{"product_id":"look-up","title":"Look Up","description":"Recording information: Blooming Sounds USA (09\/2014); Paris, France (09\/2014).\u003cbr\u003eComing out of Minneapolis as the former drummer of the post-hardcore band Four Letter Lie, Derek Smith aka Mod Sun sounds like the opposite of his back-story. His debut album, Look Up, is sun-drenched pop-rap -- or as Mod calls it, hippie-hop -- as if Chris Webby and Sean Kingston jumbled their genetics and the radio only offered enjoyable hooks and irie vibes, 24-7. \"Goddess\" is the best example of how Mod Sun can rap a positive rhyme while trading in Maroon 5-styled swagger and pop-styled reggae, while \"Howlin' at the Moon\" is the less Jamaican, more Californian version of the same sweetness with light EDM powering the pre-club anthem. The topics here are light and airy and yet these singalong lyrics are a good argument that the drumsticks should be hung up for good, and if Mod Sun's jump from post-hardcore to rap seems an insincere cash-in, he's bold and brave enough to invite most of the current competition (Machine Gun Kelly, G-Eazy, Riff Raff, and more) onto his debut album for easy comparisons. Hippie-hop is a cringe-worthy term, but Mod Sun's debut example of it is still a vacation worth taking. ~ David Jeffries","brand":"MovieMars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45306333069599,"sku":"040232207419","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/7833\/0399\/files\/e42f7590ceb4df33440c76f8c841774f_8e07b713-38db-46ac-ba50-a1fd861c10ef.jpg?v=1778763424","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemars.com\/products\/look-up","provider":"MovieMars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}