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Brown Sugar [Copy Protected CD] | ![Brown Sugar [Copy Protected CD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51G7QM66DKL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Artist: Various Artists
Label: Mca
Category: Music
Buy New: $13.98
New (36) Used (28) Collectible (1) from $3.74
Rating:  41 reviews
Sales Rank: 103108
Format: Content/copy-protected Cd
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 113028
UPC: 008811302825
EAN: 0008811302825
ASIN: B00006JKCG
Release Date: September 24, 2002
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
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| Tracks:
| • | Brown Sugar (Extra Sweet) | | • | Love Of My Life (An Ode To Hip Hop) | | • | Bring Your Heart | | • | Brown Sugar (Raw) | | • | Easy Conversation | | • | It's Going Down | | • | Breakdown | | • | You Make Life So Good | | • | Time After Time | | • | Paid In Full | | • | No One Knows Her Name | | • | Act Too (The Love Of My Life)(Remix) | | • | Never Been | | • | Brown Sugar (Fine) | | • | You Changed |
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Amazon.com
Smooth music devoid of flash but rich in vintage hip-hop and soul dominates the accompaniment to this urban love story. Mary J. Blige's "Never Been" pulses like a gentle lullaby ode to desire, and Jill Scott's "Easy Conversation" flutters with her sultry, airy voice and mellow strumming. Angie Stone's "Bring Your Heart" pulses with lazy piano countermelody and honey-sweet vocals, while Cassandra Wilson's take on Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" is understated and folkish. Mos Def provides an edge to several tracks--"Breakdown," featuring fadeaway horns, and the "fine," fiercely rhymed version of "Brown Sugar." On a similarly uptempo bent, the Roots add in funky echoes and stutters to "Act Too (Love of My Life)," Black Star's "raw" version of "Brown Sugar" is sharp-tongued, and Eric B. & Rakim's sample-happy "Paid in Full" is a sprawling trip down old-school hip-hop's memory lane. Yet for all of its nods to the past, Brown Sugar sounds distinctly modern. Instead of just rehashing the past, its artists celebrate the spirit of bygone days with warm affection and loving care, which envelops the soundtrack in a cohesive and comforting glow. --Annie Zaleski
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| Customer Reviews: Read 36 more reviews...
Song Title? January 16, 2008
What is the name of the song by Common playing when Diggs is talking to Lathan on the radio at the end of the film? She's in the booth and he's looking through the window.
 This CD has been recalled because it contains a rootkit November 16, 2005
23 out of 25 found this review helpful
WARNING - DO NOT BUY THIS CD. This CD is infected with DRM, a technology that not only limits what you can do with the music but actually affects the ability of your computer to do other unrelated tasks and opens you up to viruses and privacy infringements. Sony has actually recalled this CD and by all rights it should no longer be for sale on Amazon. In general, don't buy any CDs that are labeled "Copy Protected" or are made by Sony.
I like my Brown Sugar WITHOUT POISONOUS SPYWARE!!! November 15, 2005
33 out of 36 found this review helpful
This is one of those Sony CD's that contains "XCP" spyware. XCP was written with the intent of concealing its presence and operation from the owner of the computer, and once installed, elements of the software run continuously -- even when no Sony-BMG music CD is in use. It provides no clear uninstallation option.
Additionally, without notifying users, the software appears to contact a remote machine under your control.
Sony has shocked and angered people over this issue. Software that deceives the owner of the computer it runs upon and opens that computer up to attacks by third parties may be expected to come from malicious cyber-attacks; it is certainly not expected nor acceptable to be distributed and sold to paying customers by a major music company.
Sony should temporarily halt manufacturing CDs with XCP and reexamine "all aspects" of their "content protection initiative."
If Sony truly intends to undo the harm that they have caused, they should immediately and publicly commit to the following measures:
1) Sony should recall all CDs that contain the XCP and SunnComm MediaMax technology. It must include removing all infected CDs from store shelves as well as halting all online sales of the affected merchandise.
A recent New York Times article said that well over 2 million infected CDs with the XCP technology are in the marketplace and have yet to be sold.
2) Sony should remove from all current and future marketing materials statements like that on http://cp.sonybmg.com/xcp/english/updates.html that say the cloaking software "is not malicious and does not compromise security."
3) Sony should widely publicize the potential security and other risks associated with the XCP and SunnComm MediaMax technology to allow the 2.1 million consumers who have already purchased the CDs to make informed decisions regarding their use of those CDs. The publicity campaign should include, at a minimum, issuing a public statement describing the risks and listing every Sony CD, DVD or other product that contains XCP or SunnComm MediaMax. The publicity campaign should be advertised in a manner reasonably calculated to reach all consumers who have purchased the products, in all markets where the CDs have been sold.
4) Sony should cooperate fully with any interested manufacturer of anti-virus, anti-spyware, or similar computer security tools to facilitate the identification and complete removal of XCP and SunnComm MediaMax from the computers of those infected. In particular, Sony should publicly waive any claims it may have for investigation or removal of these tools under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and any similar laws.
5) Sony should offer to refund the purchase price of infected CDs or, at the consumer's election, provide a replacement CD that does not contain the XCP or SunnComm technology. For those consumers who choose to retain infected CDs, develop and make widely available a software update that will allow consumers to easily uninstall the technology without losing the ability to play the CD on their computers.
In addition, consumers should not be required to reveal any personally identifying information to Sony in order to access the update, as Sony is currently requiring.
6) Sony should compensate consumers for any damage to their computers caused by the infected products, including the time, effort, and expenditure required to remedy the damage or verify that their computer systems or networks were or were not altered or damaged by XCP or SunnComm MediaMax products.
I'm not buying any more Sony CD's until they do the above!
Watch out for backdoor computer programs November 15, 2005
23 out of 24 found this review helpful
Sony has gone too far. Until they recall all XCP DRM discs and hand out free copies to exploited consumers then I will continue to boycott them. Five stars for Don't give Sony a penny till they make a full applogy for this mess. Don't buy this cd.
Can Seriously Damage Your Computer/DANGEROUS/Do NOT Buy November 8, 2005
30 out of 31 found this review helpful
*Probably* this disc won't cause problems on non-computer players (or on Macs, apparently), but it can *seriously* damage your Windows-based computer even now, and probably destroy future versions of the operating system.
While there are numerous Bad Possibilities inherent in using this disc's proprietary player software on any existing Windows 95/98/NT/2K/ME/XP system which result in annoyances and problems that can be worked around, i read recently that F-Secure tested it on Windows Longhorn/Vista and discovered that it completely destroyed that operating system.
As reported at http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.html (which has been cited in other reviews of copy-protected CDs), this CD requires you to use its proprietary player software to listen to it on your computer, in order t prevent you from making more than three copies of the music.
This player installs dangerous (and very poorly written, making it more dangerous) malware called a "rootkit", which is undetectable and almost unremovable, even by the top virus/spyware protection products, on your system without your knowledge or permission.
The installed malware is unstable, resulting in the possibility of system crashes or data corruption, and removing it is likely to render your computer's CD or DVD discs completely unuseable.
And, beyond that, because of how poorly written this thing is, it provides a handy back door for any malicious person to install undectable worms or other malware on your computer.
Don't buy this disc or any other from SONY/BMG until they stop packaging them with this dangerous malware.
(Actual star rating is about Negative 1000, but Amazon's system won't allow that.)
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