Bang for the Buck [Import]

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Product Description
Ugly Duckling's third and hugely anticipated album Bang For The Buck features 12 relentless tracks of slamming breaks, funky basslines, huge horn selections and tight, aggressive rapping. Inspired by the energy and excitement of live performances, the group sought to translate the on-stage feeling to the recording process. The result is an album that is almost that is almost combustible. Includes a rare collaboration with People Under The Stairs called 'Shoot Your Shot'. Remaining true to their sound and classic approach to hip-hop music, Ugly Duckling has fired back with their strongest album to date! Earshot. 2005.

Bang for the Buck,Ugly Duckling,Rap

Average customer rating:

not perfect, still great
Boring...
I think I gotta hit ya like SMACK!
Worth the Bang for your Buck
Back to funk

Bang for the Buck
Ugly Duckling
Manufacturer: Fatbeats
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music

Experimental Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music

Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
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Stepfather
Fresh Mode
Taste the Secret
The Next Step
O.S.T.

ASIN: B000EQ47XG
Release Date: 2006-04-11

Tracks:

Bang For The Buck
Yudee!
The Breakdown
Left Behind
Smack
Einsteins On Stage
Let It Out
Lower The Boom
Andy vs. Dizzy
Slow The Flow
Shoot Your Shot
The End Of Time

Customer Reviews:

not perfect, still great.......2007-05-24

I want to change this review to 4 stars but amazon won't let me.

Production on this album is excellent. Really stellar. Unfortunately there are several tracks I have to skip every time. 3, 5, 8 and usually 10 are out of the question. See, UD is not a tough band, and on this album they make some stabs at it. I understand their frustration for being so dope for so long and still being underground, but they really aren't good with confrontation. Also, they can get a bit boring. But that's only some of the tracks. The rest of the tracks are close to perfect once you acclimate to their style and really hit you hard. They satisfy an urge no other group can reach.

This album is worth buying. YEs production on half of the tracks is sit up and take notice jaw droppingly great. Worth the cost of admission.

Andy vs Dizzy goes to Andy easily, its a joke. He kills. Great stuff with a Digital Underground shout. Dizzy's schtick is personality, but nothing on this album connects compared to his earlier work with the exception of track 11, a great posse cut with PUTS. Be warned though, Double K's verses do not abide by the UD squeaky clean standards. Great cut though.

In all good stuff, but I stand by my earlier recommendation that the neophyte begin with their earlier work, Journey to Anywhere and especially Fresh Mode.

Boring..........2006-06-24

I like Ugly Duckling's earlier music, although all their tracks have the same flaw. They all sound the same! The lyrics are just too rambling. If you skip to the middle of each song you can hardly even tell it's a different track. They dont even really rap, it's more like talking over a beat.

Track 3 "The Breakdown" starts strong, the beat starts up at 0:10 and you're like wow this is going to be hot! Then at 0:19 that beat fades out and some other garbage starts... It's reused again at the chorus but the whole song just doesnt gel, it's like two different beats moulded as one. It's almost as if they had a pile of acapellas laying around they needed to find beats for and just slap it together and shipped it...

Anyway if you're new to the underground scene, avoid this. Check out some of their earlier stuff first at least... UD, get a better producer and try changing up the flow a bit more.

I think I gotta hit ya like SMACK!.......2006-06-16

Say you got three white guys from Long Beach in a hip hop group, one of whom is a DJ who wears a big dookie gold neck chain, and whose music sports a catalog of songs about not cursing on the mic, being nice and respectful to women, a fictional fast food restaurant that serves liquified meat, and dreams about cartoon characters. Chances are you'd probably think it was pretty lame. And that's ok, but since their debut EP, it doesn't seem like Ugly Duckling really cares. They're too busy making some of the most consistently great golden era hip hop to really listen to any complaints.

