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during his florid, but not always rhyming, lyrics Across the CD’s 27 tracks, , it is often difficult to determine who is exactly playing the role of side-kick, Thirstin or HIS ENTERAGE OF precise, and unashamedly ribald “spit boxers” including the amusingly cheesy London Unique, Rack Lo - and ODB affiliate and kung fu fanatic Masta Fu’ol. “Skillionaire” isn’t half bad as an unofficial debut. It’s essentially A royal-flourish of Raw b-sides, freestyles and bootlegs with the enevitable varying sound and production quality. Boasting a strong selection including “Frog style” which harks back to the time when the kung fu industry was mocked by groups like The Fu Shmickens, or “John their stealing pt 1” which is a great reworking of the Gza’s “Labels” fondly recounting the misadventures of his notorious “lo’ Lives” fashion-conscious shop-lifting crew, and bolstered by strong singles like “Brooklyn hard rock,” Thirstin is clearly no overnight success nor morning after failiure. The fact is, with the bi-lingual Thirstin already getting away with “Bad things” like odes to Ralph Lauren whilst simaltaniously divolging that “I still live with my moms,” providing that he continues to "freak the track like two Korean lesbians with pierced tongues" it is impossible for this guy to fall off so make way for the enevitable “million man march” of affiliates and band-wagon riders who have already emerged from the woodwork before this “lo’ life” is even signed.
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