G. Love And Special Sauce

Was this a "good" album? No. Did I have a good time with it anyway? Weirdly, yes.

Wow, this one was very specific. Some of it was stuff that I've enjoyed and some is not.

The faux blues sound was pretty alright, but this vocalist was just not doing it for me. Not a fan of half rapping/half singing unless you can actually rap or sing.

Quickly wears out any good will it earns.

Another YGTFKM on why is this on the list? Your special sauce is rancid. 0

No Standouts

His delivery is annoying. G. Love is like the Fred Durst of jazz rock. I might prefer William Shatner's delivery to this. There's no reason to put real hip hop on this list when you can fill it with mediocre almost rapping from G. Love. The Bob Dylan reference (Song to Woody) is not enough to save how stupid Blues Music is. I cannot escape how corny his singing/rapping is. This is the music of 1994 fraternity parties. Jack Johnson loves G. Love. G. Love's solo projects are on Jack Johnson's record label! Cage the Elephant heard this and knew they could make an album. Cold Beverage is supremely overrated on a supremely overrated album. I bet they regret the fat shaming classic, Fatman. This is too much G. Love in one sitting. Shooting Hoops is terrible. First, it's another song where they treat saying famous people's names as a shortcut to writing actual lyrics. Secondly, they do the same thing on another album on I-76. This is not a good album or a good band and the critic who put this on the list should be banned from writing about music. It's not even that it's so terrible so much that it feels like an act and isn't a very interesting one at that. I bet Citizen Cope loves G. Love.

I consider myself pretty tolerant because I made it 400 albums without considering anything to be annoying. Then g love showed up

Wow. This sounds so much like Soul Coughing. But not as good. Made me go back and listen to that band.

Þetta er voða hassað en skemmtilegt. Svona discount Beck fílingur.

Uninteressante Musik der 80er einer Gruppe die nicht verstanden hatte, des Jazz nicht mehr gefragt war.

I DO like cold beverages! I like Beck, but he may owe G a little dough.

I wanted to like this more than I did. It started strong but kinda meanders near the end.

It was certainly a unique mix of songs. I didn't hate it but it also wasn't very memorable.

wow...what a collection of 'songs'? Just when I thought I was nearly through the album, I was only halfway. It's not unlistenable but it's not good. I really need to buy the book to see what all these musical professionals were considering when selecting this for my music bucket list.

3/5

Fuck

In the genre of Jason Mrazcore. Listenable but sounds almost like a joke that would get Adrien Brody banned from SNL. You can’t tell me “Shooting Hoops” is not some sort of bit.

So close to really good. So close to not.

Just had Fun Lovin’ Criminals a few days back, now this one. Just another album for white college dudes who are annoying AF. Real hip hop heads ain’t listening to this shit.

Ok

All the songs here are incredibly similar. The thing is, the lyrics in general are boring. The vocals are incredibly monotone. The instrumental bases aren’t that entertaining. The only outstanding song here is “This Ain’t Living”, not only thanks to its social commentary but mainly because there’s another guy rapping and singing l, instead of the main singer. Overall this album is incredibly forgettable and monotone.

I don’t get how this is on here. What a bland and boring record.

Laid back 90'er-vibes. Men ikke noget, der hang ved, og nåede ikke hele vejen igennem pladen.

first listen there's a beautiful feel-good simplicity to this i like

I barely made it through this absolute stinker of an album. A bad version of so many genres. White kid from Society Hill and private school rapping over half assed blues/reggae.

Remind me why I listened to this again? I missed it when it was released and I won't miss it now it's gone again. I don't think it has aged well.

This is very reminiscent of the beastie boys to me even though maybe it's not so loud. It also seems like the type of music my dad would have listened to back in the day in high school or in his early twenties. This is in a good way.

Never heard of this lot. But had a sneak listen. Hip hop rap blues (a musical Frankenstein monster?) was never going to rattle my musical taste cage and at my stage of musical appreciation listening I’m not prepared to give it a second listen or thought. Wish it had never come into my life however brief. 1/5 14/3/26

La formule de base est fun, mais au bout de 3 chansons tu comprends que c'est du copier/coller et ça perd son charme.

Look, I love G. love. Been a fan for 20 years. I think their music is fun, but that doesn’t mean it’s good. Definitely not list worthy, but that’s not the only album I’ve gotten so far that I would say this about. You should know who G. Love is, but you only really need to listen to “Milk and Cereal”

якесь гаражне музло🤙

I remember this album from early high school.

Ah. Grew up with this record. Some really good tracks on here. Some that sound really the same. The last 3 are tough and it should have been over by then. This is really raw G. LOVE. for people who dont love this, maybe try his later stuff. Its more accessible and probably more enjoyable

Sauce of glove meng

Close to one star but I found some enjoyment in 'Blues Music' after a couple of listens.

not for me

Pretty interesting!

like a budget version of Beck.

Relaxed to a fault. The slacker charm is real and the blend of blues and hip-hop is fun, but the low-key tone rarely shifts. Nice background record, rarely gripping.

Some real haters of this album it seems but I thought it was very enjoyable. Tailed off a little at the end, but solid 3 stars for me.

Meh. Not sure I had to hear this in my life. Too long. Some of these guitar stuff was interesting at least.

Has a nice vibe and really deep feeling in some songs. I liked the contrast between the faster and slower songs. Many diverent genres in that one album.

A less aggressive Sublime

It's a nice enough album, but I'm not sure why it's on this list.

I grew up with this album. It's not bad but should not be on this list

I'm familiar with G Love through his collabs with Slightly Stoopid and Jack Johnson and enjoy him there. But..what the hell is this? These are hardly songs, they almost feel like a couple guys just hanging out and jamming/freestyling. Not a lot of structure. The thing is, I actually quite enjoy this style/music. But this feels unfinished. And why in the world is it on this list. Also terribly produced.

Not my sort of thing, too sloppy and mediocre. It feels too tryhard to be sloppy. This Ain't Living Was my fav song and first listen but that's about it

Such light hearted musicality. I love when a talented group of musicians makes fun music like this. G. is a got dang treasure.

Most of it feels like RHCP@0.75speed apart from Town to Town which is like a random Tom Waits track just thrown in there.

Enjoyable.

Honestly it wasn’t that bad but it still wasn’t good enough for me to die without hearing it

Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. The drums are well-recorded.

It was ok in the background

This goes from being genuinely charming and interesting to downright annoying and boring at the same time. This Ain't Living is the best song by a mile, but it's a bit too long at the same time. 1001 albums? why?

Não achei nada de especial, faltou alguma coisa e não sei bem o quê. Não foi mau, algumas músicas até achei que tivessem boa vibe mas nada demais.

It is odd enough to almost be good. 3 stars or C-.

Lol, this band name/album title. Truthfully, I'm not sure what to make of this album. The vocals were not good, but the rap/blues combination is what intrigued me. G. Love & Special Sauce created a unique sound that's catchy! But as their debut album, their sound is unrefined and could use some development. A good start, for what it's worth.

This funky alt-y hip-hop rock business sounds like an attempt to capture and repackage the magic of bands that did similar sounds, namely Red Hot Chili Peppers and Beck. Ultimately, they fail to capture the spirit of either of these bands and the album just kind of falls flat.

