High Definition (Shootyz Groove album)

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High Definition
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 28, 1999
Genre Rap rock
Label Kinetic/Reprise [1]
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Producer David Kahne
Shootyz Groove chronology
Hipnosis
(1997)
High Definition
(1999)
ONE
(2007)
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High Definition is an album by the Bronx rap rock group Shootyz Groove, released in 1999. [4] [5] It contains the songs "L Train" and "Blow Your Top".

Contents

Critical reception

The Telegram & Gazette wrote that the band "offers a more mature batch of songs on its latest effort without sacrificing any of its high energy attack or its positive attitude along the way." [6] Tulsa World praised the "left-field cover of XTC's "Dear God" that telescopes Andy Partridge's original vision of self-determination into a full-fledged, freestyling sermon." [7]

AllMusic wrote that "it's a guitar jamboree: 'L Train' glides along crisp reggae tracks, while 'You Have All Been Warned' and 'Put Down The Mics' (whose message seems long overdue) boil over with furious fuzz-tones." [2]

Track listing

  1. "Mad for It"
  2. "Young City Boys and Girls"
  3. "L Train"
  4. "Faithful"
  5. "So Much Time"
  6. "Dear God (Oh My God)"
  7. "Blow Your Top"
  8. "NYC Minute"
  9. "Put Down the Mics"
  10. "You Have All Been Warned"
  11. "Easily"

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References

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  2. 1 2 "High Definition - Shootyz Groove | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" via www.allmusic.com.
  3. Perry, Tim (2 Oct 1999). "ALBUM REVIEWS". The Independent. Features. p. 36.
  4. "Shootyz Groove | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  5. Blush, Steven (October 4, 2016). New York Rock: From the Rise of The Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB. Macmillan. ISBN   9781250083616 via Google Books.
  6. McLennan, Scott (21 Oct 1999). "KEPT PLAYERS IN MIND". Telegram & Gazette. p. C5.
  7. Conner, Thomas (August 13, 1999). "Hot ... and not: some summer leftovers". Tulsa World. Spot. p. 14.