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Tracklist (Vinyl)
| A1 | | Do You Know How To Get To Highway 85 (Skit) | | | | A2 | | Clocks In Sync With Mine | | | | A3 | | The Hey Song | | | | A4 | | I Think Yin Is Having A Baby, But I Don't Know (Skit) | | | | A5 | | Our Image | | | | B1 | | Movin' On | | | | B2 | | Which Radio Station Has The Guts (Skit) | | |
See more tracks| B3 | | The Mountain Of Lonely | | | | B4 | | Are You Still With Me | | | | B5 | | Slave Of It All | | | | C1 | | Leave A Message... Bye Bye (Skit) | | | | C2 | | Sumtimes I Do | | | | C3 | | Yeah Yeah | | | | C4 | | Real Love | | | | C5 | | Shut Down Our Mind Machine | | | | D1 | | The List Goes On | | | | D2 | | Redemption Song | | | | D3 | | If Life Is A River | | | | D4 | | The Hey Song "Remix" (Another Perspective) | | |
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Review
Speech has been fighting an uphill battle since 1994, when Arrested Development's adventurous second album, Zingalamundi, died a quiet death. His 1996 solo debut replaced AD's earthy, activist hip-hop with politically charged R&B and sank even faster. Hoopla might break that trend. It's a smart LP that resonates with his beat-conscious lyrics and warm delivery. Speech has grown into himself as a producer; he still says goofy lines like, "We're from the same pod -- we're just two weird peas," but his beats have matured into a more rounded… Read More blend of soul and hip-hop. Sleek crooner numbers like "Our Image" are filler, but a track like "The Hey Song" -- a funky hip-hop workout that gives a 4 Non Blondes hook a gospel twist -- suggests that Speech has a good shot at finally trading his place in the history of alternative rap for a lively career. (RS 819)
NEVA CHONIN
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