Sparrow Love Crew - Burgertime

I’d like to wager a decent amount of anything that it is next to impossible to not love a group as mercilessly entertaining as Sparrow Love Crew. Onto the group’s first hard release, Burgertime is the collected efforts of SLC’s past 2 years on the stage and in the studio. Those lucky enough to have known about these guys for the past few years have probably sinked their teeth into a few unofficial releases that have been circulating among friends & fans. But, this album is accomplishing two things–1) Giving the group’s almost religiously addicted fans a lost lusted over payoff of the tracks that weren’t even publicly downloadable until now, and 2) serving as an introduction to new fans and future followers of Sparrow’s uniquely amazing style of story telling and party hype. To say that these guys kill every stage they step on is an understatement. And although this album IS a lot of fun to listen to, it does not do their energy any bit of justice. If you like them on CD, you’ll love them on stage–It’s a rule of thumb that is almost always the opposite when comparing studio to live performances. Just look at Blink182. Burgertime is made up 7 tracks, all of which are suitable to bust your speakers at any given time. The jammiest of jams on the album a track called ‘Naidu’, which is about meeting an indian kid, named for the title, and taking him to a party. This insight was courtesy of rhyme sayer Mikey Brixx who manned the mic for the first verse on the track. I personally find automatic love for any hip-hop track with a flute that trills up and down a scale. With a deadly combination of electro influenced hip-hop instrumentals, catchy-as-fuck hooks, and squeaky clean scratches from the group’s DJ Opi Styles, the album proves to be infectious and entertaining. The beats are tightly compressed organizations of 80s-esque synth riffs worthy of an off-white Lamborghini cruisin’ down the coast at sunset or any Sega Genesis game having to do with Miami street crime. Cough cough Streets Of Rage cough cough. Technically, the only fault of the album as a whole is the mic quality. The vocals come off a bit flat & quiet. I’ve been assured that this is a characteristic only found on Sparrow’s older material due to the equipment available at the time. ‘Style Like This’ is the album’s fourth track, and undoubtely single-worthy. These neon-shoed orgy starters will be big, and you should get on board sooner rather than later.

You can peep and buy the album on iTunes HERE or mail order that beast HERE.