Dubbing an anime series into English must be an incredibly difficult task. Perhaps you might remember the old “Speed Racer” cartoon where characters would ramble on and on as their voice actors would desperately try to get in enough dialogue to match the lip movements resulting in rambling dialogue that sounded like this:
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 It is the music heard on almost every car commercial. It is the background music on radio stations. And many still claim to hate it.
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F.A.T.E.
For All That’s Endured
Warner Brothers
Rating:     5

For All That’s Endured is an apt title for any female R&B trio in the music industry today. With the loss of groups like Jade, Brownstone, SWV and the looming questions of the future of TLC and Salt N’ Pepa, one has to offer some props for seeing a group actually make it through the recording process!
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N-Toon
Toon Time
Dreamworks
Rating:     9

Ever since the Jackson 5 danced their way into the lives of Americans, many child R&B groups have followed in their footsteps. Things seemed to die down a bit on the music scene in this aspect, until the late 80s when The Boys brought things back into perspective and ushered in a whole new world of hip hop and R&B groups such as Soul IV Real, Another Bad Creation, Immature and even Imajin.
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SR-71
Now You See Inside
RCA Records
Rating:       10

I was driving back from a show in D.C. a few weeks back when I was listening to 99.1 WHFS. The DJ mentioned a band, and introduced their first single. The band was SR-71, and the single was “Right Now,” and I loved it. When I got back to good old Mo’town I decided to grab a copy of the CD — if I could find it.
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