Deffest! and Baddest!
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Deffest! and Baddest! is the third solo studio album released by Wendy O. Williams
and the last album she ever recorded. The album is unique in that it is a departure from the punk rock
and heavy metal
that brought her to fame. Williams experimented with rock
based rap and hip hop on the album. The album was credited to "Wendy O. Williams' Ultrafly and the Hometown Girls" but it is recognized as a solo album (Williams had creative control over the album and performs lead vocals. The "Hometown Girls" refers to the backup singers on the album, Katrina Astrin and La Donna Sullivan).
Wendy O. Williams
Wendy Orlean Williams , better known as Wendy O. Williams, was the lead singer for the American punk band the Plasmatics, as well as a solo artist...
and the last album she ever recorded. The album is unique in that it is a departure from the punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
and heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
that brought her to fame. Williams experimented with rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
based rap and hip hop on the album. The album was credited to "Wendy O. Williams' Ultrafly and the Hometown Girls" but it is recognized as a solo album (Williams had creative control over the album and performs lead vocals. The "Hometown Girls" refers to the backup singers on the album, Katrina Astrin and La Donna Sullivan).
Track listing
- "Rulers of Rock"
- "$10,000,000 Winner"
- "Super Jock Guy"
- "Early Days"
- "The Humpty Song"
- "Know Wa'am Say'n?"
- "On the Irt"
- "Lies"
- "La La Land"
- "Laffing 'n' Scratching"