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"Ass-shakin' competition champ."
Yoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyo is the name (thereabouts - the number of YOs is not specified) of the debut album by Spank Rock, like Q-Tip if his lyrics were ghostwritten by Avenue D, or the second, more danceable coming of Kool Keith. I think a lot of people on Barbelith might flip for this album: it's definitely not mainstream, but it is filthy, hilarious, wildly imaginative, and impossible not to dance to - all the things that mainstream hip hop usually does best.
In particular 'Backyard Betty' is a song so nasty, hott and DUTT that a) I almost feel guilty listening to it, like I was looking at internet porn or something, and b) I had to add it to the Do Dirt Myspace page, where you can hear it.
One of the best things about Yoyoyoyoyoyoyo = there are lots of tracks perfect for bridging the gap between an out-and-out 'proper' hip hop track and a bangin' electro/funk/pop track - this includes the awesome, genre-surfing 'Sweet Talk' and 'Bump', which sounds reminiscent of Gold Chains' 'Rock The Parti', which is surely a good thing. 'Bump' also features a killer verse from Amanda Blank - just to remind you how it's the females who've really been reigning in terms of dirty booty-bass/electro/non-sucky underground hip hop recently. Spank Rock themselves are a rare exception to that rule.
"Tap that ass tap that ass tap that ass..." |
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