Customer Reviews

Punk Goes Crunk

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4 star:		(3)
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1 star:		(1)

 

 

I think this cd is great. There are a few songs on the CD that aren't nearly "punk" enough. However the high points of the CD are Still Fly, The Seed 2.0, and Notorius Thugs. The Devil Wears Prada version of Still Fly is really great.

If you would find it enjoyable to hear a bunch of white guys take a shot at hip hop this is a great buy for you.
This is by no means going to win a grammy but it is what it is.
Good covers of recognizable songs.

While I can agree that the title "PUNK goes Crunk" isn't very redeemable with the choice of bands offered.. I definitely oppose to the reviews giving throwbacks and less than satisfactory ratings.

This CD is easily one of the best from the Punk Goes.. series. There are a couple songs that aren't very likeable, but the majority of the songs have been reinterpretated extremely well and fashioned in a way to draw a completely different crowd than what Punk or Hip Hop music has provided.

A few of my favorites off the album are Still Fly, Umbrella, Notorious Thugs, Hey Ya, and Men in Black (random breakdown from FTSK? Unreal.) But to each their own.

Really.. The only way you can give a nay-say towards this CD is by listening to it yourself. And I mean REALLY listening to it. It will grow on you.

Im not going to get into too elaborate of a review because, well its Punk goes Crunk. I was pretty reluctant to listen to this album but I figured, hey... i like punk and i like certain kinds of rap so why not give it a shot. Most of the songs on the CD are actually pretty decent, and not like what you would expect them to be.

Worst songs on the CD- put yo hood up, nuthin but a G thang, and Hey Ya... the hey ya version is okay in this CD but the one those dudes did on youtube is a helluva lot better.


Top 3 songs on this CD for me- I got your money, notorious thugs, and NFG's version of Tennessee.

I gave it four stars instead of 3 bc out of 15 songs I dont like 3, so I figure if I like 12 songs on a CD, it gets an extr star. I dont take this album seriously (i.e. wouldnt blast it whilst driving my car) but take it with a grain of salt and take it as it is.... a novelty CD by the "punk goes" series thats trying different things.

"Punk Goes Crunk" is the latest offering from the "Punk Goes..." series by Fearless Records.

My main problem with the album is that while each song is supposed to be a COVER, reinterperted by a band from a different genre, almost every song sounds like an actual hip-hop song. While it's hard to make a hip-hop song sound like anything other than hip-hop, there is a definite lack of electric guitars, fast drums, and shouting (all necessary punk rock characteristics). On older "Punk Goes..." albums, there were actually covers that sounded like punk rock songs. This album is more imitation than covering.

Also, while I do like that punk rock bands like Set Your Goals, All Time Low, New Found Glory, and others are on this album, there's some bands that don't even belong on it at all! And this has nothing to do with song quality. The CD is called "Punk Goes Crunk." PUNK. So what are The Secret Handshake, The Devil Wears Prada, and Emanuel doing on this CD? There may be a slight influence from punk in each, but they are not punk rock bands.

Take the first "Punk Goes..." CD, 2000's "Punk Goes Metal." Jughead's Revenge, AFI, The Ataris, Ten Foot Pole, and others are all on that CD. Actual punk rock bands! And, each song was a COVER, a reinterpretation by the band performing the song, not an imitation.

I'd say this CD isn't worth it. Go grab the first one though, it's awesome.

I wonder what idiot thought up this idea? Why don't they have the bands do covers of songs that are actually good and any Crunk song is not. Punk music is slipping slowly into a coma, and true bands and true fans need to bring it back, or well live in a world where every punk band will all sound like fall out boy....GOD HELP US !!

White boyz do it better! :)

This album is NOT a spoof on popular hip-hop songs.

These bandz show that they can actually play hip-hop,
if they wanted to, each band could probably produce a hip-hip record.

These bands do an incredible job of covering these songs.

5 Stars, would give more if available.
This is a must get for those who listen to hip-hop and rock.

Just by the samples on this cd alone, it's not worth the $$. The only decent track on here is actually All Time Low's version of Umbrella. Everything else fails to capture hip-hop in a punk setting.