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With the consistent touring that Whole Wheat Bread does, it's hard to believe they had time to make this EP. This is the followup to their debut album, Minority Rules, and isn't what one expects.

The EP starts out with probably its best song, "206." The song has a blazing guitar provided by Aaron Abraham, and a video is planned for it soon. Up next is another great song, "Grass." Sure, it's just about smoking weed, but then again, the man who sings it, Nick Largen, AKA DJ Dirty $keet, is now in jail. It's catchy, but not as catchy as "206."

Now here's where things go downhill. "Symbol of Hope" is a good song, but it says the same thing that a lot of Whole Wheat Bread's other songs say: We're black. It's okay to hear it every once in a while, but hearing it one too many times is annoying. "No Problem" is what you'll also hear at a Whole Wheat Bread concert: There will be chants of the band saying "WHOLE WHEAT--!" and the crowd shouting "--BREAD!." And then we finally get to "I Don't Give a Fuck"; the song is just them talking about how they're tough, and again, they mention their skin color.

Luckily, the EP ends with "Never Scared." This is a Bonecrusher cover and sounds great. Its lyrics are ones that you'll be singing for days, and they play it great live.

Overall, I would've waited for a brand new full-length over this. The production on it is great, but the three songs I mentioned above just don't get things going. Being that they have a new bass player in CJ, I hope that he can get things back together for a new album. Am I saying that the EP is terrible? No. All I'm saying is that when you go back and listen to a song like "Old Man Samson" off the debut album, you can't help but think "What happened?"



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    Posted by bradasaurus on 2008-05-03 15:00:22
    My Score:

    i got this the other day, not as good as the full length, but a solid follow up

    Posted by ibitchslappedyourmama on 2007-03-30 12:37:21

    '206' is a badass song. The grass song is good too.

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 30, 2007 at 12:29 AM (EDT)

    I hate this band, and I don't like Lil' Jon, but his primary musical influence is oldschool skate-punk and hardcore so the connection is definitely there.

    Regardless, fuck em all! Why am I refuting this!

    Posted by misterspike on 2007-03-29 16:54:12

    WTF was I thinking ... scratch Punk Life from the below comment and replace with Minority Rules. thanks.

    Posted by misterspike on 2007-03-29 16:52:36

    Good band, terrible review.

    Just saw WWB in Ft. Lauderdale last weekend, and they always put on a fun live show. All the bands from the tour (members of AAA, Summer Obsession, and Rory) were at the side of the stage singing along, and Mr. Whitefolks relinquished the drum stool to the drummer from the Summer Obsession for a version of RATM's "Bulls On Parade."

    Not as a big a fan of this album as of Punk Life, but am anxious to hear the new record later this year ..

    Posted by moneenerd on 2007-03-29 05:00:12

    Fuck gimmicks and fuck these Uncle Toms. The Bad Brains didn't have to bludgeon people with the novelty of being an all-black hardcore band because they fucking RULED and were brilliant. Their music stood for itself without the help of patronizing audience exploitation. If a bunch of fat white dudes were releasing garbage like this it wouldn't sell five copies.

    Agreed 100%

    Posted by moneenerd on 2007-03-29 04:58:59

    this band really sucks.

    as for the race issue... black, white, or purple, the slogan "Punk Life" is terribly cliché and needs to go, as with this bands pension for objectifying women.

    and a band so concerned about "punk life" doing songs with Lil' Jon is just as bad, if not worse, than Fall Out Boy collaborating with hova.

    Posted by OverDefined on 2007-03-29 01:12:19

    Suprised this review got published.

    Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at 8:30 PM (EDT)
    My Score:

    i gotta say that 206 is as catchy a pop-punk song i've heard in a while. its also the only pop-punkn song i've heard in a while, but still. Gimmie this over all the shit on mtv right now anyday.

    Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at 7:00 PM (EDT)
    My Score:

    Are those supposed to be tits?

    The descriptions of the additional art for this album really make me want to find a copy. It sounds hilarious.

    Fuck gimmicks and fuck these Uncle Toms. The Bad Brains didn't have to bludgeon people with the novelty of being an all-black hardcore band because they fucking RULED and were brilliant. Their music stood for itself without the help of patronizing audience exploitation. If a bunch of fat white dudes were releasing garbage like this it wouldn't sell five copies.

    Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at 5:57 PM (EDT)
    My Score:

    Mr. Issa in Good Clean Fun can better pull off the "black and punk rock" image than this, at least those songs are somewhat more nominally musically crafted--if not more tongue in cheek humor than just brazen and stale.

    And that is saying much...

    Cruz Bustamante
    Lieutenant Governor
    State of California
    (1999 - 2007)

    Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at 2:30 AM (EDT)

    I absolutely loved Minority Rules. I'm hesitant to pick this up, because I'm pretty sure I'll hate it. Maybe their next full-length will be good....

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 5:15 PM (EDT)

    This=crap.

    Posted by baseball on 2007-03-27 15:45:11

    oh and what is wrong with weed?

    it lures white women to sleep with the negroes, obviously!

    Posted by fallingupwards84 on 2007-03-27 15:23:42

    horrible review

    oh and what is wrong with weed?

    Posted by skaboom on 2007-03-27 14:12:25

    The rap songs are covers. If you don't even know the source material for half the release you're reviewing, please leave it to someone who does.

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 12:55 PM (EDT)
    My Score:

    Score is for the fact that instead of WWB on the gold tour our city got Smoke or Fire.

    Posted by baseball on 2007-03-27 11:10:29
    My Score:

    Minority Rules was so much fun

    this is a step back, these songs just aren't very good

    however, the band sounds great live with the new bassist and i'm holding out hope for a better next release..

    they really just need to stick to the pop punk though

    Posted by capitalist_pig on 2007-03-27 08:43:04

    What is this, crime spree week at the 'Org?

    Posted by Hey_Asshole on 2007-03-27 03:04:37

    also, "there" not "their"

    fucking invent an edit button

    Posted by Hey_Asshole on 2007-03-27 03:03:46
    My Score:

    yeah...the girl on the cover is retarded...but the inside art is even worse. basically it is the same, except she has nipples poking through the shirt and (i think more tattoos) , then their is a pig-cop, a topless girl with tan lines, and a black kid skateboarding. it looks like art for a really bad early 90's pop-rapper

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 2:31 AM (EDT)
    My Score:

    a black band having a white girl on the cover? LOLz

    Posted by freesandwich on 2007-03-27 02:06:09
    My Score:

    Even though this band is purely a gimick they are ok.

    Posted by Hey_Asshole on 2007-03-27 01:42:30
    My Score:

    this shit is really bad. i picked this up when i saw WWB open for the Bouncing Souls. it was awful.

    and the artwork for this has to be one of the worst designs i have seen in a while

    Posted by MikeStupid on 2007-03-27 01:31:56
    My Score:

    "Symbol Of Hope" is about being lower class, not being black.

    Posted by theonetruebill on 2007-03-27 01:06:38

    guilty pleasure

    Posted by MrStylson on 2007-03-27 00:02:05

    whole wheat bread must've stolen this review slot from the filthy thieving bastards.

    ok, so that was lame, but i want to hear about the new FTB record!

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