Here we have the 13th EP New York emcee & revered battle rapper RJ Payne formerly known as Reign Man. Building up an extensive solo catalogue for himself with 23 mixtapes as well as well as his last dozen EPs & 4 full-length albums, Benny the Butcher even signed RJ to Black Soprano Family Records for a brief period of time & putting out some of best material like Leatherface & Square Root of a Kilo under Benny’s ever-growing indie label of his own. My Life’z a Movie produced by Stu Bangas quickly became my favorite LP in RJ’s discography & Enemy Soil Entertainment in-house producer C-Lance went on a trip with him to The Barbershop, looking to continue the acclaim by having Erick Sermon produce a 3-Piece.

After the “Warning” intro, the first song “Right Cross” featuring Erick Sermon himself is a boom bap opener with both of them dropping hardcore lyricism together for a little over 2 & a half minutes while “The Hook” suggests that everyone else should get on his level of penmanship & I’d have to agree with him on it. “The Uppercut” is a soulful closer to the EP talking about everyone else being unable to match him lyrically & being a businessman as opposed to simply an MC with true skill.

For only a 4-track EP running at a little over 8 & a half minutes, there’s quite a lot to unpack from it & continues the prolific run of output that RJ’s been on for the past couple of years or so. The Green Eyed Bandit fresh off producing the highlight “Don’t U Miss” off his protege Redman’s comeback album Muddy Waters 2 a couple months ago in a Christmas Eve miracle to give the Reign Man a few beats showcasing his signature style & for him to let off lyrical pressure in that short amount of time.

Score: 9/10