Ultra Sound: The Rebirth EP

Seven f**king years, seven f**king years. Feels more like seven light years. I love Copywrite's debut album, The High Exhaulted and now many years later he is finally back with another release. Not an album, but "just" an EP (one limited to only 500 copies at that). I'm actually puzzled why it took so long for Copy to come with another release. Sure, he has dropped a couple of retail mixtapes in those years, but that's hardly to keep the attention on you. At any rate this guy is mad talented and one of my personal favorites, he drops this EP on his own label O.Dot Records, which is an imprint of Man Bites Dog Records. Ladies and gentlemen, Copywrite presents you Ultrasound: The Rebirth EP, too indicate a fresh restart of his career. On his debut Copywrite was all about the punchlines and I'm glad he hasn't changed his style one bit. Of course this will have some people accusing Copy of being one dimensional, but why would you want this guy to do anything different? He is so f**king sick with it. He comes with a continuous barrage of clever lines, which just never get boring and you'll get new things every time you hear a song. This goes paired with some sick flows. He was always tight on the mic, but he might have even improved. When it comes to his delivery he is anything but one dimensional. The speedy flow that he shows on 'Stop' is pretty impressive. I guess how much you like this release all depends on how much you are into the art of punchline raps. Some people might have grown tired of this style of rap, but to me it will never get out of fashion as long as emcees like Copywrite keep it fresh. A song of notice is 'Cremation' which is one of the songs that Copy wrote dissing Asher Roth. It's not a beef I really followed and I still don't really understand what business Copy had with him. Copywrite is a few (at the very least) leagues above Asher Roth. Oh well, nice song though. Perhaps the biggest difference with seven years ago is the production team. Obviously there isn't going to be any RJD2 beats (with him moving in a different artistic direction). Instead we get some relatively unfamiliair producers, but they bring a pretty dope sound for the album. One that is pretty good for Copywrite to keep delivering his punchlines. Jay Notes handles three and makes some heat. 'Pick-Up Stix' is something different then one would expect on a Copywrite release, but this beat with a bit of southern club bounce vibe to it, works pretty dope. Surock does two and he shows some skills as well. Then we got Kount Fif and Sniper both doing one and they mesh right in. The late Camu Tao also contributes with one banger on 'O.D. (Overdose)'. The album closer is produced by The Kickdrums, which was the only song I wasn't really feeling. The beat itself is alright, but the singing on the hook really doesn't work well. I hope Copy stays away from this in the future. Copywrite is back and I hope he is really able to reignite his career with a new album in the near future. This is a very dope release that reminds the people what Copywrite is all about. Perhaps we will also get a new Mhz album in the future?