..." Variety "...A masterwork of dark imagination....It has a take-your-breath-away beauty....An unexpected pleasure..." Los Angeles Times "...The bizarre fairy tale contains some truth that is timeless..." Chicago Sun-Times9.15761
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Down Beat (p.63) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Not since Charles Mingus has there been a big band with a sound as profoundly determined by the idiosyncrasies of its bass-playing leader."JazzTimes (pp.69-70) - "To a surprising degree, Holland's arrangements retain for his big band the meticulous clarity and the lightning reflexes of his small group."7.549963
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Down Beat (p.63) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Not since Charles Mingus has there been a big band with a sound as profoundly determined by the idiosyncrasies of its bass-playing leader."JazzTimes (pp.69-70) - "To a surprising degree, Holland's arrangements retain for his big band the meticulous clarity and the lightning reflexes of his small group."7.549963
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"[A] tantalizing sketch-portrait of the artist amid an outpouring of hard beats and soul." New York Times "Besides being filled with Chappelle's hilarious sense of humor, the movie features life-affirming messages and great music by serious rap artists with political, socio-cultural and spiritual themes."USA Today "A joyous, inclusive spirit defines director Michel Gondry and Dave Chappelle's road-trip/concert film..." Rolling Stone 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "The greatest American hip-hop has to offer convene to produce something monumentally joyful and entertaining and relatively egoless." Premiere 4 stars out of 5 -- "Chappelle is the perfect host, effortlessly improvising before and between acts....You won't just wish you'd been there -- you'll feel like you really were." Total Film "[I]t is something of a love letter to all things hip hop and New York....[T]he sheer enthusiasm of the musicians, often collaborating with each other spontaneously, lends the film a winning nostalgia..." Sight and Sound Included in Entertainment Weekly's "Top 10 Films Of The Year" -- "BLOCK PARTY weaves music, comedy, stars and audience members into a funky and delirious vaudeville."Entertainment Weekly "[A]miable, electrifying....[The film] showcases the brightest lights of the hip hop and neo soul scenes..."Mojo6.892517
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"[A] tantalizing sketch-portrait of the artist amid an outpouring of hard beats and soul." New York Times "Besides being filled with Chappelle's hilarious sense of humor, the movie features life-affirming messages and great music by serious rap artists with political, socio-cultural and spiritual themes."USA Today "A joyous, inclusive spirit defines director Michel Gondry and Dave Chappelle's road-trip/concert film..." Rolling Stone 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "The greatest American hip-hop has to offer convene to produce something monumentally joyful and entertaining and relatively egoless." Premiere 4 stars out of 5 -- "Chappelle is the perfect host, effortlessly improvising before and between acts....You won't just wish you'd been there -- you'll feel like you really were." Total Film "[I]t is something of a love letter to all things hip hop and New York....[T]he sheer enthusiasm of the musicians, often collaborating with each other spontaneously, lends the film a winning nostalgia..." Sight and Sound Included in Entertainment Weekly's "Top 10 Films Of The Year" -- "BLOCK PARTY weaves music, comedy, stars and audience members into a funky and delirious vaudeville."Entertainment Weekly "[A]miable, electrifying....[The film] showcases the brightest lights of the hip hop and neo soul scenes..."Mojo6.892517
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"[A] tantalizing sketch-portrait of the artist amid an outpouring of hard beats and soul." New York Times "Besides being filled with Chappelle's hilarious sense of humor, the movie features life-affirming messages and great music by serious rap artists with political, socio-cultural and spiritual themes."USA Today "A joyous, inclusive spirit defines director Michel Gondry and Dave Chappelle's road-trip/concert film..." Rolling Stone 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "The greatest American hip-hop has to offer convene to produce something monumentally joyful and entertaining and relatively egoless." Premiere 4 stars out of 5 -- "Chappelle is the perfect host, effortlessly improvising before and between acts....You won't just wish you'd been there -- you'll feel like you really were." Total Film "[I]t is something of a love letter to all things hip hop and New York....[T]he sheer enthusiasm of the musicians, often collaborating with each other spontaneously, lends the film a winning nostalgia..." Sight and Sound Included in Entertainment Weekly's "Top 10 Films Of The Year" -- "BLOCK PARTY weaves music, comedy, stars and audience members into a funky and delirious vaudeville."Entertainment Weekly "[A]miable, electrifying....[The film] showcases the brightest lights of the hip hop and neo soul scenes..."Mojo6.892517
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Mojo (Publisher) (p.88) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[P]erfectly likeable..."6.644981
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Rolling Stone (pp.64-68) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[This soundtrack] plays like a greatest-hits of neosoul and mama-friendly hip-hop from the past decade, with open-armed performances from luminaries like Common, Mos Def and Erykah Badu."6.567138
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Rolling Stone (pp.64-68) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[This soundtrack] plays like a greatest-hits of neosoul and mama-friendly hip-hop from the past decade, with open-armed performances from luminaries like Common, Mos Def and Erykah Badu."6.567138
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"...Its heart is often in the right place and Mr. Griffin shows some real acting ability..."New York Times6.551126
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"[E]xtremely funny, at least in 15-minute bite-size chunks."Box Office6.541815
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