The Saurus: All I Know Is That

For those of you who do not know The Saurus: go to YouTube, search his name, and explore some of the best that battle rapping has to offer. The Saurus has a resume that stacks up to only prove that he is at least in the top ten of anyone, if not everyone’s favorite battle rappers. He has teamed up with Illmaculate in the World Rap Championship… twice. He has also won the Scribble Jam Championship… twice. He has held the King of the Dot (Canadian Battle League) Championship title. He is known for having the most wins at Tourettes Without Regrets than any other MC, and is also very relevant in other battle scenes such as GrindTimeNow. Currently, we await for King of the Dot to release the finals of their Grand Prix 2on2 finals, which include the regrouped team, The Saurus and Illmaculate, who triumphed through three straight matches to achieve the championship opportunity that they are at now.

            However, with this large resume comes a lot of flack for the fact that The Saurus has not yet put out an album. When going against a special match against his own partner, Illmaculate, his opponent stated this in his lyrics, “which one of us could quit battling right now and still be respected as an artist?… which one of us is clinging to battling like it’s all he has cause it is?” So, for The Saurus to announce his new album, entitled All I Know Is That earlier this year was a great surprise. But one question that arises, did The Saurus fulfill his fans’ expectations with this new album?

            I went on the The Saurus website on the day it was supposed to be released. I was looking forward to The Saurus and his multi-syllable lyrics combined with Chase Moore’s amazing beats and production, but I was also feeling a little bit of doubt as well, as The Saurus has made crappy music in the past.

            The beats to The Saurus were amazing. Chase Moore clearly outdid himself in producing the songs. One down side, for me, was that there were only ten tracks to the album. As a The Saurus fan, I was hoping for at least five more. My personal favorites of the album were “I’m The Shit”, and “Top Of The Food Chain” which were really catchy with the crazy syllable structure I was expecting/hoping for in the lyrics. The rest of the album was good as well, but was also kind of repetitive in my opinion. The Saurus also collaborated with a great amount of rappers in the battle rap scene, and they did not fail whatsoever.

            All in all, in my opinion, I give this album 4 stars out of 5. The beats were amazing, and the lyrics were good, but could be a little more diverse structurally. I personally love the album, but being that it was shorter than hoped, I don’t think that The Saurus fulfilled my need for his music enough for me to give his album 5 stars. However, I highly recommend anyone to purchase and download this album!

-          Talon Ducheneaux, The Slapback (Saturdays from 10pm – midnight @ WQHS.org)