If you have aĭownloading Machine, might I recommend snagging the sweet lounge Regardless of their improved songcrafting skillz, Quarashi still rely aīit too heavily on dull Beastie Boy-inspired funk-rap. Gaer, eg vildi helst geta daelt ut ur mer" "Skilur ad, skilurdu tad, tad skilur ad/Allt annar madur, betri en I "I got to rip things up like my name was Jack the Ripper/There's a partyĪt your house cause your mama is a stripper" ![]() "Wake up with your nuts bound to my bedpost/KY jelly I'll be your "She kept me warm and cozy/But I had to kick her out when she got too "Take me along, once again on that trip/Bring it on and when I'm gone, Could it be that Linkin Park weren'tĪctually the brilliant musical innovators that we all thought!? Nearly identical to that of Linkin Park, yet Linkin Park didn't even These songs merge rap verses with melodramatic sung choruses in a manner Terribly inconsistent, is gallonbuckets more original and enjoyable than Schmaltz, Rage Against The Machine anger-funk and even indie rockīalladry, Quarashi have crafted a second record that, while still Incorporate such influences as heavy metal, bachelor pad jazz, '70s Through their willingness to break the all-Beastie-Boys mold and I'm 5 million years old and suffering from dementia. That's what I'd do, if I were running for President. Obama should totally have ads running that say "McCain - Osama Bin Laden's Choice!" and then draw a little turban on McCain's head. population clearly wants to eradicate Islam!" (but in their funny foreigner language). Why isn't Obama putting lots of ads out about how Al-Qaeda want McCain to be elected? They do! Because another Republican election (particularly that of a man who wants us to stay in Iraq for another 100 years) will make it even easier for them to recruit new members they can just tell them, "See? The U.S. Shouldn't I get royalties even though I didn't tell anybody about my idea? I think so, sure.Īnd another thing. He was a member of Pink Floyd.īut here's what really gets me: Sarah Palin using Heart's "Barracuda" as her theme song when not two months ago I proposed that Obama do the same thing (particularly the middle section."Oooooh bara bara bara Barack Obama!"). One of the songs does feature real-live ICELANDIC rapping though! It's called "Framogtilbaka," which translates to "I am a frog chewing tobacco." Amber Shades" and odd guitar/violin piece "Beam Me Up" are probably the least shitty tracks), but the majority of the 16-song work is simply a Beastie Boys tribute album gone terribly wrong. A few bright passages escape this den of stupidity (horn-laden instrumental "Herra Jinx," impressive speed-rap "Mr. Unfortunately, nobody in the band seems to understand the mechanics of 'melody' or 'anything interesting at all,' so this variety of instrumental tones are wasted on cliche'd sub-Beastie funk, bland keyboard soul and embarrassing Macho rock. To their credit, they do try to keep the background music diverse, filling the bass/drum mixes with samples ranging from piano riffs, antique organs, soul horns, suave guitars and gospel vocals to reversed keyboard lines, buzzy synths, squiggly weirdness, turntable scratches and sci-fi electronics. "Tick tock ya'll! / I don't stop ya'll! / I'm like a bomb that's about to go off ya'll!" "So what's up? All night! / Get drunk - big fight!" Only 6,000 copies of Quarashi were pressed, and that's plenty thanks. This record finds them mimicking that band's distorted vocal effects, scratchy funk loops, groovy bass lines and bratty rapping style, while completely failing to replicate the humor and hooks so crucial to their success. Indeed, though they would soon branch out into ripping off Rage Against The Machine and other top bands, Quarashi was at the outset a complete Beastie Boys rip-off. Same thing I was - don't they get frostbite when they're onstage waving theirĮxtra! Extra! Read some about it! Three Icelandic men named Solvi, Steini and Hossi have formed a combo that can only be called "The Icelandic Rip-Off Of The Beastie Boys." From Iceland? You're probably thinking the Heartland (Compton, South Central, Boise). Hip, a form of music usually associated with the urban ghetto streets of America's "The Steaming Dicks" to all the radio DJs I promoted them to. I wasn't exactly sure how the name was pronounced, so I began calling them ![]() One day in 2002, I received via courier a compact record called Jinx by a band from Iceland called Youthful consternations, such as Dread Zeppelin and Bruce Fairbarn's Aquarium Rescue Musical scene, I am often the first to enjoy a band that others have only dreamt of in Iceland special introductory paragraph! Quarashi Xeneizes Kristnihald Undir Jokli Jinx Guerilla Discoīecause I am on the cutting edge of today's thriving Hip-Hop from the mean urban ghetto streets of
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