Redd

Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2004 10:22 pm Post subject: Summer Days: Review

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Review by Yoda Blaze:

First off I wanted to say that Summer Days isn't your typical R&B summer jam. The first thing that came to my mind when listening to this track was, "radio hit!" No question, Redd has the skills, talent and originality to challenge any market. With a soulful sound that rivals Justin Timberlake, Redd delivers a funky neo-soul, R&B flavor to this track. D'Angelo fans would probably dig his style as well. Smooth, feel good, mental healing for the mind body and spirit. As far as vocal arrangements and production goes, I can simply say "superb." Can't wait to cop the album bro. Good job!


Originality: 9.5
Production Quality: 9.8
Lyrical Content and Arrangement: 9.7
Beats, Rhythm & Sound: 9.7
Artist Image/CD Design: 10.0
Replay Value: 9.5


Over All Rating: 9.7

web site: reddsoul.com


- NSG Records

Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 12:26 am Post subject: Steve Gilmore Reviews: Redd - Summer Days

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Artist: Redd
Title: Summer Days
Link: here
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A Soundclick reviewer - I can't remember who right now - reviewed this track a while ago and gave it an eye catching ** MUST HEAR ** tag in the title. Welp, according to local custom, us reviewers tend not to do that too often because it devalues the point. So, generally, when one of us uses that device it is usually invoked with great seriousness to show how knocked out that reviewer was. It was that which caught my eye but knowing that I had the same track on my own review list, I refrained from reading the review or listening to the track until it's time had come.

I can be quite anal about all this palaver.

Of course a ** MUST HEAR ** track is going to be genre dependent, or at least in the ear of the particular reviewer. It has to be right? So, I'd say it was a mark of how good (read objective) the reviewer is to use the appelation properly. See to me a ** MUST HEAR ** track by definition must have wider appeal than the general milling crowd. Whoever that reviewer was, I salute their taste and discretion because Summer Days is exactly what I would expect on a track given this particular distinction. It's very, very commercial, highly polished and produced and so damn positive it'll make your teeth hurt. Even so, got to agree that this is a sure fire killer track that deserves as wide an attention as possible.

Top rate material delivered faultlessly, what more could you ask from a ** MUST HEAR **?

Steve Gilmore

- Steve Gilmore - Soundclick