Peeping Tom Peeping Tom Label: Ipecac Release Date: 05/30/06

Mike Patton can do whatever he wants, whenever he wants and however he wants. On Peeping Tom, Mike pulls off collaborations with Bebel Gilberto, Kid Koala, Kool Keith, Anticon’s Doseone, Massive Attack and Norah Jones (!)- and the whole sordid affair is held together by Dan the Automator Nakamura’s tight production. At times Mike can be a little too experimental or abrasive for even the most open-minded listener, but Peeping Tom is not one of those times. This record is accessible by comparison- it’s still brash and daring in that patented FU way Mike has been flaunting since the 80s, but it’s also diverse, cohesive and wildly entertaining. Where else can you hear the Grammy Award winning Norah Jones rhyme motherfucker with sucker? Nowhere but here, on her unexpected duet with Patton, “Sucker”, a post-apocolyptic love song with a Barry White vibe- like, if Barry White became an undead and ate brains. Mike is fond of underground hip hop and he flaunts that shamelessly throughout this record with frequent appearances by Anticon emcees and deejays. It’s interesting to see what an impact Mike has on the cerebral white-boy hip hop scene, at times you can’t even tell who’s the rapper and who’s the singer. I’m just saying, this is a ghetto-tech masterpiece and if you’ve ever been a fan of Mike Patton you should probably get it.

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