This is Kai Motta!
Historically white rappers from Blighty have been taken about as seriously as bare-breasted beer-swiggin' birds in a bar. Maybe this is unfair but the credibility rests upon the odd verse from a pop-created boy band, a forgotten and unknown rapper named Honky and of course our favourite sheep-fiddlers Goldie Lookin' Chain.
Let me be the first to tell you about someone completely different. Kai Motta has no shame and would most likely be indulging in polite conversation at the same time as ravishing your mum. On the intro song we have the satisfied groans of a woman that I'm sure we're all used to hearing...no, me neither, but anyway...Kai then encourages his lady-friend to , "Make the high priest rise...let me touch you deep inside!"
Sometimes you get the feeling that Kai Motta is the rap version of Roy 'Chubby' Brown, and I mean this in a good way. Kai is quite frankly fucking hilarious, however the difference between Kai Motta and other comedy-rap acts is that he is a very good rapper, so whereas others need the comedy to cover bad flows, and poor rhyming, Kai doesn't suffer this fate. His ability to be the first to take the piss out of himself is what makes him all the more likeable, like in 'This Is Kai Motta' whereby you have some guy saying, " He's dressed up as a fuckin' priest - what a wanker!". His slight nasal rapping will give obvious comparisons to Eminem, and whilst I won't hump his ego by suggesting that he is that good, I would consider saying that he is more like a laid back, and sexed-crazed younger brother of the said star.
'Son Of A Beastie Boy' isn't as Beasties influenced as you might think, and sounds a little more like Kid Rock used to before he started believing his own hype, and getting confused by turning from Detroit B-boy to a Texan country-rocker. The music is a blues influenced loop, and we even have a Beastie Boys sample sneaked in at the end as homage to New York's finest.
I've never been a big fan of our National Anthem, which may've quite possibly been a treasonable offence years ago, however 'Welcome To London' rather aptly has this, before a great sample of Franz Ferdinand gives us a backbeat to a song that could well be a very good single, with it's political observations. Kai Motta doesn't pretend to be an American, and is a proud Brit whilst being able to take the mick out of our strange country!
Sampling 70's squealers the Bee Gees 'Staying Alive', 'Special Agent 0069' is another great track with a rap version of an Austin Powers movie, telling the tales of trying to molests Fergie whilst trying to get Di's stolen jewels back! Great tongue –in-cheek stuff, kids!
Now as a lover of comedy, the spoken word song of 'They Want Me To Touch Them Deep Inside' is a hoot. It could well be Chris Moyles on a sexual rant, but talking about anal abusing Posh Spice, and Gwen Steffani whilst they scream with pleasure is a real Loaded/Viz chuckle, but refusing the advances of Jade Goody will have you snickering like a fart at a funeral, which leads us nicely to 'Hammer Her Time' which is basically Kai given x-rated lyrics about 'Arse-fucking' to Mc Hammer's theme tune 'Hammer Time'. The lyrics are dumb but amusing in a 2 Live Crew way, and as good as it is it does have a slight amateur feel that I'd wager that Kai would need to turn his back on if he wants to be a serious comedy rapper, if you get my meaning!
His radio channel-hopping and comments about famous bands, singers and rappers are original and amusing, and after MC Hammer we now have Ray Parker Jnr's 'Ghostbusters' whereby we have the lyrics changed once again. We have Kai's thoughts upon Preston's rise to fame by appearing on Big Brother and having sex with Chantelle, also his love for Jade Goody is back again.
'Get Up Get Down' is my favourite here and I can't stop playing it with its funky backbeat, again this has single potential. I'm not going to explain anymore, go find yourself a copy, you lazy buggers, don't just take my word for it!
'King Of Bling' has almost flashes of Beck, whilst 'The High Priest Of Rap' features a great sample of Jimi Hendrix 'Crosstown Traffic' and is another single contender. 'God Bless Ya Son' is another amusing speech that Kai apparently is doing in a church, thanking everyone, whilst some guys in the background are taking the piss. It's a great idea, and works well, but once again too many songs like this, albeit funny, may become tedious after a while.
There is just time for Kai's version of Vanilla Ice's 'Ice Ice Baby', with the obvious lyric change - which is so much better than the original, and is done in a fake duet with Kai and Vanilla. Random line "Like most priests, I got my own style, I'm picking up kids like a paedophile.." Dodgy lyrics but amusing if you don't take them seriously!
Kai Motta has a very good debut album with 'The High Priest Of Rap', and in my humble, and slightly inbred opinion if he swapped some of the more juvenile (or funny-as-fuck) songs like 'Hammer Her Time' and 'Who You Gonna Call?' for a couple more like 'Get up Get Down', or 'The High Priest Of Rap', then Kai Motta would be a white rapping force to be reckoned with, however I think that he will grow from this and will produce a second album that will blow this one away.