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With Spank Rock's Big Dada debut officially blowing the fuck up, Aaron LaCrate and Amanda Blank take it all the way back to last year with this CD single featuring remixes of "Blow," the hottest joint off of Milkcrate's B-More Gutter Music...
expand review mix. The main, unblended mix of "Blow(1)" (which was co-produced by LaCrate and B-More legends Debonair Samir and Scottie B) was never released on CD, so it's dope to have a clean digital version, but that's just the tip of the iceberg here– you also get remixes from 45 King(2), Hollertronix's Low Bee(3) and DJ Equalizer(4). Amanda Blank's "Get Um Gerl(5)" is included here too, another standout from the Gutter Music mix. Of course, the real reason you wanna cop this is to hear NYC bunny/promoter extraordinaire Oxy Cottontail's debut on the mic for "Oxy's Anthem." No sound sample for you! Cop this and hear for yourself. 8 tracks total. -Chris Lemon-Red
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Not for the easily offended! (But you could tell that from the cover.) It's the debut EP from Bangers & Cash, the new project from MC Spank Rock and producer Benny Blanco, and it's about as dirty as you'd expect a Spank...
expand review Rock tribute to 2 Live Crew to be. The live show favorite "Shake That(1)" sounds just as good on record, but how could a track that samples 2 Live's "Fuck Shop" and Splack Pack's "Shake That Ass Bitch" not be? "B-O-O-T-A-Y(2)" pulls sources from no less than three different tracks, but guest vocals from Santi of Santogold really makes the track; same goes for the hoodrat track "Loose(3)" and the guest spot from Amanda Blank, who just sounds better every time she gets on the mic. "Pu$$y(4)" gets a little too dumb for my taste, but "Bitch!(5)" overcomes its subject matter with an epic beat from Benny and a sample from NWA. And if you think the cover is nasty, you should see the back and inside. -Larri Byrd
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The fifth and final piece of vinyl from Spank Rock & Benny Blanco's Bangers & Cash project, "Bitch!" is, yes, you guessed it, another 2 Live Crew sampling sleazy bass jam. There's now a 12" for every track on the CD, so......
expand review collect 'em all! Also features the dirtiest pic sleeve in the series so far. Includes dirty, clean, instrumental and acapella versions. -Larri Byrd
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Spank & Benny Blanco continue their onslaught of nasty 2 Live Crew-sampling club tracks and even nastier cover artwork. "B-O-O-T-A-Y" gets the single treatment this time, sampling "I Wanna Rock," "Booty Drop" and "Shake A Lil Somethin'," and featuring guest spots from...
expand review Santi (of Santogold) and Black Betty. As Lab material goes, a new Spank Rock single is about as "no brainer" as it gets. Includes dirty, clean (what?), instrumental and acapella versions. Check the 12" for "Shake That," too. -Larri Byrd
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Amanda Blank steals the show on "Loose," the latest single from the seemingly unstoppable 2 Live Crew-sampling juggernaut that is Bangers & Cash. Not to be outdone, Benny Blanco unleashes yet another super dirty bass-heavy beat while Spank pays homage to the...
expand review Crew's "Hoochie Mama" and "Get Loose Now" with some filthy rhymes. This makes four 12"s from Bangers & Cash, so make sure to collect 'em all: Loose, Pu$$y, B-O-O-T-A-Y and Shake That. Includes dirty, clean, instrumental and acapella versions. Pic sleeve by Billions McMillions. -Larri Byrd
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The fourth and final single from Spank Rock and Benny Blanco's Bangers & Cash project, and they saved the raunchiest for last. "Pussy" features a huge lifted sample from 2 Live Crew's "We Want Some Pussy," a spacey-bassy beat from Senor Blanco,...
expand review plus nasty back-and-forth between Spank and guest Black Betty. What more could you want? Make sure you get all the 12"s from this project: Loose, Pu$$y, B-O-O-T-A-Y and Shake That. Includes dirty, clean, instrumental and acapella versions.