Not entirely devoid of creativity but very boring. All the songs basically sound the same and it gets pretty old pretty quickly. I can't imagine ever wanting to hear this album again but because it's not total crap, I can't give it a 1/5 but a part of me wanted to. It still does. G Love likely has a really great record collection.

Really vibing with this album. Not my usual style but the vocals just elevate it.

Not in albums I have to listen before I DIE, not at all. Nevertheless...

Honestly this album just made me want to listen to Cake

2 why is this even on the list??

An album that would be better if it was 30 minutes shorter

dope

Why is he talking like that. Zero

Any album on the 1001 albums you should listen to before you die list that mentions Wawa gets an extra star. Favorites include “Cold Beverages”, of course.

3 sterne

7.3

Solid rythm section. Not crazy about the G. Man tho, and the album is about 30 minutes too long.

It's like a hacky sack gained sentience

The only way this could be worse is if G. Love had an English accent. It’s not terrible music, it’s just trashy music. It’s not Mellow Gold by Beck and it’s (mercifully) not Fun Lovin’ Criminals but it is deeply 1994. I’ll give it a 2 based on the fact Cold Beverage is a song I know. This would have made a solid mini-album.

Drum'n'Bass, is that you? Almost. A heavy helping of blues and speaky-style vocals and you have this album. Apple Music compared them to Beastie Boys which I think is pretty apt. Overall listenable.

Honestly a bit grating in a very Beck-ish way. The early 90s was a ripe time for this kind of music and I'm glad I was too young to get it. Not horrible, per se, but lame.

Another “not my favorite by this artist” that’s still really good

not so special sauce hah. it's one of those albums your friend shows you and you listen to a few times, but not memorable

I hate this

I am a huge Beck fan (I just listened to Mellow Gold yesterday) and I saw a lot of people comparing this to Beck, so I went in with high hopes. But man... this is like if Beck was sleepwalking. Every song here is soooooo boring. All the songs are a 4 bar loop stretched out to 5 minutes with no melody. I am a sucker for 90's production though and this album sounds great, especially the drums. I can picture a version of this album being really good, but instead we got an hour of nothing. Low 3.

I used to love this album as a teenager. It’s unpopular in here but I believe it’s a unique sound in the same way as limp bizkit. I love the drum intro on eyes have miles, and the bass on blues music and walk to slide. Along with the vocal delivery and blues/jazz guitar I don’t think there is another album like this.

I had never heard of this band before, reminds me a bit of Beck. Was alright.

This one would have killed with the Trustafarians at Suffield. There is something really funny about these guys being from Philly. A notoriously tough city, and these guys were running around making bro-rap-ska music. Idk what happened to me. I used to love this type of shit. 17 year old Joe would have been a fan. 32 year old Joe, not so much.

first time listening to this. for as much incredible music that was made in the 90s, feels like the bar was pretty low for some of the more popular acts. this one didn't resonate with me and I thought it was kinda boring tbh.

This album had sauce. 3.8/5

Record Exec circa 1993: “This Beck loser is really climbing up the charts. It’s nonsense to me and the wife, but our kids love it. We need an answer to this, maybe something a little friendlier for the whole family. Find it!” *one week later* Talent scout: “I found the perfect band, and they even sing a song about basketball for the urban audience.” Record exec: “Sign them yesterday.” Seriously though, as much fun as it will be to shit on this album by just quoting it or its Wikipedia page directly (the album “nearly went gold”), I enjoyed it despite myself.

It was okay

Got on my nerves after a few songs.

this guy is so random and i love it

begon leuk daarna beetje kut

I didn’t hate this as much as I thought I would!

not into this

Cool and relentless blues beats to a modern almost Beck like vocals.

It's got that 90s whiteboi fake swagger than bands like Sublime utilized. I'm trying to imagine the type of person that would be big into this, and I can't help but think of my dad. Born in the 70s, went to college in southern California and was a cop.

Dave Matthews plus Phish. Idk what this is

Didn't do much for me. Was this big locally?

literally an odd little fusion of rap and blues music. can't tell you if i've actually listened to these two genres mash together, but here it is in this album. it's something listening to this for the first time and studying it out... like... huh. okay. i'm not sure if i'm feeling the vibe too much. i like some of the lyrics and the instrumentals are really really nice, but i just cannot get used to this guy's voice. at all. i can definitely see the potential in this kind of musical style, but this hasn't really convinced me that much i'm afraid.

Enjoyed the grooves. Very chill album.

Average music played by average musicians for average people. This panders to the average unevolved music listener. Put this on at a party as inoffensive background music. This one should be removed from the list. Probably should sit somewhere around 6,000-10,000.

Das Debütalbum der US-amerikanischen Band G. Love & Special Sauce wurde überwiegend in Studio 4 Recording, Philadelphia aufgenommen. Garrett „G. Love“ Dutton (Gesang, Gitarre), Jeffrey Clemens (Schlagzeug) und Jim „Jimi Jazz“ Prescott (Bass) verbinden Blues, Hip-Hop, Soul und Rock zu einem entspannten Groove. Bekannte Songs wie „Cold Beverage“, „Baby’s Got Sauce“ und „This Ain’t Living“ zeigen die Mischung aus lockeren Rap-Rhythmen und bluesigen Gitarrenlinien. Die Produktion bleibt reduziert und organisch, wodurch der charakteristische, leicht improvisierte Stil der Band spürbar wird. Das Album wirkt durchgängig stimmig und vermittelt den frühen Sound der Gruppe überzeugend.

White boy spits worst bars ever, asked to leave blues night at the Applebees

i CANT call it bad cuz its not i just dont rlly liked it

Not necessarily bad, but pretty boring and too long. 30 minutes would have been okay, but an hour is too much.

Without listening yet. This is 4 stars of nostalgia for me. It might not be empirically good, but I loved this album back in the day.

cool sound - kinda Beck Mellow Gold, kinda Sublime... not my cup of tea any more but a cool sound nonetheless

The vibe is similar to early Beck, but it's not as good as early Beck. Pretty good 6/10

A surprise and a damn welcome one

Had the SAUCE

This album sounds pretty fricken, glonky dude. The last song on this album was absolute garbo. Sounds like me playing guitar and singing when I’m absolutely black out drunk and incapable of standing. This group’s sound got really old to me real quick. First songs I enjoyed listening to though, pretty chill stuff. Nothing special though idk.

Really enjoyed this one. Super unique sound for the time. Seems to be to be pretty innovative and preemptive of later styles of both rap and blues/rock fusion. Leans into a more contemporary sound. If you told me this was produced in the early 2000s I’d believe you. Really enjoyed this record. 4.5

might as well be a 1

Not really bad, but very boring and occasionally annoying. Like a white guy pulled out a guitar and said hey guys, mind if I get a little funky, uh huh huh.

Groovy hiphoppy. Liked this one.

It’s cool but the vocals grate on me sometimes

non mi sento di dire che è brutto ma jesus per niente il mio genere che due coglioni

I liked this album, I like how it mixes genres. The first two songs seem especially good to me

Местами нудно и затянуто. Можно поставить фоном.

This just bored me, aggressively. I don’t like using ‘boring’ as a criticism but man this just does nothing, and the vocals irritate me. This Ain’t Living a highlight but outside of that it’s slim slim pickings. Not sure I needed to hear this before I died.

