The Bombfunk MCs were a pioneering Hip Hop group that ruled the airwaves of Finland during the not-very-golden-era of the early 2000s, thanks to releasing a batch insufferably cheesy, cringe-inducing raps allied to corny Dance beats. Flo Rida is a Southern rapper who used to hang around with Rick Ross and Trick Daddy and scored a hit with the T-Pain assisted “Low” in 2007. Now for his latest album he’s paid tribute to his hitherto unknown love of Finnish dance-rap by crafting an album that pushes the boundaries of shit-sandwich hip-hop to new and exhilaratingly bad levels.
Wild Ones is nine tracks born to boom from out of the speakers of a Jersey Shore club that smells like a combination of Coppertone and Snooki’s new perfume. The uptempo, four-to-the-floor beats sound like Flo Rida’s production team discovered a batch of K-pop plug-ins, and most songs feature guest female vocalists – J-Lo included, on “Sweet Spot” – that hog the tracks to the extent that you might miss Flo Rida’s dropping gems like, “Get the party on the roll/ Ain’t nothing like the feeling when you’re winning in your soul.” (That one’s a lyric the Rap gossip sites are already speculating he nicked from Fergie.) And then there’s “Run,” which is the song Ghostface’s same-titled anti-cops anthem should have been, thanks to the genius move of replacing Jadakiss with LMFAO’s Redfoo, switching out the grimy beat for a DJ Pauly D production, and turning the whole shebang into a party-rock work-out. If you don’t hear this song blasting out of the speakers of cars cruising up and down Flatbush Avenue all Summer, then you are clearly living in the wrong city.
Snark aside though, even for an openly poppy, dance-based rap album, Wild Ones is an unfilfilling and detached listen. Most songs seem to feature Flo Rida’s raps as an afterthought – they’re usually swamped by the choruses – and he never sounds sincere when he’s trying to kick uplifting raps. There’s no natural synergy between the Floridian’s voice and flow and the beats: Wild Ones isn’t the sound of Flo Rida stumbling into a new and natural way to blend dance-floor-friendly productions with Hip Hop, as with prior regional off-shoots like the Miami Bass scene and the UK’s Drum ‘n’ Bass arena, so much as a rapper realizing that there’s an easy way to cash-in if you aim for the mainstream masses who like to hang out at the mall. And for all the criticism his new pals LMFAO attract, at least there’s a sense of knowing humor involved in the way the two guys slip into ’80s-colored spandex and ham it up on the dance-rap circuit. So while Flo Rida may have clocked up billions of YouTube views for “Good Feeling,” you get the feeling his heart isn’t in the music he’s making now. But still, at least he refrained from including a cameo from the Bombfunk MCs’ B.O. Dubb.
-4/5
4/5 for me. DX loves to take shots at Pop rappers but gives Termanology’s Special Olympics raps a pass. This is a well-made album.
super trash
I thought we discussed “Hip-Hop” album here…..ha
I don’t get why this was reviewed… Okay Flo Rida makes very nice club songs but a HipHop fan ain’t gonna really analyse his album
good feeling was a good song, and was an exception of a good song, but it is by no means a hiphop track. i didn’t even know it was a flow rida track haha. this is a pop dance album not a hiphop album. shouldn’t have been reviewed on this site. and the only bad track was in my mind part2. it was musically decent and sounds sonically good to the ear. whistle is a corny ass track though but everything else is decent. and i agree with the review when they say florida’s raps do seem like an afterthought. this is more like a featuring flo rida album more than anything, and its only a half hour long…now im going to go wash my ears out with some styles p (Y.
from a hiphop standpoint this album is a 2, but from a pop/dance standpoint it’s a 4.5. musically altogether maybe it’s a 3.5 or 4. not bad music, just bad hiphop
rated it as a hip-hop album 1/5. Just like Nicki, it shouldn’t even be on the site. But if it must be ridiculed HHDX so be it.
1 outta 5 but still more hip hop than nicki minaj’s bullshit
I’m not a Nicki Minaj fan, but that’s a straight lie.
I played this in the car with my girl and she got so excited and gave me some good ass head in the whip. Almost rear-ended a pizza hut car too. 5 stars alone for that. Thanks Flo.
FAAAKE.. WE ALL KNOW U MAD LOVE COCK
how do “WE ALL KNOW” that?
so you dont deny it
Great review DX, don’t let trash like this be promoted
All these commenters are corny. You guys love to talk that lyrical shit, but when do you ever buy it?
Wanna-be rappers yourselves.
This shit i wack.
its still gona have multi multi platinum singles hahah
flo rida>>>>>>>>>>>rick ross
Bffff. Garbage…
I think this is an ok album…but its pure Pop-Rap….which seems to be FLo Rida’s style….He just doesnt try on this one, but hey you can dance to it lol
DOPE ASS ALBUM
1. FLO
2. BIEBS
3. REDFOO
4. NICKI
5. RIFF RAFF
”Most songs seem to feature Flo Rida’s raps as an afterthought – they’re usually swamped by the choruses”
You overlook that this is actually the only good thing about the album.
Boring album
I have never listened to FLORIDA before but gave this a listen after meeting a Carol City OG who was telling me some funny stories bout officer ricky and all his lies and then he was talking bout this guy saying he is the real Carol City 305 Miami good fun music to dance to and have a good time
Dude has built a career out of making catchy songs. I wouldn’t run out and buy this, but he’s popular whether people give him credit or not.
And??? Get off his dick! Who gives a fuck if other people think he’s popular?
somebody should do a fake tracklist for this pop rap album.
How the f*** did this guy get a record deal? His the biggest sell out
Tracklist is as follows:
1)Generic formulaic mainstream pop rap (Intro)
2)Party, party, party and more parties feat. LMFAO
3)Dumb it down (keep the people dumb)
4)Party Pt.2 (at the club) feat.B.o.B
5)Make money not music
6)Look at my weird medallion mic
7)Cheese anybody?
8)Swimming with the ladies and riding jet skies yall!
9)Have fun
10) rap pop not hip hop
11)follow the formula dont be creative
12)Another cheesy pop hit single
13)somethin for the radio (all my shit is yo)
14) be a sheep (record mindless shit for the corporate labels)
15) party till you drop dead feat. somebody wack
16) Corn (corny but catchy)
17)Just recorded another single check it out!
18) Be a trendy cyborg feat. Will.i.am
19)No concept no substance(like all my shit)
20) Cheese party megamix feat. Wiz kalifa,b.o.b.,wack rapper #464579984
LOL you just made my day.
and yes this dude is a fucking horrendous mess that is mainstream rap.
Content: 1/5 (lowest)
Guest Spots: 2/5
Lyrics: 1/5
MC: 1/5
Production: 2.5/5
This guys just tryna sell singles and ringtones.
seriously Phillip….you lucky Flo Rida sucks. Yet again, you gave a shitty review so everyone will look past the fact you don’t take your job seriously. Do you own this site or something??
basically the same quality with his past hits, but kinda get boring with these kind of music
fuck this dude
I have come to realize that FloRida is the black Pitbull.
florida and that other dude pitbull are nothing more then the modern MC Hammer and Vanilla ice …feels likes is 1990 again …please let some real cats come to the resque
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