Last albums of the year?...



Korn - Take A Look In The Mirror

I've got a fondness for nu-metal, I'm not sure why since I really should have grown out of it by now. Korn's 'Issues' is, in my humble opinion, one of the finest examples of the genre, they followed that up with 'Untouchables', a vastly over-hyped, over-produced mess of an album. 'Take A Look In The Mirror' should be there return to form, sneaked out without me knowing about it, rawer and less indulgant. The trouble is they forgot to put any decent tunes on it! Disappointing, but maybe it will grow on me.



Missy Elliot - This Is Not A Test!

Again, a little disappointing - but an average Missy Elliot album is a lot be better than most peoples better albums. There are some good tunes on it, Pass the Dutch you'll be aware of, Wake Up with Jay-Z (who manages to mention David Beckham in one of his ryhmes!) is also worth the entrance fee. But there is also a fair amout of fairly generic R'n'B, and when will Hip-Hop Artists learn that those stoopid Skits between songs suck!



DJ Yoda - How to Cut & Paste 80's Edition

Yoda uses the force to save us from mediocrity with one of the silliest mixes I've heard. Rick Astley, A-Ha, Europe! They're all there and mixed up with some really daft scratching and samples which often don't even try to fit in with the flow. A fun album, it will make you grin from ear to ear if you are of a certain age.