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  Release Date: September, 2006
  Website: Phynite Website
  Label: Sky’s The Limit

Phynite ”Coping Mechanisms” Album Review
I received this EP with another EP, The Happy Masochist by Apollo’s Sun, from Sky’s the Limit Productions, an up-and-coming Pennsylvania-based hip-hop production company. I came across STLP when I reviewed Leaps & Bounds by Artists of Industry. Needless to say, Coping Mechanisms is the third hot album to come out of STLP, and judging on the sound and lyrical qualities displayed on each release, I think we can expect great things from this Phynite and Sky’s The Limit Productions in the future.

Similiar to The Happy Masochist, Coping Mechanisms seems to be an album based on the harsh realities of daily life. The production is also similiar yet remains enjoyable, mixing simple hip-hop beats with instrumentals interludes and occasional skilled turtablism. But Phynite is a different type of MC, utilizing more of a quick-paced, multi-faceted, sharp and aggressive flow while delivering his lyrics.

Coping mechanisms are basically things people use to deal with life, struggle or the everyday shit they are going through. Some people dream; some people get high; some people go to church; some people watch TV; some people have countless hobbies and activities designed to keep them busy and entertained. And yes, many people find hope and solace in hip-hop. Perhaps Phynite is one of these, and the time and energy he put into this album was his coping mechanism.

Either way, the EP is an impressive debut release and great example of quality independent hip-hop. I highly recommend peeping the entire Sky’s The Limit Productions’ roster, and following the career of Phynite. We could see great things from them all in the near future.

Album Track Listing:

1. A Coping Mechanism
2. Take It Or Leave It
3. Going Down
4. Nothing
5. Not The One
6. Insignificant Other
7. Second Impressions featuring The Origin