Like his city's WNBA franchise, Bizarre is all about SHOCK. His sophomore LP, Blue Cheese & Coney Island, treds the same familiar ground Bizarre has wondered since his debut EP. Weird, rude, crude; whatever you call the D-12 member's sense of humor, when combined with his less than able flow, he becomes a hyper-comedian, hell bent on sharing glaring taboos with his audience. Violence and drug abuse? They are just the tip of the iceberg for Bizarre. He has no qualms bragging about incest, bestiality, pedophilia and other activities that would make even George Wallace and Andrew Dice Clay cringe.
Assisting Bizarre on four of the albums sixteen tracks is fellow Detroit MC, King Gordy. Together, they are like a crass version of DV Alias Khrist and Lord Have Mercy. On the records opener, "Rock Out," Gordy howls the chorus and the fat man kicks verses that outline his basic interest (as I have done above). Following is "Knock 'Em Out," with Gordy and Tech n9ne. As the title suggests, it's hand to hand combat the boys are chatting about, with Tech outclassing the others. Gordy's frenetic flow highlights, "Animal," which, basically, is more of the same content wise.
The lead single, "Fat Boy," takes a page out of long time collaborator Marshal Mathers' playbook: populist humor and a cartoon club beat. "Fat Boy" plays Bizarre's slick dancing skills against his girth. The overall concept is pretty funny, but when he is forced to mute his humor, none of his weirdo personality really emerges. "So Hard," featuring a soulful piano loop and the crooning of Monica Blair, is Bizarre's attempt at heartfelt lyricism. An account of his rise and struggle of his career with family hardship tossed in, the song just feels a touch out of place among the sex, drugs and violence that permeate the rest of the offerings.
"Sex Tape" is Bizarre at his best. It's all about nasty bedroom activity with some over the top tongue-in-cheek celebrity references. The bass line-driven beat perfectly paces Bizarre's often intolerable flow and gives the MC a solid platform for his gross out punch lines to land strongly. If you don't like this track, simply put, you will flat out hate this album. Blue Cheese & Coney Island, at the end of the day, is pretty polarizing. If the topics mentioned above are too much, just don't even bother, if your humor allows for such discussion, it will get worn out by the second track. Bizarre, unfortunately, is just a one trick pony.
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