White People [Clean]

Artist	Handsome Boy Modeling School
Format	CD
Genre	Rap
Label Name	Elektra
Producer	Prince Paul, Dan the Automator
Release Date	2004 11 09
Song List	1: Intro (1:08) 2: If It Wasn't for You (4:37) 3: Are You Down With It (3:34) 4: The World's Gone Mad (5:24) 5: Dating Game (3:08) 6: Breakdown (4:09) 7: It's Like That/I Am Complete (4:50) 8: I've Been Thinking (5:24) 9: Rock & Roll (Could Never Hip Hop Like This), Pt. 2/Knockers (7:16) 10: The Hours (4:28) 11: Class System (4:30) 12: First... and Then (4:19) 13: A Day in the Life/Good Hygiene (5:36) 14: Greatest Mistake (4:18) 15: Dating Game, Pt. 2 (0:36) 16: Outro (5:27)
Style.Categories	Underground Rap, Alternative Rap, Alternative Dance, Hip-Hop

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Five years after their rightfully revered debut, So...How's Your Girl?, brainiac producers Prince Paul and Dan the Automator return with Handsome Boy Modeling School's a-little-too-smug sophomore release, White People. Like the title, a good third of the album feels a bit too forced. Another third is fair, but the remainder is stunning -- mostly song-based and mostly non-irreverent. Rappers Del tha Funkee Homosapien and Casual catch fire on their tracks, but otherwise it's up to the folks from the pop and rock realm to really bring it to the table. They do, with solid songs that could exist outside of Handsome Boy's heavy-with-concept world. Expect Jamie Cullum and John Oates' pop-solid "Biggest Mistake" to show up on a Christina Aguilera album sometime soon. Cat Power's track is so well formed you have to wonder what the reaction will be when a Handsome Boy fan encounters one of her indie, skeletal, and spent early albums. Sounding like Paul Simon for the hoody generation, Jack Johnson's "Breakdown" is a surprising success and the last of the album's true highlights. While not as stunning as their debut, White People still has plenty of signs that these Handsome Boys haven't lost their touch. [White People was also made available in a clean version, with all explicit material removed.] ~ David Jeffries, All Music Guide