I really need to cast preconceived notions of this album aside. They were popular when I was in high school and liking the put you in a specific social category. For that reason, I never went there. But, as time has gone on my opinion of the band has changed. They’re actually not very different from the other bands of that era. Now, years later, here I am listening to it earnestly and it kind of rocks. The tortured breathy singing is laughable, but fun. The energy is great. I remember liking Got the Life, and that hasn’t changed much. Fun song. Seems like the album really just got worse from there (song 3 lol). The homophobia is definitely not cool. I was unaware of the hip hop elements of this album.