High Definition (Shootyz Groove album) explained

High Definition
Type:Album
Artist:Shootyz Groove
Cover:Album shootyz groove high definition.jpg
Released:May 28, 1999
Genre:Rap rock
Label:Kinetic/Reprise[1]
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Producer:David Kahne
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High Definition is an album by the Bronx rap rock group Shootyz Groove, released in 1999.[2] [3] It contains the songs "L Train" and "Blow Your Top".

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."[4] 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."[5]

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."

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"

Notes and References

  1. Shootyz Groove: High Definition . Bass Player . Fall 1999 . 10 . 10 . 70.
  2. Web site: Shootyz Groove | Biography & History. AllMusic.
  3. Book: Blush, Steven. New York Rock: From the Rise of The Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB. October 4, 2016. Macmillan. 9781250083616 . Google Books.
  4. News: McLennan . Scott . KEPT PLAYERS IN MIND . Telegram & Gazette . 21 Oct 1999 . C5.
  5. News: Conner . Thomas . Hot ... and not: some summer leftovers . Tulsa World . August 13, 1999 . Spot . 14.