Tommy Tee's recording sessions are like a Gavin conference with free food meeting. Mad cats show up. And so did folks for this 12", be it for the a or the b side. The a has the very accurately titled track "World Renown" on it, and the guestlist reads like a "best of...something" list: Pete Rock, Large Pro, Mike Zoot & A.G. Pete plays hook provider, Large Pro provides a reminder to ask why his album is still not out, Mike Zoot provides the opening rhyme and A.G. provides the line "did I really mention that I get head like Billy Clinton". None of them cats comes wack. The beat is guitary, is somewhat sad, but fits these heads perfectly.

On the flip, there's a cut featuring Royal Flush, Matt Fingaz and M.O.P, while your favorite collaborator F.T. of Street Smartz provides the hook. "No Holds Barred" steps up the energy ladder a few steps, kicks in with more guitars, but does it much more animated than the a side. But that's only what you'd expect these cats to rhyme over. Then again, this is still not as gutter as M.O.P. are used to. But even them can flow over such a bouncy track. And while the a-side was all punchlines, this is on some 'you lookin' at me' type tip. Now add to all of this another one of the always, (repeat that: always) mega dope cover artworks by Skam2? and you got another 12" to get.

There has been an unbelievable hype constructed around this man. And he can't live up to the hype. While he drops a decent punchline here and there, like "me wearing Fubu is like the Marlboro man smoking a Winston" on his ode to Polo gear "The Polorican". And this track has to confuse the attention paying listener: this is underground / independent hip hop right? And one of the things the purists are so proud about, that they are not materialistic flossers, like the guys in the mainstream are, right? Well, then don't support this song, because this is nothing else but exactly that. And with the wannabe latino guitar (by a disappointing PF Cuttin), the flow of Thirstin, "The Polorican" has to be another let down in the Game track record, that started out so darn promising.

The next track "Brooklyn Hard Rock 2" does this 'we wanna be down with the overground' style, in the very NYC vibe, that almost jiggy and by far not rugged enough style, that mingles in mediocrity. However, the animated Unique London adds a little excitement to this aight track. And then there's the Will Tell produced, guitar heavy, stupidly titled "Skill Or Be Skilled". Again, Thirstin succeeds in not very disappointing with his rhyme, again providing some amount of listening pleasure, but with his not smooth flow, and another lackluster beat, this 12" does not justify why this guy is blowing up like he does.

Tribe’s "Phony Rappers" voice sample will be the first you hear on this 12". This one seems to have been released a while ago, but only has reached our shores during these days of October. And it was worth the wait. Although limited to the one track "Emcee", but this track being split into two parts, this 12" does not please with quantity, but with quality. Thrust, a legend in the T-Dot O-Dot (read Toronto, Canada), flows over a S.C.A.M. produced and urging beat. The new jacks might only know him from the "Northern Touch" (Rascalz) track, but this guy has been putting in work for the longest. His inspired battling goes further than threatening contenders.

The word ‘Emcee’ gets a break down in Thrust’s very special approach. The mood and vibe stays the same on the flipside, as in remaining dope. This time around the lyrics are not next level braggin’ and boasting, but Thrust is attacking and addressing rappers that can’t live up to the responsibility that the name ‘emcee’ encompasses. This side’s production is multi-layered, versatile and produced by Joc Max, who’s part of DJ Spinna’s Beyond Real production team.