Reviewed by Paul Poulton

19-year-old white kid sidesteps Eminem, checks out Method Man. No oaths here though, "spiritually explicit lyrics", tunes and rap from Birmingham, England. "Run Tings", from which the title comes, is kinda strong, nice staccato keyboard loop. Sammy's black friends come in to say "tirty tree years", Sammy sticks to his English accent. "Priceless Remix" is definitely strong, fast, intelligent and funny. There's a great ansafone message from one of Sam's mates between tracks four and five. Which takes us to the end of the CD, five tracks, three tracks really, tracks one and two lay on the table like suet puddin' in a hanky. The guy on the phone tells Sammy that, "God's got some great things in store for you," yeah, I can see that.

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