Here we have the 4th extended play from Slough, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom emcee/producer Joker Starr. Dropping his debut mixtape Raw Spittage in 2011, he would go on to follow it up with 4 full-lengths as well as all 3 of his previous EPs & a beat tape. London veteran Micall Parknsun being brought in to produce a vast majority of G.A.W.D. (God And Wisdom Driven) resulted in his finest album yet & seeing him coming back for 60% of Man’s So Shabba had me further intrigued.
The title track begins with a mediocre trap intro flexing like Shabba Ranks whereas “Bussa Buss Down” produced by Micall Parknsun to me is where the EP begins to pick up rocking it over a smoky instrumental. “Cooker” was another moment I enjoyed talking about getting it & after “Jones Brothers Get Low” gets awkwardly chaotic, the outro “Things That I Know” concludes the EP talking about the man wanting to see everyone be great when it’s all said & done.
Only a month away from Gawd Status making their full-length studio debut Firmamentum having Joker Starr rocking it over a collection of King Kashmere beats, he comes off G.A.W.D. (God And Wisdom Driven) by dropping off a collection of tracks that I found myself on the fence with compared to that LP. All 3 tracks Micall Parknsun produced make for the most gratifying moments Man’s So Shabba has to offer, the other 2 feel disappointingly flat.
Score: 3/5
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