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  • Summary: The full-length debut album for the Southern California rap group best known for the hit song Teach Me How to Dougie is dedicated to Montae "M-Bone" Talbert, who died in May 2011.
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Teach Me How to Dougie
Aye! aye! Teach me how to dougie(aye!) They be like Smoove (what?) Can u teach me how to dougie? You know why? Cause all da bitches love me... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. 83
    The Kickback contains the confidence of a veteran group, dancing on the high wire between sex-jam chasm and badass top-down-cruising canyon.
  2. Aug 2, 2011
    73
    Cali 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").
  3. Jul 26, 2011
    70
    The Kickback is a cool, slick, and easy party for the most part, with the occasional ballad slowing things down a bit too much.
  4. Jul 26, 2011
    63
    With Kickback, they prove they know how to throw a good party. Next time, the threesome will need to strive for better than par.
  5. Jul 26, 2011
    40
    While 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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  1. Feb 4, 2012
    0
    They should stop making music. They got lucky with teach me how to dougie. They will probably never be successful again. Lyrics are barelyThey should stop making music. They got lucky with teach me how to dougie. They will probably never be successful again. Lyrics are barely decent, and these ppl are just trash Collapse