A friend has always loved this, trying to convince me to listen to it and even see them live with him (I declined, sorry Tom). It's never grabbed me and still doesn't on the 1001 test today. It sums up most anything I could ever NOT want in music, like the worst sides of RHCP combined with Spin Doctors and a local band jamming with some bad white boy rap vocals. I feel disrespectful to my friend but this was one of the most difficult albums to "last the distance" and finish, it was so dull and lacking of redeeming factors that I seek in music. And so full of ones I seek to avoid.

Some talented musicians fronted by a seemingly drunk white man saying whatever comes into his head. And despite being a huge Fall fan, couldn't really get behind it. Got some great bluesy moments but his voice is just grating and the lyrics a bit insane. More Curious Oranges pls.

I wnjoyed this

Not my style

Very forgettable. There are some nice grooves here and there and the production style is neat (they play in your room). Snare sound is great

mal no pero meh no he acsbado de escucharlo por algo será

mmm bien no me ha cambiado la vida

Too long.

Jazzy white boy rap? Puts me in a mood to hang out with a bunch of college kids

This is really interesting. Stoner rap over blues and even sometimes jazz instrumentals. Honestly really creative and interesting. I liked this alot and i could see myself putting this on when I feel like chillin. Reminds me of Sublime, but less California themed.

Very interesting blend of music. Especially with this being 30 years old. To my untrained rap ear this sounded like a mac miller npr session from time to time. Enjoyed babys got sauce, cold beverage and this aint living the most. and hey, a basketball song also scores some points with me. :)

"What if The Fun Loving Criminals were on quaaludes?"

I don't mind the style, but it's hella tedious after the first 2 or 3 tracks.

chill vibes

What your playlist needs to go from RATM to Sublime and Beck in record time

Nah. To long.

Warm, roomy, groovy, human - it sounds like it was recorded with one microphone, in a garage. That's a Good Thing.

My god, it just keeps going on and on. Every track ruined by his irritating nasal white boy rapping. You do not need to hear this before you die.

Better than expected.

Too long, too uninspired, too much.

I guess you want music to stir emotions, be it sadness, happiness, or even the desire to jump up and dance. This album did just that, I was bored!

You ever have a memory except you don't actually remember any of it? Your memory only exists because someone else told you what happened? I got my wisdom teeth pulled when I was 17. Apparently, when I got into the car all drugged up from the surgery, I told my dad, "You HAVE to hear this album." What I played for him was G. Love's Philadelphonic. To this day, he still loves G. Love and never fails to bring up this story of hearing him for the first time. Now, I share no delusions that G. Love is some sort of revolutionary artist. Yeah his blues, rock, rap fusion is pretty unique, but it's not like mind blowing or anything... it's just fun. But I was definitely surprised to see this album getting lambasted in the review section. Surely it's not *that* bad? Am I going to listen to this with fresh ears or with nostalgia glasses on? Well, I didn't love it like I thought I would. It was fine, but I also get a lot of the hate. "I remember liking Philadelphonic so much better," I thought as I listened to this. So, I immediately played Philadelphonic after this and, nostalgia be damned, I do think it was significantly better. It's just more of a fun, upbeat sound and it's catchier and more rhythmic. Maybe that album is on this list too, maybe it's not (I sure don't think this list needs two G. Love albums), but I promise you it's better. This one? It's an OK experimental blues rock album but even I, as a fan, am left scratching my head as to why this is a must-listen album before I die.

Ugh. The Funky Dumb Boy Nineties will seemingly never go away (I harbor a conspiracy theory that our current political embarrassment has its origin in it) so I'm not sure we need to archive it. I was going to grant it an average 3 because, like much of this music, it does sound better at a party, but then "Cold Beverage" came on and the horror came slouching back like an college apartment neighbor who's fresh out of weed.

It never dawned on me to take G. Love and Special Sauce seriously, but here goes: I like the lackadaisical, breezy music much better than Mr. Love’s rap flows, which evoke goateed guys who wear baseball caps sideways and giant baggy jeans, don’t seem to have anything in particular to actually say, and really wore thin the deeper into the album I got. I’ll be grateful if I never hear the track “Shooting Hoops” again.

Has all the things I hate about Beck with none of the things I like about Beck. Soul Coughing did this style better, with more humor and less cringe.

Almost an hour long. This was peak 90s "OMG WE GOTTA FILL THE CD" era. There's some great tracks on here. Cold Beverages will never not be a great song. But I think this release could have used a bit of editing.

Funky and fun. Soooo 90’s

You had to do it, G. Love. You had to start off on the right foot in The Things That I Used To Do with a groovy, airy percussion line with an equally groovy bass lick... and then add the most horrendous vocal known to man. What the heck am I supposed to enjoy about a completely tuneless, monotone vocal that makes it impossible to focus on any of the genuinely good instruments? It gets even worse with the second verse, where it sounds like he either just woke up or he's going through second puberty. Of all songs on the album, the opening number is the only one with its own Wikipedia article. Just goes to show how notably bad it is. Blues Music is so significantly better that I'm surprised the record didn't start with that one (and scrap the actual opener entirely). The vocals read as extremely standard 90s/00s hip-hop quality, but at least they're bearable now. Garbage Man is a solid continuation of the "increasingly melodic" trend. The guitar parts in particular are worthy of high praise. They make the song almost like soft-rock, using a thin, slightly distorted tone and Dorian mode. By this point, though, the listener is looking for a change-up in energy – and Eyes Have Miles is severely lacking in that department. Sure, it has the same pleasant tone of guitar as its predecessor, but the "chill blues-hop" has been going on for too long at this point to justify it. Give us either a slow, emotional ballad or something shocking, something with a ton of energy. Not Baby's Got Sauce, please. (Well, shoot.) To be fair, Baby's Got Sauce is solid as a standalone track – in fact, it may well be the album's strongest – but in the context of the whole record, it falls a little flat. Albums aren't just a collection of songs (as 60s artists discovered); they're a whole extended statement. And much like you don't want to listen to a steady monotone public speaker for an hour, you don't want to listen to G. Love And Special Sauce for an hour either. This monotony continues to be a problem. Cold Beverage is an exception, but for the wrong reason: it's frenetic, and like the opening track, its singing is off-kilter and hence off-putting. In contrast, This Ain't Living is extremely standard in all regards, except for that guitar line. Dang, that guitar line. I love it. To the top of the list it goes! 2/5 Key tracks: Garbage Man, Baby's Got Sauce, This Ain't Living

I enjoyed the hits

Bad

The song blues music is OK. The general sort of hippie white boy blues rap thing is kind of grating after a while. The song this ain’t Livin is such a direct rip off of the rap style of De La Soul. It’s kind of annoying that being said it would be fun to play slide blues guitar with a drummer playing licks, but this music is not for me. I feel like his voice is a put on as well.

Cringe

this is so far one of the few albums i've known nothing about - not the album itself, never heard of the artist, didn't recognize a single song. but this was such a vibe, i loved it so much. groovy as fuck, will be listening again

4/10

Awkward raps, overlong. One or two songs were decent but that's it really.

