Red Lehman on How to Make a Back to School Mixed Tape
Greg Lehman – Ah yes, the fall, which means back to school for many of us. You’ve got your books, your scientific calculator, pens, pencils and folders, but what about your music?
Greg Lehman – Ah yes, the fall, which means back to school for many of us. You’ve got your books, your scientific calculator, pens, pencils and folders, but what about your music?
Greg Lehman – Tackling life’s three hardest topics without sounding preachy is no easy task. Attempting to do so on your first album, Sex Religion Politics, is unforgivable unless you’re a punk band. Rebel Red is not a punk band.
Greg Lehman – Ah yes, “the lonely h!” The meaning of this great young band’s name came to me as if I had suddenly figured out the puzzle on a Ranier stubby bottle cap.
Greg Lehman – I had no idea how to start this review. I considered an analogy to being “on the last belt hole” after eating too much turkey or mentioning that the album has a sample of “Stayin’ Alive,” mentions Eddie and the Cruisers and ends with the word “cocaine” and a cat’s meow. None of these sounded opener-worthy.
Greg Lehman – If you were making a mix cd any song on Metaforce’s Rain City Blooze could easily hold up next to 2 Live Crew’s S&M or Eazy E’s “Fat Girl.” Not only is this material offensive, the beats old school and the sound bytes far from legal it captures something that has been missing from rap today, humor.