Jul. 21, 2010 - Issue #770: Draw It Yourself
Chips + Pop
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Old Ugly Recording Co., 2010
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Mikey Maybe comes across as insecure, but perhaps that is the point. His cheeky, occasionally irritating eight-bit chiptune take on Southern rap halfstep isn't quite clear on what it wants to be. Does he want to be MC Paul Barman, a literate nerd rapper indebted to the foundation of rap weirdos before him? Or is he merely a satirist? His attempts (and those of The Joe) at parodyinggangsta-rap posturing somehow skew away from the commentary he hopes for, boomeranging back to his own insecurities. "Sashimi" is the standout, but it's still cloying, emotionally bare and pop culture referential— like early Cuomo, but the music seems secondary.
This is part two of a three-part review. First part | last part
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