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15 years and still smokin’ along with the newest king, The Dirtball being added to the roster (and Pakelika being subtracted), the Kings bring us the newest chapter in the Suburban Noize legacy of the Kottonmouth Kingdom. KMK has always put out a record every year and with LLTK it seems that it has turned a new way into the Kottonmouth Kings’ historic underground grind. So what’s to be heard that everyone’s heard? After listening to this album for a few weeks at work, I’ve come to this conclusion so here’s what you can do: spark up a spliff and pop open a cold one and peep what’s in store from the Subnoize Dynasty.

NOTE: I’m surprised no one has really reviewed this album so, if I am just recycling words then tough!

1. Long Live The Kings
Ah, the song that included The Dirtball being crowned. It surely was a surprise and disappointment to few or alot. The song is dope and Dirtball rips it up as the offical Northwest King. The beat, the spit and the aura….superior!
4 / 5

2. Party Monsters (w/ Tech N9ne)
Ah, the strange noizes begin flowing through the party flavored bass and hip shaking beats that bang though the speakers. Truly a party track and with Tech N9ne bringing the demand of some cooter and caribou lou, everyone can bounce to this one and get a few areolas out the shirts of some double D’s! D-Loc however has a small role, which is disapponting.
4 / 5

3. Rampage
Ah, the first of two singles that included a music video. KMK takes us to the pure punk rock chaos that lives through the Humble Gods’ spirit in this track. Fun and addictive to bump and definitely worth hitting repeat!
4 / 5

4. Great When You’re High
Ok….I won’t lie, this chorus on this one is a bit annoying. The latest vid to come from the Kottonmouth Kings, quite trippy and yet visually great (when you’re high), no pun intended. Musically and lyrically, very elementary by the Kottonmouth Kings.
2 / 5

5. Stomp
The second single that had a video along with it. A straight up anti-hater anthem to stomp a bug out and spray ’em with some Raid. Dirtball’s lyrical style in this one stands out, gives it a more appropriate balance to the new roster. I can see a few people actually coming up with a dance to this song, the hook and chorus is really catchy and the beat is simple.
4 / 5

6. Lucky Day
We all have a stroke of luck but in this story, Lady Luck hits the kings during a trip to Vegas! How fresh would it be to hit it rich in Vegas? Like striking oil in Texas without the liberals wanting a little somethin’ somethin’, it’s a great concept and uplifting. With the rip hop sound returning it makes for a good journey into fortune quite the lucky day!
5 / 5

7. At It Again
A Johnny Richter solo track that has the club vibe and the baller status aura. Mike Kumagai really has the west coast flavor mastered and Johnny Richter returns to his PTB status solo style that truly should have been on “Laughing”, as a single. Baller or not, it’ll get your mindset into a positive vibe and want to make you dance and even drink a little and smoke a little.
4 / 5

8. Make It Rain
West side riders blowin’ smoke, makin’ it rain once again, the kings bring us another party banger and Daddy X even throws clown love to the west coast juggalos. Another party track from the kings…simple but a bit repetitive.
3 / 5

9. Party Girls
A straight up punk rock song brought by Daddy X, Dirtball, Johnny Richter…and that’s it. Where the fuck was D-Loc? Was he out of his element to not be in this track but on Rampage? Catch tune for you cats out there who like hookin’ up with ladies at a party but minus D-Loc, the formula was incomplete.
3 / 5

10. Mushrooms
Haha, another solo track featured in this album, done by Dirtball this time. The video is straight up trippy, enough said. The Crook County King rips it up with is rapid fire with some just straight up trippy and hilarious lyrics for you shroomers out there. Hahah “Anybody gonna look at me another way gonna get a watermelon thrown at ’em, yep yep I got ’em!”. Probably the funniest lyric Dirtball has ever spit. Great song!
5 / 5

11. Black Smoke
The kings take us a trip to the dark side with the look into the black smoke. What’s in it? Death? Your inner demons? Addictions? It blows where the wind blows. Taken with a bit of a psychedelic turn with rapid fire lyrics from the kings……except D-Loc is absent once again. What the hell!?
4 / 5

