After a quick listen to Cutting Edge's "Humongously Yours," I was reminded of a rap artist from back in the 1980s named Grandmaster Flash and the song "The Message."
Most of the songs on "Humongously Yours" were just as cheesy.
The first track, titled "It's Time," is one of longest songs on the album, but it could have been a lot shorter if the overuse of the title during the song had been eliminated.
In fact, the only understandable lyrics in this song are the words, "It's time," and this didn't make for easily listening to the background of loud and unruly guitar parts.
"We the people trusted you to represent us," are the opening lyrics to the next track -"Judas of D.C.," a song that doesn't show a lot of vocal ability on the part of lead vocalist "The Pezz."
Sure, the guitar parts were loud and proud, but anyone can talk to a background, music record it in a studio and cut an album.
What's so special about "The Pezz" chanting in a rough, monotone voice to blaring guitars?
Not a thing.
"Lawmakers, Lawbreakers" was another track with chanting of the song's title, which by this point of the disc had become an old concept.
In a nutshell, this song is just whining about members of law enforcement who are actually "the real" lawbreakers.
It's been done, and if you disagree, just listen to any song from Rage Against the Machine.
Cutting Edge can't seem to make up its mind on where it stands on the issue of the police because the song after "Lawmakers, Lawbreakers" is titled "Love the Police."
First Cutting Edge criticizes law enforcement and then says its listeners should love the police.
Most of this tune is music and not singing (or talking, in the case of this group), and this song is complete with police sirens in the background, something that has also been done by other artists.
Cutting Edge went even farther on its use of cliche rap tactics by having sounds of a beating heart followed by a flat line at the end of "Heart Failure."
Too bad the whole CD couldn't have flat-lined after track one.
Don't let a purchase of "Humongously Yours" burn a hole in your pocket. Unless, of course, you want a good laugh.
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