producers: none, take one, rudeboy, headset

Upon receiving this EP, this reviewer went to his shelf to get the very dope, and valiumy slept on "Classic Elements" compilation, that came out on Impact / K, back in 1998. But it wasn't a fruitful walk, as there can't be too many connections drawn from that compilation, to this project here, apart from both being phat. Then again, that might just be enough.

After the short, if not almost nonexistent or better, scarily haunting us "Shinin' Intro", "Monsterous" opens with "this is monstrous, we run up on people like 'yo, what's your response to this?'". PM and Universal, team up for some bragging and boasting, while None cuts up pieces into small slices. On "Come Alive", the enigmatic Dr. Oop, teams up with the two cats that blessed the track leading up to this. And Oop, Universal and PM, spit their venom over a relaxed and jazzy production, as hooked up by Take One. The emcees practice the good art of talking shit, and it keeps the quality high and the listening pleasure will feel as cozy as the blanket you wrapped yourself in last night.

Another jazzy piano is providing the guiding light on "Who Knows?", that Samson S. and Vitamin D are using to provide us with their wack emcee bashing. Now, the beat is dope, but everyone that has heard D's composition on "Hip Hop Was?" by the Ghetto Children, is seriously asking why not giving up any chance of putting one of one's own beats on, to hear another one of D's beats. However, the track is dope, and so is "Stereotypical", that again focuses on a piano, while PM, Universal and J-Thorn talk about, well, the title of this track gives it away: stereotypes. While the chorus sounds kinda corny, and somewhat too obvious to even bother to spit, the lyrics display a lot of the stereotypes surrounding this hip hop culture, emcees and, well, listen yourself. Lastly, Bedroom Produksionz, the ones that brought us "Black -N- Blind" on that compilation, spit over a somewhat uptempo Take One product. "Just Say When" is combining braggadocios rhymes, with tongue in cheek wit, that is moving fast, and is approaching the end of this EP too quickly.

And while there already have been too many references to the column article, that was called "e.ventually p.hat", in other reviews, you maybe still wanna check it out. But first, let me tell you that the only shortcoming of this EP is, well, it's too short. And with having said that, you already should be reaching for your keys, and be on the way out to the store to get this.