Shifty

Shifty raps about girls with a little more respectfulness than you might be used to hearing on modern radio. (However, he does say stuff like "I want to lick you down," so he's up on the current trends.) There's a slight Sublime feel here, which doesn't hurt.

"Could Crazy Town have been the apex of my career?" Questions like this must keep Shifty
up at night. He's almost introspective on his solo debut -- if your definition includes tickling
a young woman's "pink," on "Lolita," and delivering insipid lothario raps ("Love is changing
me/I used to be a player/Then we came to be"). The music is numbingly basic, high-gloss
radio rock. Mild reprieve: the summer-breezy "Magical," which almost reminds y... More >