My only beef with this 4-song EP is that 3/4ths of it isn’t radio friendly. Otherwise, it’s yet another sign that Fondle Em rarely makes poor choices in its artist relationships. Dunno who this kid is, but while some think he sounds like Cage, I never noticed, never cared. He’s the type of MC to serve straight disrespect hot and piping. Not a simple simon but not trying to come mo’ complex either, Y@k Ballz makes his verbal slaps easy to absorb: “chop off my hands/and I’ll still bear arms/peep my Wolverine light/machine like mechanics”. “Nasty Or Nice” is pretty much more of the same – “slang general/pure psychoticness/ YakBallz/street gynecologist”. I mean, what the f*ck is a street gynecologist? Does it matter? Sh*t sounds fly. At this point, due credit needs to go to producer Mondee who’s tracks are flavor and then some, derivative of none (‘cept for maybe the Beatnuts circa ’96). The only radio clean cut is “The Plauge” and it’s not a bad choice (though I would have preferred clean versions of everything). More lyrical spitballs by the Yakman over a smooth piano track. It all ends on the mid-tempo “Flossin”, which has a demo tape feel (lo-fi beats) and Ballz’ least impressive outing. They should’ve buried this somewhere in the middle, but overall, quite a superb 12″. Another Fondle ‘Em winner.