Carlton Halpert

Well hip-hop lovers. Mark this date in your calendars as “The Day The Music Died”. I’ve just received (at the offices of Halpert Pseudomedia) a demo CD from a new collective recording under the name Triple G and the 400

The CD consists of no less than 13 traditional Irish songs performed over a mixture of dub beats and turntable antics. I’m profoundly sorry to tell you that the title of the album is – “Welcome to Shamrock”.

I am even more sorry to tell you that the group appears to include two gentlemen of my acquaintance, namely Father Guillermo Gomez and Georg Centzon Totochtin. Those of you familiar with these fellows will be as stunned as me to learn of their freestyle proclivities. Gomez is 75 if he is a day and Georg is either in his early twenties or his late 900s.

The only good that we can say of this collaboration is that is presumably signifies an end to the recent hostilities.

According to the sleeve notes the “beats” were “laid down” by MC Hip-Hop Dysplasia (pictured above, real name Manuel Danzig). The backing vocals on three of the tracks are provided by Mrs. Wu, her rasping falsetto does very little to help the situation, if anything it adds a patina of soul-curdling horror.

Truly a sad day for music.

Rated – FIVE STARS (of a possible 42)

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Partial Track List

• The Green Glens of Kingston
• Whiskey in the Jah
• I Am Stretched on Your Gravy
• X O’Dos