For an album that is so mediocre, boring and monotone, it doesn't bothered as much as expected. It is still a bad experience, but in neither of the tree times I listened to it I found myself with my energies drained as much as any of the other albums I rated lower. All the songs here are incredibly similar. A jazz/blues rock base mix with a hip-hop groove and an almost word-spoken or rapping style of voice. The thing is, the lyrics are, in general, boring; the vocals are incredibly monotone, with lack of flow and sang with an obnoxious accent; and the instrumental bases aren't that entertaining. There are some noisy moments and some really good double bass lines, but there are also some moments in which the drums sounds like a can. The only outstanding song here is "This Ain't Living", not only thanks to its social commentary but mainly because there's another guy rapping and singing, instead of the main singer. Another noticeable moment, but for being the worst part, is the last song. It is just voice and guitar, and the guitar is either super out of tune or terrible played. In conclusion, incredibly forgettable and monotone.

NYC Jack White

Listened without paying attention, liked the energy. Listened again paying attention and was shocked at how bad it was and was just praying the album would end but it kept going

I don't really like it. What genre is this? Hip-hop? Rap? Sounds to me a bit like The Streets, but not so cool.

Eh

Pretty groovy, however I grew tired of buddy's vocal stylings about halfway through. 50/50, maybe you need to hear half of this before you die. 3/5 then.

This was a basic 90s album but it wasn't terrible! And it had some good songs I wasn't over the moon for it, but it wasn't terrible

I wanted to like this - I love 90s tunes and a band/singer with a unique voice and I even love beck(which many of the reviews compare this to) - but this really did not hit for me - very repetitive no hooks just wasn’t for me

Alright

Decent blues but just noise at certain times

I don't get the hate for this one. It's pretty fun, sort of like a more hip-hop/blues Soul Coughing? The "sloppy" term is kind of unfortunate. The guy is purposely delivering behind the beat, on purpose. The band is tight and the groove is real.

#826. If there was a venn diagram of G Love and the Special Sauce fans and ICP fans, I bet the center portion would be quite large [and perhaps quite smelly as well.] One review said the special sauce is probably mayonnaise and ketchup mixed together, but I think thats not a fair comparison because mayo and ketchup together is actually good. 2/5: nah

Never heard of this group but I enjoyed the album. Sometimes sounded like Cage the Elephant, I'll check out more of their stuff.

i like baby's got sauce, this genre is not for me. the type of music your friend's dad makes out of his garage

Hey! I remember really liked that one song of theirs!

Jovial and jaunty. This was right on the cusp of four stars, but it was just not quite enough, but the music and vocals were pretty simple and the lyrics were also basic. Comparing to Sublime, for instance, it's no contest.

Never heard of this. I can see why - I didn’t like it much. Laidback and with some cool baselines; also monotonous and overlong. Not actually bad, I guess, but it’s never a good sign when I start looking at the runtime a few songs in and wondering how there can still be so much more left. It would probably be fine in a cafe or something, or just listening to a few tracks, but just by itself, not a great time. By the end, I hated it. 2

Never heard of this before now. Not life changing, but not objectionable either.

Beck at a South Philly Frat House - nothing much else to it

Chill, happy flow.

Wow! I absolutely loved this one, Dr John/Beastie boys/ Red hot chilli peppers/ Dylan, blues, hip hop, funk, jazz Right up my street, I’ll buy this - stand out track “ Garbage man”

This album feels a bit like having a full conversation with someone at a party, you are constantly looking for a way to get out of it and listen to something more interesting.

In a nutshell: a bland flavour. Blues rock meets jazz meets hip hop? A strange mix that could work...yet it doesn't. It sounds same-same. G.Love's rhymes are limp. The band is fine skill-wise. It must be one of those "you wouldn't understand unless you saw them life" bands. Overall: 1/10

beck for guys who spend all their time whining about their "bitch" girlfriends

Kedvenc/Favourite: This Ain't Livin' Egynek elment, de igazából nem jött be annyira. Nem volt rossz így egy-egy szám erejéig, de összességében nagyon repetitív volt nekem. It was fine, but I didn't really like it that much. It wasn't bad for a song or two, but overall it was very repetitive for me.

bloody terrible, the sauce has gone off

Why is he kinda giving Shane Dawson and Dylan O'Brien love child on that cover? I haaaaate this so much. Sometimes the instrumental is kinda good, but everything falls apart so quickly you can't even begin to form the thought of "hmm maybe this ain't pure shit". Even the "hit" of this album is horrible, I just can't go on anymore. Also what fucking accent is this? It sounds like it would be on a Cambridge English exam. I can barely make out a thing he says at times. Listening to this I'm suddenly transported to my 10-year-old self, hearing the radio and not understanding a single word because I didn't speak English.

1/5 Welp, i hated it.

I had only heard of this band by name before this listen and I have to say this was quite a surprise. I like just about everything from the 90s but was genuinely shocked at how much I liked this album. First album on this journey where I added a new song to my personal playlists and on this album I added two. (Cold Beverage and Babys Got Sauce). Great album. I'm sorry I ever doubted it and avoided it for so long.

I did enjoy this as a kid in the 90's, but now find the music rather dull and the vocals vaguely unpleasant. Some of the reviews mention that they find it derivative and just like a dozen other bands of the era. I'm inclined to give some credit for being a few years ahead of the curve. In my experience at least, '94 was on the early end of this brand of blended stoner-rock/hip-hop/whatever it is. That being said, it is post Beck and Beastie Boys, and not nearly as good as either. Inessential and doesn't need to be on the list, I'd put 90% of the user albums above this. 2 stars

Not that good. Morphine does it way better

Jesus Christ, shut up.

okay i paused my journey for months because i just wasn't in the mood for this but it was simply fine? blues was not what i expected. a little long but again it was fine.

All I can do is laugh

Well, this guy has a whole lot of fun, which is a part of the success and the failure of this record. I don't doubt his zeal for a good time, but freestyling this whole thing, which it appears that he's doing, doesn't make for a very dynamic experience. While I prefer this to the goof-off-and-jerk-off-tunes of the Chili Peppers, lyrics such as 'Upside your brain, knock down your liver / Like hot tamales, I start to simmer' do not inspire much more than a fratty appetite for a keg and a blunt. Besides, the blues and hip-hop fusion isn't all that original: the Beastie Boys managed it more convincingly on the '92 Check Your Head and The Roots would come out w/ Do You Want More in '95. And if you covet a more contemporary version, Vulfpeck will satisfy.

Weird white boy funk? Reminds me too much of college.

I liked this album. It was pretty standard rock but with some heavier and metal elements that made it cooler to me. I thought the vocals and instrumentals played equal roles in creating the overall sound and essence. I also appreciate that each track was unique and not very repetitive. I was not expecting a track like Battlestar Scralatchtica, but I think it’s a great addition to showcase the musicianship of the group and demonstrate their abilities across genres.

Ok 2/6

I like some of G. Love & Special Sauce's music. I have never loved their first album quite as much as I like some of their later work. Some of this is too close to the Fun Lovin' Criminals for my taste, though G. Love isn't nearly as corny, stupid or useless as that shitty band. Shooting Hoops is a song that feels like an outtake but it's the only really bad song on here. I think this album has a place in the book, because it does combine blues, rap, funk and chill rock into a combination that was somewhat unique at the time, though it doesn't mean people enjoy the sound. As a sound of full disclosure, the rapping over an acoustic/electric guitar is not necessarily my favorite thing to listen to. It's a bit too much liquor store blues on a college campus for my tastes. There are some good songs on here. My favorites are: Things I Used to Do Baby's Got Sauce Cold Beverage This Ain't Living Some Peoples Like That I Love You

I just can't with this guy. Mediocre '90s white boy shit. It's 58 minutes? Somebody thought I needed to listen to this before I die?

