The Life of Pablo is an album that needs no introduction.

Woppity doop-bop-bop skippity-dee-bop-a-loo-bop. Flippity ribbity tribbity skap! Ska doop, bop, dip-a-lop boh-lee-bam-boom. Kadoop bop a liddily bop, skip-a-dam ba-leee-bop. Skimpattahdiddidlydeep, borp-a-lorp, ba-loop-bomp-a-loo-bomp. Skim battah deep boppah-whoppah, bamalamba. Rammalamma DING DONG. Whomp bomp a lomp bomp, ba lomp bomp bomp, skrat-dat-sheepinammah rim-ba-dam-boom. Bomp bomp ba-bomp, bomp-buh-buh-bomp-buh-buh-bomp-bomp-bomp-bomp. Skriptank-a-lank-a-dank, wibbiliy wamp a damp, skrot a dit-dot, I mean, guy’s nothing but a wimp bamp a limp a damp ba-limp-a-damp boop. Skrittitty-widditty-widdily-wamp-boomp,

Doodsily-doo, dah dink dank a donk-a-lonk. Skrottitty doodly woodily bip! Rip dip a lam-a-damp woobity zamp! Wonk wonk Willy Wonka, wonka-ronka-dee! Skramp-skrimp-skrimmy wamma wimmy rampa wamp!

Canallanarammawammadimmadamma BOP! Illa willa wuppa whamparamawamba. Thip thao thoopiby, thoopaman, thooppawork, shmoke a shomke and send it off to gramma. Latteratte, literati-watti damp. Soona gonna make-a wake-and-bake and take-a-cake. Snoozing through the boozin in a widely-wamp-ramp-tramp. Goddibly Hop down that wimp-a-rimp-trimp. Skrimming down the rim of the flimp-o-limp-crimp. Skatin’ on the shores of the bligitty-riggity-trig! Ska-dink-a-dank-a-donk. Thunt-than-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuggets! GO GATORS! Rammilly ramitty, wondershop! Scoop-a-bip-a-rip-a-dip. Scooby-dooby-doob-a-loop, living in America! Ramp-a-damp, dimp comp skammanamma ramp! Banannarama limma rim. Skarattadatta wat? Trimmalimma wop-a-lop, a leep-a-lop-a-loop.

Minni-winnie-sinnie-trinnie-ligga-logga-loo. Wonka-lonka-ronka-donka-sigga-sagga-soo. Ribbidibbah-wibbah-libbah-sanna-manna-lamp, limma-simmah wimma rimma woblobbahlobbahloop! Jug-a-dugga, juggawugga, jugga jim jam Jupiter Jones! Jimma-limma, wimma-trimma, hibbah-hoobah bop a leebah doppa mo! Skrippity wip bah lip a dip-a-dab! Scoop-bop a loop bop-a-robin in a nest. Sam-a-jack Ram-a-lack lim-a-lack, PUNCH! Make-a-peanut-butter-sandwich-it’s-a-real-nice-lunch.

Scroop-a-loopah troop dogga wogga Santana. Hig-a-lig-a-little-down toothah Dollarama. Scrobadip Dan, Hipadip Stan, Drippibidab Fran, Hobbahdip Man! Scrottilly Stew onnah romabimp boppah, rop dop scoppa skip scoop! Scampadamp, rimp-a-damp dimp-lomp-damp! Wamp-bamp-scrimmadonnarimmalommawamp!

It’s fine. Whatever.

review by Graham Caldwell