St. Lunatics

Going by the tracks listed on the back, this disc from Fastlife appears to be rather different from the seven-track, self-titled EP released by Eagle Music Group, but it's not. "Intro" is the same track as "Chapter One" and "Check the Rhyme" is the same track as "Platinum +," but there are a few tracks here that haven't been widely available. The decent party track "Gimme What You Got," despite its reliance on the same beat for Scarface's "Scarface" and Tom Tom Club's over-sampled "Genius of Love," was a regional hit around St. Louis. This material also predates Free City, the album St. Lunatics released on 2001, just after Nelly surfaced in the mainstream with "Country Grammar" and "E.I." [A clean version of the disc was also released.] ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide