With hopes of producing a hit by adding singing to the beat package similarly to what they did on “100 Million Dollas” for Birdman, the best sounding song of the album is born. Rocko called in the heavy hitters Cool & Dre who seem to have the Midas touch lately. We get some singing on the chorus along with some strong sounding chords on what is one of the few bright spots thus far on the album. Oddly, “Swag For Sale” would be a nice song title even though I hate the word. We are peppered with the word Swag throughout this song and album, which apparently, Rocko has for sale. He even does the city shout out thing…sadly, he mentioned my hometown. Another MySpace worthy beat, nothing new here folks. “Like This Here” is a song fashioned after typical speech patterns of the South where “like this here” is used. Ok, one of the more comical lines on the whole album, one of the few times I smiled positively thus far on the album. Ok, on second thought, the instrumental would be tolerable. The track is a cheap rip off from the old MasterCard commercial essentially as he quips 200 hundred thou on the car (precisely) / quarter mill round my neck (I’m icy) / a couple mill for da grill (that thing respect) / but this swag here (money can’t buy you that, cause its priceless).
The result is one of the few tolerable tracks on the album. They gave Rocko some bounce on this track to which he sped up his flow. The beat is better but it’s still predictable and basic. My old skool cost more than yo’ new skool.is about Rocko’s old school, sorry skool, collection of cars that is extensive enough to cost more than your new whips…I guess. It’s kinda fun…not necessarily good, but fun. The concept of the song isn’t bad and the execution isn’t disgusting. The beat is ok, again, seems hampered by equipment shortcomings. Live everyday like there is no tomorrow, this is the party song. Beat sounds like a new producer, maybe even a MySpace producer, very run of the mill. That’s a strong hustle, in theory, but I am sure some little kid is penning that same line for a grade school cipher at lunch time. Rocko asserts that he is busy making and spending his money, so busy that he can’t do mundane tasks like walk and eat. With the right equipment, this beat could be something better. The beat has promise, but sadly, it sounds like Marvelous J only has one keyboard and one machine because this one has the same short comings as the first song. The real want me rich / the haters want me po’ / What you tell them haters / no No NO. I am amazed that it reached so high on the charts, but at last check it was down to 66 so that’s not a good omen. Unimaginative, disinteresting, non creative, just…I’m out of adjectives.
What can I say? From concept, to lyrics, to beat, this is one of the worst songs I have ever heard. The beat seems kinda armature and repetitive. I put a question mark after rap because he is basically singing…and it’s the most annoying thing I’ve listened to lately outside of his lead single.
Rocko raps (?) about his love for and quest for money in this song. The song peaked at 15 on Billboard so you draw your own conclusion from that. His lead single is solidly top of my worst songs in the past 20 years list, but everyone has a bad song…at least a song that I don’t like. I don’t know about you, but other than hearing it was coming out, I hadn’t heard much about this CD.
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