Artist: "Macho Man" Randy Savage
Album: "Be a Man"
Single: "Be a Man"
Catch Phrase: "Oooh Yeah!"

Reviewed by: D-Gor

Macho Man will “Still kick your butt, cuz he’s still real mean”…and so are his rap jams.

 Macho Man Randy Savage steps through the ropes to face a new adversary-rapping. And just like he did in the 80’s and 90’s fighting Ricky the Dragon Steamboat and Hulk Hogan, Macho Man Randy Savage succeeds like a seasoned veteran of the East Coast-West Coast rap wars.   And speaking of his fabled enemy Hogan,  Macho Man calls out the balding wrestling icon in the title track “Be A Man”.  First he slams Hogan’s wrestling skills, then he uses his mic mastery to tear down Hogan’s rather embarrassing acting resume.  With such biting rhymes as “They call you Hollywood ? Don’t make me laugh.  Cuz your movies and your acting skills are both trash.  Your movies are straight to video, the box office can’t stand, meanwhile I got a feature role in “Spiderman”.” Macho threatens to ignite a rap war the likes of which the entertainment business has never seen.  Could this be Tupac/Notorious B.I.G. part 2?  All signs point to OooH Yeah!.   

Macho Man’s fluid rhyming and skillful use of the phrase “Oooh Yeah” in all of his songs catapults him into the upper echelon of rap superstars alongside contemporaries like Snoop Dogg, Run DMC, and Theo Huxtable.  Lending his throat clearing skills to Macho on the track “Hit the Floor” is the “Legendary” DJ Cool (yes, he calls himself that.) Did we miss something? When did DJ Cool become Legendary?  Does one garner the “Legendary” title by dropping off the face of the planet for a predetermined period of time?  If so, it’s about time everyone else start addressing Emmanuel Lewis as the “Legendary” Emmanuel Lewis, as I’ve been doing for years now.  Clearly DJ Cool realized the massive success Macho Man would have as a rapper, and he attached himself like a barnacle to the hull of the U.S.S. Soon To Be Rap Icon in a pathetic attempt to pull his floundering career out of Davy Jones’ locker.  Sad.  Hopefully Macho Man will drop DJ Cool like the flying elbow soon so the “Legendary” rapper can get back to his job at McDonald’s before they fill his position.  

With “Be A Man”, Macho Man introduces himself as the newest, and perhaps greatest, rap pioneer in the biz.  His unbridled fury on the mic can only be matched by his undying hatred for his arch nemesis- Hollywood Hulk Hogan.  But that anger translates into one of the greatest records ever created.  Macho Man stands to be a modern Sugar Hill Gang, introducing the masses to a new and fresh style of music the nation over will fall in love with, lust for, and then eventually adopt as it's national pastime.  Piss on baseball, stadiums will be erected just to watch Macho Man beat the Million Dollar Man in a lumberjack match and then rap about beating him up some more.  Pack up your shit Eminem, there's a new sheriff in town, and hip hop fans...nay, the WORLD...will be snapping into his slim jim joints for a long time to come.  OooH YEAH!

When I listen to this I want to:  Bodyslam playa hataz at all the big party places; challenge bald and/or tan people to cage matches. Eat processed meat packaged in long thin strips.  Tan-way too much.  

I would recommend this to: Anyone who still needs to be convinced that Macho Man is the coolest motherfucker on the planet. 

Rating:  

It's perfect- OooH YEAH!

Link: www.machoman.com - hear it now!

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