Use Your Fingers

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Author: Bloodhound Gang

Release Date: 03-04-2006

Details: Amazon.ca White rappers generally divide into two camps: the Beastie Boys disciples and the House of Pain clique. For the former, honky hip-hop has nothing to do with the African-American experiences that gave birth to the rap form; rather, it is borrowed to express the middle-class, often suburban, ennui that comes from too much pop culture and too much time on one’s hands. In the latter, groups attempt to co-opt the Afrocentrism and identity worship from black rap and use it as a template for their own particular ethnic trumpeting–Irish, in HOP’s case. On their debut album, Use Your Fingers, Bloodhound Gang make it clear which group they expect to be confused with: « No, I’m not the guy from the Beastie Boys! » yells Jimmy Pop (or is it his partner Daddy Long Legs?). Hailing from suburban Philadelphia, BG are a self-contained frat party dying to offend anyone who’ll listen with their often hilarious, in-your-face political incorrectness. They fight for their right to be moronic throughout–whether worshiping Rip Taylor or invoking the Cavity Creeps from an old toothpaste ad. It’s not all just fat-chick and cripple jokes, though: BG back up their obnoxious idiocy with some fairly wise musical maneuvering. While their age and background lead them to repeatedly mine the ’80s for material–Duran Duran and Cure samples, Michael Jackson and Blondie interpolations, a « Kids in America » cover–their sly comments and ingenious a cappella snippets prove they’re surprisingly sharp and able lads. –Roni Sarig

UPC: 074646722527

EAN: 0074646722527

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood