Everything Sucks (Reel Big Fish album) and The Pack (group): Difference between pages

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Everything Sucks was [[Reel Big Fish]]'s first full-length album. It was recorded at Sound Art Studios in 1994 and 1995, and released in 1995 on Reel Big Fish's independent label [[Piss-Off Records]]. The album was engineered by John Gregorius.

| band_name = The Pack

| image = [[Image:Thepack.jpg|200px]]

| caption = Cover of their mixtape album, Wolfpack Muzik Vol. 2

| origin = [[Berkeley, California]]

| country = [[United States]]

| music_genre = [[Hip hop]], [[Hyphy]]

| record_label = [[Jive Records]]

| current_members = Young L, Lil Uno, Lil B, Young Stunna

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The Pack, formerly known as the Wolfpack, is a rap group from [[Berkeley, California]]. The group consists of Lil Uno, Lil B, Young L, and Young $tunna. The Pack was discovered by the veteran rapper [[Too $hort]] in 2005 while listening to one of their songs in a car as he was being driven to a show. He quickly went on a Bay wide hunt to find the group and sign them to his Up All Nite/ Zomba/ Jive record label.

The Pack's hit song "Vans" is number 23 on the top 30 hip hop charts, played on 65 hip hop stations nationwide and on 35 pop stations nationwide. The song featured a chorus of "Got my Vans on, but they look like sneakers; Wearing coke white but my Vans are cleaner." which many thought was synthesized, but was in fact the unedited voice of a real high school student. Their video "Vans" has been aired on BET but MTV refused to show the video for advertisement reasons. However, [[MTV]] airs an edited version of the video, in which the word "Vans" is censored in throughout the song. MTV's decision created controversy, with many accusing the network of a double standard.[http://www.eastbayexpress.com/Issues/2006-09-06/music/close2thaedge.html]<blockquote>

An E.P. version of the album was released by [[Mojo Records]] after Reel Big Fish released [[Turn the Radio Off]]. The full album was re-released by Mojo in 2000, with a slightly altered tracklist. The original album is long out of print, and highly sought after by Reel Big Fish fans.

Several commentators on [Clyde] Smith's site[http://www.prohiphop.com/] pointed to other rap songs with overtly commercial messages bordering on product placement, such as Run-DMC's "My Adidas," Nelly's "[[Air Force Ones]]," and Busta Rhymes, P. Diddy, and Pharrell's "Pass the Courvoisier." Many questioned MTV's censorship policy, noting that "[[My Adidas]]" and "Pass the Courvoisier" aired on the channel, while BET aired "[[Air Force Ones]]."

Most of the songs on this record could be classified as "low fi"; they were recorded when Reel Big Fish was still maturing as a band (some members were still in high school). The majority of the tracks were re-recorded for [[Turn the Radio Off]] and [[Why Do They Rock So Hard?]].

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A remix was made to the "Vans" song featuring Mistah F.A.B. and Too $hort. Their debut EP, entitled [[Skateboards 2 Scrapers]], released on [[December 19]], [[2006]].[http://www.myspace.com/wolfpackmusik] Their single [[Vans]] received the number 5 spot on [[Rolling Stone]] Top 100 songs of the year for 2006. Their second single ''I'm Shinin''' also can be seen on [[Yahoo]] Music.

The cover art is a photograph of [[Matt Wong]]'s younger sister and dog.

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A few of the songs on this album were on their 1994 demo "[[Buy This!]]".

==Discography==

===Albums===

*'''[[Skateboards 2 Scrapers]]''' (2006)

Singles:

**2006: "[[Vans]]" <small>(Produced by Young L)</small>

**2006: "I'm Shinin'"

**2006: "Ride My Bike"

*'''Gangsters & Strippers''' (2006)

**2006: "Booty Bounce Bopper" <small>(Produced by Young L)</small>

== External links ==

*[http://www.myspace.com/wolfpackmusik Official MySpace page.]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhGO5f8gdWQ Original "Vans" music video on [[YouTube.com]]]

*[http://www.urbnmix.net/index.php/music-video-code/pack_the_im_shinin/ "Im Shinin" Music Video]

[[Category:San Francisco Bay Area hip hop groups]]

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