Boss EP

{{Infobox album | name = Boss EP | type = ep | artist = [[Shtar]] | cover = Shtar Boss EP.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2012|12|05}} | recorded = 2012 at Redstone Recording Studio, [[Beit Shemesh]], Israel | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Contemporary Jewish religious music|Jewish music]], [[hip hop music|hip hop]], rock | length = {{Duration|m=16|s=09}} | label = Heatseat | producer = [[Brad Rubinstein]], Adrian Bushby | prev_title = [[Infinity (Shtar album)|Infinity]] | prev_year = 2010 | next_title = Beauty Queen EP | next_year = 2013 }} '''''Boss EP''''' is the debut [[extended play|EP]] by Jewish [[hip hop music|hip hop]] band [[Shtar]], released on December 5, 2012. It follows the band's debut ''[[Infinity (Shtar album)|Infinity]]'' (2010), and is the first of two EPs meant to precede their second album. The EP was promoted with two singles, "Overload" and "Gone Again", both co-produced by [[Grammy]]-winning engineer [[Adrian Bushby]]. Jewish rapper [[Nissim (rapper)|Nissim]] (then D. Black) is featured on the song "Rabbit Hole", his first musical appearance since retiring in early 2011.

== Background == ''Boss EP'' was recorded at Redstone Recording Studio in [[Beit Shemesh]], Israel with producer and band member [[Brad Rubinstein]].<ref name="YT Brad">{{cite web|title=SHTAR – Brad speaking about upcoming EP|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcbmdHsAea8|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=18 February 2013|author=ShtarMusic|date=Oct 24, 2012}}</ref> Additional production and [[engineering (music)|engineering]] on the singles "Overload" and "Gone Again" was done by two-time [[Grammy]]-winner Adrian Bushby ([[Foo Fighters]], [[Muse (band)|Muse]]), who had previously worked with Rubinstein's original band [[Lisp (band)|Lisp]].

Rubinstein explained that "the majority of ''Infinity'' was recorded with just Ori and myself initially, and there was less live stuff going on. This is a little more 'band incorporated'. The band as it stands at the moment has been together for two years, so there's a lot more live stuff going on."<ref name="YT Brad" /> Co-vocalist Dan Isaacs noted that his voice had gained "lots of flexibility" since recording the previous album.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shtar Interview with Aruz Sheva Israel National News|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Radio/News.aspx/4420|publisher=[[Arutz Sheva]]|accessdate=18 February 2013|author=Bresky, Ben|date=Dec 30, 2012}}</ref>

The title track, "Here Comes the Boss", is a [[oldschool jungle|jungle]]\[[drum and bass]]-influenced song with lyrics inspired by a verse from [[Psalm 24]].<ref name="YT Brad" /> Lyrically, the album explores more universal themes than ''Infinity'', including mortality ("Overload"), self-deception ("Rabbit Hole"), and [[Zionism]] ("Wonderland").<ref name="AJ">{{cite web|title=The Israeli Music Scene’s Rising ‘Shtar’|url=http://www.algemeiner.com/2012/12/06/the-israeli-music-scene%E2%80%99s-rising-%E2%80%98shtar%E2%80%99/|publisher=[[Algemeiner Journal]]|accessdate=11 January 2013|author=Marder, Rachel|date=Dec 6, 2012}}</ref>

== Track listing == #"Gone Again" – 2:51 #"Rabbit Hole" (feat. [[Nissim (rapper)|D. Black]]) – 3:37 #"Overload" – 3:22 #"Wonderland" – 3:18 #"Here Comes the Boss – 3:01

== Personnel == ;Shtar *[[Ori Murray]] – [[rapping]] *[[Brad Rubinstein]] – [[guitarist|guitar]], vocals, songwriting, production *Dan "Zaki" Isaac – vocals, percussion *Avi Sommers – bass guitar *Tzvi Solomons – drums

;Additional personnel *Adrian Bushby – production/[[engineering (music)|engineering]] ("Overload" and "Gone Again") *[[Nissim (rapper)|D. Black]] – guest rapper ("Rabbit Hole")

== References == {{Reflist}}

[[Category:2012 debut EPs]] [[Category:Shtar albums]] [[Category:Alternative hip-hop EPs]]