If we were doing Oblique Strategies instead of albums, at the end the User Strategy I would suggest is “Make it shorter”. If you are just some band with songs and a style, make your point and go. A lot of mid artists can breeze thru 40’ but are slogging by 50’. Leave ‘em wanting more. It's also customary for distinctive-style so-so bands to have a standout track/signature song, even if not technically a hit, but G doesn't seem concerned about that.

What a weird album to be on this list

Initially mild interest, then just started to drag. Sloppy jazzy, almost rap staple college sound. Different time and place could have been for me so much more, but today just wasn’t there. Don’t have much of an opinion either way to be honest 2 Star

Classic Philly white guy doing borderline appropriating voice inflections

I wanna like it but it's just not quite good enough to fully embrace. 2.5 rounded down cuz they're from Philly.

Man, this was annoying. I used to associate G Love with everything I hated about the puka shell Hollister preppy types who were so annoying in HS. At first, I thought/worried I was just being a hater, and that I was primed to not like this from subconsciously hanging on to those associations. But despite my best efforts to listen with fresh ears, this album is kind of a perfect collection of the musical quirks that annoy me the most - that vocal affectation that white guys do when they're trying a hip hop/dub accent and ends up just sounding like they have a mouth full of peanut butter (number 1 most annoying FWIW), sloppy loose jams, bad improvised guitar solos/playing, long songs that go nowhere, etc. Initially, I got lulled into thinking it was more dull than terrible, but by the time I got to "Shooting Hoops", I was thoroughly irritated. Sounds like Gen-X dads doing some unholy mix of a Grateful Dead/Beastie Boys/Dave Matthews jam at a block party, and I was ready for it to end.

Love this. It's great Sunday pottering music, has some great drumming too

Not totally devoid of merit, it has its own charm

Didn’t enjoy this and cannot appreciate the music, as well. Maybe I’m too young and this music hit different in the 90s but first album I really wanted to end before it was over.

Reminds me of the White Stripes at some points, Beck at others. Not great, not terrible. Pretty woozy, someone described it as like waking up from anaesthesia which is apt. I have 604 albums left, there must be some more 5 star new-to-me albums, I'm dreading how many filler albums like this I have left.

This is bad. Not interesting, time capsule of britpop sounds drowning in averageness. Playing is mid at best, songwriting bad, singing is shit. Then I found out what a pretentious prick luke haines is and had to downgrade from meh not good to fuck this. To have that much ambition and be so average makes you fucking awful and insufferable to boot. Boo

I have no idea what the balls this is. Based on the name, is it rap or dance? Fun Lovin Criminals vibes from the artwork. But I have never heard of these guys, and neither have you. After listening I can confirm that I never heard any of this before. I can also confirm that there were a hundred bands in the 90s who sounded like this - white guys rapping while sounding like they're dealing with a hernia, or trying to curl out a particularly vicious dump. It's Rage Against The Machine without the Rage, Fun Lovin Criminals without the fun, songs without music. There's zero reason this should be on the list given how derivative it is and considering that other groups did it better. That said, you could pick any single one of these songs and tap your toe while staring wistfully out at the sea as the dying embers of your spliff fall away, echoing the dying embers of your musical taste. Sorry, Garry Love, but James from Twin Peaks is much cooler than you.

++: The Things That I Used To Do, Blues Music, Baby's Got Sauce, Shooting Hoops, Town To Town, I Love You +: Rhyme for the Summertime, Walk To Slide, Some Peoples Like That +-: Cold Beverage, Fatman, This Ain't Living - Official Audio -: Garbage Man 6,0/10

Really?

They've always struck me as a band who thinks they're much cooler than they actually are. Unfortunately, I was already familiar with them, as I remember a handful of their songs being somewhat popular in college. They weren't good then, aren't good now.

I'm going to be honest, I would never have put this on if not for this website. Now that I have, it's not that bad? I mean, this kind of white-boy blues-speak rapping can go very, very bad. Like, the worst thing you ever heard bad. This is not that, thankfully. As for the music itself, it's pleasantly chill and vibey enough.

Have managed to nearly get to 50 without hearing or knowing about this album. Terrible name and pretty terrible album. Probably just scraps a 2 as not quite an ear bleeder. Maybe if I knew more about them I would dislike them more.

If you wanted to stereotype early 90s, American college life, this would be your soundtrack. Overly self-important and not a standout song. Boring and as annoying as Dave Matthews.

Mystified why this has been included. Not terrible but achingly average

Not my thing but appreciate the arrangements.

I feel like this reminded me of something else but I couldn't remember what. I quite enjoyed it without anything really standing out as excellent.

White guy with dreads music… The loose, laid back feel of the band is pretty alright at times. I’m not a fan of Mr.Love’s vocal stylings though… not at all.

and this is on the list because……..?

Weed Love And Weed Sauce. 4/5

Not my typical music but was entertaining. Some country vibes which was surprising but made for a more interesting listen.

Weird as hell. I feel like that's owed mostly to the name and that it's labelled R&B/Soul on Apple Music but features three white guys on the cover. Surprisingly good. I enjoyed the riffs and some of the drum fills. Curious to hear the justification for this one in the list.

gets more daring as it goes on, but unfortunately i find it only more grating; and when it backs off, i find it boring.

Jisses, det här var något att bita i! Lite som att man kirurgiskt avlägsnat allt som är det minsta bra med RHCP och fyllt tomrummet med ett ”kompetent” musiklärargroove. Tuff, tuff lyssning. Känns ändå betryggande att man aldrig hört talas om G Love & Special Sauce och förmodligen aldrig kommer göra det igen.

Åh, att vara en amerikansk kille med bra hår i en kortärmad skjorta över en lagom baggy långärmad tröja 1994 och äta ketchup med sina dudes. Sälja 500 000 plattor av ett helt ok album. Yeah man. Visste inte att det fanns en east coast Beck. Åldrats sådär va? Trots att man ju älskar sig en kall. Främsta anledningen till betyget ett är att det här verkligen inte är ett av 1001 album man MÅSTE höra innan man dör. Och för att jag är lite avis på att jag inte fick vara en amerikansk kille i kortärmad skjorta över en lagom baggy långärmad tröja under det lilla chilla historiska fönstret post-kalla kriget, pre-911.

Lite kul ändå? Very white lol

Gillar som fan! Riktigt fint, tungt groove och kul, fritt jammande. Slapp stämning på ett bra sätt. Plus för ståbasen. Kritiken skulle ju kunna lyda ungefär: alla låtar låter väldigt snarlikt. Och det är ju sant. Men spelar det någon roll? I det här fallet tycker jag inte det.

Det enda jag gillar med det här är trummorna.

Näää

Gillar ändå vad jag hör. Påminner om den hiphop jag lyssnade på som ung Manglare. Stark tvåa.

cringe compilation :/

Hjälp mig, jag är fast på ett bängjam med världens skönaste kille och kan inte komma loss.

