You know what 4/20 is don't you? Is it any wonder why pot-day is so close to earth-day?
In "celebration" is The Green Album by Kottonmouth Kings. Although you may think 'green' refers to the color money, looking at their cover artwork, it's clearly all about the other green buds. These guys are seriously crazy about the Cannabis stuff, apparently they have an even newer album to be called Hidden Stash IV (YES these guys named several of their albums Hidden Stash, plus other high-larious titles like Rollin' Stoned, Fire It Up and Cloud Nine).
So anyroad, the band's been around since the mid-90s and described themselves as "psychedelic hip-hop punk rock". And true to their description, there's a little of everything on this Green Album, from rock-ish ("Rock Like Us") to punk ("Socal Punk") to trippy hip hop ("Grass Is Greener") to rap ("We Don't Give A F***").
When you think of white guys doing hip hop or rap, it can go either way: 1. parodies/funny/ironic kind of band (see Blood Hound Gang), or 2. hardcore/serious (see House of Pain). It's hard to tell with Kottonmouth Kings, they seem hardcore, but with the pot elements, it just seems silly to me.
They first became famous with their "Suburban Life" on the soundtrack to Scream 2 (1997), and about 10 years later, they were enjoying the height of their popularity by going on a very successful Cannabis Cup tour, as well as "Band of the Year" by High Times Magazine.
When they are not singing about pot, they do have some interesting songs. "Blaze Of Glory" gives us a glimpse of BJ "the Pimp" Smith's back story and the lifestyle that they like to lead. He also raps on "What U In 4", which is possibly the hardest song on the album.
Other subject matters outside of buds is sex, and it's hard to ignore it on the song "Sex Toy". It's a bit raunchy, and features vocals by Tech N9ne.
The Green Album is available now at Suburban Noize Records, look for Hidden Stash IV to come out this year. If you're into the pot culture or like party bands, you probably will love this band. In fact, you probably own this CD already, you just forgot.
In "celebration" is The Green Album by Kottonmouth Kings. Although you may think 'green' refers to the color money, looking at their cover artwork, it's clearly all about the other green buds. These guys are seriously crazy about the Cannabis stuff, apparently they have an even newer album to be called Hidden Stash IV (YES these guys named several of their albums Hidden Stash, plus other high-larious titles like Rollin' Stoned, Fire It Up and Cloud Nine).
So anyroad, the band's been around since the mid-90s and described themselves as "psychedelic hip-hop punk rock". And true to their description, there's a little of everything on this Green Album, from rock-ish ("Rock Like Us") to punk ("Socal Punk") to trippy hip hop ("Grass Is Greener") to rap ("We Don't Give A F***").
When you think of white guys doing hip hop or rap, it can go either way: 1. parodies/funny/ironic kind of band (see Blood Hound Gang), or 2. hardcore/serious (see House of Pain). It's hard to tell with Kottonmouth Kings, they seem hardcore, but with the pot elements, it just seems silly to me.
They first became famous with their "Suburban Life" on the soundtrack to Scream 2 (1997), and about 10 years later, they were enjoying the height of their popularity by going on a very successful Cannabis Cup tour, as well as "Band of the Year" by High Times Magazine.
When they are not singing about pot, they do have some interesting songs. "Blaze Of Glory" gives us a glimpse of BJ "the Pimp" Smith's back story and the lifestyle that they like to lead. He also raps on "What U In 4", which is possibly the hardest song on the album.
Other subject matters outside of buds is sex, and it's hard to ignore it on the song "Sex Toy". It's a bit raunchy, and features vocals by Tech N9ne.
The Green Album is available now at Suburban Noize Records, look for Hidden Stash IV to come out this year. If you're into the pot culture or like party bands, you probably will love this band. In fact, you probably own this CD already, you just forgot.
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