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Taste the Secret [Bonus Tracks]
Taste the Secret [Bonus Tracks]
Ugly Duckling / CD / 2004
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Artist
Ugly Duckling
Format
CD
Genre
Rap
Label Name
Emperor Norton
Producer
Ugly Duckling
Release Date
2004 08 17
Song List
1: Opening Act (3:55)
2: Turn It Up (3:57)
3: Meatshake (2:43)
4: Dumb It Down (3:34)
5: Abigail Silk (3:26)
6: Energy Drink (3:15)
7: The Drive-Thru (2:23)
8: Mr. Tough Guy (4:03)
9: Pass It On (4:03)
10: La Revolucion (5:16)
11: Potty Mouth (4:14)
12: Daisy (3:41)
13: The Confrontation (2:42)
14: Rio de Janeiro (3:22)
15: I Wanna Go Home (4:20)
16: Goodnight Now (4:00)
17: Something's Going Down Tonight [*] (4:19)
18: Turn It Up [Refried][*] (7:25)
Style.Categories
Comedy Rap, Jazz-Rap, Alternative Rap, Hip-Hop
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It's easy to understand how three guys who worked at a fast-food chain called
Meatshake
would have a sense of humor about the experience, so the members of
Ugly Duckling
saluted the place they met (and found plenty of motif material as well) for the recording of their second album. The trio flaunts the groovy tracks, tuneful choruses, and constant microphone passing of the classic
Native Tongues
groups, plus much of the sampladelic lyricism. Though they can't pull off their one attempt at a real anthem (
"Turn It Up"
), they have plenty of excellent moments on
Taste the Secret
.
"Meatshake,"
"The Confrontation,"
and
"The Drive-Thru"
send up the inanity of a restaurant that takes the meaning of
Steak 'n' Shake
to a new level.
"The Opening Act"
does for support slots what
A Tribe Called Quest
did for the
rap
industry on
"Show Business"
-- that is, deftly intersperses off-the-cuff humor with cutting commentary. It's as disarming as the hilariously bubble-bursting
"A Little Samba"
from their debut,
Journey to Anywhere
. Unfortunately,
Ugly Duckling
make up so many tracks from clichéd scenarios (
"La Revolucion,"
"Rio de Janeiro,"
"I Wanna Go Home,"
"Mr. Tough Guy,"
"The Potty-Mouth"
) that the total effect is less a spin through
3 Feet High and Rising
than it is an hour of
Yogi Bear
cartoons -- fine when you hear any one track, but much too much over the course of a full album. [
Emperor Norton
reissued
Taste the Secret
in 2004, adding a remix of
"Turn It Up"
and
"Something's Going Down Tonight,"
which featured
Grand Puba
.] ~ John Bush, All Music Guide
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