Greatest Hits will no doubt be one of the bandâ€™s greatest hits. And all the while there's a crowd of people singing along. With experience with illegal substances, jail time, and one night stands, Sublime creates an arsenal of topics to write about and appeals to not only teenage badasses, but also the scum of the earth. Near the end of the album, Bradley blasts a bout of the blues through the dirty Freeway Time in LA County Jail. Gwen Stefanie makes duets with Nowell in Saw Red, a blasting ska love song. And while the band is constantly changing speed and style, there isnâ€™t one noticeable mistake anywhere on the album. As one of the albumâ€™s gems, it begins with a rocking intro, slows down into a reggae verse, speeds up into a ska-like bridge, and then gets back to rocking. STP, which is short for Secret Tweaker Pad, is a prime example. Naturally, the music blends elements of reggae, ska, dub, rock, hip-hop and pretty much any other genre you can imagine. Steady B Loop Dub even contains a snippet of Sublimeâ€™s earlier hit, Badfish. Lincoln Highway Dub, for example, shows hints of what would later become the bandâ€™s superhit Santeria. While a lot of the tracks are dubs and purely instrumental, this doesnâ€™t take away from the genius of frontman Bradley Nowell. Samples of Bob Marley, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Barrington Levy, The Doors, and even Scarface can be found somewhere within the album. Even with the low production value, Robbinâ€™ the Hood does a great job of piecing together other artistsâ€™ music with Sublimeâ€™s.

In response to fansâ€™ accusations that Sublime was selling-out, Robbinâ€™ the Hoodâ€™s cover proudly exclaims that it includes â€œ13 self-produced 4-track home recordings.â€ Though this technique would severely compromise the quality of the album, it was a necessary precaution for the band to prove they were not in this for the money. However, what the band produced in between these two breaking points in their career is really what makes the band, is it not? And here we have the midpoint of Sublimeâ€™s career, executed in true Sublime fashion. to Freedom, and their self-titled swan song, Sublime. Sublime are known for their amazing debut, 40 Oz. Though this crazy lifestyle would eventually lead to the death of lead singer Bradley Nowell, it seemed to work well with the band for the time being. Sublime was a band who would show up to their own concerts so drunk they could hardly make it through their sets, a band who openly sings about taking recreational drugs, and one who are well known for their couldnâ€™t-care-less attitude. While this small excerpt of his lyrics may seem a bit odd in a ska album, they are rather funny, are they not? And, even if the little clips have nothing to do with Sublime or their music, they really explain what Sublime was all aboutâ€¦fun. Who Raliegh was and why his soliloquies were included on a Sublime album may forever remain a mystery, but nevertheless he is there and angry as ever. I hope your recording thisâ€¦â€ â€“ Raleigh Soliloquy Pt. Now get 'em over here as fast as you can please. That's a pre-programming for the police department! And send 'em over here, 'cause I'm about to kill him in two seconds. Which is a science fiction magazine! And he's trying to scare me 'cause he thinks he's big, but he's just a big pile of ***! 'Cause I'll splatter him all over the ***in' wall. He is standing in my door, I told him to get out of here, and he tells me he's gonna put me in the psycho-tank, for making my production here. Â€œI would like an emergency call please, there's a psychopathic trying to kill me in my ***in' room, now get them cops over here to 1-2-3-O-9 Ventura Street please. Review Summary: Bradley Nowell is Nostradamus.

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