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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
They copied 311, Now they want to copy POD, February 20, 2004
This cd is ok. I have mixed feelings about it. The sound is different. Daves voice got a little deeper in this one, and the music got a little heavier. He sings more than raps in this one, but its nothing to lose sleep over. Josh Auers bass work is phenomenal on this album. I cant believe how complex his notation, chords, and rhythms are, and at his young age! Wow! On the reggae and rap tunes, he takes the spotlight in my opinion. Keep up the good work josh! The drums are well different, in a bad way. Skwid was a better drummer as far as talent goes. He had style, with complex beats, ghost notes, and his drumset was a jazz-style drumset, which has a higher pitched, tighter sound. Joey plays very simplistic beats. Although he sounds cool in the songs, he probably doesnt have a mastery of the drumset like skwid did. He is more of a hardcore drummer, becuase he likes to bang and pound louder than skwid, and his drums are very heavy and low pitched. This sounds ok for the rockers, but on the reggae, rap, and funk songs, the drums sound horrible and out of place (because of their heavy sound) Bobbito is like the best non-black rapper I have ever heard. His turntables are nothing to overlook either. For once, there is a rap/rock band that can actually sound like contemporary rap, instead of regurgitating will smith-like rhymes that newer rap fans cant enjoy. Listen to the song "PSA" Now that is some REAL rap/rock.
Hard rockers, and Jesse impresses me with his guitar work once again. I swear his reggae riffs are trippy, and they rock! More reggae than I expected, which is good, because it shows they wont diss it like POD did. Where's da funk? no pure funk songs on here, but theres the occasional funk guitar in some songs. The cd itself is half good and half bad. The sound quality is messier on this one than on their debut. The first 6 songs are great, but after that, the songs get repetitive and not as good songs, which makes for a bad cd. I think they tried to go too mainstream with this one. I liked their debut much better. Back then they emulated the rock/rap/reggae style of 311. They still mix rap/roc/reggae/funk but less 311 style and more POD style, which I dont like too much. Hopefully, they wont take the same route and shed off their creative rap, reggae, and funk influences and start playing nothing but fast rockers that all sound the same. I can only hope for better in the future. Maybe they will go back to "Twoseventeen mode" and make some diverse music again. Bands need to be original, this cd wasnt doing that.
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