While Street Sweeper Social Club’s deubt wasn’t a bad album per se, I think it’s fair to say that more was expected of a collaboration between Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello and The Coup’s Boots Riley.
Following up last year’s debut, they are now back with a 7-song EP. Opener “Ghetto Blaster” is a kick in the teeth that goes a long way of redeeming that debut and “Everythang” keeps the momentum going with a nice funky vibe. The cover of M.I.A.’s hit “Paper Planes” was a bad move though... it does little else than annoy. Luckily they pick up the pace again after that with “The New Fuck You”, an enjoyable cover of LL Cool J’s “Mama Said Knock You Out” and they even manage to reclaim the best song from their debut whil they’re at it by disco-fying “Promenade”.
All in all, the material on “Ghetto Blaster” is a step forward compared to the band’s debut but they’ve still got a long way to go before they will have the whole world shaking their hips and their fists at the same time.
Score: 7 out of 10
ILG
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