There's nothing worse than the smell of garbage on a hot Illadelph August afternoon. Harsh as it may sound, I wouldn't be doing my job if I didn't advise you from the start that Steve-Onpoint's So Phar Removed stinks just as bad if not worse than the rest of the garbage on the streets.

Where do I start? On an album with ten tracks that all sound the same and are all equally pathetic in both vocals and production, I'm really at a loss for words. I usually try to get deep into an album to gain some type of insight but this thing is about as deep as the kiddie end of the pool. Even a guest appearance from Dice Raw can't save the helplessly wack Captivators. He couldn't have saved anything on this album. The highlight comes on the last song, Constelation, and that only stands out because it isn't polutted with the anoyingly whiney sounds that emit from Steve's mouth. This is yet another case of YSKYFAFNTYYS (You Should Kick Your Friends Asses For Not Telling You You Suck). The same goes for his awful selection of of sounds and producing. The King of the Casio (my nickname for Steve-Onpoint) sets down sounds that wouldn't been bad even in the early eighties when Hip Hop production was much more rudimentary. This so-called artist is devoid of rhythm, syncopation, suffers from terrible nursery school rhymes, has an ugly voice and makes sounds that any three year old with a Sesame Street instrument could trump.

So Phar Removed is so far removed from anything resembling talent that it should have just been titled Please Remove or better yet, So Phar Deaf by HellenKeller-Onpoint or MC Wack Thought. Avoid this like the plague. It's bad meaning bad, not bad meaning good. I'm out... I gotta go take a bath to clean out the garbage from my ears.

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Review by Funk Wizard Snow
Editor- PhillyHipHop.com
August, 2004