I’ve had the new Looptroop album for about one week now. I listen to it daily and put it in my mp3-player as well. The record is titled Good things and is the latest since the 2005 release Fort Europa.

Good things is continuing on the track Looptroop have been on earlier with a mix between political and working class lyrics and a healthy dose of party.

Unfortunately this record is somewhat filled with bleak repeats of their earlier songs. A lot of David&Goliath and long arm of the law is thrown in and is unfortunately not feeling very refreshing.
The song I like best on the record is The Building which also is the first single/video from Good things. It’s about the different classes in the society and misunderstandings between neighbors.

Another song to stand out but not in a good way is a cover of Bon Jovi’s Living on a prayer. It wasn’t good the first time around and I skip it in my playlist every time. Just gives me the chills.

Rome is a song about the city that never sleeps and is generally a smack down on all bad things in life. Another song that kind of stands out is a piece with Timbuktu called Naïve and circles around being bullied.

All in all I don’t think this record has any given hits and it’s much tamer in it’s lyrics than previous releases from Looptroop. It’s not a bad album, just not as interesting.

A guest post by SaraJessica