Printz
by Bumblebeez 81
  • Record Label: Geffen
  • Release Date: May 25, 2004
Metascore
63

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. PopMatters
    60
    Spin this disc even once, and you'll understand both the hype and the varied reaction.
  2. Blender
    60
    The group aims for a mix of artistry and cred, a la N.E.R.D. or the Beastie Boys, but their music is rarely as catchy. [Aug 2004, p.130]
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  3. Junkmedia
    60
    Bumblebeez brings loose, frenetic energy to a mash-up of likely and unlikely sources.
  5. Pitchfork
    60
    Frankly, it could be much worse.
  6. AllMusic
    60
    Compiling the best tracks from each of their previous releases to make one solid EP would've been a better introduction to the band than The Printz is.
  7. Entertainment Weekly
    50
    Christopher Colonna's partly annoying, wholly unintelligible emceeing on ''Pony'' could not possibly prepare you for the nasal pseudosnarl of lady rapper Vila, who dominates the album's latter half.
  8. Alternative Press
    40
    They lard The Printz with rote Aggressive Rock Radio fodder. [Jul 2004, p.148]
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User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. MessyFlesh
    Jul 15, 2004
    7
    Street grim b-boy punk. Think beasties from down under meets sonic youth.
  2. WhiteLine
    Jun 16, 2004
    9
    A brilliant international debut that does justice to the pristine mayhem of the Aussie EP's. The two singles, Pony Ride and Come Ova, A brilliant international debut that does justice to the pristine mayhem of the Aussie EP's. The two singles, Pony Ride and Come Ova, are genre defying, twisted visulisations that exist in the warped mind of Chrils Colonna. These snapshots of psychodrama are splashed throughout the beats that accompany the "freshest MC in the land"(Pink Fairy Floss), Villa Colonna. The whole thing wreaks of the lunacy that the Bumblebeez 81 bring to their live shows.… Full Review »