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MSTRKRFT (pronounced “Master-craft”) are an electronic music group from Toronto, Canada. Fist Of God is their second album, following up their first album The Look
which was released in 2006. Fist of God is a high energy slap in the face of electronic, pop and rap vocals. This is not your grandma’s techno album. Featuring guest rappers Lil’ Mo, NORE, E-40, Ghostface Killah & Freeway just to name a few.

Keep in mind this album is dance music so don’t expect deep thought-provoking intelligent lyrics, the music is the main focus. Sadly you can’t help but notice that a lot of the songs on this album have a near identical sound to them, so about 4 tracks deep into listening you might find yourself feeling like this whole album is just one long techno track.

There are a few tracks where they dial it down; Heartbreaker featuring R&B star John Legend who has a great voice, but the song itself is a little stale. Ghostface Killah is featured on the track Word Up, but you feel like his lyrical talents are somewhat wasted as he has no verses; they simply play samples of him shouting things like “word up”, “do it hard” and “this is how you do it”.

Some tracks I actually enjoyed were the opening track It Ain’t Love. Also Bounce, 1000 Cigarettes; and Click Click featuring a great appearance by rapper E-40. Is this album innovative or groundbreaking? No. However MSTRKRFT is still in a league of their own within the genre and there are some good songs on this album. It’s worth checking out.