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faustine_yap
08-31-2003, 04:56 PM
*the original review is already in english*

Yeh Hwei-Mei

Jay Chou [SONY]

Mado-R&B icon Jay Chou looks set to conquer the music scene again with his much-awaited 4th release, named after his mother as an act of filial piety. From hip-hop to slow rock and R&B, Jay's unique style is still evident here. The title track (referring to yi fu zhi ming AKA in the name of the father) has an italian operatic feel to it. Although it sounds eerie at times (a digitally created female voice shrieks repeatly in the background), the music and arrangement is certianly creative and inspiring.

It sounds a little like 'Prague square' actually, a song Jay wrote for Jolin Tsai. Other interesting tracks include 'Coward', featuring a little girl rapping, 'Class 3B' with unsual ping-pong sounds in the background and 'Terraced Fields', an interesting mix of Chinese tribal music and western rap. Ballad fans, check out 'Sunny Day' and 'You Heard(you can hear it)'. a gem of an album. The only downside is we still can't make out the lyrics, thanks to his infamous mumbling.

*i agree with u guys by saying that this review is not informative enough... hmmm...i agree with you minmin.. why is the booklet there for.. hehe...

minimin
08-31-2003, 05:50 PM
They say Jay mumbles and they can't figure out the lyrics. I wonder what the booklet is there for. :laughing:
I think East Wind Break is a nice ballad too. Why they didn't mention it?
I thought the little kid singing in "Coward" was a boy... :wacko:
I don't think this review was that informative though. Sorry about that, but thanks.

une_topaze
08-31-2003, 06:34 PM
I thought the little kid singing in "Coward" was a boy... :wacko:

i'm sure it's girl. she's snoopy's(the boy who raps with jL in prague square) sister. it's difficult to differentiate a young girl n young boy's voice on recordings. i thought it was a boy too earlier on!

the reviewer gave a decent review, but it will be better if she give song by song review. maybe not enough page space :D thanks faustine, for posting it here!