Shabazz Palaces- Black Up

Over-hyped space rap, stepped in static laptop beats, R&B samples, and found sounds from former Digable Planets dude. cLOUDDEAD was doing this ten years ago, albeit with murkier beats and self-effacing lyrics. This is definitely rap aimed at a white audience.

Buy this record if the club doesn't have vodka service and you want to burn one out in the parking lot but it's too cold.

www.shabazzpalaces.com

The Lonely Island- Turtleneck and Chain

This review is for Elon Musk. When he's not zip-lining through the woods of Northern California or building rocket-ships, you can find Elon relaxing by the campfire to the sultry Rap-dance sounds of The Lonely Island (Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer). It's a comedy record from the SNL player Samberg and his schoolyard buddies that features cameos from Justin Timberlake, Akon, Beck, and a host of other chart topping celeb types.
If Matisyahu wrote a sex column for the Village Voice about a three way between the Beastie Boys, Will Smith, and Eminem at an all-night rave this would be the first reader response.

Buy this record if your home ec project didn't work out and you need a few yucks to help you forget about it.

www.thelonelyisland.com

Tyler The Creator- Goblin

Solo record from Odd Future hip-hop collective member. Lots of hype surrounding this group of rappers. Definitely has more of a suburban rap vibe than inner-city thing, but I may be wrong.
Tyler is 19 and it shows, lots of "faggot", "nigger", "pussy", "bitch" and "fuckin' ___" lyrics that are supposed to be shocking. For a 19 year old this probably is. When he gets this out of his system and grows up he may make some good music. I suppose this can be considered witch-house rap?

Buy this record for a haunted hay ride in East St. Louis.

www.oddfuture.com
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