Looptroop - Good Things Album Review

Independently spirited, colourful and musically individual,instances where the three-piece overindulge in their
Sweden's top Hip Hop export Looptroop take on themusical exploration. The ill-advised Living On A Prayer
guise of the Looptroop Rockers on their fourth studio(yes, they are covering Bon Jovi) is certainly a blemish
album, Good Things, drawing more heavily from theiron an otherwise enjoyable album. The same goes for
dancehall/reggae roots, with an emphasis on liveNaïve, a techno/electro number which would
instrumentation.sound more comfortable on a Ministry of Sound
The upbeat single The Building characterizes the albumrelease.
perfectly. Amongst the careful construction of freneticDespite a couple of lapses in judgment, efforts like the
drums, funky guitar, synth and accordion, dreadlockedmedia-criticizing Trance Fat, where they are joined by
front-man Promoe utilizes not only his intelligent workingDilated Peoples member Rakaa, as well as the chaotic
man rap but also his sing-songy cadence, along withRome, more than make up for it. Possibly Looptroop's
fellow 'Troop mic wrangler Supreme.most polished album, Good Things, finds their bridging
The white-collar theme is further explored on the nextof genres and styles meeting its logical conclusion.
selection, Marinate. It is stripped down to a moreWhile it is a party record, it definitely bears fruit for the
back-to-basics Hip Hop style, without sacrificing toomind.
much of the instrumentation.Cop some very well-rounded global stylings.
Even with the mostly solid execution, there areAvailable through David vs.