Bigger And Blacker Music Cd

Chris Rock - Bigger And Blacker

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Bigger & Blacker      Artist : Chris Rock      List Price : $11.98 USD        ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1999-07-13      Studio : Dreamworks      Label : Dreamworks      Avg. Customer Rating : (54 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Bigger And Blacker      Not the same as the DVD      Rating:      I expected the usual sketch comedy bits but I was disappointed that the recording they used for the stand-up bits was not the same as what they had from the DVD. I felt that the crowd and the material deliver was more lively from the DVD. That said, Chris Rock is still my favorite comedian and the CD is worth purchasing.     Customer Reviews for Bigger And Blacker Cd      Not what I'd hoped for...      Rating:      I am a big fan of Chris Rock and have seen him live (he's amazingly talented, worth every penny). I was disappointed in this CD for the arrangements chosen as well as the sound quality, which is very poor. You can barely hear the audience laughter, and it sounds like Rock is shouting through nearly all of the routines. I personally was not found of the ODB inclusions/Fly Girl Nerd Boy stuff because it felt like SNL skits and took away from the stand-up. I will buy Chris Rock again, but I do not recommend this CD. Editorial Reviews for Bigger And Blacker Audio Cd      Amazon.com      With Bigger & Blacker, Chris Rock teams up with producer Prince Paul once again; the duo snagged a Grammy together for their work on 1997's brash Roll with the New. Bigger is a cutting-edge mishmash of studio skits, live recordings, and crazy musical numbers with guest shots from Ol' Dirty Bastard, Ice Cube, Biz Markie, Gerald Levert, and others. The bulk of the album is road-tested live material (mostly recorded at the Comedy Corner in West Palm Beach, Florida, in May 1999) that ranges from the difference between ghetto and suburban shopping malls to taxes, homophobia, insurance, and women. Sandwiched between the live bits are a send-up of N.W.A.'s "F**k tha Police" with Ice Cube; a ribald interpretation of "Brown Sugar" with Biz Markie; and "Me and ODB," a hilarious, pimped-out ghetto fairytale set to the funky beat of AWB's "Pick up the Pieces." Rock's inescapable appeal lies in his delivery--his manic energy teeters on the edge, reined in just enough so that it remains on this side of manic. Bigger & Blacker shows that Rock is equally at home whether flexing his standup material in front of a live audience or goofing in the studio. --Spence Abbott