I hate to post my reviews before the actual group members, but I've had more time to listen to music lately, and I was in the mood for rap, so here it go...
WANGS
01. Awesome intro. I'm addicted to sound/quote clips, so this one's going into my digital audio library, STAT!
02. Excellent rhyme flow and fly bass groove (yes, I am reviewing these discs with some leftover 80s slang; I found a bunch of it in the glove compartment of my hooptie).
03. Mad shout-outs. Props, peeps.
04. Nice. Damn, these tracks are flying by.
05. Mmmmmm...uncleared samples.
06. Staccato rhymes always entertain me. A+
07. Great shit. My rap station here never plays anything remotely like this anymore. They used to before they sold out. Of course, it doesn't help that they'd have to edit every other word. Word!
08. McSkit.
09. Ha, that one guy sounds like Mike Tyson.
10. Smooth. The PE ref adds +2 Prop Mastery.
11. Okay, this disc has a great feel so far--sweet mix.
12. Great beat.
13. Very good. I should know who this is.
14. RAP = Rhythm And Poetry
15. Reminds me of 3rd Base!
16. Cool.
17. OMGSTFULOLOL111
18. I love ATCQ--the old stuff, anyway.
19. a brief announcement...
20. Wiggedy-What?
21. Oh, there's that Dizzee Razcal jes mentioned.
22. Okay.
23. The trouble with an all-rap disc is that some songs...
24. start to run together, and I lose interest.
25. Ah, here's a good one.
26. Hmmmm. Slightly better than the TV show.
27. Didn't Wu-Tang sample this on "36 Chambers?" maybe not.
28. Nice.
29. Fuckin' hilarious! Sing wit' me now, "Heaven isn't too far away...Closer to it every day..."
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DONGS
01. More mad intro flava.
02. "Pier pressure?" Ha! Great rhymes, here. "Shift me kidneys!"
03. Is this the same crew or do all Aussie rappers sound like Slick Rick?
04. Smooth.
05. So far, dope word play seems heavily valued in Aussie rap. Works for me.
06. Fly female fricative fireworks. Unlike a lot of female rappers, she has a good voice.
07. Good rhythm track.
08. Cool.
09. Okay.
10. Spacey background guitar is always good.
11. As James Brown used to say, "Horns!"
12. More horns. Uh, one horn. Different horn. Horn-y.
13. Holy Shit! It's the new "gravy boat."
14. Very good.
15. O
16. K
17. Better. Hype beats.
18. Okay.
19. More good stuff.
20. What is that tune,? dammit?
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Overall, I like Wangs a bit better than Dongs (no, those words won't come back to haunt me; what do you mean?). Wangs has a lot of momentum and the mix is super nice. On the flip tip, I really dig hearing that Australian rap. I guess the uniqueness sort of wore off as the disc went on, but there's a lot of great stuff on Dongs, too. And of course, I must bow humbly towards the obviously large and impressive rap collection of dcomposed. Thank you, sir, your Wangs and Dongs hit the spot!
Final Marks:
WANGS A
DONGS B+
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