The nascent Los Angeles, CA rap group, The New Boyz, who have risen to commercial visibility via the success of their popular dance record, “You’re A Jerk,” hosted a listening session for a group of media personnel (music journalist and bloggers) at Legacy Studios in New York City, to discuss the release of their debut album, Skinny Jeanz & A Mic. After listening to a monologue and anecdote from the Warner Bros./Asylum Records music executives, rappers Ben J (ne, Earl Benjamin) and Legacy (ne, Dominic Thomas), stepped into the studio to play us what everyone was gathered to hear: Skinny Jeanz & A Mic. Below is a track-by-track breakdown of the New Boyz debut album. 

Track 1: “Cricketz” featuring Tyga - With the same kind of upbeat tempo and spare production as the group’s hit song, “You’re A Jerk” (next song on the album), the New Boyz address the haters who question their skinny jeans fashion, retorting that all the chatter sounds like crickets. 

Track 2: “You’re A Jerk” – The song that introduced the New Boyz to the mainstream music scene and spawned countless numbers of “jerkin’” YouTube dance videos amongst the teen audience. 

Track 3: “Dot Com” – As active participants of the “dot com” generation, the New Boyz pay homage to the medium that has helped promote their music and bolster their careers: the internet, also known as, the World Wide Web. 

Track 4: “Colorz” – As fans of the rap group, The Cool Kids, the New Boys offered their rendition of the minimalist, retro-style boom-bap sound the former duo is known for. 

Track 5: “Way 2 Many Chickz” –  The group shares jovial tales of unfortunate experiences with females with un-ladylike characteristics (bad breath, bodily gas, and herpes to name a few). 

Track 6: “Turnt” – Another “jerk” style record that sounds as if it will be accompanied by some sort of a dance. 

Track 7: “Bunz” featuring Kidd SB – Upon hearing this record, it’s hard not to think of Sir Mix-A-Lot’s “Baby Got Back.” An ode to all the curvy woman in the world, the boys clearly reflect their interest in round derrieres with the lyrics: “I like my buns fat and juicy, I don’t want no saggy booty.” 

Track 8: “Cashmere” – Over a pulsating drum beat, the New Boyz use an old school, back-and-forth flow, a la Run DMC, to tell the story about a girl that Legacy is trying to court.

Track 9: “So Dope” – Returning back to their bread-and-butter sound, the group offers listeners another dance track sure to make kids get up and “jerk.” 

Track 10: “Tie Me Down” featuring Ray J – The group’s second single is an obvious attempt at mainstream notoriety, as it possesses a more polished sound that will enable them to build upon the adoration of their female audience. 

Track 11: “New Girl” featuring D&D – Catering again to the ladies, the group takes a page from Soulja Boy by creating a radio-friendly record that will appeal to many adolescent girls, setting themselves up to become music’s next teenage heartthrobs.

Track 12: “No More” featuring O.N.E. – The group continues the theme of being ladies men on this R&B infused track about the highs-and-lows of being in a rocky relationship. 

Track 13: “One Night” – The album closes out with another R&B/hip-hop blend devoted to casual relations.

Known for the teen-anthem “You’re A Jerk,” Los Angeles, California based rap duo New Boyz (Legacy & Ben J) are scheduled to release their 13-track debut album Skinny Jeanz & A Mic on September 15, 2009 via Asylum/Warner Bros. Records.

The popularity of “You’re A Jerk,” which is supported by a “jerkin’” dance, has catapulted the 17-year old teenagers from Myspace notoriety to national exposure.

The record has also inspired a movement amongst the teenage demographic. Variations of the dance have been recorded and uploaded by fans to the web.

“The Jerk community is a viral community, garnering over 50 million views without advertising,” says Shariff Hassan, co-producer of the Skinny Jeans: The Movement documentary series.  “And because of technology, this movement also marks the first time that youth culture has an international audience instantly.”

“People think we only do jerk music, but we do a whole lot of everything,” says Legacy. “The album’s about the typical teenage life.”