When the bandmembers infer they're spearheading a street-level revolution, it's hard to take, but no doubt there's a ton of heart on the record. Instead, the Kings focus on building the ICP-style cult and their cottage industry, Suburban Noize Records. Speaking of which, this is one of the least weed-oriented albums from the band. The punk parts are short and the hip-hop - more fan boy than authentic - is as sticky and dank as what's in the band's Baggies. This time the finger comes with an extra helping of hip-hop and less of the garbage punk the Kings used to fill half of their albums with. It's something the Kings wear as a badge on Fire It Up, another album that gives the finger to nonbelievers. Times are perfect for the Kottonmouth Kings, and as they should, adults with "taste" dismiss them as crap. Hip-hop's street-level thug life has been cabled into kid's bedrooms, so Footloose-styled rebellion is out of the question and labeling Avril Lavigne "punk" hasn't fooled all of them. In the 2004 post-9/11 world with America facing one of its most divided elections, the suburban kids need something less complex to rebel and scream about.
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