{"id":3111,"date":"2010-10-26T22:29:57","date_gmt":"2010-10-27T05:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/?p=3111"},"modified":"2010-10-28T14:27:40","modified_gmt":"2010-10-28T21:27:40","slug":"cd-review-grammatical-b-microphone-mike-the-birthinating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2010\/10\/26\/cd-review-grammatical-b-microphone-mike-the-birthinating\/","title":{"rendered":"CD review: Grammatical B & Microphone Mike, The Birthinating"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grammatical B & Microphone Mike <\/em><\/h3>\n

The Birthinating <\/em><\/h3>\n

Seven tracks of unashamedly white-boy rap. I\u2019m immediately reminded of a DIY version of The Bloodhound Gang with the lyrics\u2019 socially-oriented subject matter and the nerdy sounding vocals of early Beasties. Ben Johnson\u2019s newest project here is a remarkable departure from his hardcore punk bands previous to this and frankly I was skeptical when I heard he was embarking on it. But this works, and I found myself tapping my foot and playing the songs again to sing along with the choruses. Standout tracks include \u201c2 B A Freak\u201d where the singer instructively coaches an aspiring freak on the in\u2019s and outs of the business, and \u201cRules & Laws\u201d that is a treatise of how to not be a douchebag at a bar (Rule one, tip at least a dollar for every drink. \/ This is more important then you could ever think<\/em>). They get all gangsta in \u201cGoing Viral,\u201d so okay that\u2019s a good one too. Actually they\u2019re all good. Ben\u2019s on Facebook if you can find his profile or at The Casbah where he bartends, at 619-232-HELL.<\/p>\n

Photo from Ben’s Facebook.<\/i>
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Grammatical B & Microphone Mike The Birthinating Seven tracks of unashamedly white-boy rap. I\u2019m immediately reminded of a DIY version of The Bloodhound Gang with the lyrics\u2019 socially-oriented subject matter and the nerdy sounding vocals of early Beasties. Ben Johnson\u2019s newest project here is a remarkable departure from his hardcore punk bands previous to this and frankly I was skeptical […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[573],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19502,"url":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2023\/04\/22\/ms-kittens-scene\/","url_meta":{"origin":3111,"position":0},"title":"Ms Kitten’s Scene","author":"Reviewer Rob","date":"April 22, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"In 1997 Ms Kitten had a fashion show at a large venue called 4th&B in San Diego, well it was more like a freak show but we can talk about that later, and I shot it for Reviewer Magazine. 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