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Track Listing
1. Backyard Betty
2. What It Look Like
3. Imc
4. Rick Rubin
5. Touch Me
6. Bump
7. Sweet Talk
8. Chilly Will
9. Top Billin' From Far Left
10. Coke & Wet
11. Competition
12. Outro (Screwville U.S.A.)
| Details | | Producer: | Steve McReady, XXXChange | | Distributor: | Caroline Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Spank Rock: Alex Epton, Spank.
Undoubtedly one of the most inventive and unusual acts in hip-hop, the Baltimore-based group Spank Rock (made up of producer Armani XXXchange and MC Spank Rock aka Spank Disco) lays down 12 challenging tracks on their debut full-length release YOYOYOYOYO. Lyrically, Spank Rock mostly sticks to sex rhymes and clever braggadocio, while stylistically he delivers break-neck flows reminiscent of the earliest party MCs. On the production end, Armani XXXchange works with rapid-fire percussion and minimalist electro effects as well as classic break-beats from the days of Grandmaster Flash and Whodini. The result is something astonishingly different. YOYOYOYOYO moves from soundtrack music to an intense b-boy session to a backdrop for a spaced-out drum-and-bass party. What's most impressive is Spank Rock's ability to take the fundamentals from hip-hop's roots and mold them into a sound that is fantastically futuristic.
Industry Reviews
3 stars out of 5 -- [P]recocious, inventive and frequently dazzling. Spank's musical mastermind XXXchange transforms sounds wrung from cheap keyboards into whizz-bang sci-fi hip hop masterpieces.
The duo plucks subcultural sounds from across the map...to create experimental hip-hop that'll fry sub-woofers and offend parents. -- Grade: B+
Steeped in house music, early rock-the-bells rap, body-rock beats, absurdist funk and blue humor party records, YOYOYOYO moves breathlessly from one influence to the next.
4 stars out of 5 -- By elevating Bounce's beat to form structured hip hop, tracks like 'Bump' and 'Touch Me' make this the most exciting independent rap around.
3.5 stars out of 5 -- Baltimore club, the city's rarely exported dance-rap style, is built on breakneck beats, eclectic samples and unspeakable raunchiness. MC Spank Rock and Producer XXXchange take all three elements to extremes.
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