| LA's Bloodhound Gang revel in their juvenilia, delight in their offensiveness. Like the Beastie Boys, Carry On's Sid James and Eminem, there's nothing these bored white-trash rich kids like to do more than be smutty. And, like the Beasties and Eminem, Bloodhound Gang are clearly rather smart underneath their parent-baiting. Check out their hilariously deadpan "A Lap Dance Is So Much Better When The Stripper Is Crying" ("I never thought missing children could be so sexy. Did I say that out loud?") or the killer pay-off line in "Three Point One Four"("You know what I really want in a girl? Me!"). The music is immaculate, state-of-the-art 1999: Sugar Ray, some refined white-boy rapping and an oddly disembodied voice thrown in. The clobber is perfect: regulation Adidas. And the samples are suitably cheesy: "Rock Me Amadeus", Frankie Goes To Hollywood, and so on. This is for anyone who appreciates the thrill of behaving like a 14-year-old schoolboy. --Everett True |
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