★★★★★
Sir Mix-A-Lotis not a cartoon, even though with his punchy, twangy raps hesometimes sounds like a more worldly (and brawnier) Elmer Fuddshouting dance cues at a hip-hop hoedown. Yes, he made his name ? andearned two gold albums ? on the strength of comical tunes like his 1987hit "Posse on Broadway," but he has a more serious side, evident onMack Daddy's lead single, "One Time's Got No Case...
- ew.com
2010-08-27
★★★★★
For Sir Mix-A-Lot fans, the long drought has finally come to an end. "Daddy's Home" represents the artist's first new album since 1996, although Rhino Records released a "Beepers, Benzos & Booty" compilation in 2000. A "Greatest Hits" compilation. Yup. Sir Mix-A-Lot received the infamous kiss of death...
- rapreviews.com
2010-05-01
★★★★★
On my desk, I have pizza coupons, nightclub flyers, a candy dish witheverything except candy in it, and press releases among other things.I also have a small stack of cassette tapes. Now for the benefit ofany of our younger readers who may not know what a cassette is, allowme to briefly explain. Before there were mp3's and CD's, cassetteswere the dominant music format. They were more portable than vinylrecords and were smaller than eight-track tapes...
- rapreviews.com
2009-11-06
★★★★★
Remember thick gold chains? Four finger rings? Rappers wearing togas? Okay, probably not the last part. But if you look at the cover of Sir Mix-A-Lot's 1989 album "Seminar," you'll find all three items represented. The Seattle sensation was going for the look of ancient Greece, crossed with a black power rally. As odd as it looks, one thing makes perfect sense - Mix holds a heavy mallet in right hand as his left chisels out the album's title on a stone tablet...
- rapreviews.com
2009-07-21
★★★★★
There's one reason most people own a copy of "Mack Daddy" so let's just get it out of the way right now. Sir Mix-A-Lot won a Grammy for Best Solo Rap Performance in 1993 for this song. The video got played more times than TMZ.com clips of Britney with no panties or 'The Hoff' acting drunk. That's right - the one and only quintessential ode to the glutteus maximus - "Baby Got Back...
- rapreviews.com
2009-07-21
★★★★★
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- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-17
★★★★★
Chief Boot Knocka has irrepressible, high-speed raps from the multiplatinum-selling Seattle mack Sir Mix-A-Lot. His rhymes are energetic and obviously written with great care, but rhythmically, there are hardly any surprises. Most songs are lengthy tales of automotive, sexual, and financial conquest, and while it's worth the effort to decipher the lyrics for their wit, the puerile and sexist topics of songs like "Let It Beaounce" and "Put 'Em on Da Glass" are a turnoff.
- ew.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
Seattle's Sir Mix-a-Lot already has the market cornered on goofy, old-schoolsexual braggadocio. Here he juices those lighthearted raps withan even more retro sound ? a luxuriant '70s funkadelia that woulddo any pimp proud. Unfortunately, too many cuts on Return of the Bumpasaurus reach back onlyone decade instead of two, settling for tiny perkiness that's more Cameo than George Clinton.
- ew.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
Sir Mix-A-Lot states his agenda right up front. He's a rock-solid conservative ? everybody who fondly remembers the mid-Eighties breakthrough of rap say, "Ho!" With two crudely produced and derivative independent records under his belt, Mix-A-Lot has tapped the talents of onetime Def Jam mastermind and current metal maven Rick Rubin for his third ? a shrewd and effective gambit. Mack Daddy, Sir Mix-A-Lot's major-label debut, exults in hormone-stoking funk beats and locker-room goof routines.Fo....
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-06-08
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