Review by DjBatman
3½ stars out of 4
"Duck Rock" - 7 years later. The collective called World Famous
Supreme Team is still there and so is "Buffalo Gals II - Remix".
Yet the most memorable moments of the album are in other tracks... one of
them being "Romeo and Juliet", that transforms the Shakespearian
tragedy into an urban story ("It was a long time ago, but I never
forget / I got caught in a bed with a girl, Juliet"). MC Hamlet's
rap is also featured on another Will Shakespeare rip-off, "II be or
not II be" which literally steals some verses from Hamlet's famous
speech, while "Un coche de agua negra" adapts a Garcia Lorca
lyric ("Negros en Cuba") into a latin dance anthem (not to
mention the occasional "Spanish Harlem" fragments). I almost
forgot "Operaa House!", a culture clash with operatic vocals
("You're from the ghetto / I sing librettos"). Once again, McLaren
has fun recycling bits of pop culture, hip-hop and -this time- opera and
literature.
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