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Turtleneck & Chain
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Back once again with the ill behavior,
's second effort is more of the same, which for many means that life is still worth living. Irony and stupidity abound as the crew has its way with that sweet and rare event called "lovemaking" (
with
), your Mom (
), hip-hop culture (
), and popular culture in general (pretty much everything else), as interludes that owe a lot to
tie it all together. The jokes are the main attraction -- they contrast extreme bravado and extreme embarrassment for maximum hilarity -- but the great trick behind
is their keen awareness of whatever genre they are mocking. With the right beats and production,
is the kind of stalker anthem you'd expect if stalkers posted tracks on hip-hop blogs, while
is the
power ballad to perfection, and even comes with a hearty helping of
. Bad news for newcomers is that tracks like
won't work well away from their visuals, meaning
is sometimes a souvenir for Saturday Night Live viewers, who know just how much that slow motion video helps a cut like
That said, the title track is killer,
might be the ultimate intro, and if you can deny shelf space to an album with
on the track list, you're probably much more
than
anyway. ~ David Jeffries