Bang for the Buck is a culmination of why every Ugly Duckling album has been great. It combines the playfulness of Journey to Anywhere, with the themes and production style of Taste the Secret, and the unflagging dedication to old school hip hop of Fresh Mode. Only, it sounds different...and better. Maybe because DJ Young Einstein is on top of his game, making some of the most ridiculously layered beats. Just have a listen to the organ-punched beat of "Yudee" or the drums on "Einstein's On Stage" (with a nice Gangstarr shout out). Maybe it's because Dizzee has stepped his game up by leaps and bounds ever since the Combo Meal EP, with stellar verses on "Left Behind" and "Andy vs. Dizzy". Maybe it's because Andy Cooper is still the anchor that he's always been, throwing out some great bars on the single "Smack!" and the title track. But something about this album manages to click, bringing together all the reasons you love UD, and leaving out all the reasons you may not (e.g. the God references, excessive goofiness, kitschy gimmicks to end the songs, excessive interludes).

But from the moment you hear the gunshot of "Bang for the Buck" until the bouncingly epic final track, "The End of Time", Ugly Duckling takes you a ride that rarely lets up, turning the other cheek to any of the naysayers and pledging their dedication to the playful and childlike glee that comes with hearing your first hip hop record. Listen close enough, and it may rub off on you too.

Worth the Bang for your Buck.......2006-04-24

So many reasons why this album is so great! The beats are just so whack and they have their distinct style of rapping it's just unreal! I love it how they change beats throughout the song halfway and then change it back. They are not like the generic rappers you'd hear on the radio. These guys are truly something!

Back to funk.......2006-04-22

Ugly Duckling has topped themselves with Bang For the Buck. Journey To Anywhere has that special place on my top albums list, but I'm able to admit that the new UD has definitely shown how far they've come and how good they've gotten. While Taste the Secret was a very fun, upbeat and more unique sounding record, Bang For the Buck sounds like a return that classic funk sound. Einstein kills it with his incredible beats, and Andy's and Dizzy's flows took it to another level. It's hard to say which songs are the standout tracks, because all the songs are awesome with their own different sounds. I'm already waiting for the next album and for UD's return to the states to show off their skills live.

Average customer rating:

One in a Million

Manufacturer: Angelux
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CA47GG
Release Date: 2004-08-10

Tracks:

One In A Million
Brazil
Candlelight
It's Not Right

Average customer rating:

Bang for the Buck

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

Rock | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000AU1KYA
Release Date: 2005-10-11

Average customer rating:

Bang for the Buck

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music

Rap & Hip-Hop | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000BLI3J8
Release Date: 2005-10-04

Album Description

Ugly Duckling's third and hugely anticipated album Bang For The Buck features 12 relentless tracks of slamming breaks, funky basslines, huge horn selections and tight, aggressive rapping. Inspired by the energy and excitement of live performances, the group sought to translate the on-stage feeling to the recording process. The result is an album that is almost that is almost combustible. Includes a rare collaboration with People Under The Stairs called 'Shoot Your Shot'. Remaining true to their sound and classic approach to hip-hop music, Ugly Duckling has fired back with their strongest album to date! Earshot. 2005.

Average customer rating:

Bang for the Buck
Ugly Duckling
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music

Experimental Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music

Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000DZEUA8
Release Date: 2006-02-28

Tracks:

Bang for the Buck
Yudee!
Breakdown
Left Behind
Smack
Einstein's on Stage
Let It Out
Lower the Boom
Andy vs. Dizzy
Slow the Flow
Shoot Your Shot
End of Time
Bang for the Buck [Remix][Mix]

Album Description

Ugly Duckling formed in Long Beach, California in 1993 and consist of Andy Cooper, Dizzy Dustin and DJ Young Einstein. They have been releasing records and touring for the last 6 years and recently performed in China, only the second rap group to ever do so. Ugly Duckling first dropped the `Fresh Mode' EP, which was followed by their debut full album set, `Journey To Anywhere' and their follow up album `Taste The Secret'. On `Bang For The Buck' the guys wanted to return to thebasics, which is more straight up and raw.`Bang For The Buck' features 12 relentless tracks with slamming breaks, funky basslines, huge horn sections and tight, aggressive rapping. The first single to be taken from the album is `Yudee', which includes the track `Shoot Your Shot' which features a rare collaboration with People Under The Stairs. Ugly Duckling will be touring throughout the UK and Europe from March through to May. Vital.2006

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