The Summer Set, 99 Problems?

From left to right:
John Gomez, Stephen Gomez, Brian Dales, Jess Bowen
and Josh Montgomery

I recently stumbled upon this cover of Jay Z’s 99 problems from Scottsdale, Arizona’s own The Summer Set.
I will be the first to say that I am not a fan of rap/ hip hop, I don’t get the appeal of listening to songs singing about sex, drugs, drinking and things of that nature, of course I know not all songs are this way. Now usually when a band I adore covers songs like this I am intrigued because for the most part it sounds pretty good (i.e, The Cab’s cover Disturbia, This Century’s Paper Planes) but unfortunately I was appalled at The Summer Set for choosing this and not being able to make it any better. Truth be told I don’t think anyone would have any luck at this song though because lyrically speaking, it’s awful and quite vulgar. Check it out and form an opinion of your own.

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xoxo,

alicia.