YoYoYoYoYo

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox album | name = YoYoYoYoYo | type = studio | artist = Spank Rock | cover = YoYoYoYoYo.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2006|04|18}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = {{hlist|Hip hop|electronic}} | length = 41:46 | label = Big Dada | producer = {{hlist|XXXChange|Steve McReady}} | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Everything Is Boring and Everyone Is a Fucking Liar | next_year = 2011 | misc = {{Singles | name = YoYoYoYoYo | type = studio | single1 = Rick Rubin | single1date = 2006 | single2 = Sweet Talk | single2date = 2006 | single3 = Bump | single3date = 2006 }} }} '''''YoYoYoYoYo''''' is the debut studio album by Spank Rock. It was released through Big Dada on April 18, 2006.<ref name="allmusic"/> It was nominated for the 2006 Shortlist Music Prize.<ref name="nme"/> Its second track, "What It Look Like", was featured in the soundtrack for 2006 racing videogame Need for Speed: Carbon.

==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/yoyoyoyo-mw0000408836|title=YoYoYoYo - Spank Rock|work=AllMusic|first=John|last=Bush|access-date=May 1, 2020}}</ref> | rev2 = ''The A.V. Club'' | rev2score = A−<ref name="avclub">{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/spank-rock-yoyoyoyoyo-1798201666|title=Spank Rock: Yoyoyoyoyo|work=The A.V. Club|first=Andy|last=Battaglia|date=May 9, 2006|access-date=May 1, 2020}}</ref> | rev3 = BBC | rev3score = favorable<ref name="bbc">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/6dvr/|title=Spank Rock YoYoYoYoYo Review|work=BBC|first=Adam|last=Webb|date=2006|access-date=May 1, 2020}}</ref> | rev4 = ''The Guardian'' | rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="theguardian">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/apr/07/popandrock.shopping6|title=Spank Rock, YoYoYoYoYo|work=The Guardian|first=Caroline|last=Sullivan|date=April 7, 2006|access-date=May 1, 2020}}</ref> | rev5 = ''IGN'' | rev5score = 8.1/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://music.ign.com/articles/702/702646p1.html|title=Spank Rock - YoYoYoYoYo|work=IGN|first=Todd|last=Gilchrist|date=April 21, 2006|access-date=May 1, 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205192042/http://music.ign.com/articles/702/702646p1.html|archive-date=February 5, 2012}}</ref> | rev6 = Okayplayer | rev6score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="okayplayer">{{cite web|url=http://www.okayplayer.com/reviews/index.php/weblog/more/yoyoyoyoyo/|title=Spank Rock YoYoYoYoYo|work=Okayplayer|first=Kendra|last=G.|access-date=May 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017193002/http://www.okayplayer.com/reviews/index.php/weblog/more/yoyoyoyoyo/|archive-date=October 17, 2006}}</ref> | rev7 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev7score = 6.5/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/7856-yoyoyoyoyo/|title=Spank Rock: Yoyoyoyoyo|work=Pitchfork|first=Sean|last=Fennessey|date=May 2, 2006|access-date=May 1, 2020}}</ref> | rev8 = ''Tiny Mix Tapes'' | rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/spank-rock-yoyoyoyoyo|title=Spank Rock - YoYoYoYoYo|work=Tiny Mix Tapes|first=Alan|last=Ranta|access-date=May 1, 2020}}</ref> }} John Bush of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 out of 5 stars, writing, "they're practically the only underground rap group to talk about sex often (and explicitly), and their tracks accept the limitations of old-school rap and bass music, but boast an agility that makes them sound positively post-millennial."<ref name="allmusic"/> Andy Battaglia of ''The A.V. Club'' stated that "The album's air of experimental austerity finds a good foil in devilish basslines and clattering rhythm runs more concerned with party-starting."<ref name="avclub"/> Caroline Sullivan of ''The Guardian'' commented that "[Spank Rock's] debut album spans Latin party music, 1980s electro and samples lifted from primitive computer games."<ref name="theguardian"/> Kendra G. of Okayplayer wrote, "Because of the overwhelming amount of musical references they apply, Spank Rock's music is necessarily progressive, the beats, rhythms, and melodies changing and evolving frequently in the short span of each three or four minute song."<ref name="okayplayer"/> Adam Webb of BBC called it "one of 2006's essential releases."<ref name="bbc"/>

''Tiny Mix Tapes'' placed it at number 24 on the "Favorite Albums of 2006" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/features/2006-tiny-mix-tapes-favorite-albums-2006|title=2006: Tiny Mix Tapes Favorite Albums of 2006|work=Tiny Mix Tapes|date=December 20, 2006|access-date=May 1, 2020}}</ref> It was nominated for the 2006 Shortlist Music Prize.<ref name=nme>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/cat-power-40-1349320|title=Shortlist finalists announced|work=NME|date=May 1, 2007|access-date=May 1, 2020}}</ref>

==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = Alex Epton and Naeem Juwan, except where noted | title1 = Backyard Betty | length1 = 3:28 | title2 = What It Look Like | length2 = 3:06 | title3 = IMC | length3 = 2:33 | title4 = Rick Rubin | length4 = 3:33 | title5 = Touch Me | length5 = 3:24 | title6 = Bump | writer6 = {{hlist|Epton|Juwan|Amanda Blank|C. Messinger}} | length6 = 5:19 | title7 = Sweet Talk | length7 = 4:12 | title8 = Chilly Will | length8 = 4:33 | title9 = Top Billin' from Far Left | length9 = 3:53 | title10 = Coke & Wet | length10 = 2:10 | title11 = Competition | length11 = 3:32 | title12 = Outro (Screwville USA) | length12 = 2:03 | total_length = 41:46 }}

==Personnel== Credits adapted from liner notes.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=YoYoYoYoYo|type=CD liner notes|others=Spank Rock|publisher=Big Dada|year=2006}}</ref>

{{Div col}} * Naeem Juwan – vocals * XXXChange – production (1, 2, 4–12), mixing * Steve McReady – production (3) * Typical Girls – additional vocals (5, 7) * Amanda Blank – additional vocals (6) * Ben Folstein – additional vocals (7) * Dave Treut – additional guitar (7) * Rosalie Parker – additional vocals (8) * J-Uzi – additional vocals (11) * Hernan Santiago – mixing * The Brent Rollins Design Explosion! – artwork * Isaac Shel – cover photography * Chris Lacoe – interior photography {{Div col end}}

==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- !scope="col"| Chart !scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|France|178|artist=Spank Rock|album=Yoyoyoyoyo|rowheader=true|access-date=May 1, 2020}} |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Discogs master|123513|YoYoYoYoYo}}

Category:2006 debut albums Category:Spank Rock albums Category:Big Dada albums Category:Albums produced by XXXChange