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REVIEWL.A.M.B. - "The L.A.M.B EP" 2011 For many of us, there are memories unique to our childhood that that involved getting together and making pretend worlds with friends. Pirates, Ninja Turtles, Cowboys, Cops, etc...Our sheltered young minds were content with spending entire long summer days dreaming up alternate realities where we were larger than life. Those memories shaped who we were, molded our imaginations, and gave us hopes and dreams before the weight of reality got to us in our adolescence and young adulthood. Fortunately for a few kids from Southern California's sunny, suburban San Fernando Valley, that waking up never occurred. The LAMB crew, which stands for LA's Most Blunted, is a small clique of white and middle eastern potheads who have either refused, or were never required to grow up. They are still in perpetual play time. However, instead of rallying in the tree house, spying on neighbor girls, the LAMB crew is mostly found huddled around a cheap recording set up in leader Elior Maimon's father's house, laying down rap lyrics. Their lyrical content is a throw back to when you as a child thought yourself invincible, and worth much more than what you actually contributed to the world. No more are their fantasies about pirates and monsters though, rather an amalgamation of gangsta rap imagery they picked up throughout the years watching BET for hours while their parents were elsewhere. Lo-fi, bastardized versions of G-funk instrumentals provide the sonic backdrop, while imagined tales of Death Row Records-era ghetto lifestyles are laid down on what is quite possibly a cheap webcam microphone. The finished product is like a window back in time to you and your friends doodling rocket ships and telling stories, only this time around the stories are not of alien space travel, but a lifestyle alien to yours and recorded in the form of hip hop, not crayon drawings.So, it this an EP, or a mixtape? We're not sure. We are sure of this: All cultural misappropriation, lack of credibility, and painfully obvious self loathing aside, "The L.A.M.B. EP" is an endearing take on the fantasies of young boys, warped in to those of ignorant man-children. A fun experience overall, just don't let these boys out of the valley to go try and shop this record at any South Central flea markets, for then the magic will end when they realize they are in for a big surprise.
NIK, you're hilarious when you scramble to come up with some nonsense excuse. It's priceless.
Dl'd the album and checking it in the ride. Ill drop some feedback after a thorough review. Nice to see an album from Dub vets.
Quote from: Maudizzle on August 17, 2011, 10:52:06 AM"Anna Ayala" is very dope. You should make more songs with that kind of vibe.^ thisnot bad NIK, you held your own
"Anna Ayala" is very dope. You should make more songs with that kind of vibe.
Quote from: Chamillitary Click, literally. on August 19, 2011, 06:13:33 PMNIK, you're hilarious when you scramble to come up with some nonsense excuse. It's priceless.smh, excuse for what, biebs? your mind seemingly gets younger with each post.
Quote from: NIKCC on August 19, 2011, 06:21:20 PMQuote from: Chamillitary Click, literally. on August 19, 2011, 06:13:33 PMNIK, you're hilarious when you scramble to come up with some nonsense excuse. It's priceless.smh, excuse for what, biebs? your mind seemingly gets younger with each post.That excuse. Your belittling of age, as if you know what you're talking about. You're just upset & have nothing else to possibly say. It's cool, I can't blame you. Desperate times call for desperate measures.
^LOL, you just said it "makes sense" that you're making an "excuse". Meaning it's just an excuse for you being upset & not having anything to say.This nigga has been on the net since before I was born & he's still looking for dignity on it. Fucking clown.
5 pages of NIK & cham going back & forth?awesome, just awesome