Music Review: The Knux “Remind Me in 3 Days…” (Interscope)
Rating: 90
The last time hip-hop and rock got too close they made ugly babies with names like Limp Bizkit and Korn, but the Los Angeles-by-way-of New Orleans duo the Knux has learned from those decade-old mistakes.
Brothers Krispy Kream and Rah Al Millio draw from smarter influences on “Remind Me in 3 Days…,” gene-splicing the psychedelic rap of the Native Tongues movement onto Silver Lake indie rock and winding up with oodles of groovy, brainy hipster-hop.
“Fire (Put it In the Air)” establishes the Knux’ modus operandi, updating Dr. Dre’s G-funk with live wah-wah guitars and upscale West Coast vibes — the musical equivalent to opening a Pinkberry franchise in South Central. Krispy and Rah fill the open spaces with Strokes-style guitars on “Cappuccino” and “Daddy’s Little Girl,” which packs more doo-wop/hip-hop than Sean Kingston ever dreamt of in his philosophy.
The Knux goes overly puerile on some tracks — “Playboys” rocks hard but its misogyny is too dumb for its own good — but the heady combination of melody and message on “The True” makes up for the bum moves. Such supple genre-twisting and cool-school style makes “Remind Me in 3 Days…” Los Angeles’ best amends for foisting Shwayze on the rest of the world.
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