Major Lazer: Guns Don’t Kill People…Lazers Do

This is some sort of collaborative effort of Jamaican rap based on the theme of a zombie-fighting superhero. So in essence, it is 13 songs of electronically enhanced gibberish. The mélange of artists guarantees wild swings in the quality of the output. And so it is that the pendulum swings from mundane reggae to migraine-inducing novelty song. At its best Major Lazer apes Snow and his fast-talking “Informer” circa 1993. This brings up a good rule of thumb for musicians: if your stuff makes listeners pine for Snow, you’re doing something wrong. Perhaps things would have improved if the songs focused more on zombies and less on dancing.

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