Kottonmouth Kings (EXPLICIT) (CD)

Since their first release in 1998, Daddy X and the rest of the Kottonmouth Kings have bluntly made pot smoking as much a part of their mission as their music. But that hasn't stopped them from becoming celebrated performers with crowds who grew up on the psychedelic stoner haze of rap groups like Cypress Hill. In their decade-plus of making records and advocating marijuana, they've been named HIGH TIMES' Band Of The Year, toured with the likes of D12, and even started their own label, Suburban Noize, which has released all their albums as of the mid-2000s, as well as efforts by such luminaries as Cypress Hill's Sen Dog.

• Category:  Music  »  Rap & Hip Hop  »  Underground/Alt Rap
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• Release Date: May 31, 2005
• Label: Suburban Noize
• UPC: 673951004429
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106492982
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #39160 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #1153 in Rap & Hip Hop (See Top 100 Rap & Hip Hop Bestsellers)
• #149 in Underground/Alt Rap (See Top 100 Underground/Alt Rap Bestsellers)

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Kottonmouth Kings: D-Loc, Pakelika, Richter, Lou Dog, X-Tra X (rap vocals); DJ Bobby B (turntables).

Additional personnel: Cypress Hill, Tech N9ne (rap vocals); Doug Carrion (guitar, bass guitar); Brad Gordon (keyboards); Mike Sattin (bass guitar); Raymond Calhoun (drums, background vocals); Tom Brayton (drums); Big B, Ricky Vodka, B.J. "The Pimp" Smith (background vocals).

Owing a stylistic debt to Cypress Hill (who make an appearance here), the Kottonmouth Kings cultivated a sizeable herb-loving underground following by 2005. Despite hailing from one of the most affluent addresses in the United States--Orange County, California--the seven-man outfit serves up concoctions leaning heavily on the harder-edged side of hip-hop. While the Kings incorporate punk and psychedelia into their music, the group's sound is firmly rooted in rap.

The Kings' self-titled effort opens with a vibe that would not be out of place on a Trick Daddy release, as the Kottonmouth rappers play off of each other with the ease of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony on the opener, "King Klick." The group channels Bad Brains on the first half of "Revolution," and the Sex Pistols on "Slow Suicide," and waxes reflective and melodic on "Let the Sunshine," but this is primarily a hip-hop album, and a raw one at that. In an impressive three-track suite, the Kings wedge the hazy ballad "Get Your High On" between two Lil Jon-like club anthems, "Make It Hot" and "Bottoms Up," making for the highlight of KOTTONMOUTH KINGS.

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