S.I.O.S.O.S
. (Spooks Is on Some Other Sh*t) is an eclectic mix of
jazz
,
reggae
hip-hop
, and
neo-soul
, and it's also not that good.
Spooks
are comprised of four gruff, male MCs and female singer
Ming Xia
, but five is truly a crowd and often the arrangements are so cluttered that the vocalists trip over themselves and interrupt each other like overeager grade-schoolers. The first single,
"Things I've Seen,"
does have a nice hook propelled by the jazzy vocals of
Xia
, but overall the record attempts to take on too much and suffers for it. ~ Steve Kurutz