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- Date Released: April 18, 2006
- Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
- Style: Hip-Hop
- Label: Big Dada / Iris
Indie rappers with a penchant for booty calls
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We Say...
The indie rap set likes to focus on old-school fundamentals, anti-materialist philosophizing and lyrical abstraction — but even they need to get wasted and make some booty calls. B-More cats Naeem Juwan (who raps like Phife on a Mountain Dew bender) and producer XXXChange don’t sound so much like backpacker snot-noses having an ironic snicker at bounce rap than they do a couple avant-pranksters with an ear for catchy ridiculousness. The production veers between borderline parody and futuristic speculation, 808 hyperactivity ricocheting off Robitussin sleazo-funk, and hooks like “strip down to your under-way-er” and “Coke and wet, b----/guns, n----, holla” don’t laugh at the Dirty South, they laugh with it.
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They Say...
Spank Rock appear to revel in contradictions. Rapper Naeem Juwan and production phenom XXXChange (Alex Epton) are an American group who record for the British flag-waving label Big Dada, they're the only underground rappers to talk about sex more often and more explicitly than Black Eyed Peas, and their tracks accept the limitations of old-school rap and bass music, but boast an agility that makes them sound positively post-millennial. Sex is all over this record, appearing on nearly every track, from the "ass-shaking competition champ" in "Back Yard Betty" to the 50 Cent-style partying going on during "Coke & Wet." Virtually every track -- notable exception: "Rick Rubin" -- either references or focuses in on what you learn in anatomy and apply in life. Juwan may sound like a juvenile Q-Tip (minus the abstract rapping), but he's one of the brightest young American talents of the mid-2000s, using his voice in delightful ways (some helped along by post-production). Meanwhile, on the production end, XXXChange concocts a series of deep bass hits, digital claps, and the occasional cougar scream to recall the type of stark, echoing productions and drum programming rarely heard since the mid-'80s. It's all performed so perfectly, and informed so well by Juwan's lyrical finesse, that the vintage feel never seems like a crutch. Best of all is "Bump," where first Juwan takes a few minutes for a speed rap, then guest Amanda Blank enters halfway through, initially giving one of her stiffest Roxanne Shanté impressions but, in a heartbeat, shifting into a higher gear like a sports car blowing away the competition.
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Backyard Betty |
3:29 |
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| 02. | |
What It Look Like |
3:07 |
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| 03. | |
IMC |
2:33 |
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| 04. | |
Rick Rubin |
3:33 |
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| 05. | |
Touch Me |
3:24 |
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| 06. | |
Bump |
5:19 |
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| 07. | |
Sweet Talk |
4:12 |
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| 08. | |
Chilly Will |
4:33 |
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| 09. | |
Far Left |
3:53 |
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| 10. | |
Coke & Wet |
2:11 |
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| 11. | |
Competition |
3:32 |
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| 12. | |
Screwville, USA |
2:03 |
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12 Total Tracks, 41:49 Total Length
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Credits
- Hernán Santiago - Mixing // Ben Folstein - Vocals // Chris Lacoe - Artwork // Steve McReady - Producer // Rosalie Parker - Vocals // Isaac Shel - Photography // J. Uzi - Vocals // Xxxchange - Producer // Xxxchange - Mixing // Typical Girls - Performer
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