Yoyoyoyoyo

despite the incredible creativity of hip hop, its ability to throw up new styles, to morph and reinvent itself, it's not every day that something genuinely fresh drops in front of you. welcome, then, to 'yoyoyoyoyo', the debut album from spank rock. drawing on the music of their hometown, baltimore, spank rock make something genuinely unlike any record you've heard before. of course there are antecedents - missy's first album, 2live crew, the beastie boys and dizzee rascal all spring to mind but 'yoyoyoyoyo' demands to be approached on its own terms. at just under forty two minutes long, spank rock have managed to reconfigure the musical landscape around them by being funny, catchy, clever, fearless and most of all, innovative. we firmly believe that this is a debut album that will be talked about and loved for years to come.