{"id":4574,"date":"2012-02-03T17:44:35","date_gmt":"2012-02-04T00:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=4574"},"modified":"2012-02-03T17:46:51","modified_gmt":"2012-02-04T00:46:51","slug":"patrick-stump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2012\/02\/patrick-stump\/","title":{"rendered":"PATRICK STUMP"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/PATRICK-STUMP-M-Review-November2011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4670\" title=\"PATRICK-STUMP-M-Review-November2011\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/PATRICK-STUMP-M-Review-November2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/PATRICK-STUMP-M-Review-November2011.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/PATRICK-STUMP-M-Review-November2011-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>P<\/strong><strong>ATRICK STUMP<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong><em>Soul Punk<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Island]<\/p>\n<p>If ever you needed proof that Fall Out Boy was primarily a vehicle for bass player Pete Wentz, one listen to the solo debut from lead singer Patrick Stump should convince you. Largely eschewing FOB\u2019s driving power-pop, Stump lets his funk flag fly right away on the opening \u201cExplode,\u201d its propulsive electro-pop resembling some of his outside work with Cobra Starship or the Roots. Likewise, \u201cThis City\u201d shows more of a creamy R&amp;B sound than FOB fans might be prepared for\u2014although Stump loads the tune with instant earworms like the staccato \u201cah-ah\u201d in the chorus. \u201cDance Miserable\u201d is a highlight of the album, with an instantly infectious funk groove and wry observations like \u201cThe hippies sold out, traded pot for coke\/Moved to the suburbs, found God in a vote.\u201d <em>Soul Punk<\/em> is ample evidence that Stump is full of ideas that need a loud, varied outlet outside a hit-making machine like Fall Out Boy. \u2013BC<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PATRICK STUMP Soul Punk [Island] If ever you needed proof that Fall Out Boy was primarily a vehicle for bass player Pete Wentz, one listen to the solo debut from lead singer Patrick Stump should convince you. Largely eschewing FOB\u2019s driving power-pop, Stump lets his funk flag fly right away on the opening \u201cExplode,\u201d its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[196,2864,2953,2954,2955],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4574"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4574"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4672,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4574\/revisions\/4672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}