NOTE: PATREON SUPPORTERS RECEIVED ACCESS TO THIS REVIEW ON AUGUST 11TH, 2024.

This EP was released on July 18th this year. Fatboi Sharif is quickly becoming another one of my favorite rappers, especially of the 2020’s. It’s clear that he puts a lot of thought and care into his work, and it pays off in the quality of the music. Every single album I’ve heard has been exceptional, and the smaller releases have been really good too. Earlier this year he released an EP called Something About Shirley, which was very good. It took some time to grow on me, but I like it a lot now. However, when this EP right here was announced, I was pretty goddamn excited. I am a big fan of Duncecap’s production, and it’s just exciting to see him producing for other artists. I knew from the snippets and previews I had heard from the project that I was going to love this shit. This is the best EP I’ve heard so far this year.

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The project begins with Fetus, which is easily the longest track on the whole EP.

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It’s fire, and it works as a really cool way to start the project. The sequencing and length really help the song stand out as one of the most memorable tracks. Dunce’s production here is so fucking cool. It sounds really cinematic, and Sharif’s vocal performance over it is awesome too.

Monsters in the closet possessed by the sound waves of the ceiling fan
Stand on it
Hopefully the bullet shells don't have my name on it

The way he kinda growls certain lines sounds cool as fuck. The song gets way more chaotic as it progresses, and it’s like hearing a movie. The final thirty seconds of this song is one of my favorite moments on the whole project to be honest. It’s so chaotic and unsettling, but in the coolest way possible. It’s just fascinating to listen to in my opinion. I love it. The following track is called The Hours, and it features SKECH185. The production on this track is, once again, cool as fuck. I think this beat is fucking incredible to be honest. I really liked it on my first listen, but it grew on me even more as I spent more time with it. The first verse from Sharif was great, but the verse from SKECH185 is what really pushed the song to the next level for me. This is another one of my favorite collaborations of the year. I’ve been compiling all my favorite features of 2024 in a playlist, and this one definitely got added. SKECH185 was amazing here. The song’s dope as fuck. It’s followed by another major highlight called Boundaries of Regret. This is my favorite song on the project. Honestly, it might be my favorite song I’ve ever heard from Sharif. This shit is absolutely insane. I don’t know what kind of vocal effect they used on Sharif’s voice, but he sounds like a supervillain. The production is awesome too. I can’t even really make out most of what Sharif is saying due to the chaotic soundscape. It just sounds cool as fuck. It’s under two minutes long too, which is also crazy. It takes a special artist to make something this impactful in such a short timeframe. The song’s incredible. The penultimate track is called Poor Man’s Poetry. This song definitely has my least favorite instrumental on the project, but it’s still pretty cool. It’s certainly more interesting than a lot of the best beats on most other MC’s albums. What really makes this song entertaining is just the performance from Fatboi Sharif himself. I love his ad-libs at the beginning of the track; they reminded me of prime Busta Rhymes. The verse is really dope too. Again, it was difficult to hear the lyrics, but the performance was still really enjoyable. My main gripe with this song is just that I think the instrumental outro lasts a little too long. That’s a major nitpick though, it’s not really a huge deal. The song’s still really dope. The closing song is the title track, Psychedelics Wrote the Bible.

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I think I heard this song before listening to the full project because I watched the music video when it came out. I love this song. This is definitely another one of my favorites on the project. The production here is so fucking cool. It sounds like it incorporates a sample from an old cartoon soundtrack or something. It’s awesome. Sharif fits over it beautifully too.

A tribal conquest
Bitches brewery, anti-funeral
So it was written, psychedelics wrote the Bible
Bonnie & Clyde hear nothing
Showcase the shell cases through the stomach
We argued over if God is a woman

I think I definitely misquoted some of those lines, but I did my best to transcribe them as accurately as I could. Anyway, this is another one of the coolest songs I’ve heard from Sharif in my opinion. I love this song. It’s dope as fuck.

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^{This EP is really amazing. Honestly, I think this is the best project I’ve heard from either of these artists. Duncecap’s production is just awesome to listen to, and there’s not another artist that could have brought that out of him better than Sharif in my opinion, who fits over these instrumentals perfectly. I feel like this project features some of the craziest, most chaotic material I’ve heard from either of them, so it was really fun to listen to this one. This shit is crazy. It’s definitely one of the best projects I’ve heard in 2024 so far, and I can’t wait to see what both of them do next, whether it’s together or separately. I can’t wait to spend even more time with this project and digest it even further. This shit is dope as fuck.}

Favorite Song: Boundaries of Regret
Least Favorite Song: Poor Man’s Poetry

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