"Imagine a world in which underground hip hop doesn't take itself too seriously and instead taps into the "old skool" tradition of talking shit and cussing too much and sniggering. Technically spot on (they can rhyme their asses off) and funny (right down to the cheesiest cover of all time) this is a breath of fresh air."
[4/5]
- MUZIK Magazine [4/5]

"Fantastically ill-mannered and ear-razingly addictive, 'Happy Fuck You Songs" from Extended Famm is one of thee hip-hop-finds of the winter: a stunning suite of consistently mind-blowing material that mixes musical surrealism, lyrical abjection of the most hilarious kind and a genuinely off-kilter way with words'n'sound, teetering on the abyss of doom but always coming up chomping victory in it's gold molars. Crucially, EFamm are making their own mess of things, truly unique hip-hop and there's precious little of that around. Seek and ye shall find."
[4/5]
- DJ Magazine

"Indie artists Tonedeff, PackFM, Substantial & Session came up with a strange idea that worked--come together and make an album. Lucky for them they have a chemistry. Look for cuts like "The Evil That Pens Do" and "Murder in the Verse Degree." Breez Evahflowin, Deacon the Villain, Kno, Mecca, Pumkinhead, GMS, Elite, Kameel-Yin & Squijee set fire to the "Obligatory Posse Cut." With 4.5 CWPM they might not get much airplay, but damn they make cussing creative."
- Import Tuner [Required Listening]

"Extended F@mm can best be described as a new school Pharcyde. Jam packed with witty story lines and clever metaphors, Happy Fuck You Songs takes it back to the days when the underground was about lyricism and creativity. The chopped classical piano riff and gritty drum loops on "The Evil That Pens Do" perfectly lays a foundation for E F@mm's lyrical acrobatics. "No job rapper / Moochin' off your moms rapper / You don't write lyrics, you bite lyrics, hard rapper / Battlin' to see who's wacker / Come back record rappers / Ending every line with the same word: rapper" The cartoonish sound effects of "Good Combination" sees E F@mm exploring the history of things that simply fit good together. They playfully spit "We like Fred and Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby / cole slaw, mashed potatoes and biscuits with the two piece". If you're thinking that hardcore rap is getting one dimensional, tiring and played than E F@mm's Happy Fuck You Songs is a must cop!"
- Contradbandit.com

Extended Famm - Happy Fuck You Songs [2002]Extended Famm
Happy Fuck You Songs [LP]
Original Release Date: [11.24.02]
[BUY NOW]

Extended Famm is a joint-project by solo artists' Tonedeff, PackFM, Session & Substantial. With Happy Fuck You Songs the crew's sole purpose was to reinvent the Posse Cut as we know it...and that's exactly what they did.

Completely irreverant and containing some of the most brilliant 'concept-cuts' done in the genre to date, HFYS truly upped the ante for all those who followed (AND subsequently borrowed).

This album was the first QN5 album released under a then-new distribution agreement with the then fledgling Boiling Point Distribution. With a HEAVY dose of critical-acclaim and fan-buzz, HFYS created quite a stir on the national underground scene (especially the crew's native New York City). Sadly, this album never made it to store-shelves in time to capitalize on its' own buzz and suffered a hefty several-month delay in reaching retail. Thus, many people have not yet discovered this groundbreaking record.

Conceptually, HFYS still remains a watermark of innovation and execution in hip-hop music. Tracks such as the tetris-inspired "Line Drop," (in which the music speeds up as "lines" are dropped, shifting 3 "speed modes" from Hip-Hop to Bounce to Drum & Bass all in the span of 3:30), are breathtaking in their ingenuity. The 6:00 masterwork, "Celly," sports a mind-boggling amount of rhyme-scheme interplay and plot twists due to spotty cell-phone reception under the guise of a simple story. "Obligatory Posse Cut" features 14 MCs making a mockery of the album staple of the posse cut.

Another highly-mentioned quality of HFYS was the biting humor of the skits. Ironically, the reviewers that didn't quite get the idea behind the songs cited the skits as the best part of the album. Taking the contrived nature of organized MC Battles and applying them to world politics, "Pebble Jam" is a skit not to be missed.

The rest of the album was comprised of flow-clinics on tracks like the Elite-produced "Velocity," where a smooth-flowing Substantial plays opposites with Tonedeff's blisteringly fast warp-speed verses @ 190 BPM.

The song that would prove to be "bigger than the album," was the Tonedeff remix of Substantial's "F.Y.I.R.B." [the original appears Substantial Evidence]. This song became the signature Extended Famm show-closer and spawned an avalanche of t-shirt sales with the phrase "Fuck You, I Rhyme Better" printed on the front.

The second Enhanced CD in QN5's history, HFYS marks a noticeable jump in design quality and interactivity from Tonedeff's Hyphen, with an inteface hosted by Squijee in cartoon form and professionally edited videos.

Not many of these are left on the market, so if you can find one, BUY IT IMMEDIATELY. If you crave hip-hop with biting wit and brilliant concepts, you won't be sorry.

 

:: Track Listing ::
01) Intro
02) The Evil That Pens Do - Produced By Tonedeff
03) Line Drop - Produced By Tonedeff
04) FYIRB [REMIX] - Produced By Tonedeff
05) Pause
06) Good Combination - Produced by Elite
07) Velocity - Produced by Elite
08) How U Doin? (f/ Mecca) - Produced By Tonedeff
09) Celly - Produced by Deacon The Villain
10) Murder In The Verse Degree - Produced By Tonedeff
11) Pebble Jam
12) Obligatory Posse Cut (f/ Breez Evahflowin, Pumpkinhead, GMS, Kameel-Yen,
Kno, Deacon, iCON The Mic King, Elite, Mecca, Poison Pen & Squijee) - Produced By Tonedeff
13) Fin

:: ECD CONTENT::
01) Squijee's Flash Interface
02) VIDEO :: "FYIRB" [Remix] (Live) [2002]
03) VIDEO :: "Line Drop" (LIVE) [2002]
04) VIDEO :: Randomizer
05) VIDEO :: Interview [2002]
06) Song LyricTranscripts
07) Audio Previews:
Tonedeff - "Disappointed" / "Issawn"
PackFM - "Upclose & Personal (f/ Substantial)" / FMakalishus
Mecca - "Jaded" / "Remarkable"

:: Credits ::
Written by: Tonedeff, PackFM, Substantial, Session
Producers: Tonedeff, Deacon The Villain & Elite
Recorded at: QN5 Manor (Queens, NY).
Cover Design: Tony Rojas for QN5-i.
Photography: Nadia Cohen
Interactive Design: Tony Rojas for QN5-i.
© 2002 QN5 Music.

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