List Price: $11.98Now Price: $7.99Release date: 2005-05-10Formats: Enhanced, Explicit LyricsTracks: Disc 0:- Manifesto, The
- Self Suicide
- Guns Don't Kill People, Rappers Do
- Half Man, Half Machine
- Roller Disco
- Soap Bar
- Billy Webb's Lament
- Your Mother's Got A Penis
- Leeroy Fashion's Lament
- 21 Onces
- Time To Make A Change
They say humor and music shouldn't mix, but it seems no one told leisurewear-clad Welsh rap octet Goldie Lookin' Chain: Straight Outta Newport, a major-label compilation of the highlights of their last five self-released CD-Rs, is the rare comedy record that transcends its laugh-out-loud novelty. The gags they offer are seldom sophisticated--the presence of a song titled "Your Mother's Got A Penis" has probably already alerted you to that fact--but the jokes come thick and fast, and there's enough deft characterization to GLC members Dwain Xain, Mr. Love Eggs, and The Maggot to drag the likes of "Half-Man, Half-Machine" and "Soap Bar" into the realms of situation comedy. Many of their best ideas are stolen: "Guns Don't Kill People, Rappers Do" nabs a vocal hook from KRS-One's "Sound of the Police," while "Self Suicide" makes a cheeky rip from '90s rap goths Gravediggaz. But for all the petty theft on show, the GLC aren't lacking in ideas--there's not a bad track here. --Louis Pattison
They say humor and music shouldn't mix, but it seems no one told leisurewear-clad Welsh rap octet Goldie Lookin' Chain: Straight Outta Newport, a major-label compilation of the highlights of their last five self-released CD-Rs, is the rare comedy record that transcends its laugh-out-loud novelty. The gags they offer are seldom sophisticated--the presence of a song titled "Your Mother's Got A Penis" has probably already alerted you to that fact--but the jokes come thick and fast, and there's enough deft characterization to GLC members Dwain Xain, Mr. Love Eggs, and The Maggot to drag the likes of "Half-Man, Half-Machine" and "Soap Bar" into the realms of situation comedy. Many of their best ideas are stolen: "Guns Don't Kill People, Rappers Do" nabs a vocal hook from KRS-One's "Sound of the Police," while "Self Suicide" makes a cheeky rip from '90s rap goths Gravediggaz. But for all the petty theft on show, the GLC aren't lacking in ideas--there's not a bad track here. --Louis Pattison
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