Steve Huey in Allmusic describes the band as " one of the most unusual cult bands of the 1990s ... driven by frontman Mike Doughty's stream-of-consciousness poetry, Soul Coughing's sound was a willfully idiosyncratic mix of improvisational jazz grooves, oddball samples, hip-hop, electronics, and noisy experimentalism ( described by Doughty as ' deep slacker jazz ').

Critic Steve Huey calls it " perhaps Tom Waits's most cohesive album ... a morbid, sinister nightmare, one that applied the quirks of his experimental ' 80s classics to stunningly evocative — and often harrowing — effect ... Waits ' most affecting and powerful recording, even if it isn't his most accessible.

" Steve Huey of Allmusic asserted that despite being born into a family of entertainers, Janet Jackson has managed to emerge a " superstar " in her own right, rivaling not only several female recording artists including Madonna and Whitney Houston, but also her brother, while " successfully her image from a strong, independent young woman to a sexy, mature adult.

" Steve Huey from Allmusic said that the album is " raw as Megadeth gets, and that can be both good and bad -- Megadeth's later precise, complex riffing and composition aren't completely developed, but the music is performed with a great deal of energy, while Mustaine's vocals ( never his strong point ) are amateurish at best.

Critic Steve Huey of Allmusic writes that the album's influence " was felt more in spirit than in direct copycatting, as a catalyst rather than a literal musical starting point.

The band was formed in 1993 by Huey Morgan, Brian Leiser and Steve Borgovini after Leiser, who was already friends with Borgovini, met Morgan at the club where they both worked.

Critic Steve Huey describes their music as " uncompromising, intense, cathartic fusions of hard rock, funk, post-punk noise, and jazz experimentalism, with Rollins shouting angry, biting self-examinations and accusations over the grind.

* VH1. com, “ Labelle ”, by Steve Huey, Allmusic ( accessed on June 29, 2008 )

According to Steve Huey of allmusic, " Only Built 4 Cuban Linx ... contained a narrative album format revolving around cocaine trafficking, criminal activity, and a rise through the ranks of the illegal industry.

It was described by critic Steve Huey as " Fast, furious, and funny ... Mike Muir proves himself an articulate lyricist and commentator, delving into subjects like alienation, depression, and Social nonconformity | nonconformist politics with intelligence and humor.

Steve Huey of Allmusic noted that " the new Snakepit does kick up a lot of noise as the album rushes by, and the strong chemistry between the members is immediately obvious ".

Reviewing Ain't Life Grand for Allmusic, Steve Huey described second singer Rod Jackson as " a combination of ' 80s pop-metal bluster and Faces-era Rod Stewart " with a " touch of Aerosmith ", a description that he felt also fitted the band as a whole.

* January 28 – Various artists, under the group name USA For Africa, including Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, Cyndi Lauper, Steve Perry, Kenny Loggins, Willie Nelson, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Kenny Rogers, Diana Ross, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Huey Lewis, Tina Turner, Sheila E., Harry Belafonte, Lindsey Buckingham, Kim Carnes, Dionne Warwick, Waylon Jennings, Bob Geldof and Stevie Wonder, record the song " We Are the World ".

Steve Huey of Allmusic said that he was " one of the most controversial figures in gangsta rap.

Steve Huey of Allmusic notes that The Shirelles defined " the so-called girl group sound with their soft, sweet harmonies and yearning innocence ", with their songs predating Motown in their widespread crossing of racial demographics, both in the US and in Britain.

Produced by Pip Williams, Sonic Origami, originally issued in Japan in 1998, then, a year later, in the U. S., had " a grand, epic tone throughout " that, according to rock critic Steve Huey, " doesn't always match Uriah Heep's journeyman-sounding prog-tinged hard rock ," still being " a solid entry in its chosen genre.

According to Allmusic editor Steve Huey, the success of his 1994 debut album Ready to Die " reinvented East Coast rap for the gangsta age " and " turned the Notorious B. I. G.

Allmusic's Steve Huey said that it " brought back some of the pounding speed of Reign in Blood for their third major-label album ", and addressed it to be " their most accessible album, displaying the full range of their abilities all in one place, with sharp, clean production ".

Steve Huey of the website allmusic perceived " a strong affinity for the neo-soul movement " in the album.

" Steve Huey of Allmusic described his and Jeff Hannemans guitar solos as " wildly chaotic ," and Thom Jurek, also of Allmusic, described his work on 2006's Christ Illusion as " create an intensely harrowing and angular riff that changes from verse to verse, through the refrain and bridge, and comes back again.

Critic Steve Huey of Allmusic later rated the album with four and a half stars out of five, stating that the " record sounds like a bridge between Mother Love Bone's theatrical ' 70s-rock updates and Pearl Jam's hard-rocking seriousness.

Steve Huey of Allmusic said, " Since Dry As a Bone / Rehab Doll is more energetic and less murky than many proto-grunge artifacts, it's arguably the most effective and enduring building block in the music's early evolution.

Steve Huey, for example, wrote for Allmusic that " Sabbath's slowed-down, murky guitar rock bludgeons the listener in an almost hallucinatory fashion, reveling in its own dazed, druggy state of consciousness ", commenting that the album featured " plenty of metal classics ".

On the style of the album, critic Steve Huey wrote in AllMusic: " Mr. Bungle is a dizzying, disconcerting, schizophrenic tour through just about any rock style the group can think of, hopping from genre to genre without any apparent rhyme or reason, and sometimes doing so several times in the same song.

" Steve Huey of Allmusic called it Green River's " strongest individual release ... perfecting their sleazy, raucous fusion of ' 70s hard rock and post-hardcore punk.

