Transplants

The sophomore outing from this punk-pop power group sees special guests B. Real, Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. and Sen Dog joining band members Tim Armstrong (Rancid), Travis Barker (blink-182) and singer Rob Aston. Experimenting with hardcore, hip-hop, dancehall and soul on one album may be the most punk thing they've ever done.

Transplants' mostly ignored 2002 debut, Transplants, was one of the great punk records of
the early millennium, a blast of buzz-saw guitar, witty Pro Tools loops, kamikaze drumming
and suburban-gangsta rhymes. Like the band's first record, Haunted Cities is masterminded
by Rancid singer-guitarist Tim Armstrong, but it gets its considerable clout from two
powerhouse buddies: Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and tough-guy MC Rob A... More >

Gangsta punk revisited, broader musically and narrower lyrically ("Gangsters and Thugs," "Crash and Burn"). (Grade - **)