Disco de Flobots: “Fight With Tools”

Hear this: Don't just buy "Handlebars". Save yourself a few bucks and just click on "Buy MP3 album". You'll be glad you did.

You've come for the catchy tune, but you'll stay for its catchier & stirring lyrics. They're filling a much needed void in my music library left by Rage Against The Machine's impromptu disappearing act.

If you do some searching you'll find rap/hip hop is making a comeback or a throwback to when it said something. Rappers like Flobots, Eyedea & Abilities, Dead Prez, and many others are rhyming about issues, politics, and making change like the man in the mirror. Switching it up from bling bling to something with meaning. Rappers like Flobots aren't just fighting for your right to party but are fighting for your rights.

Checking out the oil in your Cadillac spilling isn't cool anymore it's just Ludacris.

The sweat dripping from people around the world isn't from skeet skeet skeeting but from stress stress stressing from watching the news we are one nation under a groove we might as well get down just for the funk of it.

Flobots aren't hardcore or negative their stuff does have a message, is honest, and not crazy complex. Wolf Blitzer will not have them on his I pod. They also follow these lyrics with good beats mixed in with some instruments via violin in some instances.

Very highly recommended.

If you haven't heard of the Flobots before, then I strongly encourage you to check them out. This album is their first full album, but sounds like they have been at it a long time. The sounds and ideas that will fill your head are bold and thought provoking. I must say they are one in their own genre and fuse many types of music with a important message.

Nice to hear an rap album that isn't about money, women, and material things. Plus with the mix of guitars, drums, violin, and trumpet makes for an interesting sound. I know conservatives probably wouldn't like the lyrics, but it's good to see a band voice their opinion in a time where hypocrisy is alive and well in our national government.

I am proud they are from the state I live in and hope they get their voices heard. I recommend this CD to anyone.

It's bands like the Flobots that emerge when the world is struggling to survive which really get the people moving. This band really gets my emotions flowing with their desperate plea to STAND UP! They are the exact opposite of anti-american. They are fighting for the America that we have lost. I could listen to this CD over and over again. I already have. I really recommend it.

Also, I am not generally a fan of hip hop :)