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Hoopla
| 1 | Do You Know How 2 Get to Hwy 85? (Skit) / Speech Hoopla 0:46 |
| 2 | Clocks in Sync with Mine / Speech Hoopla 5:36 |
| 3 | The Hey Song / Speech Hoopla 4:50 |
| 4 | I Think Yin Is Having a Baby, But I Don't Know (Skit) / Speech Hoopla 0:21 |
| 5 | Our Image / Speech Hoopla 5:55 |
| 6 | Movin' On / Speech Hoopla 3:52 |
| 7 | Which Radio Station Has the Guts (Skit) / Speech Hoopla 0:15 |
| 8 | The Mountain of Lonely / Speech Hoopla 6:04 |
| 9 | Are You Still with Me (Skit) / Speech Hoopla 0:13 |
| 10 | Slave of It All / Speech Hoopla 5:52 |
| 11 | Leave a Message... Bye Bye (Skit) / Speech Hoopla 0:13 |
| 12 | Sumtimes I Do / Speech Hoopla 5:11 |
| 13 | Yeah Yeah / Speech Hoopla 5:14 |
| 14 | Real Love / Speech Hoopla 5:27 |
| 15 | Shut Down Our Mind Machine / Speech Hoopla 1:03 |
| 16 | The Fist Goes On / Speech Hoopla 4:58 |
| 17 | Redemption Song / Speech Hoopla 6:14 |
| 18 | If Life Is a River / Speech Hoopla 4:27 |
| 19 | The Hey Song / Speech Hoopla Bonus Track / Another Perspective / Mix 4:17 |
About this Artist
Editorial Reviews
Three years in the making, Speech's second album finds the former Arrested Development frontman still working through his roots-centric vision of hip-hop. More Stevie Wonder than Silkk the Shocker, Hoopla incorporates much laid-back session material and even a few live-and-on-stage jam sessions, right in line with hip-hop's growing affection for building songs from the groove up with live musicians. Thankfully, his relaxed rapping style shows little influence from any recent developments in the rap world, and it's always right in line with the material he's performing. It could have been a remarkable comeback record, but Hoopla suffers from several bizarre miscues. Speech remakes the consistently annoying 4 Non Blondes hit "What's Up" for his own track, titled "The Hey Song." To give him credit, Speech rebuilds the song with a female R&B chorus instead of just sampling the original, but that hardly makes it any less grating. The deep grooves and Speech's considerable production skills make for several intriguing tracks ("Movin' On," "Clocks in Sync with Mine," "Our Image"), but Hoopla isn't exactly worthy of celebration. ~ Keith Farley, All Music Guide All Music Guide
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