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Title: Not for fans of their first 2 albums.
Review: If you were a fan of the first two albums of this band and were expecting more of the same on this album, let me save you time, money, and disappointment. This incarnation of the band bears almost no resemblence to what came before.The band retooled their sound for this album and jettisoned the sociopolitical fare for more standard r&b; fare and the result is something foreign to their former sound.Now, that wouldn't make this a bad album. post-funk synth r&b; was dominating the landscape at the time and this was clearly an effort to stay relevant at a time dominated by Al B. Sure, Keith Sweat, etc.What makes this a bad album is the quality fo the songs. There's not a single song on this album that sounds good, and that's before all the cheesy synth-funk aged it. If you listen to this album without ever having heard any other Bus Boys music it would still strike you as a horrible, horrible mistake.
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