Fun Loving Criminals "Come Find Yourself" (1996)
The band had formed in 1993. They were working at a club and when the scheduled act failed to show they would step in and play the gig.
During one of these shows they caught the notice of the right people and
got signed.
Their album "Come Find Yourself" has a bit of a club vibe in it, but in
the main it feels to me like someone cruising around the city
(presumably the FLC's hometown of New York). Opening track "Fun Loving
Criminal" feels like a daytime cruise about. The next track "Passive Aggressive"
has an evening, loungey vibe with some laidback raps which suddenly
erupts into horn-backed heavy rock riffs with a yell-along chorus. The
album settles back into its silky groove for the next couple of tracks,
singles "the Grave and the Constant" and "Scooby Snacks" before busting
out the rock again for "Bombin' the L".
The cover of Louis Armstrong track "We have all the time in the world"
is a nice touch, but not a scratch on the original. Love the almost
Cream-esque vibe of the riff from "Crime and Punishment"
The album mixes rap, rock, soul, and loungey vibes in a way that works more often than it doesn't.
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