The Dirty Heads
comfortably combine hip-hop and reggae with somewhat lesser dollops of conventional rock songwriting and arrangements on
Any Port in a Storm
. While those are the three main styles the group blend, they don't always use all three idioms in the same song, some tracks coming close to being straight hip-hop, reggae, and/or rock.
Jimi Hendrix
and
Stevie Ray Vaughan
are even referenced in
"Believe."
It's an unusual mixture, but more clever than exciting, without standout tunes or lyrics. Topics for the latter include statements of mild musical and social outsiderdom, declarations of pride for sticking to their principles, and the occasional nod to romance. A fair amount of profanity is used, but hardly in an aggressive manner, almost as if it's running a little counter to their generally upbeat natures.
Billy Preston
appears on keyboards in one of the last sessions he recorded before his death. ~ Richie Unterberger