Yes, the official cover is cropped like that...
Why is Angelic 2 The Core so bad?
On June 22, 2016 the world was faced with a musical monster that it had never encountered before. This monster was created by one famed, washed-up child star Corey Feldman. Corey Feldman is infamous for making music that is well-below average but his musical output had slowed down to a crawl, not releasing a full-length project for a whole decade. Needless to say, if only it had stayed that way. This project from start to finish is an absolute disaster, there is not a single musical phrase that works or that is appealing. The only reactions it can garner are looks of disgust or laughing outbursts. Angelic 2 The Core: Angelic Funkadelic/Angelic Rockadelic is a 22 track project that lasts for just over a whopping hour and a half. Each song takes on a different style, somewhat split subject matter whether it relates to Corey's creepy delusions revolving around women or his war on critics. We are not going to look at every single track but rather four ones that can sum up the disaster that is Corey Feldman's - Angelic 2 The Core.
The first track we are going to take a look at is not one that starts off the LP, but rather the track that follows. Lovin' Lies is one of the many, many tracks on this thing that cannot be described properly or fit into a proper genre, especially in the blogging format but I will do my best to do so. Throughout the project you will notice a theme of Corey trying to knab a Hot 100 hit, though his definition seems a little dated as in most of the songs he is trying to make here sound like they were made in the 90s, if the 90s were hit in the head by a barreling limo filled with cocaine. Much like all of the other tracks on the project, Lovin' Lies was written, recorded by and produced by Mr. Feldman with minimal assistance on the guitar and bass, however the synth loop that begins the track has actually been discovered to be ripped off straight from a garage band preset. This makes sense because it is the only portion of the track that sounds somewhat coherent. The following moments are manic with Feldman not keeping a consistent vocal key, tempo or rhythm, and the instrumentation seemingly warping in whatever direction it wants to. It truly is a song that one has to hear to believe.
The second track we are taking a look at, is Everybody (ft. Doc Ice). The reason I chose this song over lead single, Go 4 It (ft. Snoop Dogg) is purely because whenever I hear this one, I burst out laughing. While Snoop being barely audible during his verse on Go 4 It is hilarious, it is not exactly uncommon for him to show up for a paycheck. From what I could tell, Doc Ice used to be a somewhat reputable MC, being a consistent highlight for the group UTFO. With his feature here, it is beyond second-hand embarrassment. This song is another track that tries to pull from the 90s dance craze but falls on its face. Feldman sounds like he is constantly running out of breath and to no ones surprise, the mixing is absolutely atrocious with barely any vocal filtering on the angels background vocals.
Starting off our venture into the Angelic Rockadelic section of the record, we have a lil ditty titled Seamless (ft. Fred Durst) Already the words "ft. Fred Durst" should make your stomach churn with the premonition to vomit. I was appalled when I heard this track for the first time, not only because I was incredibly familiar with what Durst had done to the rock and metal community, but the fact that he was on this record which had already been historically bad seemed just a little too convenient. The track is exactly what you would expect but surprisingly more, with both vocalists being misogynistic, off-key and trying way too hard to match the energy of the MIDI-guitars that are present throughout the second half of this record.
Our last stop on this trainwreck of a record is what is arguably the centrepiece of the album, We Wanted Change, a solo jazz venture for Mr. Feldman and and odd one at that because this is the only track on the record that sounds remotely like this. Where to start with this one...for one there is an obnoxious high-hat that is mixed way too high, Feldman's vocals are at least consistent with the rest of the record, being off-key and awful. Out of all of the terrible, poorly produced, creepy, and off-kilter songs that can be found on this album, this one sticks out for whatever reason. Maybe because there isn't a myriad of digital synth effects or perverted language but the reason why this record is regarded as the worst of all time. It's done amateurly and has no right to exist. Thank you for reading this blog, it was a bit of a mess but let me know what you think of it in any of my social media links!