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Master Shortie keeps the fans happy with a set that's lacking in substanceRelentless Boardmasters 2009 reviewThursday 13th August 2009 Master Shortie, aka 20-year-old British rapper and former Brit School student Theo Kerlin, brings his populist rock-rap fusion to the Main Stage early on Friday afternoon.
Posturing in a similar vein to Jay-Z, he leads his band through a quick rendition of Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' to the delight of a young crowd, many charged up on free energy drinks handed out by the sponsors, and declaring slightly confusingly 'I'm as white as I am black'. Most of the set is taken from Shortie's new album ADHD. 'Dance Like A White Boy' pounds in on a menacing tom fill, with crunching guitars, the end result sounding somewhere between The Prodigy, Sway and N.E.R.D, but with disappointingly unchallenging middle-of-the-road lyrics. 'Dead End' touches on RnB and is fairly corny, with pretty mundane subject matter, Shortie rapping about a girl who can "cook much better than you, looks much better than you." Things stray into rap-rock territory, sounding at times not a million miles from Lost Prophets or Linkin Park. Despite the abundant energy he throws at the performance, all too often the raps are lazy, focusing on girls and gold chains and that's a shame because Shortie has a gentle, soulful British urban voice and his flow is pretty decent. It's enough to keep a sizeable band of teenagers happily bouncing away, but it's a set lacking much in the way of substance or thought-provoking content.  review by Gary Walker photos by Steve Palmer
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