Breakfast is the highly anticipated debut album from Philadelphia duo Chiddy Bang. After their MGMT inspired single Opposite of Adults became an internet sensation they have steadily been generating quite a buzz and have recruited a sizable fanbase following a number of successful mixtapes and EPs.
This isn’t the type of album that is going to blow you away lyrically. Chiddy doesn’t have any amazing technical abilities and asides from a few clever punchlines, the subject matter rarely strays too far from the cliche topics of girls, partying, weed, haters and “flyness”. This isn’t the end of the world however, he isn’t a bad rapper by any means and chances are you might want to take the occasional break from listening to Aesop Rock and Immortal Technique anyway.
“I got a couple bad bitches, lord pray for me / Look in the mirror, we the shit that they pray to be”
What sets this album apart is the fantastic production from the talented Xaphoon Jones. His production style is derived primarily from indie-pop samples laced with electronic synths. The idea of merging electronica and hip-hop has been attempted (rather unsuccessfully) before by the likes of Blu, Lupe Fiasco and B.o.B. but this might just be the first album that it has actually worked on. The production is very creative and demands the listener’s attention on every song, combined with the incredibly catchy hooks this gives each track an energy that keeps going throughout the album.
Breakfast is exactly what it sets out to be, a fun electro-hop album that sounds great and can appeal to a wide variety of listeners. Essentially, this is what all mainstream rap should be like. At 45 minutes long it is short and sweet, a wise decision as it stops short of becoming repetitive as it may have done if it were much longer, resulting in an easy and very enjoyable listen. Overall, this is a great debut effort from Chiddy Bang and gives us reason to be hopeful for what else they might cook up in the future.
Best tracks: Talking to Myself, Mind Your Manners, Out 2 Space, Ray Charles
Overall: 80/100
Great review, but I’m just gonna be a bitch and claim FOTP worked as an electronic hip-hop album.
or Mixtape. Whatever.
Thanks, but I though you said FoTP was terrible when it came out? I thought it was pretty good anyway but it wasn’t great and certainly didn’t fulfill the full potential of electronic hip-hop like this does.
Wow, The_CooL is goat at writing reviews. Well done
Yep, totally agree with your review. It does exactly what it sets out to do. Mission accomplished.
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