Mingle

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Total Tracks: 13   Total Length: 37:25

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06.24.08
The Saturday Knights, Mingle
2008 | Label: Light In The Attic / IODA

Melting-pot out-there rap group The Saturday Knights genre-hop so quickly on their third LP Mingle, it might leave you a bit dizzy. Incorporating throwback-funk (with cred-chocked guests The Dap Kings), early-Beasties style punk-rap ("Motorin'") and even surf guitar noodles (the shockingly-titled "Surf Song"), the Knights are out to ensure that there's never a dull moment.

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Best thing to happen to Hip Hop in a long time!

DKCOMET

I downloaded this & never realized these guys were from my home town. Why haven't I heard about them? How are they not huge? This is one of my favorite finds of the year. 45 should be a #1 single. What's wrong with this world? This puts a new, very large twist into the genre, or genres, in this case. So eclectic. Check it out. You won't be sorry.

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Great beats, good eats

EMUSIC-00A47BDA

Love this album - definitely in my Top 5 right now. DJ Suspence creates fun, energetic beats - morphing a sound from all around. Definitely a party album...

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Count it Off!

lombok5000

Over all this is a pretty decent album, lotta fun although a lot of it is fairly mediocre, including the free track Dog Park. I just have to say, though, that Count it Off has quickly become one of my favorite songs of all time. You owe it to yourself to give it a listen.

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Refreshing

cottser

Lots of guitars, lots of fun. If you want to smile, look no further.

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Pretty fun album

chrsbarrws

Good beats, decent rhymes, but it's obvious the guys are having a lot of fun. However I can't get over the fact that it's still rather mediocre.

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tons o' fun

Hoenikker

Fun listening summer collection. Fans of Jurassic 5 should enjoy this.

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In the rap world circa the early 21st century, it’s quite apparent that most of the genre’s chart-topping artists are often too serious for their own good. In fact, many completely overlook the fact that early notable rap acts weren’t afraid to have some good old-fashioned fun. But there are some exceptions to these modern day hip-hop rules, such as the Seattle trio the Saturday Knights. As evidenced by their 2008 full-length debut, Mingle, the group looks to outside the rap community to help create a unique spin on all the rhymin’ and jivin’ — the Muscle Shoals Horns, the Dap-Kings (who appeared on Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black), Jack Endino, and even Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil all drop by. Just give a listen to such standouts as “45,” “Dog Park,” “I Go,” and the part hip-hop/part garage rocker “The Gospel,” and you’ll find that the Saturday Knights have created one of the top party albums of 2008. Mingle offers a much needed alternative to all the “tough guy” hip-hop that seems to have become the standard. – Greg Prato

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