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The Pharcyde "Otha Fish" SlimKid3's performance on "Otha Fish" is one of the best I've ever heard on a hip-hop record; virtuoso in its technique, original in its style, and overflowing with raw emotion and bitter wit. He delivers all three verses with a cadence that slips gracefully between rapping and singing, the intricate lines twisting and twirling around a fluid beat, but never winding itself too tight. The third verse is perfection, a stream of brilliant lines - "Now, if there ain't no mountain high enough, why ain't you climbin up?," "I slipped and I [...]

• The Pharcyde - Otha Fish