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Pic sleeve of the year? The illustration on the cover of Spank Rock & Benny Blanco's latest single is almost as dirt as the track itself, and that's saying something considering "Shake That" samples Splack Pack's "Shake That Ass Bitch" AND 2...
expand review Live's "Fuck Shop." Early viral internet MP3 circulation = this is certified club killer material that everybody already knows the words to. Spank hates on "anorexic vegan bitches"... and the crowd goes wild! Includes dirty, clean (haha), instrumental and acapella versions. Check the single for "B-O-O-T-A-Y," too. -Larri Byrd
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Every time I hear the name XXXChange, all I can think of is freaking hard to his beats in a packed, sweaty bar on New Years' '04! It's been a while since they broke the small bar circuit and now its expansion...
expand review time. Here, Spank Rock's producer adds his percussive punch to Person's "Business Class(1)." Imagine new rock/soul vocals mixed with slow funk drums and an Italo sound kit. It's pretty crazy. I already know many of you will head straight for the instrumental(2), and I don't blame you – it's cleaner and sometimes you're not in the mood to hear a dude singing about how he only likes high maintenance breezies. The glitchy album mix(3) graces the flipside, along with an intense, glitchy electro remix of "Pharisee Pride(4)" by Outputmessage. Too bad no Instrumental for that one, the vocals get a little cheesy. -Commish
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The Spank Rock onslaught from Big Dada continues, this time with the most recent single, "Sweet Talk(1)," getting the limited 7" treatment. Supposedly there's only about 1000 of these (one time pressing), but with the 12" already out and about, the...
expand review reason you need this is for the otherwise-unavailable B-side. XXXchange's take(2) is more like a brand new song than a re-edit, completely eliminating all vocals and replacing 'em with mo' sax and mo' flute, courtesy of the Youngblood Brass Band's Anthony Barba. The resulting track sounds more like an electro version of something from the Daptone roster than anything Spank Rock's done. And that's not a bad thing. -Chris Lemon-Red
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Finally! The debut from these Lab-affiliates-Big Dada-hotshots is finally upon us, and it's basically as awesome as everyone was expecting. Including almost all of the tracks released on wax in the past year: "Backyard Betty(1),” “Far Left(2), Rick Rubin(3)" and...
expand review "Sweet Talk(4)," plus a whole grip of new ones, YoYoYoYoYo expands on Spank & XXXChange's signature Baltimore bastard sound, while bringing new regions and genres into the fold, like Screw music on the syrupy closer, "Screwville USA(5)." If you've liked what the boys have done in the past, there's no way you could be disappointed with this one. The only downside? No "Put That Pussy On Me." 12 tracks total. -the mgmnt
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Naeem's cool and all, but a lot of the appeal of Spank Rock is in XXXchange's beats. Big Dada knows this, and has unleashed this double vinyl collection of all the instrumentals from the debut Spank Rock album, YoYoYoYoYoYo. 12 tracks in...
expand review a promo style sleeve. Limited edition. -Chris Lemon-Red
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I guess those rumors about these guys breaking up was a sham. Impressive 8 track remix EP that the band was peddling on their recent tour, now available officially from Domino. High quality throughout and damn good for a remix EP....
expand review Lab heads will already be familiar with the Spank Rock remix(1) released on limited edition 7" a couple weeks back. They've also added a pretty nasty remix of "What's Your Damage(2)" by Lab favorite and Kitsune artist Digitalism. Following the theme of "on the musical cusp," Jitset's remix(3) of "Catch It" mixes Test Icicles vocals over grime beats with UK mcs Statik and Ruff Sqwad. Whiteboy booty bass? Check the Ninja High School remix(4) of "Pull The Lever" for a goofy, but entertaining mush. For the straight electro-new wave that you were originally expecting, check the superb remix by Chrome Hoof(5) and the synthy Alan Braxe/Fred Falke remix(6). -the mgmnt
We've been getting calls about this single since December (seriously) and now it's finally here! "Lindsay Lohan's Revenge" is a Bmore-infused, XXXchange/Pase co-produced club banguh with guest shots from Spank Rock and Santi from Santogold. Oh yeah, and it's all about Lindsay...
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The first real Spank Rock single on Big Dada (congrats dudes), and it's definitely one of my favorites off the album- rassberry lips nintendo beat from XXXchange and Najeem doing the super fast thing- watch for the New Edition breakdown. Includes a...
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Tap that ass. "Sweet Talk" is probably the most accessible Spank Rock track since "Put That Pussy On Me," and should continue Spank's meteoric pace. The final breakdown is straight pop-genius (watch out Len!), that's my summertime shit. The Kalbata...
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