Popa Chubby

Big man, big sound, big album. This is the big guy from New York’s 15th album since his debut in 1995 (Booty And The Beast) and it is easily his most coherent and complete; anyone who loves Noooo Yaaawk Blooze should lap
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this up immediately.
Video of the day Bob Sinclar - Together feat S.Edwards

Chubby either has a sense of humour or a serious hard attitude and the track listing bears out his attitude with titles like 'I’ll Piss On Your Grave’ or 'Oh Rock & Roll, You Heartless Bitch’ but he also tempers them with 'Grown Man Cryin’ Blues’ so you can see we are dealing with a complex personality here! In the meantime he is delivering Blues based rock with real swing and punch and with Popa C’s slightly Meatloafish vocals it all rolls along having a good time and dragging the listener with it. Unlike some of the one paced albums that have been pushed out lately he mixes it all up with some funkiness – 'Money Isn’t Everything, It’s The Only Thing’ or a rockabilly-esque 'theme From The Godfather’ and he even manages a passable bit of reggae with 'Woman In My Bed Dub’! There are also a couple of videos included for the PC and they definitely set you right about whether the man is all he suggests.
The band are all that Mr Chubby needs – Chris Reddan & AJ Pappas form the rhythm section and Dave Keyes pops up on Hammond organ and piano – but you are listening to the front man and he really is all you need to focus on.

On the back of the sleeve is an instruction to 'PLAY IT LOUD!!!’ When a six foot nine inch man weighing 330 lbs gives you that kind of suggestion, what are you gonna do?

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