HIPTINGLE : Articles : Gettin' Swivey With It: The Legend of Son of Bazerk

(I threw this one in the player tonight, crazy shit crazy...)

HIPTINGLE : Articles : Gettin' Swivey With It: The Legend of Son of Bazerk: "he year was 1991. I remember it well. It was a good year for music, especially rap. If you liked it chaotic, the Bomb Squad had you covered. They were running things in the studio. Our parents thought (and still think) that rap was nothing but noise, so Hank and Keith Shocklee figured they’d give the older generation what they expected – totally uncompromising audio Armageddon. Their cut-and-paste approach was unparalleled, doing more with two-second snippets than anyone else in the business. Evidence of such is readily available on classic albums like Public Enemy’s *It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back* or Ice Cube’s *Amerikka’s Most Wanted*.

As great as these albums are, nothing compares to the sonic overkill of *Bazerk, Bazerk, Bazerk*, an album featuring Son of Bazerk, No Self Control and The Band. To this day, it remains largely unknown and equally as odd. The album cover alone would deceive most music fans. Baserk’s on the front dressed up like Sam Cooke or one of the Temptations. In fact, the whole crew’s dolled up to look like a doo-wop group. But woe be to them who puts the needle on the record expecting to hear the Delfonics. FAR FROM IT.
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