Ever since birth, Chan was put on earth to rock the mic, as he explains in the Fakts One-produced opening track 'Born For This': 'My flow was so tight it made my mom's water burst'. 'The Killa Tape' is a collection of mostly new songs and new lyrics laced over famous beats 'See I ain't switchin to these mixtapes, it's just a manuever lettin y'all hear how it sound with a better producer, no disrespect to Supreme, I'm just doin my thing', Chan explains the purpose of the CD. For the record, Supreme One fully produced Chan's excellent debut album 'Part Of The Nation', which dropped August 2004.

This time around Chan raps over Kanye's 'Down And Out' (Cam'ron) No disrespect to the Wu, but we the real 4th Chamber'-, and there's a remix of his first single 'Politickin with Chan' over Premo's 'Nas Is Like', Chan is also one of the first in a probably big row to drop lyrics over Dre's latest smasher 'Out Of Control', 'Even black chicks are tryin to get me, like damn I've been waiting for an Asian guy to slide up in me'.

This part of the mixtape is very entertaining and shows us that he's lyrically tight, Chan can and would rock a club joint as well, if he had the right production team behind him. 'Suga' for instance, is a smooth, groovy track with playful lyrics. But lets be honest, we like him much more when he sounds underground, on the new songs for example. And with that, we come to the interesting part of this CD. The chemistry between Chan and Illmind, well-reflected in tracks such as 'No Options' and especially the soulful 'Lonely Road' is blazin. 'Lonely Road' is a track which deals with passion, resistance and persuasion 'The road I chose is a lonely one, nowadays no one has the guts to go for they dreams, am I the only one?'. This is an absolute banger and one of Illmind's fattest productions, so go figure..

This mixtape is the perfect introduction for people who are not familiar with one of the strongest Asian-American emcees in the rap field. People who are already introduced, can enjoy Chan's diversity on the mic. From up-tempo, party tracks like 'Ima Hustla' to intimate, slow cuts like 'Apologies', Chan remains a strong lyricist, so while you wait for his new album to drop go to sandboxautomatic.com or Chan's website to cop this!