Scapegoat Wax

Editor's Review:

Chico, CA native Marty James, a.k.a. Scapegoat Wax, marks the start of his legitimate and fruitful career in the music business with the release of Okeeblow, a 15-track collection of Chico-centric, hip-hop influenced pop tracks. The cover art features Marty standing in front of Melody Records in Downtown Chico, and the Nor Cal college town gets plenty of play throughout the recording, but this is no small-town album release. Okeeblow contains a full complement of snappy, catchy, full-sized pop tunes — the kind that get stuck in your head for days — constructed from elements of hip-hop and rock. Ballads, straight-up pop tunes, and bouncy hip-hop numbers with head-nodding choruses populate the disc, and permeate the unconscious. For instance, one listen to the hook on "Freeway," a slightly Stevie Wonder-esque funk riff, and you'll be singin' "Everything that you thought you had / was everything that you wish you had back / I'm on the freeway tonight" in your sleep.

– Max Sidman


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Record Label Grand Royal Records Released June 2001

Tracks Star 6 Aisle 10 (Hello Allison) Chico Boy Freeway Crawling Eardrum (featuring The Suspects) Space to Share For All We Have Light of the Moon Evelyn Perfect Silence Party of One Almost Fine OKEEBLOW Revenge of the Dope Fiend Beat

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