Mike Got Spiked Ireland, scoring a top 30 hit with "Whiskey For Me Tae/All You Need". Landing a record contract with Irish label, "Conflict Of Interest Records", their debut album, "Caveat Emptor" was recorded from November 2004 to January 2005 in Creamy Sonic Studios in Dublin, Ireland, with American producer "Peter Slankster", following his work with Faith No More's "Roddy Bottum". The band enlisted legendary engineer "Eddie Schreyer" (System Of A Down, Alice In Chains) to master the album. In March 2005, Caveat Emptor was released and spent a number of weeks in the Irish Charts. The band consequently secured a slot on
What the....You Mean I Can't Sing?! a trio of experimental albums, "Brer Soul", "Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death" and "As Serious as a Heart-Attack", which were considered to be spoken word at the time, due to their use of sprechgesang. Modern critics have since dubbed these albums as precursors to hip hop music. Van Peebles wanted to record an album that showed that he could perform in a more traditional form, as opposed to the style he had used on his previous albums, titling it "What the...You Mean I Can't Sing?!" because of this. "What the...You Mean I Can't Sing?!" places more emphasis on