Where this is coming from, there's more already fully prepared and ready to go. Cause the Ecclectus EP is only giving you a couple of the tracks, from the "Reality Check Bounced" album. While 'only' happens to be a very inappropriate word, cause this record is very much firm and finished in its own right, not to mention even good beyond that. However, it's also a little unusual, because there's a lot of skating going on. Yes, skating, as in to skat. The thing that jazz heads do, that Bobby McFerrin made "Don't Worry Be Happy" with and that Rahzel forwarded to perfection, although he calls it beat boxing. But listening to the opening and unnamed Intro, you get a beat boxed drum, as well as a melodious 'ba-ba-ba-dum', and that 'ba-ba-ba-dum', should be called skating. The next cut "Affections" then however is a regular hip hop track, but as we'll see, the skating will return later on.

Calling "Affections" a 'regular' hip hop track, this time picks the inappropriate word consciously. Because unfortunately clever lyrics and a musical vibe can't even be considered 'regular' anymore, in the days of fake synthesizer beats, and generic lyrics. And it'd be dope if cuts having a guitar going, singing on the hook, and words that talk about female relations, without ignorance, but respect being the driving force behind the message, if those'd be the regular hip hop tracks. Drawing more outside influences, "Automobiles" has a strange 'folk music' feel. The typical instrument is actually played in reverse, and the small regular glimpses we catch of it, along with the singing, and a later coming on Banjo, makes it hard to not get that impression. So this is rather odd at first, but grows on you, so much that you will eventually really like it. The lyrics are talking about road matters, that works as a metaphoric option granter, with everyone needing to decide him/herself on what path to progress.

"Feel Alright" keeps the live instruments vibe going, with the guitar this time however struggling to mesh well with the good time flowing for flowing's sake type rhymes. The next cut is also making it hard to listen to this with an inattentive ear, because the beat on "Liven It Up" is doing a lot of things, and unfortunately all of 'em at the same time. The lyrics mix inspirational and positive words with braggadocios verses, also putting them in a live context, as the crowd is very directly talked to.

And then we get "Max & Me", where we get back to the skat during the opening seconds. Later on the tracks moves into a jazzy piece, that with no doubt is the best track on this record. Because Max (M.Beats) is flipping things on the drum too, creating a beat that keeps your interest. It moves through a couple of drum parts, that would have deserved to be explored on their own song. Jesus in the mean time talks about him meeting Max, as well as what makes Max and then some, describing, as well as giving props to his partner in crime. Who then is forced to carry the whole weight on the remaining two tracks, as Jesus hushes up, and let's the beats ride. Hence we get the "Liven It Up" and the "Automobiles" instrumental supposedly finishing up this EP. Only supposedly, because there's a hidden skat gem appearing at the end of the record, where we then get a very skillfully played guitar, along with a lot of Mediterranean flavor.

Making this an EP that show's a lot of promise, and only falters during two cuts in the middle. Those tracks attempt to do too much in a very reduced space. So leaving out a couple of noises and focusing on perfectly matching the rest wouldn't have hurt, and worked well on "Affections", "Automobiles", as well as on "Max & Me". Nevertheless the total of their formula sounds promising, and that's the best way to create a buzz for the upcoming album.