Shakira - Live & Off the Record

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Most of her songs are in Spanish. When she does sing in English, you can't understand what she is singing. However, she does have some great dance moves and music. Also, her documentary is worth watching but can probably be caught on E.

Mariah - The #1's

BUY
A good collection of songs that made her famous. Some music videos and some live performances. If you listened to her back in days, this is a good watch. This was before she started making bad movies, bad songs, and bad moves not to go to the gym.

Andy Lau Vision Tour

Special Feature
Sporting a goat tee, Andy was lively and entertaining. He interacted with the audience and had the most wild fans I have seen. He also brought most of his dancers from Hong Kong, so his dance routines were very well done. What made Andy a success is that he knows how to play to the audience. He was not afraid of the crowd and even seek their attention.

This time around, Raymond Mui did a good job and the bus were on schedule. However, they should not be taking tips if they were not providing any services. They used to show a film on the bus, but this has been eliminated. With the bus fee in place, tips are not appropriate.

Celine Dion All the Way

BUY
Great selection of music videos and live concert segments. Fabulous voice and emotions through her music. If you never seen Celine before, check this one out. Next, you might want to catch her show in Las Vegas.

Christina Aguilera:Stripped

BUY
The concert was well done. Christina had a great sound and she performed very well on stage. Most of the songs you hear on the radio sound great in the concert. She had a variety of songs and kept the audience interested.

Jessica Simpson Reality Tour

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Even if you are fans of Newlywed and Jessica Simpson, you will hate this concert. I don't know what it is, but Jessica Simpson's songs really suck. They are so boring. She has a great voice but maybe just one song sound decent. That is ridicoulous. Whoever wrote her music got to quit the business. If she is writing them, goddamit, please pay for a music writer.

Mariah Carey: Fantasy

BUY
The concert was poorly recorded but Mariah has an incredible voice. Sometimes she should use less vibrato, but I guess that was what made her a superstar. The stage was also poorly designed, but her focus was on the music.

There was a guest appearance by Boy II Me singing One Sweet Day. Overall, a short concert that was mediocre.

Destiny Child's World Tour

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A very boring concert. Destiny Child had some great music videos but their concert was horrible. The audience was loud and you could hardly hear the singing. Also, many of the songs were remixed and quite frankly, they suck. Also, it looked like Beyonce gained like 30 pounds. Jayz, stop feeding the girl.

JLo: Reel Me

BUY
Jennifer Lopez is fabulous in her music videos. This set comes with a commentary before every song and she looks amazing. Not only does she look incredibilty sexy, but she has a great voice and acting ability. Looking at her cheers you up. She is upbeat and always smiling.

This is a collector's item. The set also comes with a CD of songs.

Madonna:Drowned World Tour

BUY
The first part of the concert is a mix of punk rock and japanese anime. Really weird, but you come to expect this from Madonna. I enjoyed the second part more because she was more normalized. She sang some of her old songs. Overall, a very long concert. If you don't enjoy her, pass on this one.

MTV Cribs: Rock

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Not much to see. The best house was by Rob Zombie where he created a place with creatures from horror movies. The rest of the places looked like your typical American house, not a rock star house.

JLo - let's Get Loud

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This is Jennifer Lopez's first concert in Puerto Rico, her hometown. Even though she is singing abroad, she keeps the Spanish songs at a limit. She has a good selection of dance songs and slow songs.

However, she didnt sing much because she spent most of the time changing into different outfits. The introductions of the dancers, musicians, and backup dancers also took up time.

Marc Anthony - The Concert

BUY
If you don't understand Spanish, I don't recommend this DVD. There is only a handful of English songs and it's not worth sitting there for 2 hours.

He has a couple of great songs but his performance becomes monotonous after awhile. Marc doesn't speak much to the audience and his dancing is limited.

Britney Spears - My Prerogrative

BUY
The menu screen is poorly designed. It is difficult to navigate to the alternate views and to the extras at the bottom of the screen. However, the song selection menu is nice which plays back the highlighted song in the film window.

There is a good variety of music videos from Britney's early days to current days. Also, the alt view menu allows you to see a different perspective of each video. For example, there is a karaoke version of a video, different angles of a video, hidden footage of a video, and bloopers of a video. Not particularly exciting, unless you a big fan of Britney.

If you want to own one of Britney's dvds on music videos, this is the one.

Joey Yung in Concert 2005

Special Feature

It started out bad when the concert bus to Mohegan Sun was not available in the morning, making hundreds of people wait in the cold. Then Joey sang 7 songs. What kind of concert is that?

The other group, ACE, sang more than her. How does that make sense when Joey is the main attraction for selling the concert? Looks like another case of amateur organizers ripping off fans by advertising a popular singer, but not paying the singer to do a full performance.

Joey, on the other hand, looked great, sang well, and stay cute through her blunders. That's how you make it in entertainment.

Did any of you hear her when she suppose to say "when I was small I never took a plane", but she said "when I was small I never hit a plane"?