Various Artists
Jeffree's Volume 3
© Mad Decent
October 13 - 19, 2024
Year of Release: 2012
Rating:
"Can't You Just"--
Bwana
"Totem"--
Wiwek
"Mangrove (Explicit)--
Wiwek
"Rasta"--
Slick Shoota
"Percussion Skank"--
Slick Shoota
"Wile Out"--
Slick Shoota
"Harlem Shake"--
Baauer
"Yaow!"--
Baauer
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The year was 2013. Rap was pretty much dominating the #1 hits of the time. Baauer, an American record and producer and
DJ, would release "Harlem Shake." It was part of a compilation, entitled Jeffree's Volume 3. Jeffree was an
imprint label from Mad Decent. It became a #1 hit on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart, for a total of 5 weeks.
How this song (and as many other Rap songs) would become popular (especially being a #1 hit for 5 weeks) is beyond me.
For us "old folks," Rap hasn't been for our favor, and this song easily in that category. "Harlem Shake" is annoying,
distracting, and how you can listen to it straight through, without cringing is a given. I often wonder how the "young kids"
who really "appreciates" Rap music - did you "enjoy" this song, and was it really worth being a #1 hit. My answers to both,
are "NO."
But being a #1 hit, it became part of music history, being added to that giant list of the #1 songs that would become
favorites, since the birth of Rock & Roll. (Mind you, that many of the "old folks" back then, didn't "appreciate" the
new sound then either). Years has passed since "Harlem Shake" was a hit, and doing some research, Baauer has
released two albums, 2 EPs, and numerous other singles. Since "Harlem Shake" was released on a compilation, you
would think that when the time came for Baauer to release a full-length solo album (preferably his first one), his #1 hit
single would be a part of that "first album." The answer to that would be "No." And good reason... "Harlem Shake"
is just plain TERRIBLE.
Which brings us to this week's review of Jeffree's Volume 3 - Baauer, and other artists (Bwana, Slick Shoota, and
Wiwek) are all the compilation. Bwana has one song, Slick Shoota has three, and Baauer has two.
Bwana's "Can't You Just" - is an instrumental, somewhat, having a somewhat listenable instrumentation, but after
a while, it doesn't have a sense of direction. It's the same melody line, over and over, with some vocalization (if that's
what you want to call it). It's better than "Harlem Shake," and is listenable, but, not a particular song you would
want to hear later, years/decades later, or even tomorrow. However, the ending winds down, better than what you were
listening before.
Wiwek's "Totem" is just listening to "boom boom boom." Nothing spectacular throughout, but it does get
annoying towards the end. Very annoying. Wiwek's second song, "Mangrove" (Explicit) is just as annoying. You
could say it's better than "Totem," but what is explicit about it? It's pretty much another instrumental. Yet again,
it's annoying. Kinda listening to a bad track by Kraftwerk, in a much weirder sound than what they were famous for.
Slick Shoota's "Rasta" is just plain weird. It's all over the place. OMG, ENOUGH! Annoying #1. Slick Shoota's
second song, "Percussion Skank" is just as bad. It sounds like an annoying arcade game, pow, pow, pow...
Annoying #2. Their third song, "Wile Out" is, yes, you guessed it, another annoying one. Annoying #3.
Baauer - "Harlem Shake" - NEXT... I've already explained THIS one...
Finally, (yes, finally...) Baauer's "Yaow!" STOP, STOP, STOP ... PLEASE!
I just can't believe how anyone can enjoy this music. It's bad enough, that such a song as "Harlem Shake"
would become a #1 hit. The remaining songs are just as bad. It would be no surprise to see this compilation on the
"best albums of 2013" or any "best of albums" list. And, more rap songs would follow in the years ahead from 2013,
with either it's annoying beats, or in most cases, vulgar lyrics. Sure, back in the early years of Rock & Roll, DJs
were saying "Rock and Roll has got to go," and breaking those records across the turntables. Steve Dahl was famous
for blowing up Disco records at Comiskey Park (home of the Chicago White Sox). Has their been a Rap Demolition?
No. But how long will Rap dominate popular music? It has been for a while, and it looks like there is no end. If you
can stand pulsing music (that would be the "best way" to describe it), Jeffree's Volume 3 could be enjoyable for
your ears. And this is Volume 3. I think I'll pass on the first two volumes and any others if there are any. I'd be
curious how the "young ones" who favor this kind of music, more likely, Rap. If I can quote (for us "old folks") Dick
Clark: "How do you rate THIS record?" And hear what today's youngsters say. And for those youngsters, say, 20 to 30
years later, will this be a song that you would easily remember, and request it for what would be the "oldies stations"
playing the music of the 21st Century? Will there be any of those kinds of 21st Century "oldies stations?" Maybe oldies
wouldn't be the right term to call it. And for the youngsters, look up Dick Clark, and learn how he beame a huge part
of what we call Rock & Roll. Oldies are really the music of the 1950s to the 1970s. Maybe even the 1980s. Things that
make you go Hmm... Then again, the 1950s to the 1980s were the really good decades of popular music. After that, not so
good. Think about it.
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