S.A. SMASH'S SMASHY TRASHY

S.A. Smash is guilty by association. I mean, considering their new album, Smashy Trashy, is on Definitive Jux, I could only assume it would be amazing. And S.A. Smash proves to be yet another bountiful limb on the fantastically damaged tree that is the Def Jux family. Varying from \"I\'m a badass\" and \"fuck the critics\" battle rhymes to \"I want to get my grind on\" sex hymns, Smashy Trashy cocks the hammer with a ferocious love for rap. Then it pulls the trigger with an overwhelming zeal for some good old-fashioned fun. They\'ll split your skull with tales of inner-city brutality, then tickle your funny-perv-bone with songs like \"Love To Fuck\". No lie. That\'s the title of one of their songs.
Laced with a bazillion different production approaches, the beats romp and stomp from relentless electronic blaze to more youthful, giddy concoctions. Add in some guest appearances by veteran MCs Vast Aire (Cannibal Ox), Aesop Rock, and Cage, and you\'ve got the tasty goulash that is Smashy Trashy. Though some of the tracks toward the end of the album drain the momentum built up by the first half, you\'re never entirely bored with it. S.A. Smash manages to jam in a way that\'s as unique as the Shaolin hum of Wu-Tang, the piano-drenched dirge of Swollen Members, or the horn-heavy cadence of Dilated Peoples. Yet the end result is a sound that\'s all their own.
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