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1.StopSnake Oil – Chum , K!ng, Mic 03:24
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2.StopGimme Some Sugar – Chum , K!ng, Mic 03:54
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3.StopI'm the Best Mayne – Chum , K!ng, Mic 04:29
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4.StopAbout Time – Chum , K!ng, Mic 03:22
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5.StopI Am So Cool – Chum , K!ng, Mic 03:02
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6.StopTake Steps – Chum , K!ng, Mic 02:39
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7.StopRun for Your Life – Chum , K!ng, Mic 03:34
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8.StopWordperfect – Chum , K!ng, Mic 02:58
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9.StopNeo Jack Swing – Chum , K!ng, Mic 02:57
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10.StopI'm All That 2009 – Chum , K!ng, Mic 03:47
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11.StopKind of a Woman – Chum , K!ng, Mic 03:34
Hip-hop has been dominated by thugs and gangsters for so long that it's become easy to forget that when it started out, it was relatively lighthearted party music with origins in street dances. This album by MiC KNG and Chum (who have subsequently renamed themselves Cool-Aide) reminds you forcefully what has been lost with the ascendancy of guns, bling, drugs, and ****** objectification in hip-hop's lyrical themes over the past 20 years or so, along with the progressive brutalization of its beats -- what's been lost is that sense of fun. Fun is what infuses every moment of this album: from the coolly swaying and good-humored braggadocio of "I'm the Best Mayne" to the charmingly quirky groove of "Neo Jack Swing" and the blocky, old-school beat that underlies "I'm All That 2009," these guys make clear their commitment to happy-face funk. That's not to say that Chum's beats aren't complex (they are) or that MiC KNG's rhymes aren't sophisticated (they are, too) -- just that they don't sound like they feel any particular need to prove how hard they are. That's also not to say that everything completely succeeds: "Take Steps" is built on an awkwardly thumpy house beat and "About Time" carries its rockishness a bit clunkily, but neither of those tracks is a complete loss and just about everything else is far better than average. And "Wordperfect" is the best rap song title, ever. Rick Anderson, Rovi
- Genre: Rap
- Subgenre: Hip-Hop/Urban
- Category Alternative Rap, Underground Rap
- Release Date: December 8, 2009
- Artist: iCON the Mic King