Will Rap Over Hard Rock for Food

Will Rap Over Hard Rock for Food is the début solo album by Chuck Mosley, formerly of the band Faith No More. Mosley collaborated with several artists on the album, including former bandmate Roddy Bottum, Korn frontman Jonathan Davis and Rob Zombie guitarist John 5. The album focuses on a mix of rap and rock music, a style which Mosley has been considered to have made popular with the release of Faith No More's We Care a Lot; a reworked version of that album's title track is featured on Will Rap Over Hard Rock for Food. The song "Sophie", a ballad, is named for Mosley's youngest daughter. Mosley began working on the album in 1997, but experienced delays due to ill health and ongoing issues with substance abuse. == Track listing ==

• Chuck Mosley: vocals, guitars • Michael Siefert: guitars, bass, programming, keyboards, drums • Tim Parnin: guitars • Billy Sullivan: guitars • Michael Cartellone: drums ==Release and reception==

Will Rap Over Hard Rock for Food was initially available for pre-order between July 28 and August 10, 2009; pre-order copies were signed by Mosley and included a bonus postcard. The album was later released on August 11, 2009, on the Reversed Image Unlimited record label. Blabbermouth.net's Keith Bergman rated the album 7.5 out of 10, calling it "a weird, diverse, off-kilter, unfashionable stew of influences" that sounds unlike Mosley's previous Faith No More albums. Bergman singled out the retread of "We Care a Lot" as the low point of the album, but felt that overall Mosley's vocal talent had been underrated and worked well across the record. ==Footnotes==