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I searched, and like there were 3 topics before about this group, but I wanted to post specifically about their new CD.

I bought this CD after hearing a recomendation here in some random thread. I downloaded KMDI off their website and was somewhat impressed, downloaded a few more and kind of dismissed them as "ehhh...*shrug*" Big misake!

I was at best buy exchanging a hard drive and browsed the CD's and saw that Slightly Stoopid had their CD there, so I grabed it and said, "What the hell, it has to sound better than their ok live tracks."

I was so right, first track to last this CD is my favorite. It has a rasta sound to it, but at times that sort of fades and there are a few "punk-ish" tracks.

They have a guy on there that has a "Shaggy-like" voice that does some of the rasta/dub/reggae vocals. Some of the songs are so smooth that they really put my ass INTO the couch.

They do a song with G-Love (who i've already been into) thats really, really, really damn good. It's called, "Mellow Mood"

My other fav. tracks are:

"Officer": Dub track about getting caught by the LEO's

"Perfect Gentleman": Really cool punk track with a SnoCore/Snowboarding feel to it. Somthing about it reminds me of NOFX but I can't put my finger on it.

"Wicked Rebel": Rasta track with some really smooth vocals/beats. Smooooooooth....yeah.

"Sweet Honey": Acoustic Guitar/Dub Beat-style song. Very cool sounding and the chorus is very cool

"Mellow Mood": Slower acoustic type of sounding song with some great vocals/lyrics. Very catchy esp. the chorus going, "When your money's gone where will you be? If your love is strong, thats all you need". Awesome...Oh there's some rasta vocals that kind of make it really feel cool.

"Collie Man": Upbeat acoustical type of song with good drums. Very relaxing. Great end to a great CD

Overall, im very glad I bought this CD. It feels like a breath of fresh air compared to all the sublime/LBDA and other bands with rasta infulence in them. Slightly Stoopid has their own sound, and isn't like Pepper, (which whille sounding good) sounds hijacked a little from Sublime.

It seems they've taken and blended 311 with Sublime, and a little more Reggae influnce and added some punk styles to create this whole new flavor. It's awesome and I'm reccomending it to all my friends.

PS, the higher you get or the....more you uh trip, the better the music feels and sounds.

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