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Spank Rock, ‘Everything Is Boring and Everyone Is a Fucking Liar’ (Blood)

Spank Rock MC Naeem Juwan mostly has avoided the spotlight since his group’s 2006 booty-rap debut, YoYoYoYoYo; and the title of this self-released follow-up suggests an explanation. Employing a variety of producers, Everything undertakes a cathartic reinvention via late-night, sex-driven trips through dim, sweaty basement parties. Big Freedia flips New Orleans bounce on “Nasty,” Santigold lends breathy innuendo to “Car Song,” and Mark Ronson and Boys Noize turn the bloated bass of “#1 Hit” into vogue-worthy pop. Juwan shines when he channels a tortured Prince on “Baby,” but “Race Riot” — a track urging ladies to “shake it till my dick turns racist” — reminds us that he’s an ace rapper first and foremost.