So what’s to be said about Dem Franchize Boyz? Well this is one of those groups where you don’t know if it’s a real group or if it’s a comical stereotype, like Spinal Tap.

In any case, you’d have to like mainstream rap music to like DFB. So what are these boys all about? The usual, freaky girls, and expensive jewelry. It could be that they have some sort of profound understanding about the neighborhoods that they grew up in, and that they have some insightful view about life in the ghetto, but the album, “On Top of Our Game” doesn’t seem to show anything like this. These boys ain’t gangster, so they pretty much just talk about materialistic goods.

I have to admit I don’t know much about rap music. So I’m just gonna talk about how I personally feel about the way it sounds. It’s nothing special, it’s nothing that I haven’t heard anyone else do, but according to DFB in their press release, they’re pioneers and such.

Maybe they are, but I would have no way of knowing since this is the only entire rap album I’ve listened to ever. The rapping aspect is OK, I guess. Nothing that’s too fast or witty. They curse a lot. DFB thinks if you run out of ideas about ho’s and money, just fill the gaps with profanity. Well that’s not right.

The biggest part of rap as far as I see it is lyrics, and they should stand out. Maybe that’s why I don’t like rap “music.” I prefer music with melody.

I don’t understand all this business with the materialistic goods and the chicks with the T&A. It’s all wearing thin if you ask me. What I’d like to hear from them is their true thoughts and feelings about their whole predicament.

Isn’t there a downside to this way of life? Yes, of course there is. But where are the songs about remorse for the way these rappers live? Where’s the soul?

Ah, yes, one thing rap like this lacks these days is soul. These guys are all about making themselves look good by cutting everybody else down. And that stuff doesn’t fly in my hood, G…

Whatever, I live in the suburbs.

My conclusion is that music isn’t supposed to be this way. People shouldn’t earn money this way. Rap music could and has been so much more.

Art has nothing to do with lust, greed or violence. Sure, it can portray it, and that’s cool with me. But it should never promote it. Peace out foolios.