Stup Religion is the second album by French Alternative Hip Hop trio Stupeflip. It is the last album they released for the BMG label, and their last release before a 7 year-long hiatus.
Lyrics-wise, this album features more lyrics criticizing the recording industry (and could be viewed as a self-destruction by the band before losing their record contract). The band also responds to claims that Stupeflip as whole was a publicity stunt by record labels, and also comments on their career while being signed to a label. Story-wise, we know more about the religion of Stupeflip and its followers, as well as the childhood of King Ju.
The album had less promotion and thus made weak sales, leading to the end of their contract and a hiatus. It's only seven years later that the band would release their third album The Hypnoflip Invasion.
Tracklist
- "Intro" (1:16)
- "Krou Kontre Attack" (3:53)
- "La Religion du Stup" (2:54)
- "Les clés du Mystère au Chocolat" (0:35)
- "Mon Style en Crrr" (3:31)
- "Le Miracle - Interlude" (0:18)
- "Stup Danse" (3:29)
- "Une Bonne Correction - Interlude" (0:38)
- "Les Cages en Métal" (4:03)
- "35 Animaux Morts" (2:41)
- "Pop Hip's Revenge" (2:18)
- "Soulèvement de la Région Nord" (2:01)
- "L'enfant Fou" (4:11)
- "Stup Monastère" (3:21)
- "Salo Therapy - Interlude" (0:46)
- "Ce que tu dois savoir... - Interlude" (0:32)
- "Le Cartable" (4:11)
- "Argent" (3:41)
- "Une Victoire Bien Méritée - Interlude" (0:34)
- "Ouest Region's Inquisitors" (8:20)
Tracklist:
- Added Alliterative Appeal: MC Salò raps a ton of "ss" alliterations in all his appearences on this album.
- Album Title Drop: On "La Religion du Stup".
- Alliterative Title: "Krou Kontr Attack".
- Bad People Abuse Animals:
- "Les Cages en Métal" has lyrics denouncing hedgehogs being roadkilled by cars.
- "35 Animaux Morts" is about various pets who have been mistreated by their owners.
- "L'enfant Fou" also mentions flies being decapited (a recurring element on Stupeflip's discography).
- Breaking the Fourth Wall: Pop Hip directly talks to the listener and how he could say any word which would then be heard by anyone listening to the album.Hello everyone! It's me, through the record!
- Call-Back
- "La Religion du Stup" ends with a reprise of the melody of "Stupeflip", the Title Track from the band's debut album.
- "Une Bonne Correction" features the backing track of "Passe Mon Truc" from StupeflipSelfTitledAlbum.
- "Les Cages en Métal" and its concept of cars being nicknamed "Steel cages" already appeared on the lyrics of "The Cadillac Theory" from Stupeflip (Self-Titled Album).
- Continuity Nod
- Mylène Farmer is mentionned (twice on the album) for the second time in Stupeflip's discography.
- This album, just like Stupeflip's previous album, ends with the longest track being the last one too.
- Embarrassing Nickname: The title-character of "L'enfant Fou" is nicknamed "Short-stack" by his schoolmates.
- Fake-Out Fade-Out: "Ouest Region's Inquisitors" ends on a fade-out of the looping outro before it comes back, and fades out again.
- Intergenerational Friendship: Averted with "Le Cartable" where the girl is interested in King Ju but he rejects her since he is much older than her.
- Kids Are Cruel: One of the themes of "L'enfant Fou" which talks about the hard life of a kid at school.
- Longest Song Goes Last: In tradition with other albums by Stupeflip, "Ouest Region's Inquisitors is the longest track.
- Money Song: The appropriately titled "Argent" note .
- Mood Whiplash: Near the end of "L'enfant Fou", a conversation about the quality of Star Academy suddenly cuts to an epic medieval action scene where a castle is conquered and a soldier suggests to flee.
- Multilingual Song: "Ouest Region's Inquisitors" has French rapped lyrics and English sung lyrics.
- Mythology Gag: Pop Hip appears on "Une Bonne Correction - Interlude" and mentions his previous hit song "Je Fume Pu D'Shit" which appeared on Stupeflip's previous album.
- One-Word Title: "Argent"
- Shout-Out: See the dedicated page.
- Singer Name Drop
- Special Guest: "Stup Danse" features "Hélène" who sings a verse about harrassment.
- Take That!: "Mon Style en Crrr" mentions the routine of Pop acts releasing an album and embarking on a tour before getting back in the studio to make one more album.
- Vocal Tag Team: King Ju, MC Salò and Cadillac share the lead on "Ouest Region's Inquisitors".
