4th Pyramid Fantazmic EP
Published Oct 01, 2005
Not everyone was born to rap and not everyone was born to produce. That 4th Pyramid can do neither with great skill is a good sign to steer clear. This three-song EP, Fantazmic, is fanta-shit. His C.V. says he has been on tour with Raekwon and RJD2 but youd never believe it. 4th Pyramid could not deliver a clever lyric if someone else wrote it for him and youll wish someone tried. The Perceptionists Akrobatik even outshines him with what must be a throwaway verse. On the beat tip, everything sounds like a child aping that Native Tongues jazzy, hip-hop fusion. As such, the sloppy banjo twang of "Light Your Hair on Fire is immature. An unremarkable end to an unremarkable album, his insertion of a sample with an old harpy screeching, "And if you mess up well light your hair on fire, lowers the ceiling on whatever level youd place an album with the line: "Wanted some rum so I bought a bottle/Flavours and style yeah we got em all.
(Faragmented/Peon)