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The Wire (p.65) - "FLAVIOLA is exotic and on occasion dreamy...arrangements are lean, and with hardly any track breaching the three minute barrier, it's a fat-free album."10.5619
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Uncut (magazine) (p.82) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[He is] dubbed the 'Crack Capone' after his propensity for concocting short, sharp, sense-shredding hits from the rawest ingredients..."8.317432
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Down Beat (7/92, p.38) - 5 Stars - Excellent - "..MR. TASTE is a revelation...This is a killer trio that revels in the joy of virtuosity.."Musician (8/92, p.93) - "..If you've been looking for merciless swing, you can end the search now.."8.247229
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Q (3/00, pp.116-7) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...nobody...could do what they do....rapping at breakneck pace either against or with each other, underpinned by Armageddon-fixated spirituality....just doo-wop interplay, jazz-style scatting and staggeringly tight harmonies. Truly extraordinary."Q (3/00, pp.116-7) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...nobody...could do what they do....rapping at breakneck pace either against or with each other, underpinned by Armageddon-fixated spirituality....just doo-wop interplay, jazz-style scatting and staggeringly tight harmonies. Truly extraordinary."Vibe (9/95, p.188) - "...bridging decidedly West Coast, bumping beats and harmonizing choruses with complicated Eastern-style flows, the quintet illuminate[s] the possibilities of mid-western hip hop--married to neither coast but obviously inspired by both..."Vibe (9/95, p.188) - "...bridging decidedly West Coast, bumping beats and harmonizing choruses with complicated Eastern-style flows, the quintet illuminate[s] the possibilities of mid-western hip hop--married to neither coast but obviously inspired by both..."The Source (9/95, p.98) - 3.5 Mics (out of 5) - "...Bone offer so much complexity and cleverness that you rarely catch...due to the flow and style...along with Prince (circa 1979) type melody...is just a sample of what to check for..."The Source (9/95, p.98) - 3.5 Mics (out of 5) - "...Bone offer so much complexity and cleverness that you rarely catch...due to the flow and style...along with Prince (circa 1979) type melody...is just a sample of what to check for..."NME (Magazine) (8/19/95, p.50) - 7 (out of 10) - "...their ability to ring some supernatural changes on the silky Warren G/Montell Jordan formula...has produced a darker, more deadly cocktail..."NME (Magazine) (8/19/95, p.50) - 7 (out of 10) - "...their ability to ring some supernatural changes on the silky Warren G/Montell Jordan formula...has produced a darker, more deadly cocktail..."6.339616
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Q (3/00, pp.116-7) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...nobody...could do what they do....rapping at breakneck pace either against or with each other, underpinned by Armageddon-fixated spirituality....just doo-wop interplay, jazz-style scatting and staggeringly tight harmonies. Truly extraordinary."Q (3/00, pp.116-7) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...nobody...could do what they do....rapping at breakneck pace either against or with each other, underpinned by Armageddon-fixated spirituality....just doo-wop interplay, jazz-style scatting and staggeringly tight harmonies. Truly extraordinary."Vibe (9/95, p.188) - "...bridging decidedly West Coast, bumping beats and harmonizing choruses with complicated Eastern-style flows, the quintet illuminate[s] the possibilities of mid-western hip hop--married to neither coast but obviously inspired by both..."Vibe (9/95, p.188) - "...bridging decidedly West Coast, bumping beats and harmonizing choruses with complicated Eastern-style flows, the quintet illuminate[s] the possibilities of mid-western hip hop--married to neither coast but obviously inspired by both..."The Source (9/95, p.98) - 3.5 Mics (out of 5) - "...Bone offer so much complexity and cleverness that you rarely catch...due to the flow and style...along with Prince (circa 1979) type melody...is just a sample of what to check for..."The Source (9/95, p.98) - 3.5 Mics (out of 5) - "...Bone offer so much complexity and cleverness that you rarely catch...due to the flow and style...along with Prince (circa 1979) type melody...is just a sample of what to check for..."NME (Magazine) (8/19/95, p.50) - 7 (out of 10) - "...their ability to ring some supernatural changes on the silky Warren G/Montell Jordan formula...has produced a darker, more deadly cocktail..."NME (Magazine) (8/19/95, p.50) - 7 (out of 10) - "...their ability to ring some supernatural changes on the silky Warren G/Montell Jordan formula...has produced a darker, more deadly cocktail..."6.339616
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The Wire (p.65) - "The colourful arrangements, clearly in thrall to British rock, are by Damiano Cozzela, another member of the Musica Nova group, and well played by the two groups Os Brazoes and Os Versateis."6.190612
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