>this, of course, begs the
>question: which is he, full of shit or gutless?

Gutless, but his self-rationale likely would be that 'he's just full of shit, just like another ole hustler on the stoop' - and then manifesting the intent as boasting weight over the reality; theory versus praxis - praxis usually wins out, but not pushing the edges of the envelope leads to some serious under-utilitization of talent... Can't do this, can't do that b/c of what are the publicly implicit, but personally concrete parameters of behavior and execution... For fear of falling from the perch of aesthetics of cool or the standards of conduct demanded by who and/or what his public persona is riveted upon...

"other than some of cann ox, el-p's beats sound like somebody molesting a household pet"
- soundsop