Iron Maiden's eighth studio release, 1990's No Prayer for the Dying, had a raw sound that, according to Allmusic, did not " hold up well " compared to past efforts, as it was recorded in a barn which Steve Harris owned, with a mobile studio owned by the Rolling Stones.

Allmusic gave a positive retrospective review of the album, commenting that it achieved a strong balance between Dave Mason's simple and straightforward folk-rock songs and Steve Winwood's complex and often haunting rock jams.

Allmusic editor Steve Huey comments that " the majority of his lyrics concern his own skills and his Islamic faith.

Steve Huey of Allmusic contrasts Brooks ' and Dunn's voices, saying that Dunn " was the quietly intense singer with the soulful voice, while Kix Brooks played the part of the high-energy showman.

Steve Huey of Allmusic calls them " arguably the most progressive of the leading post-hardcore bands: their lengthy, multisectioned compositions were filled with odd time signatures, orchestrated builds and releases, elliptical melodies, and other twists and turns that built on the innovations of the Dischord label.

In a retrospective review of the album, Allmusic editor Steve Huey gave the album five out of five stars and viewed it as an improvement over Paid in Full, commending Rakim's " agile, up-tempo lyrical showcases ".

Steve Huey of Allmusic said that it " flows logically from one composition to the next, and the mostly long songs have enough variation in texture and mood to hold the listener's interest fairly consistently.

Steve Huey of Allmusic calls Cypress Hill's debut " a sonic blueprint that would become one of the most widely copied in hip-hop.

In reality, as stated by Steve Snake, creator of NBA Jam, NBA Jam T. E, and Mortal Kombat II, these games were seriously pushing the limits of the console even though they looked like minor enhancements.

During 2010, Stewart used Twitter to confirm various facts about the album ; in one of the tweets, Stewart stated that he, Nicks, Waddy Wachtel, Mike Campbell ( of the Heartbreakers ), Mike Rowe, and Steve Ferrone were all working on the album, and that Mick Fleetwood has also contributed drums to at least one track.

Prior to the film's release, executive producer and Apple Computer founder Steve Jobs stated " If Toy Story is a modest hit — say $ 75 million at the box office — we'll and Disney both break even.

Steve Turner of Mudhoney stated in an interview, " A lot of other people around the country hated the fact that Black Flag slowed down ... but up here it was really great — we were like ' Yay!

One of Roy Disney's stated reasons for engineering his second " Save Disney " initiative had been Eisner's well-publicized but financially unjustified dissatisfaction with long-time production partner Pixar Animation Studios and its CEO Steve Jobs, creators of shared hits Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, and other critically acclaimed computer animated motion pictures.

In a 2000 interview, Kenney Jones stated the reason Winston was fired from the band was because " He ( Winston ) got above his station and tried to compete with Steve Marriott.

However, others, like Steve Dollar, who reviewed These Are Special Times, stated that Dion is a " vocal Olympian for whom there ain't no mountain — or scale — high enough.

Steve McPherson, ABC's President of Entertainment, also stated that additional seasons of Scrubs beyond the eighth could be produced if it performs well.

On Fox and Friends, 8 / 08 / 12 at 7: 52: 45 am ET, Steve Doocy stated:

Steve Jobs stated during his keynote presentation that the Power Mac G5 would reach 3 GHz " within 12 months.

Steve Harris, on the other hand, stated that his material was rejected because it was not good enough, and that Dickinson " was probably more burnt out than anyone at the end of the last tour ".

Collins stated in Hugh Fielder's 1984 book, The Book Of Genesis, that backstage after a Lamb concert, " people would steam straight past Tony, Mike, Steve and I, go straight up to Peter and say, ' You're fantastic, we really enjoyed the show.

While there are some claims that Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka had been dunked a year earlier, NFL Films president Steve Sabol has stated that he can find no evidence to support it in any footage he has reviewed and that he believes the tradition started with Parcells and Jim Burt.

Steve Kleckner, a former VP of sales for Tokypop, stated that " Frankly, I find it kind of flattering, not threatening ... To be honest, I believe that if the music industry had used downloading and file sharing properly, it would have increased their business, not eaten into it.

Steve Kleckner, former VP of sales for Tokyopop, stated that " hey, if you get 2, 000 fans saying they want a book you've never heard of, well, you gotta go out and get it.

The same year, Mirage Resorts president Steve Wynn proposed a new casino resort in the marina district, and stated that resort would not be built unless there was better access to the site.

While the Broadcasting Minister, Steve Maharey ruled out turning TVNZ into an entirely non-commercial broadcaster, on 25 February, he stated that the Labour Government was " pretty much settled " on the introduction of two new free-to-air, non-commercial channels available via digital television.

** This 2007 Innova release, the first recorded in surround sound, has received critical praise nationwide, including from Steve Reich, who stated, " A gorgeous and stunningly accurate CD of Music for 18 Musicians, from the heartland to the heart.

After the game, Gators coach Steve Spurrier stated that he had wanted to be the first opponent to hang " half a hundred " on the Bulldogs in their own stadium because " we heard no one had ever done that before.

Cuban stated that if he doesn't hear from Smith that he will donate the money to the NHL Players ' Association Goals and Dreams Fund in the names of Todd Bertuzzi and Steve Moore.

Costner stated that he based Frank Farmer on Steve McQueen ; even cutting his hair like McQueen ( who had died 12 years earlier ).

He stated, " I'm sure just like Steve Moore and his family, it's been difficult for both parties.

Andy stated that Trojan Records only agreed to release his album On Tour after removing a track containing the lyrics, " The Father never make Adam and Steve, he make Adam and Eve ".

Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley stated that he was strongly opposed to the release, saying in a letter to the board it would be " an affront to people of this state, the California criminal justice system and the next of kin of many murder victims.