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Title: Not for the trendy
Review: "40 oz.'s" really is the better of the two "real" Sublime releases. It's a religious staple for those of us who dug Sublime before major airplay attacked, and before Brad died. I was 12 when I heard "Date Rape" get played at night on KROQ here in L.A, and five years later Sublime, especially 40 oz's, has yet to get old. The entire album - all 70 minutes - has that staying power, no matter how many times you spin the disc in your player. It's rougher than "Sublime", but cleaner than "Robbin' the Hood" - and it's Brad at his poetic best. It's heavy and moody and funny and frenetically paced and everything one would expect from Sublime. "Scarlet Begonias" is great, and "Right Back", "What Happened", and "Ebin" are tight. I particularly enjoyed the riff they did on the Descendents' "Hope". This is definately one of the key albums of the 90s, and you'd all be fools not to pick this one up.
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