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Jul 26, 2011The Kickback is a cool, slick, and easy party for the most part, with the occasional ballad slowing things down a bit too much.
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Jul 26, 2011The Kickback contains the confidence of a veteran group, dancing on the high wire between sex-jam chasm and badass top-down-cruising canyon.
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Jul 26, 2011With Kickback, they prove they know how to throw a good party. Next time, the threesome will need to strive for better than par.
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Jul 26, 2011While convincingly spry, Cali Swag District are unable to outlive the resonance of success that they attained with "Teach Me How To Dougie" as this one-sided affair of party tunes and fairly expendable production rarely impresses.
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Aug 2, 2011Cali Swag District's surviving members memorialize M-Bone in the artwork of The Kickback, the group's debut full-length, which was originally set for release last year through Capitol before arriving in stores independently through a distribution deal with Sony RED. That dedication is a rare glimmer of gravity on a set filled with buzzy, lightweight odes to whips ("Burn Out [Drive Fast]"), women ("I'm Freaking You") and weed ("I Don't Need Your Money").