Credits:

Kottonmouth Kings

Description:

What differentiates the Kottonmouth Kings’ Cloud Nine from the rest of their huge discography isn’t the subject matter — it’s still weed, rebellion, weed, and weed — but the general feeling that about a quarter of the songs here are more influenced by the Cali alt-rock of Sugar Ray and Smash Mouth than ICP, even though the evil clowns do show up for the “blaze your own trails” anthem “Think 4 Yourself.” There are still those punk numbers that sound like the Beastie Boys if they never grew up and some good, hard-hitting hip-hop, like when guest Tech N9ne shines all over “City 2 City,” but “One Day” is a surprisingly bright and dreamy number that perfectly suits a bunch of punkish stoners growing old. The reggae light of “Pass It Around” would play fine at any all-inclusive resort, and the laid-back “Proud to Be a Stoner” sounds like it was found stuck between the seats of a 1972 hippie va