Remind Me in 3 Days [EXPLICIT LYRICS]

The Knux

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 28, 2008)
• Original Release Date: October 14, 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: E Pluribus Unum (Uni
• ASIN: B001FBSMOY
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #54,408 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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The Knux, Remind Me in 3 Days

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars **** 4 STARS IN ROLLING STONE..., October 28, 2008

By	John Aaron Parker "OH YA!" (NYC, NY United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Remind Me In 3 Days... [Explicit] (MP3 Download)

Two geeky hip-hop siblings who left New Orleans after Katrina and wound up in Los Angeles, the Knux draw their sound from astonishingly diverse precedents: OutKast and De La Soul, obviously, but also Fishbone, the Cars, Prince's Controversy, the Prodigy's big beats. What that hodgepodge adds up to is the year's best hip-hop debut.

The juxtapositions reveal a wit that runs decades deep. "Life in a Cage" name-drops Elvis Costello over a human-beatbox routine borrowed from the Fat Boys; "Roxxanne" defends its subject against the "misogynistic tone" of UTFO or the Police. By letting disparate elements compete for space, the Knux consistently build momentum. Incidental voices party in the background; heavy reggae bass lines underline heavy-metal guitars; electronic gurgles dance the mess around. Krispy Kream and Rah Al Millio play their own instruments, and for rappers so committed to rocking their music hard, they're remarkably adept at keeping it from ossifying into lead.

Wordy but never frantic, coolheaded but never bored, the Knux have no qualms about segueing an indelible single about guns into an even more indelible one about cappuccino. And "The True" addresses America's racial line from a vantage point Obama might relate to: "It's gotta be white, it's gotta be black, it can't be gray as a matter of fact." Life is complicated, they know. But it's also a blast.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You must get this album, May 16, 2009

By	Brady F (Telford, PA) - See all my reviews

This album is unbelievably good. They're somewhat similar to Outkast. They are Old School and the future simultaneously. I can't see enough good things about it. Just get it!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best thing to happen to hip hop in its dark and dying years., March 12, 2009

By	L. Souza - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

These boy from Louisiana, are just what hip hop desperately need right now!!! Fresh new innovation with old school lyrics. For proof of this, all you must do is, listen to MORE THAN JUST THE HOOK! The hooks are simple but the verses are tight. I also have to give them "mad props" for their incorporation of the guitar. Taking Wyclef Jean idea and taking it to levels above and beyond. I hope to hear more from them soon. These guys are keeping hip hop on life support.