(From HomePiss EP; 2000)
While it’s easy to dismiss Y@k Ballz as the Brendan Soderberg to Tom Breihan’s Cage, I’d argue that HomePiss is a better Cage song than anything Cage ever recorded as a solo artist. No shotz @ Cage – everything is peace like the 70s or when I’m on ecstasy, I just find Y@k’s flow on HomePiss more H20 to my ear. First time I heard HomePiss it was playing in a record shop and I was like “whoa, this new Cage song is the dog’s bollocks!” Asked the fella behind the counter about it and he was like “nah, this is Cage’s protégé Y@k Ballz and he’s some crazy black kid.” Imagine my surprise when Hip Hop Connection magazine interviewed Y@k a few months later and it was revealed that he looked like Sue Perkins modelling for Zoo York (no K.Fanat.)
