That's not to say that Field Mob are only any good when they're keeping it bright and silly, but the album is so enjoyable when they do that you don't want them to stop.  Full text...

Field Mob's "Light Poles and Pine Trees" can indeed be called a successful return after a long absence, but to be perfectly honest absence did not make the heart grow fonder.  Full text...

The album proves that Field Mob is one of the South's finest and most unique acts.  Full text...

From the beginning Light Poles and Pine Trees is a vivid illustration of country living, raw lyricism and unabashed Southern accents. The sun shines bright when the tandem vividly describes the simple nuances of the Southern lifestyle.  Full text...

Now linked up with Ludacris' Disturbing Tha Peace stable, Smoke and Shawn J return with their sibilant, deep-fried flows intact, although the album's most transparent bids for chart action are in fact its least successful tracks: "I Hate You" flips Kelis' "Caught Out There" into an ugly grind, and "So What" brings R&B songbird Ciara on board, dulling the group's countrified appeal.  Full text...

The new LP, Light Poles and Pine Trees marks a solid effort from the duo on many southern-fried songs, but the stand out singles stick out among the rest of the relatively poorly produced tracks.  Full text...

Light Poles and Pine Trees has 15 tracks of creatively freaky southern country hip-hop spiked with smartass rhymes ("I hear Kanye West sing Jesus Walks, but if He see what I ride, He'll have a reason to drive").  Full text...