Multilingualism aside, the album gets a bit pedestrian when it's trying too hard, but when simply flowing, it's undeniably hot. Ad-Rock from the Beastie Boys shows up in "(Can't) 'Bake' That 'Fape'" but serves primarily as a foil for the Boyz, who cover a range of styles from Soul'd Out's Diggy Mo to Nitro Microphone Underground to hints of Zack de la Rocha. Pharrell and Busta Rhymes nearly steal the show in "Zock On!," but the Boyz themselves still find room to fit in. Kanye West joins in for "Teriya-King" and mixes a heavy chant and thump with harder-edged deliveries from the Teriyaki Boyz themselves. Where the band really shines, however, is in the more original material, regardless of who's producing it. It's in the pieces that cater most to an American audience (such as "Tokyo Drift") that the tone goes to its simplest - an Auto-Tunes-laced ballad in the Jermaine Dupri-produced "Sweet Girl" and the Chris Brown-heavy "Work That," with its mix of Daft Punk-style backing tracks and Dirty South edge. The aesthetic is full, verging on a wall of sound approach - there's always aural activity here, from basic drum machines to chanted backups to a stray but well-placed gamelan (in a soundtrack bit from a Fast and Furious movie). ![]() ![]() The changes made? Some additional English in the lyrics, and a veritable slew of American hip-hop producers involved. With Serious Japanese, the band made a major-label release worldwide in conjunction with a domestic release. For their second album, the Teriyaki Boyz decided to try moving out of the purely Japanese market.
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