Track Listing 1. Watchtower - (featuring Elliot Easton/Josh Todd) 2. Freaky Chick 3. Just Like Me - (featuring Sarah McLachlan) 4. Lovey Dovey - (featuring Doug E. Fresh) 5. Find My Way - (featuring Kid Rock) 6. Machine Gun - (featuring Tal B./Gary Dourdan) 7. Cold - (featuring Miss Jade/Sonny Black) 8. What's Wrong - (featuring Napolean) 9. Cadillac Cars 10. Only God Knows 11. Come 2Gether - (featuring Rev Run) 12. Sucka Sucka 13. Good Bye - (featuring Lil Mizzo)
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Doug E. Fresh, Elliot Easton, Gary Dourdan, Josh Todd, Kid Rock, Lil Mizzo, Miss Jade, Napolean, Rev Run, Sarah McLachlan, Sonny Black, Tal B., z-z-z-z | | Producer: | DMC, Erik Blam, Romeo Antonio | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Personnel include: DMC (rap vocals); Gary Dourdan, Josh Todd, Sarah McLachlan (vocals); Kid Rock (rap vocals, various instruments, turntables); Tal B., Lil Mizzo, Doug E. Fresh, Ms. Jade, Napolean, Sonny Black, Rev Run (rap vocals); Elliot Easton (guitar); Tom Hamilton (bass guitar); Joey Kramer (drums). As a key member of Run DMC, one of rap's most groundbreaking and influential groups, DMC has had his place in the pop music pantheon long secured. His 2006 solo album bears the stamp of his group's innovative sound from the 1980s: boom-bap beats, crunching guitars, and straightforward verses with full end-stop rhymes. The rap game has changed considerably since the Golden Era, and where DMC's raps were once revolutionary, they now sound quaintly old-school. Yet familiarity is part of the appeal of CHECKS, THUGS AND ROCK & ROLL. DMC employs samples and tags from Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" (on "Watchtower") and Harry Chapin's "Cat's in the Cradle" (on "Just Like Me") while delivering his still-powerful flow. Guest appearances from Doug E. Fresh, Kid Rock, Sarah McLachlan (yup, you read that right), and his old cohort Run make the disc a fun, varied listen.
Editorial Reviews 3 stars out of 5 -- IT sounds like drive-time rock, not hip hop, but in its pursuit of personal relevance and creative integrity, D is keeping it every bit as real as he did in the 1980s. Mojo
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