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“Producer-cum-rapper Dame Grease’s debut solo set is reminiscent of a lost Diplomats or an early Lox album without the plausibility. While Grease’s lyrics aren’t that breathtaking, his dark and buzzing beats are tolerable. On most of the tracks, Grease is flanked by several new MCs, including Messiah, Meeno, Bigga and Tony Wink. Former Diplomats member Max B, of “We Fly High” fame, awkwardly sings the chorus on “Connecticut Kush,” the catchiest song here, while Grease unconvincingly rhymes that he’s rich. On “Lennox Ave Boyz,” Grease commits to disc his belief that he’ll “keep on winning” while “the world keeps spinning, these ho’s keep grinning and the grams keep selling,” but it just doesn’t ring true. Maybe Grease has been selling drugs to keep the lights on, but where’d he find the time? —Hillary Crosley”