Not sure what to expect, never heard of album or band. First song starts off weird. Not neccasarily bad but weird. Harmonica solo is cool. For how choppy this is it’s actually pretty catchy. Blues music reminds of beck in a good way. This is another good song. Love the guitar on garbage man. Relatively simple but works so well. It’s another good song. Best one so far I think. The drums on all of these are very interesting, it not just your generic drum beats. Have to appreciate that. Eyed have miles as a whole is just fine, nothing special really. Not a fan of baby’s got sauce. Just a little too cheesy. Really good lyrics on rhyme for summertime. Good song. Cold beverage is fine. I like fatman. Great title and fun song. I like this ain’t living a lot. Classic 90s song. Definitely have heard on the radio before. Walk to slide is fine. Nothing special. Shooting hoops is goofy but also really well written. Don’t feel like it fits on the album. Back in track with some people’s like that, pretty good. Town to town was just fine. I would’ve liked a better ender. I live you is just fine. Overall the album was good not great. 2.8 stars

There are some elements of this album that I enjoy - most of the tracks have a nice bass. But, it feels like the same track on repeat 14 times in a row. I also really don’t like the vocal delivery which, again, barely changes throughout the entire album. Despite its funky bass, this album gets boring very quickly.

For some reason, listening to THIS specific album has made me realize that there are NOT 1,001 albums that ANYONE must hear before we die. There might be 100 such albums. Maybe up to 200? The rest is all just someone's personal preference or albums that they have enjoyed listening to at some point in their life. There's nothing wrong here. Nothing all that overwhelmingly wonderful either. It wasn't a bad way to spend the better part of an hour. But would my life have been any different if I had never heard it? Nah.

Someone’s gotta stop these white boys. Okay, actually, I had fun with this album in spite of how cheesy it is. White boy soul/rap? I should have detested this, but they’re so sincere, I kinda laughed along with it after a while? Harmless! Wild that this album is over 60 minutes when each song is essentially the same, no need for that. But overall, fun!

3/10 Special sauce smells off

Gorgeous - 90s bluesy hip hop, really liked this. It's feels equal marts mature and juvenile, really complex.

How did this make the list?

Just not a good concept for a full length... They are very competent but sound like a good street or party band, baffled by decision to give them an hour of wax

Better in theory than in practice. Grew tiresome at about 4 songs in. But it's not completely shite. I could imagine listening to this in an inattentive way: back ground dabs and I'm doing something way more interesting. But the vibes might be needed. 3 solid balls of fire.

Music for kids whose parents gave them a weed allowance in college.

I enjoyed the guitar and drums on this the rap was a bit of a miss for me. Definitely not something I would usually listen to but it was fine, one and done.

I laughed out loud when the harmonica hit in track 1

Need to hear it again.

- It's too easy to go after these guys for some of you; it was 1994, it was a breath of fresh air with a stand-up bass. This one holds up and certainly makes the list. It's not perfect but it's pretty damn good. -

This is the first I hear of G. Love and the first couple if minutes were creating a cringe response, but as the tracks progressed I was able to appreciate the talent needed to execute this. It's also not just another band attempting this combination of rap and blues-rock, it's the beginning of the sound. My mind went back to Flobots, but this project precedes that by a lot. This is from 1994, mentally I was allocating this about 10 years ahead of its actual release. So overall it feels gritty in a silly way, the blues influence is strong and works pretty well with the lineup, mostly bass and drums. G. Love's vocal execution isn't my favorite, but I don't hate it. Kind of got this slick white guy vibe, open mic jazz poetry kind of thing. It's a mood and it's a solid project for the mood. I'm impressed with the sound. I still wonder if, when I ~am~ in the mood for something like this, I'll reach for this or Flobots, Bluezeum, or even a more refined approach like Gorillaz. 3.3/5

Muy bueno la verdá, e como Reynosa, pero sin la e y sin la a, si eso tiene sentido.

