Tortoise - EP

Tortoise - EP, is the debut EP by rapper Clayton Jokythur. It was released on February 1, 2010, on a website, available for free download. The EP contains 7 tracks, some of them featuring other artists. It was produced and written by BRZ and B. R., with a little help from J. M. in writing "Pussy Pussy Pussy".

Tracklist
Here is the EP's tracklist:


 * 1) The Tortoises' Song
 * 2) Pussy Pussy Pussy (supposedly feat. Ace Hood, Lil Wayne, Eminem, Young Jeezy, DJ Khaled, Akon, R. Kelly, 50 Cent, Chris Brown, T.I., Jewish Criminal, Porta and Drake)
 * 3) Grindin' Overseas (supposedly feat. Chamillionaire and Birdman)
 * 4) 7th Grade Song (feat. B. R. and BRZ)
 * 5) Make It Snow (I'm On A Banana Boat)
 * 6) Bhuda Bhuda (supposedly feat. Gudda Gudda and Lloyd)
 * 7) Natasha (supposedly feat. Jamie Foxx)

Songs
The first song "The Tortoises' Song" is basically a song made by Clayton to show humans how it is to be a tortoise, and, as he says in various ways during the song, how better it is to be a tortoise than a human.

The second song, "Pussy Pussy Pussy" is marked for having several guest appearances, including, allegedly famous rappers/singers. Its lyrical content is kinda miscellaneous, but pussies are mentioned a lot throughout the song, as the title suggests. It is divided in three parts, although they are all sung together as one song.

The third song, "Grindin' Overseas" talks about the act of grinding, and adds up the fact that it is overseas, to make it more interesting; allegedly Chamillionaire and Birdman give a twist to the song.

The fourth song, "7th Grade Song" is a dedication to the 7th grade Clayton and his homies B. R. and BRZ took part of in their early days. For privacy reasons, a lot of namedrops were actually censored in the song's final version. The three of them are present on the song.

The fifth song, "Make It Snow (I'm On A Banana Boat)" tells about snow and banana boats and is very funny.

The sixth song, "Bhuda Bhuda" is supposed to present the world and wonders of Budda to the listener. Allegedly, Gudda Gudda and Lloyd are there to help, and they surely do so.

The seventh and final song, "Natasha" is a more upbeat song, about parties and alcohol, although it talks about some of the consequences too, "it is very cool, y'all should like it" allegedly said Jamie Foxx, supposedly featured, about it.

Downloads
The EP was a huge sucess, having been downloaded approximately 69 billion times, which entitled it to go 6x Tortoisemon (a precious stone from Tortoise, way more valuable than diamond; for a record to go Tortoisemon it has to sell/be downloaded 10 billion times). Clayton has also won 4 Tortoisemmies (the Tortoisea Grammy), for best FreEp, best rap song ("Grindin' Overseas"), best group sex rap song ("Pussy Pussy Pussy") and best cover art.

Reception
The critics to the EP where overwhemingly positive. Allmusic allegedly gave it 6 out of 5 stars, claiming [it is] "one of the best rap records we have heard in the last few years, maybe the best since Tupac. Just... brilliant. The cleverness, wordplay, doube, triple, quadruple, quintuple entendres. We hope to see more of this guy". Other famous music sites and publications gave incredibly high ratings for the EP.

There were, in fact, some critics which were not only gold, but those were very few. In particular, rapper amd., who later became a good friend of Clayton, said that he should sing with more emotion (he wasn't aware, though, that tortoises' vocal chords don't allow them to sing with much more emotion than Clayton does), as he was sounding like Drake in the nigahiga imitation (yes, amd. went back and forth in time just to make this comparison), and also that he should give more chances for his friends, homies and niggowz to be featured on his songs than to already famous and well-known rappers, an advice that Clayton took for his next records. But amd. recognized that, apart from this little details, the EP was magnificent.

Also, Brazilian politician/religious bitch Marco Feliciano allegedly said, after listening to "Tortoise - EP", that it was very very good, but that he didn't like at all "Bhuda Bhuda", because not only did it talk about a religion other than his (Marco's), but also it was "muito gay essa porra ae, puta que o pariu, vou entrar com um projeto contra esse tipo de música" (sic).

Influences
Clayton has, in past interviews, revealed some influences for this work, such as "all those niggas in 'Pussy Pussy Pussy', they are geniuses, they inspire me. Sometimes." He has also said once that he liked to listen to music he thinks is cool and just enjoy the moment and then start to write his own songs. When asked if this could explain some very similar/identical to other rappers' lines lines on his songs, he said "nah... I'm original".

The impact of "Tortoise - EP" was also very big, such that it influenced a lot of Tortoiseans to enter the rap scene, starting with Clayton's friends, such as Matt. When asked, a lot of Tortoisean rappers say Clayton influenced them and state that they would like to be able to do something as good as what he does, or of a similar style or cleverness.