Not everyone can be the greatest emcee in the game, not everyone can be in the top ten either. But not everyone needs to be. Take Mighty Casey, despite the boasting of his name, he isn’t all that mighty. From a skill standpoint, he is little more than an average emcee. So why listen to him? Cause he possesses gifts that too many emcees lack, a sense of humor, personality and charisma. Staying on course, “Original Rudebwoy EP” isn’t the best album this year, or even this week, but gotdamn it is one of the most fun to listen to. As Casey says himself, “I try to entertain people, not impress them…”
Who else has flipped Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five’s “White Lines” into his guilty ode to inter-racial dating “White Girls”? Casey opens up with his personal anthem of sorts (“all a brother knows is smokin’ weed and actin’ wild”) over the boisterous horns of “Original Rudebwoy.” An appropriate selection to Beer: The Movie’s OST, “LiqourLand” is about as good an ode to alcohol as you’re gonna hear. The delivery may be a bit sloppy, but the wordplay is hilarious. The Hollywood Shuffle inspired single “Black Rapping School” is easily the EP’s finest moment. Casey may play lighthearted on the funky selection of horns, but there is plenty of truth and enough cats should take some classes; “first things first nigga, learn your limitations/why be yourself? Go do a Jigga imitation/we don’t need creativity or originality/just an R&B rapper with a thug mentality/this ain’t hip-hop, this is Kool-Aid now/cause we sweeten it up and we water it down.” “One Night Stand” is amusing in content as well, but the beat may be too cheesy for its own good. “Makin’ Sure” works much better, packing a hard beat and some classic one-liners like “we like retarded kids cause we be in a class of our own.”
“LiquorLand 2” is a welcomed sequel, although it seems to lack the ignorant charm of the first one. The EP could have been cut at 8 tracks as “Rap Spectacular” is like a trip to a Caribbean beach gone wrong. Nevertheless, “Original Rudebwoy EP” is fun little number. It zips by in 30 minutes and for the most part will keep your head nodding and a smile cracking. Especially when you consider that this pot smoking, booze drinking womanizer is a school teacher…
5.5/10
