Nicolay - City Lights 1.5
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Artist: NicolayEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Published: 2005
CD Release Date: 2005-09-13
Music Label: Bbe / Beat Gen
Soundtracks:
- Theme From Â?City LightsÂ?
- Intro
- Fantastic
- Light It Up
- City Sounds
- Indian Summer
- So Far
- Band Practice
- Hey!
- Dy-No-Mite
- Memory Lane
- Sunshine Life
- The Sopranos
- We Can Fly
- Theme From Â?City LightsÂ?
- Springtime In The City (bonus)
- On Ice (bonus)
- ThereÂ?s No Guarantee (bonus)
- Victory (bonus)
- Â?City LightsÂ? Reprise (bonus)
Music reviews of City Lights 1.5
Music Review: Phat Beats (4.5 Stars)
Rating: 4 Stars
Nicolay has always been nice, but it's hard to create a niche when your crew is standing in the gargantuan shadow of 9th Wonder/Little Brother. Khrysis found his own niche with that last Away Team album (National Anthem) and, in my humble opinion, this should be the album that seperates Nicolay from the rest of the JL pack. I know cats like to compare 9th Wonder to Pete Rock, but I think Nicolay has more of a PR sound than 9th does. 9th's sound is more like mellowed out boom bap while Nic has a more vibrant, soulful sound to it. Vibrant and soulful are pretty much the best descriptions for the sound of the album. There isn't a single bad track to be found on the entire LP.
Only flaws I can think of are the unnecessary interludes where the babbling that's going on actually interrupts a steady flow of dope beats (especially the ones with L.E.G.A.C.Y. on 'em). It's like a teacher slamming a book on your desk while simultaneously snatching you right out of a great daydream. Personally, I would've appreciated the interludes being left off of the album. But that's just me.
City Lights Volume 1.5 is definitely one of the better hip hop instrumental albums out there. Do yourself a favor and treat yourself to a great album from a producer who can't possibly continue to be so slept on if he keeps up this pace. I highly recommend adding this album to the collection.
Standout Tracks: There's No Guarantee, Indian Summer, Light It Up, So Far (My Favorite), Hey!, and Fantastic
Norfeest aka One Man's Opinion
Description of City Lights 1.5
BBE Records is proud to release the Nicolay instrumental album, City Lights Volume 1.5. As the acclaimed producer of The Foreign Exchange Connected album, Nicolay returns to give music lovers his first production offerings to the world. City Lights Volume 1.5 is a collection of refreshingly lush and layered beats blended together providing the perfect soundtrack to "The City". Originally offered as a very limited promotional CD, Volume 1.5 contains re-mastered music along with 5 bonus tracks that display why Nicolay name is on the tip of everybody?s tongues.City Lights Volume 1.5 features the standout instrumental compositions "Indian Summer" and "Band Practice" along with the now famed Little Brother credited instrumental track "Light It Up". As well, the album features triumphant track "Victory" which will make you fell like you can conquer "The City".
For fans who own The Foreign Exchange Connected full length and Connected Instrumentals albums along with his recent underground mixtape (The Dutch Masters), City Lights Volume 1.5 is a must-own. And if you are not aware of Nicolay?s spectacular production prowess, Volume 1.5 is the perfect place to start to learn his musical history and fall in love.
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