311 - Grassroots
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Free Music Review: Pure genius
Hit: 5 Stars
Welcome to the most diverse album on earth. I would also like to welcome you to the single greatest album on earth. With all of 311's acheivements (the ability to change sounds on each CD, the ability to sell out practically every show, whatever), in the end the crowning event in their nearly flawless career will be the release of Grassroots. Here we have an album that everyone can love (even my dad found a few tracks that he could nod his head to). If you were to ask me what the standout tracks are, I wouldn't be able to say. The fast tracks are the epitome of a modern rock song; each is progressive, catchy, and very well produced. The slow jams are just that, laid-back chill songs, obviously the roots to the now commercially successful songs Amber, Beyond the Gray Sky, and I'll Be Here Awhile. The album is also really rap-heavy, probably the foremost of all their stuff. It flows really well, more so than their freshman release. Hardcore 311 fans will obviously buy this album without hesitation. For those of you who are just getting interested I would suggest this album first. It's pure 311 and will help you adjust to the amalgam of different sounds on the various other albums. 'Nuff said. Buy the album.Free Music Review: Grassroots is a funky treat for me!
Hit: 5 Stars
311s Grassroots is an awesome cd. I can endlessly listen to it over and over again and never get tired of it. That's what I think is so great about this cd and of course 311. Each time spent listening, the music keeps getting better, and better, and better. Nick Hexum is such an awesome vocalist, and I personally find him the most beautiful voice I've ever heard in music. The band 311 is already great. But he makes them the best band ever. If you don't believe me, then go see them live...I guarantee your mind will change very quickly. Now, about Grassroots. This disc displays 311 when they were more into funk rock than they are now. My absolute favorite songs on this album(even though I love all of them) are Homebrew, Lucky, 8:16 am, Omaha Stylee, Applied Science, Taiyed, Grassroots, Lose, and 1,2,3. I know, that was a lot of them, but they're so good that, well, if you listen to this cd you'll understand. 311 is my favorite band ever. I can't see myself finding anyone else to listen to in my lifetime, simply because all my time is spent listening to 311 (with this cd being a lot of it). So come to know 311 and Grassroots. You'll feel better, and you'll love your life.Free Music Review: Best 311 Album
Hit: 5 Stars
In a review about Music, I stated that it was by far the best 311 album with this coming in a close 2nd. However, admittedely, I had only listened to it a few times. But having listened to it a lot more since then, I must take that back. Don't get me wrong, Music is an excellent, fantatic album, but this one is just better, if that's possible. It's one of the very few albums I own where all the songs are 5 stars. There isn't one bad track here. Everything that makes 311 great is on here, where on other albums pieces are missing. The flows are supurb (in Salsa particularly), the guitar solos are very memorable (espeically in Taiyed and Nutsymtom), and the mellow songs are some of the most beautiful they've ever recorded (1,2,3 is one of their best songs ever recorded, and 8:16 am is close). But there really isn't a bad song here. Let me rephrase that. There really isn't a song that would be one of the better songs on any other album they've ever recorded on here. It's that good. I still like the later stuff they've done, but I can't ever see them topping this album. The band members should be complimented for putting together such a masterpiece.
Free Music Review: All we're comin' with is a little bit of swing
Hit: 5 Stars
'Grassroots' is a stunningly outstanding follow up to 311's greatly original debut, 'Music'. On their sophomore release, the band takes the songwriting up a notch with even more cleverly crafted lyrics and extraordinary musicianship to combine for a musically diverse masterpiece. SA and Nick prove their lyrical genius by crafting these unbelievable lyrics that cover topics such as legalization of marijuana, flatulating on others, lost love, and the fact that you would have never thought that a band this great would ever come out of a town like Omaha, Nebraska. Tim Mahoney's amazing guitar work perfectly compliments P-NUT's melodic bass playing which beautifully meshes together with Chad Sexton's out-of-this-world drumming. I would name a few standout tracks, but every song is truly a gem and when combined as a whole, makes for a very pleasurable listen. "Applied Science" contains one the best drum solos I've ever heard and SA shows off his beat-boxing skills on "Offbeat Bareass". 311 have had 7 wonderful albums, but this one still stands out to me as their best. They have truly mastered the art of underground success.Free Music Review: 311 Has Grassroots.....Ya Hear
Hit: 5 Stars
311's sophomore album, proves to be one of their best albums to date, in my opinion this also features their strongest musicianship to date, definately Tim's album...the guitar playing's phenomenal. Everything about the album is perfect, even the fact the the lyrics are extremely amateur, it's still great. The album opens with one of their trademark songs Homebrew, it's an all around great song. Lucky and Nutsymptom follow suit, both amazing songs, and Nutsymptom has some of the most most astounding musicianship i've heard in my life. Taiyed and 8:16 am are both slower more songs but both are really catchy and both show the band's talents very well. Another standout song on the album is the laid back 1,2,3. It also has some great upbeat songs such as Grassroots, Salsa, Applied Science (which has a great drum solo), and in my opinion the best song on the album Omaha Stylee which is an ode to their hometown of Omaha, Nebraska. That's one thing 311 has always done is stay true to their roots. This album has no filler on it whatsoever, and any person remotely interested in 311 should make this purchase, you will not be let down