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2.9 ( 7 total votes )
Moxie Black - Risky Bizness
Producer: Dekk
Album: How Did This Happen?
Label: Spread Label/iLLa Baby
In 1983 teen comedy Risky Business, a younger and less crazy Tom Cruise plays a high school student who turns his family home into a brothel while his parents are away. Risky Bizness, the latest single from Portland duo Moxie Black, on the other hand… well, it doesn’t actually have much in common with the flick at all, besides the convergence of ‘80s nostalgia and hard-partying hedonism – then again, what else do you need? Dekk takes a considerably more pop-oriented tack than on Moxie Black’s Booth debut, So Much Better, blending electro synth riffs and handclap percussion as vocalist Illaj delivers artfully wasted, Auto-Tuned drenched bars and a catchy sung hook. The rapper/singer’s rhymes, which find him paying tribute to a hipster chick in “hi-top leather boots.” may not be Shakespeare, but the end product has a breezy vibe that fans of retro-informed party music will find it hard to resist. For more from these eclectically talented Northwesterners, grab a copy of their Booth-sponsored How Did This Happen LP when it hits our homepage for streaming and free download on August 18.
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 8792 |
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Like it or not, the music that Moxie Black is making is here to stay (I like it). People like to party and have a good time and not everything can be the soundtrack to that lifestyle movement - but this ("Risky Bizness") certainly can.
Your head will nod, your foot should tap, and your soul will be aged backwards a few years. But hey, none of these symptoms requires a call to the doctor's office! 
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| Posted on Aug 11, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 68 |
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these guys seem to be BEGGIN for radio play! but who can blame them thats the life.
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| Posted on Aug 11, 2010 |
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The voices are ok, theres a little bit of auto-tune but what the song really needs is just fuller production.
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| Posted on Aug 11, 2010 |
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| Posted on Aug 12, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 2480 |
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Let's be clear, Tom Cruise may be a joke now, but he's made some of the best movies of the last twenty years, including Risky Business.
Shame this track doesn't make at least one reference, but it's still nice. I liked their debut So Much Better so much better, mostly because this kind of club/radio cuts all seem to inevitably all sound the same, which is a negative in my book for such an original crew. Still, for what it is, it works well. I can't hate.
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| Posted on Aug 12, 2010 |
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Resident DJ  Total Ratings: 2065 |
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This is less annoying then other club joints at least. I dont think thats saying much.
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| Posted on Sep 18, 2010 |
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