Retour en 1994, une année charnière, bordel. Je venais de fêter mes 24 piges et je passais essentiellement mes journées à la radio à trier des piles de promos et mes soirées à me détruire les tympans sur des trucs improbables. Kurt venait de se faire sauter le caisson, laissant une génération en chemises à carreaux orpheline et un vide sidéral que l'industrie du disque essayait de combler avec n'importe quel groupe capable d'aligner trois accords en distorsion. On bouffait du post-grunge au kilomètre, de la Britpop qui commençait à pointer son nez arrogant, et le Hip-Hop de la côte Est qui devenait de plus en plus sombre et cinématographique avec Illmatic ou le Wu-Tang. Et au milieu de ce capharnaüm sonore, de cette guerre des tranchées entre le rock dépressif et le rap hardcore, débarque un ovni total. Un truc qui n'avait rien à foutre là, sur le papier, un blanc-bec de Philadelphie, Garrett Dutton de son vrai nom, qui se fait appeler G. Love, accompagné d'un groupe au nom de condiment : Special Sauce. À l'époque, quand j'ai découvert ce disque, j'avoue que j'ai levé un sourcil. La pochette, avec ce type affalé qui a l'air d'avoir passé la nuit à fumer des trucs pas légaux dans une arrière-cour, ça sentait le "slacker" à plein nez. Vous savez, cette esthétique du "je-m'en-foutisme" propre aux années 90, glorifiée par Beck. D'ailleurs, la comparaison avec Beck est inévitable. "Mellow Gold" est sorti la même année. Sauf que là où Beck bricolait des samples dans sa cuisine avec une attitude arty-bizarre, G. Love, lui, ramenait le truc à la racine : le trottoir. Ce disque, c'est l'invention du "Hip-Hop Blues" acoustique, c'est une anomalie temporelle. On est face à un trio : une guitare acoustique, une contrebasse (tenue par le génial Jimi "Jazz" Prescott) et une batterie minimaliste (Jeffrey "The Houseman" Clemens). Pas de samples, pas de machines, pas de production léchée à la Dr. Dre. Juste trois mecs qui jamment comme s'ils étaient posés sur le porche d'une baraque délabrée en train de siroter des bières tièdes. Et c'est dans un flow traînant, paresseux, une sorte de drawl nasillard qui semble couler de la bouche sans aucun effort que réside tout le charme ou le génie accidentel, de ce disque. Car G. Love ne rappe pas comme un MC de New York, il fait un genre de spoken word de clochard céleste, du bluesman de la génération X qui aurait troqué le pacte avec le diable contre une carte d'abonnement au terrain de basket du quartier. Parce que oui, c'est un putain d'album de Blues, mais du blues urbain, décontracté, qui sent l'asphalte chaud et les après-midis à rien foutre. C'est ça qui m'a frappé à l'époque, et qui me frappe encore aujourd'hui en le réécoutant. Moi qui suis pourtant client de musiques sombres, torturées, industrielles ou bruitistes, cet album agit comme un remède, une parenthèse enchantée. C'est solaire, mais pas niais, c'est crade, mais accueillant. Musicalement, c'est d'une efficacité redoutable. La contrebasse est le véritable moteur de l'album, elle est ronde, chaude, elle groove sa mère. C'est elle qui donne cette couleur "jazz de rue" qui permet à l'album de ne pas sonner comme une simple parodie acoustique. Il y a une vraie musicalité là-dedans, une alchimie de groupe qu'on ne peut pas fabriquer artificiellement. Ça joue "loose", ça flotte, mais ça retombe toujours sur ses pattes, c'est ce qu'on appelle le groove, le vrai. Mais parlons des tubes, "Cold Beverage", putain, "Cold Beverage". Si cette chanson n'est pas l'hymne officiel de la glande estivale, je ne sais pas ce qu'il vous faut. C'est juste l'histoire d'un mec qui veut une boisson fraîche. C'est tout, pas de message politique, pas de torture existentielle à la Thom Yorke, juste la soif. Et ça marche, le rythme est contagieux, ça donne envie de taper du pied et d'ouvrir une canette. Et puis il y a "Baby's Got Sauce", probablement le morceau le plus emblématique. La ligne de basse est criminelle et le flow de G. Love est à son apogée, racontant ses déboires amoureux avec une nonchalance qui frise l'insolence. C'est drôle, c'est frais, c'est irrésistible et on sent l'influence de tout un pan de la culture américaine, du blues du Delta jusqu'au phrasé des Beastie Boys, le tout passé à la moulinette d'un jam acoustique. C'est aussi un album important pour ce qu'il a engendré, pour le meilleur et pour le pire. Sans G. Love, pas de Jack Johnson (qu'il a d'ailleurs découvert), pas de Jason Mraz, et pas toute cette vague de "surf folk" qui a inondé les années 2000. Alors oui, on peut lui en vouloir d'avoir ouvert la porte à des trucs beaucoup plus fades par la suite, mais on ne peut pas reprocher à l'original d'avoir du caractère. G. Love avait cette crasse, ce côté "street" que ses successeurs en shorts beiges n'ont jamais eu. Dans le magasin de disques où je bossais à la fin des années 90, cet album était une valeur sûre. C'était le disque de consensus car tu pouvais le vendre au mec qui écoutait du A Tribe Called Quest et qui voulait un truc plus organique, comme au fan de Ben Harper, ou au rockeur qui voulait faire une pause entre deux albums de Rage Against The Machine. C'est un disque qui traverse les barrières sociales : ça s'écoute en skate, en bagnole, en soirée, ou le dimanche matin pour soigner la gueule de bois. Il y a aussi une certaine honnêteté là-dedans qui fait du bien. G. Love ne prétend pas être un gangster, il ne prétend pas être un bluesman maudit du Mississippi qui a ramassé du coton (ce serait ridicule). Il est juste un gars de Philadelphie qui aime le basket, les femmes et la musique, et qui raconte sa vie avec ses mots et sa guitare bon marché. C'est cette authenticité "low cost" qui fait que l'album vieillit super bien, contrairement à beaucoup de productions de 1994 qui sonnent datées avec leurs caisses claires énormes et leurs effets de studio, le son de Special Sauce reste intemporel parce qu'il est brut. C'est du son de pièce et on a l'impression d'être assis avec eux. Alors, pourquoi "seulement" 4 sur 5 et pas la note maximale ? Peut-être parce que sur la longueur, le style peut devenir un poil répétitif. Le flow monocorde de G. Love, aussi charmant soit-il, peut lasser si on n'est pas dans le bon mood. Et puis, soyons honnêtes, ce n'est pas l'album qui a changé la face de la musique comme un "Nevermind" ou un "Loveless". C'est un album de "confort", un album "doudou", pas une révolution copernicienne. Mais bordel, qu'est-ce qu'on s'y sent bien. C'est un disque qui a capturé une ambiance très précise de 1994 : cette envie de lâcher prise, de ne pas se prendre au sérieux, de mélanger les genres sans se poser de questions. C'est le chaînon manquant entre le hip-hop Golden Age et le rock indé lo-fi. Si vous ne l'avez jamais écouté, imaginez-vous affalé dans un canapé défoncé, une bière à la main, le soleil qui tape sur le bitume, avec trois potes qui jouent de la musique sans prétention mais avec un groove d'enfer. C'est ça, G. Love & Special Sauce. En résumé : c'est cool, c'est fluide, c'est le blues du mec blanc qui a le rythme dans la peau mais qui a la flemme de se lever. Un indispensable de toute discothèque qui se respecte, juste à côté de vos albums de Beastie Boys et de vos vieux vinyles de John Lee Hooker. Allez, filez-moi une boisson fraîche, il fait soif.

This record came out the summer of my senior year in HS, back when you put a CD in the player and listened to it start to finish. I have fond memories of GLove’s funky beats. This was a fun one to listen.

unfortunately i hate this guys voice…….

This record got some pretty scathing reviews on this site. I’m not really sure why considering how many of the records on this site are just pure dross. And this really isn't one of those. Granted, this is not the record I’m going to listen to with a whole lot of intentionality or revisit often. But it’s enjoyable. It’s kind of great as background music, with the occasional track that demands some of my attention. 3.7/5

Listened Before? N I've heard of these dudes but never listened. This was a cool laid-back nostalgia trip. I really enjoyed it. I see why it was popular with college kids in the 90s. There probably wasn't anything else like it. Cold Beverage rules. Added to Library? Y Songs added to playlist: Cold Beverage

I tried one track and did not like his style of singing.

Pretty nice rock

I was kind of expecting a bit more chill easy going vibes but this felt like G. Love had a spicier attitude with these songs than other work of his I heard. 3.5 and goin.

Seems like the kind of band I'd enjoy thoroughly out at a bar or restaurant, then never think about again.

Problem. I found this so unbelievably boring that sitting here trying to write anything about it 7 hours later is proving difficult. I genuinely remember pretty much nothing about it, I literally forgot it as I was listening.

This is terrible. How were they not completely embarrassed putting this out? It's not even 1-star horrible, it's just so lame and cringe.

Pretty specific music for a very specific time. Pretty mellow, but not great. 2/5

I hadn't heard this before. I enjoyed it

Good instrumental parts... The voice is not annoying. But I was bored

The best, loosest, grooviest stuff.

This got really annoying after one song. Why is this SO long?

Fuck yeah

5/10 Favourite: Baby's Got Sauce Least Favourite: I Love You

Keeping those white boy blues alive.

Probably an artist I would have liked more if I had listened to more albums beyond the singles that got radio.

Maybe it's personal taste but all the songs on this album started to sound the same to me. I got a little bored and sleepy

I always liked “Cold Beverages”, but never really got into them more than that. After listening to this album in its entirety I’ve discovered that it is actually really good all the way through and I was missing out for a long time. It’s funky, bluesy… very not typical for 1994, but I love that about them. Overall this was a great experience.

I dont understand why this is on here, its crap

I get what it's going for, but an hour of the same thing was too much. It wasn't bad, very of a time, not great either.

Really enjoyed the blues and hip hop collaboration and the album was really chilled , much better than anticipated

Not bad.

Hoooooly Jesus I G. Loved the crap out of this. Apparently I'm in the minority here but gah damn this dude can groove. I get that it's kind of "lazy" feeling, but I think it contributes to an aesthetic that really works for me. Rebel Without A Cause type beat. As a big Beck fan, this is kind of giving a more musically-inclined Beck. What's not to love. I will say, the album ever so slightly overstays its welcome and those last two songs aren't the greatest thing since sliced bread; but who cares. I dig the special sauce. Indeed I do.

What a cool slice of the 90's I have never heard of before. Enjoyed all of it and is a bit unique in this list and is a bit different probably makes it stand out from the crowd.

