| Product Summary | | Label: Capitol Records | | UPC: 00724353428624 | | Release Date: 10/8/2002 | | Buy.com Sku: 60570066 | | Item#: MY2S7R | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Magic Bus (Intro) ~ Kottonmouth Kings |  | | 2. Sleepers ~ Kottonmouth Kings | | | 3. Full Throttle ~ Kottonmouth Kings | | | 4. 4-2-0 ~ Kottonmouth Kings | | | 5. Big Bank - (interlude) ~ Kottonmouth Kings | | | 6. Enjoy ~ Kottonmouth Kings | | | 7. Positive Vibes ~ Kottonmouth Kings | | | 8. Zero Tolerance ~ Kottonmouth Kings | | | 9. Float Away ~ Kottonmouth Kings | | | 10. Pot Head - (interlude) ~ Kottonmouth Kings | | | 11. Pushin' Limits ~ Kottonmouth Kings | | | 12. Pull, Pull - (interlude) ~ Kottonmouth Kings | | | 13. Rest Of My Life ~ Kottonmouth Kings | | | 14. Living In Fear - (featuring The Judge) ~ Kottonmouth Kings | | | 15. Sub-Noize Rats ~ Kottonmouth Kings | | | 16. Strange Daze ~ Kottonmouth Kings | | | 17. Tangerine Sky ~ Kottonmouth Kings | | | 18. Built To Last ~ Kottonmouth Kings | | | 19. Waking Dream ~ Kottonmouth Kings | | | 20. Soul Surfin' ~ Kottonmouth Kings | | | 21. Endless Highway ~ Kottonmouth Kings | | | 22. Light It Up ~ Kottonmouth Kings | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Kottonmouth Kings: D-Loc, Johnny Richter, Daddy X, Pakelika, Tax Man, Lou Dog, DJ Bobby B. | | Recorded at The Jungle Room, Burbank, California; Electric Ghetto Studios, Venice Beach, California; Jim Henson Studios, Hollywood, California. | | Personnel: Doug Carrion (guitar); Byron McMackin (drums); John "BJ John" Smith (percussion); DJ Bobby B (scratches). | | Audio Mixers: Chris Lord-Alge; Patrick Shevelin. | | Unknown Contributor Roles: Daddy X; D-Loc. | | Eight years after their formation, rap/metal/punk hybrids Kottonmouth Kings arrive with the tightest album of their career in Rollin' Stoned. In the past, their albums were often uneven mixtures of the aforementioned genres with little more than a bad attitude connecting the tracks. But with singer Brad Daddy X stepping behind the boards after the dismal reaction to 2001's Hidden Stash, Vol. 2, the band seems more sonically united than they ever have before. Cutting most of their hard rock elements and focusing on a G-funk production style to carry their rhymes, Kottonmouth Kings let it all hang out on the 22 songs here. There's nothing really new, but they have managed to cut out many of the bad habits that plagued their music before and have put their best elements into focus. Good-time anthems like "Float Away" and "Positive Vibes" emphasize friendship and treasuring memories, a healthy message that adds an appropriate balance to the "dark" side of their sound. This "dark" side is undoubtedly dominant, featuring the pro-marijuana/anti-establishment vibe that has always been their trademark. But this time they attempt to drag some politics into the fray to back up their points, making tracks like "Zero Tolerance" actually introduce a little logic into the whole affair. This isn't exactly Billy Bragg, but the effort is appreciated when virtually every song deals with the topic in some way. If you've heard the band before, you know exactly what you're in for, but this is probably the best example of how effective this music can be. Besides, promoting good times, friendship, rebellion, and casual marijuana use means there is already a built-in audience for this album, but these listeners should know that Kottonmouth Kings put a lot of effort into making this their best album so far. ~ Bradley Torreano | | Kottonmouth Kings' agenda is nothing if not single-minded. In their world, wholesale legalization of marijuana is, as Peter Tosh once put it, a must. And with ROLLIN' STONED, their fourth official full-length, there's no way they can be accused of not staying on-message. These Orange County, California dope fiends play a fully evolved mix of rap and hardcore with such no-brainer titles as "4-2-0" and "Light It Up." But their stoner aesthetic belies a savvy approach to both production and performance--there's no Grateful Dead-style excessive instrumental frippery in evidence here. | | "Sleepers," with its Turkish Casbah ambience and triumphal told-you-so message to all the band's haters, both comes straight to the point and serves as potted band history for those who've been tardy tuning in. And as if to prove they're not just concrete-brained Cali hardcore stoners, there's the almost pastoral "Positive Vibes," a gently swaying gem to beguile the unwary before it morphs into some Jamaican-style toasting and the dynamic hardcore So-Cal two-step of "Zero Tolerance." With STONED the Kings give a cursory nod to both West Coast rap and Dave Matthews Band-style stoner rock before heading off into their own unique tangerine-colored sunset. |
Producer: Daddy X; Kumagai; Michael Kumagai; Julian Raymond |
Engineer: Michael Kumagai; Patrick Shevelin |
Musical Guests | | The Judge |
| | Artist Overview | | Since their first release in 1998, Daddy X and the rest of the Kottonmouth Kings have bluntly made pot smoking as much a part of their mission as their music. But that hasn't stopped them from becoming celebrated performers with crowds who grew up on the psychedelic stoner haze of rap groups like Cypress Hill. In their decade-plus of making records and advocating marijuana, they've been named HIGH TIMES' Band Of The Year, toured with the likes of D12, and even started their own label, Suburban Noize, which has released all their albums as of the mid-2000s, as well as efforts by such luminaries as Cypress Hill's Sen Dog. |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 10/08/2002 | | Original Release Date : 2002 | | Catalog ID : 34286 | | Label : Capitol/EMI Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00724353428624 |
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