"Mirror Heroes"
(english league)

Hello? Is this the English League? Yes? Well, I was just calling to say that I got my hands on your newest album, the "Mirror Heroes". It's butter, but my parrot gets these strange rashes, when I play it. So I wonder if you know anything that I could do about that? No? Hmm, I was just thinking, as I planned to be playing the tape quite often the next few days. As said, it's butter. Oh, you never heard of your album doing that to parrots? How about rabbits. Yeah, I get these two bunnies and they don't do it anymore. Of course you know what I'm talking about, they don't do 'IT' anymore. No. And you know how rabbits usually are. It's fun to watch, and I kinda miss it. You also don't know nothing about that? What do you know anyways? Aight, so if you start pissing me off like that, then let me know what I really think of your tape!!!
First of all, what's a 'Mirror Hero'? And second, you don't think starting the album with "Theme From S.W.A.T." by Rhythm Heritage is kinda played? No? Well, actually it's not, you're right. However, what's with them constant beat changes on "Intro (Mirror Heroes)"? You don't know that hip hop is supposed to be monotone? And what's with that 'English League makes dope tapes' line? You on your own dick, huh? That fast paced rhyming is confusing the heck outta me too. Sure it sounds nice, but that means I actually have to pay attention to understand Ludachris and Matré. And I can't afford to pay attention. Hahah, clever wordplay, huh? Bsshht....whatever.
It was LifeRexall that produced "Stone Cold Party Rockers", right? The beat is smooth. I have to admit, I can't even knock that. And the emcees flow kinda nicely back to back. But you are not really giving a good example with this to the kids. Even just mentioning narcotics or saying 'my drugs are kicking in' is deluding our youth. Oh don't call me conservative. I conserve your ass. Aaargh. And what got into Jericho J to lace you guys with that gangsta rap thump on "Sharks Teeth". That sounds like an ancient WC & The Maad Circle track. You probably ripped that off an old DJ Tunes mix tape. No, I didn't say it's wack. And on the humble, I gotta admit, I really dig "Motor Mouth". That beat constantly changes, and that's kinda cool. Yeah. And I can really relate to "teachers think I'm taking notes, but I'm probably writing raps". Isn't that "Looped Up" some Bob James or Grover Washington, Jr? Hahah, you go the Puffy route after all, huh? But that "Burning Money" is too un-Puffy really. It's not jiggy, man. Do you think Will Smith would flow to this? Exactly. What do you mean, you don't care?

My parrot gets these strange rashes, when I play your album.

"Hesaidshesaid": you stole that from Limp Biskit, right? You know the, 'it's all about the he said she said bullshit'? Oh cut it. What? No, it does not sound like the Limp track. Yes, the track is dope. No, not the Limp one, your track. Her voice is kinda cute, hahah. I didn't know that DJ Lion of Mic.Edu had such a female voice. Hahaha. But you don't expect anyone to unterstand "I move from place to place like a skater / flipping boards with my wrist / pulling tricks on the fader / psychedelic rhetoric / cold hearted rapper chilling by the 'frigerator / ice-olated / metric / Matré Mr. Bad Medicine / I prescribe hard help - stay alive / Like Jesus Christ crucified outstretched arms cross / streets of cold courage / I see we're too live / that's it / twist methods / seen it scenic set it septic / bury scary cherries when it's highly necessary / I'm matrix / they wanta' set trip / with this five finger instrument - insulin / driven by strychnine strict rhyme discipline - insolent / oops, child proof". Man, that's confusing me and trying to figure that out, gives me a headache. And Matré is spitting this so fast. And the stuff that Akuma and LifeRexall are spitting on here are confusing too. Bull. That can't make sense? Huh? Oh...... Well, "Count-Trillium" is dope too. That's called acapella, right? Now, didn't I hear "Weir Science" somewhere before? That was on some compilation right? Oh, and that's Kut Masta Kurt doing the scratches, huh?
What kinda direction did you intend to go to with "Strange Bird"? Sure it's kinda funky with all them Chain Smokers and Shape Shifters on this cut. And Rob One (R.I.P) is behind the decks. Hahah, the thing that really smokes, is the mics you spit that in, huh? "Abnormelody" is nice. It's not as left side as the rest, but the jazzy tune is nifty. The piano on "Rhyme Patterns" is cool too. But it's gone too quickly. Who's Amoeba One? I know a collaborator / collaboratrice on "Neon Corpse", but still. Yeah, this track is menacing, and that's a good thing. The falsetto voice thing was a good idea too. But do you think that this is a good topic to be talking about? And we are getting in a old school vibe with that drum on "Lady Killers", huh? And you got strings, huh? Man, you meet strange women! Hahaha, that The Doors thing is kinda funny too. That's the Doors, right? And then there's another acapella thing. I kinda like them. Ludachris can pull it off. Makes me hear the poetry quality to his lyrics better. Now was "Figure Four" thought to be a party shaker? Would work as such. But still, you guys don't do it jiggy enough. The Musclemix of "Rhyme Or Die" sounds even more insane than the a-side version. The Smokers and Shifters are in the house again. And how do you come up with stuff like "Electric Mud..."? That's like electronica blues with a hip hop twist.
Hm, well, I kinda need to go, the bill is getting huge. But hey, sorry for bothering you with my call, I mean, after all, uhh, I kinda, really, I mean, I do like you guys. (tadah the byk)

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