12. Fuck The Police (feat. Violent J of the Insane Clown Posse)
An original take on the NWA classic, not the Subnoize Souljaz cover. Simple beat, everybody’s holding and they’re all being harassed by pig. Dirtball, Violent J and Johnny Richter stand out the most in this track. Bang this while a cop pulls next to you! “We buy bacon in the market, we don’t need it on the streets!”
3 / 5

13. Reefer Madness
Another “why isn’t weed legal” track from the kings. The kings always have the same message under a different name, even if it’s taken from the early 1900’s propaganda word of mouth. Slower beat and laid back and yet once again, D-Loc is absent from another track.
2 / 5

14. Checkmate
Being a king means you have to have your chess pieces ahead of the opponent, and the kings have done such against the industry carving it up. The beat is a simple subnoize bass banger that checks the egos of all the rest being big. Feeling it a little musically but message wise, clever.
3 / 5

15. Kill the Pain
With the acoustic guitar calming us down, the kings remind us that time kills the pain of all of life’s problems. Down to earth and a feel good track reminiscent of the Rollin’ Stoned classic “Float Away”. The kings sing for us but yet once again, D-Loc is yet again absent? Is he getting lazy or too laid back, or are the kings playing to their strengths now?
2 / 5

16. Mad Respect
The drums start beating and the punk rock begins rounding up with the code of the streets that keep us all recognized and mutually liked in life. Dirtball seems to really fit into the punk rock style with this rapid fire like delivery…..and yet D-Loc is absent.
3 / 5

17. Let’s Do Drugs (w/ Big B)
Hahaha okay I’ll admit, I wasn’t feeling the meaning of this song the first time I heard it but, after a while hearing that chorus it’s really catchy to hear Big B say, “Let’s do drugs, let’s do some drugs together, when I do drugs then you do some drugs, we’ll do some drugs together, cuz doing drugs is so much fun, but with friends it’s so much better”. It fits him and honestly it makes me wonder what Big B really does. The message? If it isn’t weed, pills, a little yayo or whatever the government doesn’t sponsor, do it at your own risk. D-Loc isn’t on this one either, which he SHOULD be, yet another staleness to it. Catchy song and surprisingly like any gateway drug, addictive!
4 / 5

18. Let The Indo Blow
Another weed smoking track that is featured on EVERY Kottonmouth Kings album. All four kings for the first time (on this album), collectively bring us a collection of weed strains and rituals of how they smoke. Re-used only with the newest line up, just another KMK smoking song and to quote my homie Zero on this (longtime KMK fan), “You can only rap about smoking weed so many times!”.
3 / 5

19. Take It To The Top
Another punk song that really shines on the positivity and inspiring everyone to reach the top to whatever you’re going for. Johnny Richter on the chorus really shines in this one and this part of the album really shines lyrically and musically. Probably my new favorite track. D-Loc is absent in this one but for one, it isn’t a bad thing. “Take it to the top, take it all away, take it to the top or get out of our way!”.
5 / 5

20. Simple And Free
And to end yet another chapter in the Kottonmouth Kings 15 years of smoking, we get brought in by an acoustic riff very reminiscent of some Smile Empty Soul of the philosophies of the kings, on the topic of life. D-Loc is missing once again which tallies up to 8 tracks out of 20! That really concerns me if he’s becoming complacent or if he’s really just sticking to what he’s good at, and that’s his laid back hip hop musical and lyrical style.
4 / 5

Verdict: The new line up of the Kottonmout Kings has brought us a tuned up sound and some pretty good bangers coming from KMK producers Mike Kumagai. The biggest drawbacks are D-Loc missing from almost half the album, the repetitive weed smoking songs and recycled ideas that have been done before. However the positives are that there are more punk rock tracks on this album than on ANY KMK record that has been released in their 15 year careers. I wouldn’t pass this album up if you’re a newer KMK fan but, some of you veteran subnoize rats out there will be a bit disappointed or surprised to hear what’s on this record.

Bottom line, pick it up because there’s a little something for everyone on this record, even if you’re not a weed smoker, drug abuser, drunk or just a plain old fan of underground music

Websites

KottonmouthKings.com
MySpace.com/KottonmouthKings
SuburbanNoizeRecords.com

Record Label:

• Suburban Noize Records

Release Date:

• 04/20/2010

Reviewer:

• Carlos "Dallas" Esquivel