In his own world, indeed. The hook here is that Soce (pronounced so-say) is white. And Jewish. And, for good measure, gay. Take that, Matisyahu! The Elemental Wizard is all that, a fact he bluntly confronts in "I'm That": "I'm that rapper that you make fun of, right?/I'm that rapper you can take in a fight/I'm that rapper that you hate/'cause I'm white". Soce takes the joke seriously, and so rises above it. Helps that he's an agile, playful rapper whose frank outness ("He's hot but heterosexual/so delectible" he laments in the comically frustrated "H but H"); is matched by his creative skills behind the board. A prime example: the remarkable "Wistful Breeze," wherein Soce blends peppery beats with lush, jazz-tinged orchestration, achieving a cinematic setting in which he flows soulfully. You've never heard a hip hop record like this one, trust me.

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