Eat Pray Thug

Recording information: Bombay; Brooklyn.Photographer: Shivani Gupta.The kids may not know it, but Bobby McFerrin was only considered a serious jazz man before his megahit "Don't Worry Be Happy" became everyone's mom's favorite. As Heems rolled up to his debut, the McFerrin-esque pop albatross that hung around this alt-rapper's neck was his former crew Das Racist, more specifically "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell," a fun, quirky jam like "Sandwiches" (Detroit Grand Pubahs) which, for most listeners, banished the group to the land of never being taken seriously again. Fans of the tune should still check Eat Pray Thug, as the title displays that same slick and quick sense of humor, but just a bit into the opener "Sometimes" ("Sometimes I'm sober, Sometimes I pass a fifth"), an instrumental breakdown sparks the solo rapper's own breakdown ("How do I live my life, when my life is all dualities?" and "I'm so confused, I could use some more clarity") because irony is much more than just