These guys are "Rap" in the same way the Lyle Lovett is "Country" -- they make whatever music they want, and don’t worry so much about categories anymore. As always, this would have probably been stronger as a single album, and the skits detract from the momentum. Of course, my single album probably wouldn’t have the same as theirs, songs like "Bowtie" and "Hey Ya!" are pretty unstoppable. Furthermore, just like Sandinista, (made by a band that had transcended "Punk") sometimes it’s fun to get stuck in a morass of excess. Though I still prefer John Coltrane’s "My Favorite Things" to Andre 3000s’.
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I was listening to Mary Lou Lord -- Baby Blue