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MARKY MARK AND THE FUNKY BUNCH

reviews

albums

OVERVIEW

OVERVIEW

Music for the People

2.6

mixed reception

varied reaction

Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch

23 reviews →

You Gotta Believe

2.5

mixed reception

varied reaction

Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch

18 reviews →

REVIEW

REVIEW

Music for the People

Louisville Courier-Journal

1

October 26, 1991

Scene 10

A better title would have been "Music for Stupid People".

Mark Clark
1991

Music for the People

Vox

2

4/10

November 1, 1991

76

If you've got to have a Vanilla Ice, it may as well be Marky Mark.

1991

Music for the People

Nottingham Evening Post

4

3/4

November 8, 1991

14

Surprisingly good rap attack.

Simon Button
1991

Music for the People

Los Angeles Times

2

1.5/4

December 8, 1991

Calendar 63

This white Boston rapper is as vanilla as Vanilla Ice.

Dennis Hunt
1991

You Gotta Believe

New York Daily News

3

September 14, 1992

29

But if Marky's raps are nothing more than serviceable, his music is seldom less than likable.

Jim Farber

1992

You Gotta Believe

2

September 17, 1992

70

Most of all, it's unabashedly derivative.

Michael Saunders
1992

You Gotta Believe

2

September 18, 1992

Maryland Live 5

Trouble is, the Mark Man has little to say, and already said most of it on the last album.

1992

You Gotta Believe

3

September 19, 1992

57

Thought-provoking but never shocking.

1992

You Gotta Believe

3

B–

September 27, 1992

C4

You don't have to believe, but it is credible.

James Muretich

1992

You Gotta Believe

Orange County Register

4

October 2, 1992

P49

"You Gotta Believe" is a solid rap/pop/funk hybrid.

Cary Darling
1992
BIRD'S EYE VIEW

BIRD'S EYE VIEW

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