I'm not quite sure who this P.O.S. guy knows at Rhymesayers Records, (elite Hip-Hop label home to Blueprint, Atmosphere, Eyedea & Abiliites and countless other greats) but to get a record deal there with awful mic skillz and just plain terrible self-produced beats like this, well, you've just got to figure that this brotha has got connections from up on high.

If I'm betting I'd guess he has blackmailing dirt on Slug from Atmosphere, because not only does Slug let P.O.S. downright steal his lyrical flow style, he also guests here on "Bush League Psyche-Out Stuff" and "Bleeding Heart Chapter," two less-than-stellar tracks. Because P.O.S. and Slug sound so alike, most of the time I couldn't figure out where one started and the other began. Other guest artists on Audition include (I kid you not) Greg Attonito from the respectable Punk band Bouncing Souls doing a laughably bad sensitive singing chorus to the awful tune "De La Souls," and (I kid you not again) Craig Finn from Indie darlings The Hold Steady - going off on a bizarre rant about (seriously dudes, I'm not joking) how much he hated going to the theatre to see the movie Predator - back in the day. Since I have a huge soft spot for Predator ("Get To De Choppa!") I'd like to inform Finn on where he can go stick it (that, and his song blows).

The only ray of sunshine on Audition (and I mean the only one) is the very impressive beats laid down by newbie producers Lazerbeak. Unfortunately though, Lazerbeak were only involved with four of the tracks here; P.O.S. and friends shat all over the rest of this mess. I hate to be so blatantly obvious here, but this terrible record leaves me no choice: P.O.S. Audition is nothing more than one giant Piece O' Shit.