Author: Shop Boyz

Format: Explicit Lyrics

Release Date: 2007-06-19

Details: Amazon.ca They call it "hood rock," but with their debut album, Atlanta's Shop Boyz accomplish something keener than that phrase suggests. With Rockstar Mentality, former mechanics Rasheed "Sheed" Hightower and cousins ​​Demetrius "Meany" Hardin and Richard "Fat" Stephens have coalesced their image as succinctly as any hip-hop group in recent memory. Lead single "Party Like a Rockstar" eclipsed all previous speed records for digital music distribution, capped by the sale of a million ringtones in the track's first six weeks, and though the album's only real "rock" is the committed use of live guitar throughout , these songs nevertheless pay vocal tribute to rock stardom at every opportunity. The title track forces the issue most obviously; "Rollin'"--the Boyz' professed favorite--motors forth on a bass hook pulled right out of the Beach Boys; and "My Car" keeps pace with yet another deeply thumping ode to the joys of automobile ownership. Make no mistake, from the first shout-out of their native "Bowen Homes" to the unrelenting battery of uninspiring rhymes, Rockstar Mentality is urban-radio-ready hip-hop through and through, but the trio's savvy self-image might just corral enough rock-n'-roll, grease-monkey cred to elevate the Shop Boyz' from mentality to reality. --Jason Kirk Product Description Run DMC collaborated with Aerosmith, Jay-Z linked up with Linkin Park, and now Atlanta Georgia's own, Shop Boyz, are ready to add their own spin on the genre of mixing Rap and Rock N Roll. The group's riotous blast of hip hop-meets-rock has helped to transform the Southern hip-hop landscape, emerging from Atlanta's underground music scene and inspiring a new punk wave among the South's hip-hop tastemakers. Shop Boyz are being hailed as new pioneers of the genre

UPC: 602517357839

EAN: 0602517357839

Languages: english

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: New