The debauchery filled Funkoars are back with “The Hangover”, their third full length release. Hons, Sesta, Trial and Reflux return with more punches, flow, laughs, drinking tales and sexual references than a dodgy stoner comedy. So is this a bad hangover or the type that makes you wanna crack a fresh one and keep going?

Well lyrically the topics are still pretty much the same, but why change something that they do so well? Trials still comes with lines that will either have you laugh or cringe such as “It can’t be/so big when ya piss you gotta shake more than Ali”. Hons spits about gambling and drinking. Sesta spits about how amazing he is and drinking. Trials spits about chicks scared of the dick and drinking. This is not to say the album is full of simple lyrics and topics, quite the opposite, all three emcees have untouchable flow and twist words around in ways that make you grin. The biggest testament to this is probably that they can make you listen and hang on each word even if it is on similar grounds in regards to topics and on top of this; shit is fun to listen to. This is the definitive get mates around, drink and play this shit loud album.

Production wise there is a fuller sound to this album, more of everything. Lots of guitar rock style licks, heavy drums, soul samples and big bass combine to deliver a full sound not really like anything released in this country but certainly with a signature funk that the oars always bring. Sesta and Trials share all the production credits bar one beat from Suffa. One thing that is notable are the hooks are a lot more intense this time around, anthem chants, big crowd sing along style hooks dominate in tracks such as “Reign on the masses”, “Lock Me Up”, “Bootleg It” and “Show Money”. You can easily picture the Oars on crowd control with quality shit like this, live, it will be huge.

The Hangover certainly will give Funkoars fans what they are after and will probably grab the ears of some new-comers. Full of big beats, quality quotable lines and an overall sense of fun, this album will certainly lead to few hangovers in itself and while the saying says “avoid hangovers, stay drunk”, I would say in this instance grab this hangover; but still stay drunk fuckers.

By Gareth M