FREESTLEMANIA REVIEW: NU IMAGE "The Album" - ARIA RECORDS

Dance Music and particularly Freestyle Music has been blazing the airwaves for the past 20 years across the world. Groups have come and gone. Now and then something special occurs where those select few become legends and are able to touch the hearts of many for years to come. Freestyle Music and its legends have managed to do that with such greats as Johnny O, Stevie B, Noel, George Lamond, TKA, Cover Girls, & Expose to a new a few.

Since the Mid 1990s, freestyle music has been on a decline and many say that it is a lost genre in the Dance Music industry. Even the greats from the past have attempted to come back and revive the music that they once conquered and sadly they have not been able to do so. Recently, we have scene hope with new acts like Nick Colon, Latin Nation, Sharyn Maceran, Ashley, & Tru Voices to name a few. But one particular group that stands out as what some deem as the last hope for freestyle to reclaim itself as a respectable genre of dance music has to be the Trio of Nu Image.

This Freestyle trio started their days back in 1990 with original members Tong G., Tyree Hernandez, & Victor Zapata.

Through out the years, the group has released various singles including the much accepted, "Tears In My Eyes" and have been featured in freestyle compiliations such as Syling Free Records Volume 2, "1999 Freestyle Finale."

In early 2002, the group reformed itself again and teamed up with Pompeo Messano and soon were signed with Aria Records; thus, the quest for their new album began.

The much anticipated album by Aria Record's newest sensation, NU IMAGE, hit the streets in late February 2004. This album contains 26 hot blazing tracks with 5 different mixes of their smash hit, "I'll Always Love You." As one listens to this album you can immediately feel the passion of their music through their vocals. The titled track, "What I have Found," is an example of what freestyle needs to be in order to recapture its glory. The Aria group did a good job in producing high quality tracks with good vocal arrangements. You have varioius styles of music from freestyle, r&b, and trance all wrapped into one.

Their are many hard hitting dance tracks like "Your My Angel," "Torn By 2," & "My Heart," to name a few. For all of you freestyle collector's, they even threw in 2 different mixes of their original hit, "Tears in My Eyes." - a must have in your freestyle collection. Out of the entire album, one track in my mind that stands out as a true freestyle classic in years to come has to be "Forbidden Love." It grabs you the instance the first note is hit!! Great Job! Also, did I fail to mention that is a 2 cd album. All I can say is WOW - its very rare for a freestyle artist or in the matter a freestyle label to invest so much into one project. Freestylemania would like to wish Nu Image much success and highly recommend everyone to go out and buy this cd and support freestyle. You will not be dissapointed.

Visit: www.NuImageWorld.com

Freestylemania rated this CD 4 out of 5 stars
ALBUM RATING FORMAT
ONE STAR POOR: UNWORTHY OF FREESTYLE
TWO STARS OK: HAS FREESTYLE POTENTIAL
THREE STARS GOOD: IS FREESTYLE WORTHY
FOUR STARS GREAT: ITS ALMOST A CLASSIC
FIVE STARS CLASSIC: SIMPLY UNFORGETTABLE

 

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