Mickey Avalon

Mickey Avalon | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 7, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Myspace Records
• ASIN: B000IONLIQ
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #79,269 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Waiting To Die

2. So Rich, So Pretty

3. Jane Fonda

4. Roll The Dice

5. Mr. Right

6. Hustler Hall Of Fame

7. Roll Up Your Sleeves

8. Friends And Lovers

9. Dipped In Vaseline

10. Romeo And Juliet

11. Silent

12. Silent

13. Silent

14. Silent

15. Silent

16. Silent

17. Silent

18. Silent

19. Silent

20. Silent

See all 69 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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15 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fun if nothing else; worth a listen or two, February 18, 2007

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Michael Brent Faulkner, Jr. "Brent Faulkner" (Kentucky) - See all my reviews
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Mickey Avalon seems to be quite the interesting figure. If you haven't read up on the story behind the shirtless, tattooed ex-prostitute, you certainly should. Better yet, just go out and purchase the album, which summarizes his life in a nutshell. The album isn't going to go platinum and probably not gold, but it is worth a listening to. There are a couple of numbers worth a few spins. Opening track "Waiting To Die" is strong enough, and from the introduction that states "we are going to have open sexual intercourse throughout the country" (or something like that), you know that you are in for a ride with Mr. Avalon.

On "Waiting To Die" Mickey's flow is exactly dope, but the lyrics themselve, even with some corny lines thrown in there ("$20 gets you Chachi, $40 gets you Fonzi"), it is a fun track, even if it is raw. "So Rich, So Pretty" isn't as fun, but the hook is definitely catchy with the female vocalist chanting: "so rich, so pretty, the best piece of a** in this whole damn city". Trashy? Yes, but certainly intriguing, for whatever reason. The best track from the self-titled debut is none other than the infectious "Jane Fonda", which is perhaps the most "credible" number on the whole album. Here, Mickey counts and brags how he's going to teach you to "do the Jane Fonda". The track is good for a couple of great taglines such as: "licky, licky, sucky, sucky/ Mickey, Mickey, f**k me, f**k me", not to mention "her a** was jamming, like Janet Jackson and the Rhythm nation", "You could see her a** from outer space" or "I'm Mickey Avalon and I'm flaggin' it dammit". Again, it isn't a Grammy winning performance for best rap solo performance by any means, but it does have an infectious hook, infectious verses, and very strong, stand-alone production.

Annoying may be "Roll The Dice", where Avalon spits: "Eliza was a lesbian who...". Everything is a bit over sexualized on MICKEY AVALON, but given his background, one understands why the album is so sexually charged. This is incredibly obvious on the rediculous track 69 (ironic, right) "My D***" in which Mickey goes back and forwards bragging about, well his private parts. However, "Roll Up Your Sleeves" proves to be a must listen, especially with the excellent sample used as a backdrop for Mickey's infectious rhymes. "Dipped In Vaseline" isn't bad either. The rest of the tracks fail to be truly potent (if you can call anything here potent) as the very best of the album.

Again, this album I don't think is honestly meant to be taken seriously. Sure, it is autobiographical in the sense that these sexual escapades which Mickey spits were what he experienced, but still it is a bit overwrought with such elements and at times it is under-wrought with true 'credible' substance. I don't think people who understand Mickey's background or read the section about him in BLENDER magazine will be disappointed, in fact, it was BLENDER that led me to purchase this CD. But, if you are looking for serious rap or better "white-boy" rap, then turn to Eminem. Mickey has some potential, but he isn't the next Eminem by any means and a second album featuring so much "licking", "sucking", and other sexual references won't be as invigorating as MICKEY AVALON is. 3 stars.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars review, December 7, 2011

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mr. hill - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mickey Avalon (Audio CD)

this is one of those things i wish i had never purchased. i enjoy 2 songs, the rest are repulsive. i really really really really am unhappy with it. i must not drink while shopping online.

11 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good dirty raunchy fun, November 8, 2006

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H. H. Woodley "chronic008" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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Is this album going to change the world? No. Is any album? Probably not. Mickey is definitely not for everyone but if the idea of a dirty Beck intrigues you, give it a spin.