Let's just say the first time I listened to this record I was like what the fLIP?!! These guys love to joke around and play with differrent vocal effects. The beat of "In Your Face" is great, but the vocals and the lyrics are what make this song; the vocal interplay of Ninja and the creepy delivery of Yo-Landi Vi$$er make this song work. "Enter The Ninja" was the song that helped them gain some exposure; that starts with Vi$$er's distinct vocals singing "Ay Yi Yi, I am your butterfly/ I need your protection.." and then we hear Ninja's take on rap delivery which sounds almost like talking and kind of clumsy in this one, He says it with conviction and then inr the middle of the song addresses his haters, and those who had said that he could not make a living by making music. This song is good, I cannot lie. "Wat Kyk Jy" has a nice beat and the vocal interplay of vi$$er and Ninja, which again make the song, with a trance or rave instrumentals. The lyrics, and video (which is graphic and kinda f'd up) of "Evil Boy" makes many references to the act of sex and all of the female and male sex organs, nuf said, but he does make a nod to Biggie. "Rich B****" has Vi$$er spitting rhymes of how she came from rags to being a rich B----, which is constantly repeated in the chorus; she says rich b---- 28 times with an additional word or two in some of the lines, but the chorus is the title of the song at its core. "Fish Paste" goes back to the interplay between the two vocalists, which works well, and has a nice addictive beat. "$Copie" basically talks about sex and that Vi$$er has what you want, but you are never gonna get it, with this addictive house-clap beat and low bass in the back. "Beat Boy" is the longest song at 8:20 which starts with a human oonce(or human beatbox)..that looks wierd in type, and then has a low bass beat. Their lyrics mention a lot of things that have to do with sex in their music. Here is one of the most explicit in this song "With the meanest penis you have ever seen/ you on your period with no tampon...you kneel down and get with the vibe/ your period blood has crystalized." With no sense of humor it can be unnerving, but we know that humans are sexual beings, and some are thinking it, but not ready to write about it. Understandable, because most don't want to offend anybody,and that's ok, but these guys don't care who they offend. They just write it, and let it out. "She Makes me a Killer" has this nice double step off kilter beat and unveils a story of how this woman had driven Ninja to the end, and ripped his heart out ready to kill. It has great background music when he sings "she makes me a killer." Most of their songs have a beat and minimal instrumental inclusions besides the beat, but this one has string-like sounds when he sings the chorus and a nice beat..it sounds epic! The song is 7:29, but does not feel that long, and has several changes throughout. "Doos Dronk" is another song which has more then just a beat and vocals, the vocals are great, and the beat is addictive. This is a drinking or hangover song, which is great to listen to, as they talk about partying, and there is some voiceover work by Ninja and Vi$$er just talking or yelling at each other, kind of. "$o$" has some nice syth and keys to start it off with a nice driving beat, nice instrumentals as there are no vocals,except one line at the end..I think saying "me happy." There were several versions of this record released, but one song that I had heard prior, but was not included that should have been was a song called "I Don't Need You" which has Ninja singing w/ autotune, it's kind of depressing, but is a nice song and break from the usual delivery; which is not boring by any means, but it's nice to hear some singing too. Best Songs: In Your Face, Enter the Ninja, Evil Boy(?), Fish Paste, Beat Boy, She Makes Me A Killer, Doos Dronk, and $O$. Check Out: I Don't Need You
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