Having seen Scott Burns spit at many a freestyle battle in the local Sydney scene I was fairly interested to hear what he had to offer in terms of actual songs. I needn’t have worried as the somewhat veteran emcee has delivered an album full of fine lyrics mixed with some excellent beat selection. Tracks like ‘Lottery Ticket’ are straight boom bap goodness while ‘Big City Music’ will make your neighbours hate you if you have a decent sub woofer. Sydney legends Sereck and Brass chime in on the monster ‘Shift Gear’. Lyrically Burns tears up the battle rap side of things but also gets to flex his story-telling skills on ‘Something to Write Home About’ with A-Love. Sydney always seems to be the poor cousin to Melbourne and Adelaide when it comes to getting recognition amongst peers but hopefully this will bring the focus back to Sydney. 4/5

Review by Shinobi