Sounds 90s, beck and butthole surfers with some jazz. Like the vibe, got kind of repetitive

Not bad have never heard it before intriguing worth a second listen.

Soort rock- hip hop hybride. Goed maar wat langdradig. 3.5/5

what's this, more 90s MTV bubble gum music boring skip skip skip

Never heard this, but so many bands when I was in a band in the mid nineties adopted a sound like this. I have to acknowledge it's ingenuity while admitting it's not my thing. Probably 2.5 for me, but bumping.

Good grief they have a song called Shooting Hoops. Trying so hard to be cool and laid back I have my suspicions they throw a strop backstage if their cheese and ham sandwiches aren't cut into triangles.

This just got worse and worse the longer it went on. They try so hard and completely fail to blend genres that just don't belong together, and it just makes the whole experience a complete mess.

Pretty good - Casey would love this I reckon, sounds a bit Sublimey

Nope. I can’t do it. It was all I could do to finish one listen. I have no idea why this album is on the list. They’re known for their “sloppy” and “laid back” sound, which is why it sounds like they aren’t really taking the music seriously. If they don't care so much about their own music, why should I? The actual music is alright, I guess. It’s that kind of Sublime-type music, neo-hippie music that was popular for a couple of years in the 1990s. But G. Love, the vocalist, is one of the more annoying “singers” I’ve ever heard. I’m not sure he doesn’t have a speech impediment, which is why I won’t go all in on his terribleness. It could be I just don’t get it, but seeing as how we haven’t heard of old G. Love in the last 30 years, I’m probably closer to how everyone feels about this album. I can only assume the author of 1,001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die is a relative of G. Love or was really into this band as an impressionable teenager. They stink, like bad. Stink, stank, stunk. Don’t listen to this album, not even as a joke or to make fun of it.

Boring

Well this one is surprising to see on the list. If you were listening with broken headphones, you might think you were hearing early Beck (before he hit his stride) outtakes with his characteristic blend of blues, 90s indie rock and hip hop. This is one of those albums that's sort of cringeworthy, but also a bit infectuous. For every song I was looking to get over with, I found myself tapping my feet to the next one. It has redeemable elements, mostly with the music. The vocals are a bit rough, though intentionally so. G Love strikes me as the kind of guy you'd find on a college campus who seems very cool at first, but increasingly self-centered and obnoxious. Put another way, I see the appeal but in a limited sense. I can tolerate him long enough to enjoy a handful of tracks, but I can't really justify the inclusion on the list.

Just okay

Good music. Lyrics didn’t grab me.

Not my favorite. Very repetitive and low energy. Liked some of the stuff that was inspired by it though.

WHO? I mean I obviously know the household name of “G. Sauce” but Special Sauce? Oh wait it’s “G. Love.” Literally looking right at it. Whatever. 57 minute duration and a recommendation for a “funk rock” playlist looming like a horror movie jump scare, I pray for the end times. The end of this album that is. The other end times are almost assuredly here. Technology has finally caught up to human hubris and we can really do it this time!! The Things That I Used to Do - Prominent double bass is good. Uh oh. This is feeling Sublime. Please notice the capitalization there. The concept of something being sublime versus the band of the same moniker are two very different things. Blues Music - This is a minor improvement, even if it is just an interpolation of that Buffalo Springfield song. The vocals remain cold, grisly death and they are contributing to the further degradation of my already dying brain. Garbage Man - Hit the vocalist with a dart gun. We were in a nice little groove until we have this white guy sass rapping. Eyes Have Miles - The thousand yard stare. Makes sense. That’s where I’m at. I’ve directed a lot of deserved hate at the singer, but the guitarist is also a hack. Baby’s Got Sauce - Gross. Oh my GOD this sucks. Stop doing this accent. Confidence is overrated. Bring back shame. Rhyme for the Summertime - man it’s continuing like this hey? I wish this had more of a parody tone but I can’t even laugh at it. Cold Beverage - Yeah could I get a splash of arsenic in there? Thanks barkeep. Fatman - Nobody in this band is fat. I can tell from how nothing is funky or cool. This Ain’t Living - Apparently this is the “official audio.” I would hate to hear the unlicensed bootleg audio of this track. Actually, in order to harm this band, I think I might want to get a pirated copy of this song. Even better if it contains a Limewire-esque ad midway, then even better. Walk to Slide - The open mic night is starting to clear out. Friends of the band (Honorary Special Saucers) are the only remaining patrons. Well, and me. I am strapped to a chair screaming against the duct tape that was placed over my panicked maw around track 2. Shooting Hoops - Were playin’ Bas-Ket-Ball. I can’t even believe this isn’t a parody. Hey guys I know about basketball players! Please accept me. Some Peoples Like That - More shitty white pseudo-blues. Town to Town - Like the reaper goes door to door. I Love You - Oh no. Oh heavens no. Does he have a horrible speech impediment? I can’t wait for this to end. CEO’s son’s Ivy League Jam Band featuring white guy Caribbean tinged raps. I’ll let you decide if that’s something you’d be into. Wait, no I won’t, this is my review. I would rather listen to a dentist drill than music that even approximately fits the first sentence of this paragraph. G Sauce and the Special Bros or whatever fit it to a tee. This is Sublime for people who listen to NPR. This is music for the type of guy who will randomly freestyle rap while out with his friends. It’s for the guy who gets really angry at board game nights. One more, it’s for guys whose favourite rapper is Lin Manuel Miranda. This was gross. I need a shower. 0.5 HIGHLIGHTS: Rapturous Booing

Hasn't held up quite as well as I thought it would since I was 17, but still some jams.

Rubbish

I don't really like Beck, seems like off-brand Beck

Just barely > the Beatles I haven't heard the words G. Love and Special Sauce in forever. Was pleasantly surprised. It's fine. It's unique. There's something there, it's not fully for me but I respect it. If they were English, there would be 3 albums on this list.

I enjoyed it way back when it was released. But presently it’s meh. However, I loved one review that loved this album because of the great memories it invoked. So extra point for bringing joy to someone.

Interesting album. This is the type of thing I look to this list for. Genre-mashed good vibe albums that I would never discover on my own. It had a slacker feel, almost like a Beck precursor

They were fun to see at a summer festival, but seem a little ephemeral for this list.

This exceeded by expectations and indeed had a little special sauce to it. Although it may have got a little redundant at times, I thought the album had a pretty cool vibe to it; a mixture of blues, funk, and early hip-hop. Top tracks: Garbage Man, Baby's Got Sauce, Cold Beverage

Philadelphia representation but at what cost? Terribly Port Richmond coded. Listening to this felt like being pelted with hackeysacks. The bluesy backing has a nice tone to it but the rap-rock beatbox scat stuff was never ending. Beck did a little bit of that on Loser & Odelay but that's chill because he goes into it - this is trapped in that one mode. Fascinating that this is even listed in the 1001, which critics argued for its inclusion?

This band manages something impressive: it takes a bunch of musical elements that I love, blends them, and creates something abominable. Good job.

Music wasn’t completely terrible, but lost points for having the stupidest fucking name I’ve ever heard. McDipshit and the Jizz would’ve been better. It makes me sick.

I don't mind the instrumental, it gives chill vibes although it is not particular good but not horrendous either. The lyrics are not creative at all and ruin it.

Not my typical style but can see why it may be influential. 3/5