Steve 'Flash' JuonIceberg Theory is the producer, Yung Regis is the rapper. That’s as close to being compared to DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince as this duo will ever get.
“Y’all been cheesing like the queso that they put on the nacho”
When Yung Regis says there are “A Million Ways to Rhyme in the West” he doesn’t mean California, Oregon or Washington. He means Montana. Yeah, that state notable for having the lowest population of all fifty United States. It’s an area of the country so sparsely populated Kanye used to live next door in Wyoming — slightly more populous but equally as rural, a perfect spot for him to be as crazy as he wants without bothering too many folks. “Folks” is a word you might hear a lot in either state. So is “yup.” Rustling cattle? Saying “howdy y’all” and “yes ma’am” to folks? You better believe it. Even though Regis hails from Butte, the largest city in this small state, he’s rapping like he’s straight off the dusty trail… or perhaps MUSTY.
Hell, he has a song called “Firewater.” It’s almost offensive except that he’s clearly not an indigineous American and he has ridiculous punchlines like “I’m trying to make Spegetti Westerns like Primus.” It’s pretty bad when you have to explain your references just so people will understand then, but Regis embodies bad like he was born for this shit. I’d have been more impressed if he made a Sergio Leone reference, but it still would have lacked any punch. Still not with me? Okay then let’s imagine Reggie Noble spitting a bar with the same references: “I’m good, he’s bad, and you’re ugly/like a Sergio Leone flick I’m leaving you bloody.” You’d either get it, or you’d WANT to get it, but he didn’t have to spell it out for you in such a primitive way.
Judging by his Bandcamp page 2 Dolla Will seems to be a frequent collaborator, but he’s not an improvement on what the obviously young Regis has to offer. I’m as pale as the polar icecap and I’m still telling you these boys sound WHITE. Obnoxiously white. Not the charming humorous nerdy white of Weird Al Yankovic. Not “White & Nerdy,” just “White & Corny.” The only saving grace here is that Iceberg Theory is a decent producer, but he ends “A Million Ways to Rhyme in the West” with his single worst offering — that being “The Treasure State” featuring the aforementioned Will. I have no doubt Montana is that for a variety of reasons, but Regis certainly isn’t one of them. This album insults Montanans, cowboys, Western history and rap music fans all at the same time.