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Any serious fan of house music knows the name Frankie Knuckles. Like Marshall Jefferson, he commands the type of respect in the genre that Grandmaster Flash enjoyed in hip-hop. When Knuckles signed with Virgin, the enthusiasm was high among house aficionados, but, in fact, his Virgin debut, Beyond the Mix, isn't the all-out dancefloor extravaganza many were predicting it would be. The CD definitely has its strong points -- including Lisa Michaelis' seductive vocals on "Sacrifice" and the haunting "Rain Falls" and Shelton Becton's gutsy performances on "It's Hard Sometime" and the gospel-influenced "Soon I Will Be Done." At its best, Beyond the Mix is far superior to most of the songs heard on urban contemporary radio in 1991. But "Godfather" and "Party in My House" are routine hip-house numbers that are virtually indistinguishable from countless other fusions of rap and house recorded in the early '90s.
© Alex Henderson /TiVo
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Satoshi Tomiie, Composer - Danny Madden, Composer - John Poppo, Producer - Robert Brown, Composer - Frankie Knuckles, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
(C) 1991 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1991 Virgin Records
Satoshi Tomiie, Composer - John Poppo, Producer - Frankie Knuckles, Producer, MainArtist - Lisa Michaelis, Composer - Billy Schlosser, Composer
(C) 1991 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1991 Virgin Records
John Poppo, Producer - Eric Kupper, Composer, Producer - Frankie Knuckles, Producer, MainArtist
(C) 1991 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1991 Virgin Records
Satoshi Tomiie, Composer - Danny Madden, Composer - John Poppo, Producer - Frankie Knuckles, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
(C) 1991 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1991 Virgin Records
Satoshi Tomiie, Composer - John Poppo, Producer - Frankie Knuckles, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
(C) 1991 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1991 Virgin Records
Satoshi Tomiie, Composer - John Poppo, Producer - Robert Brown, Composer - Frankie Knuckles, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
(C) 1991 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1991 Virgin Records
John Poppo, Producer - Frankie Knuckles, Producer, MainArtist - Lisa Michaelis, Composer - Billy Schlosser, Composer
(C) 1991 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1991 Virgin Records
Danny Madden, Composer - John Poppo, Producer - Eric Kupper, Composer - Robert Brown, Composer - Frankie Knuckles, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
(C) 1991 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1991 Virgin Records
Frankie Knuckles, Producer, MainArtist - Lisa Michaelis, Composer - Billy Schlosser, Composer
(C) 1991 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1991 Virgin Records
Danny Madden, Producer - John Poppo, Producer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, Composer - Frankie Knuckles, Producer, MainArtist
(C) 1991 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1991 Virgin Records
Album review
Any serious fan of house music knows the name Frankie Knuckles. Like Marshall Jefferson, he commands the type of respect in the genre that Grandmaster Flash enjoyed in hip-hop. When Knuckles signed with Virgin, the enthusiasm was high among house aficionados, but, in fact, his Virgin debut, Beyond the Mix, isn't the all-out dancefloor extravaganza many were predicting it would be. The CD definitely has its strong points -- including Lisa Michaelis' seductive vocals on "Sacrifice" and the haunting "Rain Falls" and Shelton Becton's gutsy performances on "It's Hard Sometime" and the gospel-influenced "Soon I Will Be Done." At its best, Beyond the Mix is far superior to most of the songs heard on urban contemporary radio in 1991. But "Godfather" and "Party in My House" are routine hip-house numbers that are virtually indistinguishable from countless other fusions of rap and house recorded in the early '90s.
© Alex Henderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:49:18
- Main artists: Frankie Knuckles
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Virgin Records
- Genre: Electronic House
© 1991 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1991 Virgin Records America, Inc.
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